^^^^^g~~ UNIVERSITY nr.'^'^ "fiR^RV T?A ri y^/-^:^^P/^^ /^ .::!■"'. iiiiilwiiiJil HISTORY SOUIH CAVt AND OF OTHER PARISHES IN THE EAST RIDING OF THE COUNTY OF YORK, BY JOHN Cil^ORCiH MALI., Butbor of ''H'lotices of Xincolnsbire," Sc. EVERY MAN S COX'CERM WITH THE PLACE WHERE HE LIVES HAS SOMETHING MORE IN IT THAN THE MERE AMOUNT OF RATES AND TAXES HE HAS TO I'AV." TouLMiN Smith. Ht:i.I. : KDWIX OMIJLKR, 7, (;e(')R<;f, STKF.i'yi' & 27, Dock Si'KF.Kr, 1892. CHARLES EDWARD GEE BARNARD, Esu., J. P., LORD OF THE MANORS IN SOUTH CAVE, THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE Rp:SPECTFULLV DEDICATED. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Cave Castle (frontispiece) Block of Lead found at .South Cave ... ... ... .-. 3 Church of All .Saints, South Cave ... ... ... 26 Map of South Cave ... ... ... ... to face 65 Efifigy of a Knight in All Saints, North Cave ... ... 73 Effigy of a Lady „ , 95 Church of St Nicholas, Newhald ... ... ... ... 112 The Font „ ,, ... ... ... ... 114 Urn, and Anglo Saxon Ornaments ... ... ... ... 124 Sir John Hothani ... ... ... ... ... ... 137 House at Wallingfen ... ... ... ... ... ... 151 Walmsley Memorial Chapel ... ... ... ... -^152 Tomb at Eastrington ... ... ... ... ... ... 159 Church of St. Peter, Rowley ... ... ... ... 188 Church of All Saints, Brantingham ... ... ... ... 195 Church of St. Mary, EUoughton ... ... ... ... 210 Brough House ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 217 Church of St. Helen, Welton ... ... ... ... 225 Old Church at North Ferrihy ... ... ... ... ... 236 Swanland Manor ... ... ... ... ... ... 240 Hesslewood ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 252 Church of St. Andrew, Kirk-Ella ... ... ... ... 263 INTRODUCTION. '' f ^HE present age is undoubtedly to a great extent one of sen- '■- sational productions, and the details of local topography may probably appear uninviting even to those who feel some degree of interest in the sayings and doings of their predecessors, and are desirous of realizing the ancient condition of the district in which they reside. The increasing intelligence of the age seems to demand the adoption of some new and striking method of presenting anti- quarian truths, so that they may be interesting as well as instructive. This has been our aim, but how far we have succeeded in doing so we must leave the reader to judge. The present work is far from professing to give an exhaus- tive account of the various matters connected with the parishes in the district ; but as this jjarticular portion of the county seems to us to have been greatly neglected in the past, we venture to send it forth as a kind of pioneer, until some abler pen shall delineate more fully a district so rich in historical associations. lNIM<01)UCnON. 'I'hc following pages have been compiled in the hope that they may not only prove of interest to both residents and visitors in the district, but may also be the means of preserving for the use of some future historian many interesting particulars which miglu otherwise be lost. Shortly after the commencement of the j)resent work, the materials so rapidly accumulated on our hands, that it became absolutely necessary either to omit altogether several of the parishes enumerated in the I'rospectus, or to greatly curtail the particulars respecting them ; and eventually the latter course was adopted, as being likely to cause the least amount of disappointment to our subscribers. To Mr. ^Villiam Richardson, of South Cave, the work to a g'reat extent owes its existence. He suggested its collection and publication, and, by the sacrifice of much time and labour, has materially assisted in its compilation. To the Clergy of the district for their uniform kindness in readily permitting access to Parish Registers, &c., we tender our sincere thanks. To T. Sturmy Cave, Esq., of Strawberry Hill, London, for much valuable help; to Mr. and Mrs. Barnard of Cave Castle, for free access to documents, and for important assistance; to the Dean and Chapter of York, with their valued Clerk, Mr. Whitehead, for permissiori to copy from the Torre MSS. ; to Sir A. K. Rollit, M.P. ; T. T. Wildridge, Esq. ; W. G. B. Page, Esq. (Assistant Librarian, Hull Subscription Library); Jas. Reckitt, Esq.; F. R. Pease, Esq. ; T. W. Palmer, Esq. ; Mr. M. Foster, Sancton ; Captain Judge ; G. E. Weddall, Esq. ; and others, who have rendered us valuable assistance, our best thanks are due. ff////, March, iS()i. SOUTH CAVE. ESTLIXCi in a val!c\- at the south-western foot of the \\o\(\ Hills few [)laces are more pleas- antly situated than South Cave. It is a small town and parish about three miles north of the River Humher, thirteen miles from Hull, and seven miles south of Market Weighton ; in the South Hunsley l)eacon division of Harthill Wapentake, Beverley Union and County Court District, Rural Deanery of Howden, East Riding Archdeaconry, and Diocese of York. The Parish, which has a rateable value of _^9,88i, with 949 inhabitants and an area of 4,337 acres, formerly comprised the townships of South Cave, T^romfieet, and Faxfleet, containing together 1,100 persons and 7,480 acres, but in 1861 Bromfieet and Faxfleet were severed from the parish. T\v' principal land- owners are Mr. C. E. (x. Barnard, J. P.. Cave Castle: Mr. W. H. 1: 2 - SOU'I'H CAVE. Harrisoii-Uroadlcy, ].\\: ami Mr. (1. (1. Macturk, in addition to a large number of freehoklers and copyholders. Uniler the P>aili\viek or Manor Paramount of South Cave there are three copyhold manors, namely. East Hall ; Fa.xfleet, in South Cave; and West Hall; formerly held by the families of Malet, Deyvill, Vavasour, Danby, Harrison, (iirlington, Idell, Washington, and Lloyd, but all three manors are now vested in Mr. Parnard. The township is remarkably healthy, the greater part of it resting upon a bed of gravel, and sheltered from the east by the \\'old Hills. The old Roman street, from Brough to Market-^Veighton, would pass the site of the present village, and being in a pleasant valley and in near proximity to the Roman Station o'i Petiiaria it is not unlikely that the spot would be selected by officers of the Roman Legions as a suitable one for residential jjurposes. In the month of January. 1890, a discovery was made in the neighbour- hood, of an interesting relic of the Roman lead trade. ^^'hen ploughing in a field near the " Cliffs," a farmer came upon a block of lead measuring 22 inches in length, 5^2 inches in breadth, 4)4 mches in depth, and weighing gst. 9lbs. An inscri{)tion appears upon the block in well-executed raised letters, as will be seen from the engraving. The title may be expanded thus : Caii lu/ii Froti Brita/iicinii Luiudense ex argen/o — that is (the lead of), C. Julius Protus, British (lead) from Lutudte, prepared from silver. C. Julius Protus was the capitalist who worked the mines, and the mine itself was at Lutudte, a place which was probably in South Derbyshire. i'he lead is said to have been prepared from silver, because the silver was always extracted. "^•' This highly inter- * I'^or a full and most interesting account of inscribed pigs of lead see " A propos (Fuji Saiiinon de ploinb aittiqite troin'c a Saint Valery-Siir-Sonunc, Notes Efiii^raphiqitcs ct Ristoriqurs, par. \'. |. \'nil]ant," pulilishcd at Boulogne-svu'- Mer, 1888. SOUTH CAVE. 3 esting relic is now in the possession of Mr. I^)arnar(l, tlie owner of tlie field in which it was found. It is curious that long ago— pro- bably before the year lyoo — a portion of another block of lead was found at Brough. It was a fragment only, with the letters, hk k x ARC. Domesday. In Domesday Book there are numerous references to South Cave, amongst which we find the following : — * ' Cave. Land of the Archbishop of York. In Cave is one carucate and six ox£;angs to he taxed, where there may he one plough. Kldred, Archhisliop, BLOCK OF LEAD FOUND AT SOUTH CAVE. held this for one Manor. Now the Canons of St. Peter's [York Minster] have it under Thomas, Archbishop, and it is waste, except that one Farmer {ceiisorins) pays ten shillings and eightpence. ' ' Land of Earl Hugh. In Cave, Basin and Ulf, and Torchil, had two Manors of six carucates and two oxgangs to be taxed, and there may lie four ]3loughs. Nigel now has of the Earl in the demesne one plough ; and five vil- lanes with two ploughs. N'alue in King Edward's time, forty shillings, it is the same at present.' ' Land of Robert Malet. Manor. In Cave, Gamel had twenty-four car- ucates of land to I'C taxed where there may be twelve ploughs. Robert Malet has now four ploughs in the demesne there, and thirty villanes having eight ploughs. There is a Church and a Priest there, and the site of two Mills. Wood pasture and coppice wood one mile long and one broad. The whole Manor seven miles ""' From Pawdvven's translation. 4 SOUTH CAVE. long and one broad. N'aluc in King Ivlwaixl's time twelve |)!)Uik1s, now one hundred shillings.' '■■ CH.M-irKR. During a period of a century after the date of Domesday we have very httle information respecting this parish, htit in 1291 a Charter was granted "to the Master and P>rethren of the KniglUs Templars in England, and their successors, for a market on Mon- day in every week at their Manor of Suth Kave ; and one fair there every year for four days, namely, on the eve, day, and morrow o( the Holy Trinity, and on one day following. \\'itnesses : R. Bishop of Bath and Wells, and others. Dated at Berewyk-upon- Tweed, loth August." f The Order of Knights Temi)lars was suppressed in 131 2, and in the following year a Charter was granted to Peter Deyvill for a fair and market, which was confirmed in the 22nd of Richard H., and again in the first of Henry IV., as appears by an " Inspexi- mus " dated 31st May, 1400, with the (ireat Seal attached, now in the possession of Mr. Barnard, and in a good state of preservation. The following is a translation of the Charter granted to Peter Deyvill. I * jE^VVarD, by the Grace of God, Kmg of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitain, To all Archbishops, Bishops, Abl)ots, Priors, Earls, Llarons. Justices, .Sheriffs, IVovosts, Officers, and all Bailiffs and others his faithful sub- jects, greeting. Know ye that we have granted, and by this our Charter have confirmed, to our beloved and faithful Peter Deyvill, that he and his heirs for ever may have one Market every week, on Monday, at his Manor of -South Cave, in the County of York, and one fair there every year for three days to con- * The great depreciation which had evidently taken place in the value of land since the time of King Edward (the Confessor) would be accounted for by the fact that the country between the Humber and the Tyne had been devastated by command of the Conqueror. + Charter Roll, 19 Edward I., No. 17. :|: Variously spelled Deyvill, De Eyvill, Dayrill, and Davill. SOUTH CAVE. 5 timic, lo wit, (111 llic c\e, nn tlic day, and on the nidirow of llie I [oly Tiinity, iinluss that market and that fair he to the hint of the neighbouring markets and fairs. Wherefore we will, and firmly command for us and our heirs, that the aforesaid I'eter and his heirs for ever may have the aforesaid Market and Fair at his manor aforesaid with all liberties and free customs to the said Market and F.iir belonging, except that Market and Fair be to the hurt of the neighbouring Markets and Fairs aforesaid. These being witnesses : The Venerable Father William Archbishop of York, Primate of England ; Gilljcrt de Clare, Earl of Gloucester ami Hertford, llumiihrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, and Esse.x, Henry de I'ercy, Hugh le Despenser, Marmaduke de Thwenge, Edmund Mauley Steward of our Household, and others. ©tVCll by our hand at \'ork, the seventh day of May in the seventh of our Reign.' * Peter Deyvill paid a fine to the King, of forty shillings, "for having one market and one fair at his Manor of South Cave." f From the record of proceedings connected with the confirma- tion of the Charter in the reign of Richard II., it appears that an Inquisition had been taken at Hull, "on Friday next, before the ffeast of St. Dunstan, in the twentieth year of the reign of King Richard H., after the conquest of England, Ijcfore Peter de Buck- ton, Escheator of the Lord the King, in the County of York, by virtue of his office, by the oath of Richard Lelorn, John Withernwick the elder, Lawrence Drenge, Roger Franklain, Thomas Rose, of Goodmanham ; and John Clark, of North Cave ; Thomas of EUerton, John Grigg, of Ellerker ; Elyat Well, of Hessle ; Robert Dirkin, John Ellison, of Hessle ; and Thomas Ellerton, jurors, who say upon their oath that Thomas Dayvill, of South Cave had, and e.xer- cised, one market every Monday in the week, and one fair every year, in the Feast of the Holy Trinity, at South Cave, upon the grounds of the Templars there for twenty years last j^ast, without the Kings license or special warrant, and which said market and fair the said Thomas aliened in fee to Thomas of Metham, Chivaler, without the King's license, which said market and fair were held of the Lord, the King, in capite, and of the value in all issues, according to the true value thereof, by the year, six marks ; and the said Thomas, the issues and profits of the said market and fair for twenty years last past, did receive and lake, from whence he is responsively to the Lord the King. Li testimony where- of, to this Intjuisition, the jurors aforesaid have set to their seal." * Enrolled on Charter Roll, 7 Edward H., No. 5. t Originalia Roll, 7 Edward H., m 19. 6 SOUTH CAVE. Dcyvill pleaded that he "oiit;iit not to account to the KinL(, and that the market and fair in the hands of the KiiiL? ought not to re- main, because that he saith that one, Peter Davvll, liis cosen, whose heir he is — to wit — son of ^^'illiam, son of Roger, scjn of the afore- said Peter, was seiz'd of the aforesaid Manor of South Cave, with the appurtenances, to him and his heirs in the time of King Edward." The matter was still pending at the death of the King, antl in the first year of Henry IV. (1400), it was agreed " that the justices of our Lord and King, assigned to take the Assizes in the said County of York, should be appointed, by commission of this Ex- chequer, to enquire of the premises." The justices made a return to the writ as follows : — "To wit, on Monday, in the first week ni Lent, in the within menconed fiisl year of ye reign of King Henry ye Fourth, after the Conquest, at York, in the County of York, before John Markham and John Cockhayne, Justices of our Lord, the King, assigned to take the Assizes aforesaid in the County, came Thomas Dayvyll, of South Cave, within named, liy his attorney, within named, and the jurors being likewise called, came, and upon pul^lick proclamation, made as the custom, is, ' If any knew, or would prosecute, or inform the said jurors for our Lord, the King upon the matters aforesaid witliin contained, that then he should come there more fully to inform the said jurors for our Lord, the King ; ' and hereupon came Y'illiam Gasteign* and Robert Tirwhite, the King's Serjeants at Law ; William Lodington, the King's Attorney at Law ; Richard of Norton, Alexander of Lounde, Thomas of .Sancton, John of Pock- lington, and Robert of Sancton, and offered themselves to inform our Lord, the King, concerning the premises ; whereupon it is proceeding to the taking of the Inquisition aforesaid by the jurors first impannell'd, and now appearing, \yhich said jurors, being elected, tryed, and sworn to speak the truth concerning the premisses, in the presence of the aforesaid Y'illiam Gasteign, Robert Tirwhite, William Lodington, Richard of Norton, Alexander of Lounde, Thomas of Sannc- ton, John of Pocklington, and Robert of Sancton, say upon their oath that Peter Dayvyll, within mentioned, was seized of the Mannor of South Cave with the appurtenances within menconed to him and his heirs in the time of King "" This would doulitless be the famous Judge Gascoign. SOUTH CAVE. 7 Edward, s m of Kiiit^ Ilcniy, to which said I'clcr tiic said Lnrd Edward, '■ laic King of I'lngland, progenitor of the now King, ditl grant and confirm l)y liis Charter — sliown in evidence to the above jurors, and within enrolled — that the said Peter and his heirs for ever should have one market every week on Monday at the mannor aforesaid, and one fair there every year, to continue three days, to wit, on the vigil, on thL' day, and on the m )rrow of the Holy Trinity, as in tlic aforesaid Charter, is more fully contained, and say that the said Peter, by ver- tue of the grant and confirmation aforesaid, was seized of the market and fair aforesaid, and that all the heirs of the aforesaid Peter were in like manner seiz'd of the market and fair aforesaid, until the taking of the Infiuisition aforesaid, wdiereof mention is within made at the mannor aforesaid, as was lawful for them without that; that the aforesaid Thomas Dayvyll, or any of his ancestors, the market and fair aforesaid, did hold upon the ground of the Templars ; or that the said Thomas Dayvyll the said market and fair to the aforesaid Thomas of Metham, within named, did alien in ffee as by the Inquisition aforesaid, for the Lord, the King, is within supposed ; and they say further that the aforesaid Thomas Dayvyll is heir of the aforesaid Peter Dayvyll in manner as the said Thomas Dayvyll hath within alleged, and the aforesaid Thomas Dayvyll demands judgment upon the premisses ; and the premises being seen by the Barons, and having been deliber- ated thereupon among themselves, it is considered that ye aforesaid Thomas Dayvyll should be ac(|uitted of the account required of him to be made to the King concerning the premises, and that the hand of the Lord the King, of and from the market and fair aforesaid, with the appurtenances, should be amoved, and that the market and fair aforesaid, together with the issues and profits thereof received from the time of taking the same into the King's hands should be to the .said Thomas Dayvyll, free to hold and exercise according to the form of ye grant of the King abovesaid, always saving the King's accon if he should otherwise complain thereof; and we have brought the Tenor of the Record and Press aforesaid at the prosecution of the aforesaid Thomas Dayvyll to be exem- plified uniler the Seal of our said Exche(|uer. ^^"itness : L. Allerthorpe, at Westminster, the one-and-thirlieth day of May, in the first year of our reign." The yearly fair was formerly much resorted to, but is now very little used except as a jileasure fair, when it is the custom to make extra provision for the accommodation of visitors, including an ample supply of the now famous " Cave Cheesecakes." * The Justices appear to have been under the im[iression that the Charter was granted to Deyvill by Edward I. and not lulward II. 8 SOUTH cam:. 'I'u give an idea of thctormcr importance ot ihe lairanti wi'ekly market, it may he menticjiied that Mr liarnartl has a document datetl in i 782, signed hy eighty-eight persons '' being (.xjrn-faclors, mercliants, farmers, and tradesmen, agreeing, with the consent and approbation of I-eiiyns I'oldero Inarnard, Escp, I ,ord of the manor and soil, and |)roprietor of the tolls thereof, that the market should commence at ic a.m. instead of 4-30 p.m. (the hour mentioned in the Charter), for the convenience of those who resort here Irom a distance ; " and the late Mr. Ceorge Petfield, joiner who acted as an enumerator at the census in June, 1841, has leit a memorandum in his books as follows : — " Total residents in the town, 972. Visitors, cattle dealers, and drovers that came to Cave Fair on Sunday night, 293."' The following fines, &c., refer to the time of the Knights Temjjlars : — •' Fine l>elween Alan, Master of llie Knights Templnrs in England, plain- tiff, and (lundretha, who was the wife of ^^'illianl de .'-iaunlon, impedient, concerning four bo\'ates of land at Cave. The right of the Master is acknow- ledged." — Feet of I'incs, to Henry III., 22 (old No. ). From Catalogue. " Fine between Gundretha de Bayville, demandant, and Alexander de Santun, tenant, concerning one carucate of land in .'^uthcave. The right of Alexander is acknowledged : to hold of brother Robert, Master of the Knights Templars in England." — Feet of Fines., ij Henry 11/., jj. From Cata/ogtie. "Fine between Roliert de Samford, Master of the Knights Temjilars in England, plaintiff, and John Cundi. Roger de Mulbray hatl destrained the Master for scutage to the amount of 6-. 8d. (when the fee was taxed at 40s.) for his free tenement in Sudcave, viz., one carucate of land ; and also to do suit every three weeks at Roger's Court of Tre^:k. The Master alleged that the said John ought to ac(iuit him from these services, as being mesne between the Master and Roger. John acknowledges the right of the Master to hold in frank almoign, and will acf|uit and defend him from all secular service, (X;c. " — J-'ect of fines, 2g Henry I IL Froi/i Catalogue. " Fine between Ixoger de I'^yvill, demandant, and Brother Robert de Tui':\ill, Master of the Knights Templars in England, concerning one loft anil SOUTH ("AVE. 9 two l)o\alcs of land in Siith Cave. Tlic right of the Master is acknowletlgecL'" tion from toll in South Cave. " Legal proceedings had heen resorted to during the reign of I\ichard II. hy one of the burgesses, against the collector of tolls in .South Cave, for having unjustly enforced payment ; and the cause had been decided in favour of plain- tiff. A similar claim having been renewed at this time, the Governors of Beverley procured an e.xemplification of the former plea of trespass, and verdict thereupon, between Thomas Chandler, a burgess of Beverley, and Thomas Davill, Lord of the Manor and owner of the tolls of South Cave ; in which it is recorded that the jury found for Thomas Chandler, the plaintiff. This exempli- fication was exhiliited as a decisive proof that the burgesses of Beverley were legally exonerated from toll within the parisli of .South Cave, and their right was relucantly admitted." '"' The Manors of South Cavk. As before stated, there are three manors in Sottth Ca\e, namely, the bailiwick or Manor Paramount of 'South Cave, with East Hall ;' the Manor of 'South Cave A\V'st Hall, otherwise ^Vest Hall, in South Cave ; ' and the Manor of ' South Cave, otherwise Fa.\- fleet, in South Cave.' It will be seen from Domesday Book that the manor was at that time held by Robert Malet, and most probal)ly it was then undivided, and included the townships of liromfieet and Faxfleet. Subsequently we find four manors within the ])arish, name!)', East Hall, West Hall, Faxfleet, and Ikomfleet. Though Fax- fleet and Uromfleet, are now severed from the parish, Ivaxfleet in South Cave is still a manor therein, but no part of Bromfleet Manor is now within South Cave. " Cor)) Rcc. , 23 Henry I^^ , 14c. SOUTH CAVK. 13 The orij^inal |)afish was not only of considerahlo extent (as mentioned in Domesday) but, ha\ini; three or lour resident lords of the manors, it must have h.-en one of importance 'I'iie^e manors have been held by numerous families, and, until the vear 17H5, they never appear to have been all held by the same lord. We will first gi\e a concise list of the lords of each of the three manors, and then we purpose giving a short history of each manor separately. OWXERS OF I'lIF. IJaILIWICK, OR M ANOR PARAMOUNT WITH East Hall. — Robert Malet, I )eyvills, \'^avasours, Danbys, Harrisons, Henry Washington, Idell, Uoldero IJarnards. Ow'XERS OF WF:sr Hall.— -Sir Alexander Ca\e, Sir Alexan- der Lound, Lord Sheffield, (lirlingtons, Harrisons, Lloyds, Dunns, Boldero Piarnards. OwxFRS OF Faxflkkt IN SouTH C.WK. — The Knights Tem- plars, John Strivelyn, Stei^hen le Scrope, John Earl of P>ridge- water, Thomas Pyte, Es(p, Sir William Holcrot't Knt , Sir John Cuttler, Part., Tklmund Lloyd, Edward ^Lirshall, Elizabeth Marshall, P)oldero Barnards. Thf: Bailiwick or Manor P.vraaiount of South Cavk, WITH Ilast Hall. .A.s before mentioned, the original grant by ^^'illiam the Con- queror was to Robert Malet ; and the Charter to Peter Deyvill, the Lord of the Manor, for a ^Lirket and Fair, was dated in 13 14. From the " Inspe.ximus " in 1400, it was clear that the l)ev\ills were at that date still in possession. They were an important fiimily, and some interesting particulars respecting them will Ije found in our reference to Faxfleet. 14 SOUTH CAVE. In the reign of I'^lward III., Thomas hcyvill was one of the two Knights elected as Members of Parh'ament for Yorkshire, namely, in 1328, r33i, and 1333. * The arms of the Deyvills were among those depicted in the windows of York Minster, f The manor passed from the Deyvills to the Vavasours, and in the 3Sth of Elizabeth (1596) there is a grant of a Royal License to Edward Vavasour, to sell the Manor Paramount to Sir Thomas Danby. This Sir Thomas Danby a[)[)ears to have been the head of the very important Leeds family of Danby, of Farnley Hall. | Theirarms are still incor])orated with those of the town of Leeds, and a well preserved shield of Sir Thomas Danby's .\rms, dated 1586, and bearing his initials, was found some years ago in a wall of the stable yard at Cave Castle. He certainly resided here, and the record of his burial appears in the I'arish Register for the year 1590, in the following terms : — " Vciicrabilis Vir Thomas Danb\\ Miles, Scpiilf/is fi/if deciino quifiio die mens Septembris.'"' He left the manors to his son Richard, who was succeeded by his son. Sir Thomas Danby, who died in 1660, and he was followed by his son, Francis Danby, who also resided here, and entries appear in the Registers of I>irths and Deaths of his children from 1636 to 1646. P'rancis Danby, the last Lord of the Manor of this family died in 1663 but is not buried here. The Danbys were Loyalists and mortgaged their property in South Cave to a Mr. Jermins, Sergeant-atT.aw, to enable them to pay, amongst other debts, the fine of ^320 inflicted on P'rancis Danby by the Commissioners for Compounding, during the Coni- * Park's Parliamentary Representation of Yorkshire, p 8. t Drake's History of York. X "Sir Cliristoplier Danliy, of Farnley Hall," was High Sheriff of \'(irkshire in 1545- SOUTH CAVE. 15 nionwcalth. His release, dated 1650, and signed by the Com- missioners, is amongst Mr. Barnard's pa[)ers. 'I'he mortgage on the Danhy pro[)erty in .South Cave passed into the hands of a Mr. P>ancis Harrison, who, as well as his son, Thomas Harrison, of Dancers Hill, South Mimms, Hertfordshire, had {previously lent various sums of money to Sir Thomas and his son, Mr. Francis Danby, and in 1649 the Danbys agreed to sell their Manor of South Cave to Harrison for ^3,200. Harrison paid certain sums amounting in the aggregate to ^1,725, and then refused to pay anything further. In the year 1653, Francis Danby commenced a Suit in Chancery, "to enforce the said Mr. Harrison either to i)ay the purchase money or relinquish his bargain upon being reimbursed the money by him expended and disbursed about the same." Nothing, however, came of the suit, and after . Harrison's death, his son Richard remained in possession. Richard married Eleanor, daughter of Sir AMlliam Lowther, of Swillington, Yorkshire, l)y whom he had five daughters, viz. : — Anne who married Henry Fairfax, Esqre., of Towleston. Diana, who married Cai)tain Richard Moore. — She was buried here 22nd January, 1691. Eleanor, who married (October 7th, 16S9) Henry \\'ashington. Elizabeth, who married Richard Lloyd, Esq. -She was buried here 13th January, 1724. and Mary who married Charles Nodon. Both Richard Harrison and his wife are buried here. At Richard's death (March i6th, 1682) the estate went to his five daughters and co-heiresses. So far as we can ascertain from old documents in connection with the Chancery Suits affecting the estate, and which, fortunately, have been carefully [)reserved, the marriage of Eleanor Harri- 1 6 SOUTH CAVE. son and Hrnry Washington was the first connection of the Washing- tons with S(nitii Caw, consequently the old tradition that John Wash- ington, grandfather of the Cieneral, emigrated Ironi South Cave to America in 1657 cannot he sustained. The South Clave Washingtons may have been, and prohahly were,members o! the lann'l\- from which the President sprung, hut they were not his immediate ancestors. In the year 1689, Miss jane Danhy, the only snrvi\ing child of the former owner, thinking probahl)', that in those more settled times she might have a l)etter chance of success, filed a l)ill in Chancery against Richard Harrison's five co heiresses. Mr. Henr)- Washington, being a solicitor (and at that time Under-Sheriff of Yorkshire), acted for his wife as well as for the other defendants. and the Chancery Suit dragged on for many years, not being settled till the year 1703. Miss Danby bitterly complained of the repeated delays caused by the defendants' Attorney, Henry \Vashington. as will be seen from the following extract from a petition filed by her : — "But the defendant, Washington, having the carriage of the Commission, refuses to let them proceed, declaring that he cared not how long he delayed ihe cause, for that he, lieing the solicitor therein for himself and other defendants, doubted not l)Ut to get as much thereby as his wife's share came to, and turned one of the plaintiffs witnesses out of the house, and threatened to send him to goale when he was attending to be examined for the plaintiff on the last com- mission." For this he was condemned to pay the jilaintirt" /, 15 for her costs for attending on the defendant. During the progress of the Chancery Suit, Henry AA'ashing- ton wrote a letter to a Mr. Hoy (who was probably his agent), which is of such an interesting nature that we give it entire : 5 April, (16)93. " Mr. Hoy, Not knowing how to direct to you I sent this to Mr. Consett. I have given Sir Al). Danb)- notice of ye e.xecution of our Com., on ye 24th instant. Mr. Consett will this weeke receive a l)o.\ full of old bills, answers. SOUTH CAVE. 17 and depo;;ic>ns, and also a copy of a decree which wee have under scale, which pray look over. I find ye draught of a conveyance from all ye Danhys to Tho. tiarrison, hut whether itt was ever executed I know not. Wee have ye bond menconed in ye cop. of ye account beini; or charge which wee found with Tho. Harrison's writings, and Mr. Justice Jermin's mortgage, the order for ye discharge of ye seiiuestracon, but to save a long recital I send you a copy of itt. Now, these being proved previously, I hope wee need not prove them again, but only what money has since been laid out in repaires and what losse has been by ye insolvency of tennants, for if we nuist prove them then or interr. you will find are short. Part of ye estate is a wood of about twenty-six acre.-:. And I find that by their last Com. they endeavoured to prove that wee had felled or cut downe abundance of the wood. Now if itt be necessary for us wee can prove that old Danby cutt downe ye wood before wee entred, and that wee never cutt downe any but for ye repaires and fencing of ye cottages and closes, liut then wee must have an interrogatory to lead to itt. The workmen who were formerly imploy- edin Imildingorrepaireing ye houses and cottages are most of them either dead or gone, soe that what wee prove must be l)y hearsay and beleife. I would faine have our answers seriously perused, for I hope that we have not lett them in. And in case wee have not, then pray advise me what wee must doe, for wee valine not expense if we could att any rate gett ye Bill dismissed. Not but that our money due, could we prove ye same effecually, is full ye valine of ye land according to ye rents itt now gives. I shall bee shortly in towne, and then, or in the meantime, if you v.ant itt, will supply you with more money, soe pray take what advice you think convenient. Mr. Jones draw our answers. I desire you to send mee two lines to Yorke where I now am, and you will ol)lige. Your ffriend and servant, HEN. WA.SniNGTON." Evidently our local Washington had not that utterly unselfish disposition which characterised the great American patriot, and a little extra money seemed to l)e no object if he " could att any rate gett ye Bill disrnissed." Wc part very reluctantly with the old tradition that General ^Vashington's ancestors were born here, but fail to find any evidence in support of the statement, though dili- gent search has been made among old papers relating to the Cave Castle Estate. In 1 694 Jane Danby died, leaving her lawsuit still undecided, and 1 8 SOUTH CAVE. it was carried on by Sir Ahstrupus Danhy,* her cousin, (des- cril)ed as heir of jane Danby, as well as grandson and heir of Sir Thomas Danby, of Farnby Hall), against Henry Washington and Nodon. The lawsuit proceeded for some years, but on July 2nd, 1702, Sir Abstrupus Danby came to an arrangement with the defendants Washington and others, by which he resigned all claim against the the co-heiresses on payment to him of ^320 los., and so ended this long-pending lawsuit. In August, 1702, a deed was executed by the co-heiresses and their husbands empowering Ralph Nodon gent, of the -Middle Temple, London, to sell the Manor of South Cave East Hall. In 1706 Henry Washington advanced ^,2,830 to pay off the "remaining" claims of his wife's sisters; he himself claiming be- sides this sum, ^1,655 for his wife's share and his own expenses in the suit though he appears to have previously received ^902 7s. 6d. on her account, and in 1707 the manor was conveyed to Washington "and his heirs for ever." By his will, dated 6th October, 17 17, Mr. Washington devises his property to Eleanor, his wife, for life, with reversion to his son Richard, and ,1^50 apiece to three younger children. On January 14th, 17 19, Eleanor Washington, and her son Richard, agree to sell the manor to Mr. John Idell, to whom Henry Washington had mortgaged it before his death. Mr. Idell had married Anne, Eldest daughter of Henry Washington. In connection with this sale from Washington to Idell the fol- lowing letter from Richard Washington is interesting : — Sir Abstrupus was one of the Meml)crs of Parliament for Yorkshire in 169S. SOUTH CAVE. 19 " Brother Idell, Above are all the deeds I have in my jxiwer or custody or know anything of relating to South Cave, which I sent down by the Hull carrier yesterday, directed to you at Mr. Short's, cooper, in High Street, Hull, York- shire, carriage paid, and I hope you will receive them safe. My mother hopes very shortly to hear from you, with a Bill for the remr. due to her, and I assure you she wants it. We are ready to receive the money and assign as you shall think proper, and pray let me know when you shall be prepared, that I may order mres. accordingly. I am, with humlile respects to all friends, and love to yourself and family. January 7th, 1723. Your affectionate brother, R. WASHINGTON." Mr. Idell appears to have paid ^3,000 on account of the pur- chase money, and to have given Mrs. Washington and her son, a mortgage on the estate to secure the balance of ;!^2,ooc. In response to the appeal so forcibly made in Mr. Richard Washington's letter, Mr. Idell seems to have taken steps to procure this ^2,000 else- where, and the mortgage was assigned October 25th, 1725, to a Mr. Walker, from whom it passed to Mr. Christopher Kirby, of Kingston-upon-Hull. In 1744 Mr. Idell gave an additional mortgage of his manor for ;!{^5co to Mark Kirby, Esq., brother and heir to Christopher Kirby, deceased, and in 1748 Mr. Idell and his son, John Idell, sold the manor to Leuyns Boldero Barnard, Esqre. Manor of West Hall. This Manor was at one time held by the Cave Family, whose history dates back to the time of William II. In 1316, Sir Alexander de Cave is returned as joint Lord of South Cave, North Cliff and South Cliffe. For a fuller account of this family, the reader is referred to the separate chapter on the subject ; and here we need only trace the family so far as it is connected with the Manor of West Hall. 20 SOUTH CAVE. Maud, the daughter and heiress of Sir Alexander Cave, married Sir Alexander I.ound, of T.ound Hall and of South Cave, and the latter would doubtless have then become owner of the Manor. Mr. Barnard has in his possession a deed dated in 1433, which refers to Alexander Lound, as will be seen from the following translation :- " Know all men present and to come that wc, John Persay, John Daunay, Esquire(s), and John Cokhin, Rector of the Church of Little Coldon, have given, granted, and l)y tliis, our present Charter, confirmed to Alexander de Lound, of Suth Cave, Esquire, all our manors, lands, tenements, rents, rever- sions and services, with all their appurtenances, in the County of York, which we had of the gift and feoffment of Thomas Lound, Knight : To have and to hold all the aforesaid, manors, lands, tenements, rents reversions, and services, with all their appurtenances, as it is aforesaid, to the aforesaid Alexander, his heirs and assigns for ever, of the chief lords of those fees, by the services therefore due and of right accustomed. And also we, the aforesaid John I'ersay, John Daunay, and John Coldon, will warrant and defend all the aforesaid manors, lands, tenements, rents, reversions, and services, with all their appurtenances, as it is aforesaid, to the aforesaid Alexander, his heirs and assigns for ever against all men by these presents. In witness whereof wc have affixed our seals to this present Charter. These being witnesses : Henry Brounflet, Edmund Darrell, Richard , Ralph Graystok, William Tempest, Knights. Dated on the first day of November, in the twelfth year of the reign of King Henry VL, after the Conquest of England. " [1433]. The Lounds are also frequently referred to in connection with Wallingfen Common. The old Manor House for West Hall is marked on a map of the parish made in 1759, as "Mr, Lloyd's House," he being then Lord of the Manor. Doubtless both Sir Alexander Cave and Sir Alexander Lound had resided there. The house in 1767 was occupied by Thomas Mead, who was probably the last tenant, and it then went out of occupation. Some portions of the walls remained for many years afterwards, and the fish ponds were filled up less than half-a-century ago. Janet, the daughter of Sir Alexander Lound married Robert Sheffield, ancestor of the T^ord Sheffield and Earls of Mulgrave, SOUTH CAVE. 2 1 The following is a copy of a portion of a Suit-Roll, or list of tenants of the manor during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, which is interesting, as giving the names of some of the copyholders at that time connected with the manor : — " A suyte role for the Lord Sheffield Manor of Southcave, for the lands and tenants belonginge to the same vt. setiuilr. : — Henrie Earle of Uarbie. Sr. Thomas Danby, Knight. Wyllm Ellerker, Esquire, for a tofte in Ellerker. Rychard Langdayll, Esquire, for land in Sancto. Thomas Elwod, gentleman, for lands in Myddleton. Robert Constalile, gent, for lands in Drevvton and Euthorpe. Necolas Babthorp, gentle. , for lands in North Cave. Thomas Rychardson for a tofle in Iloihom. Wyddow Elwarde for lands in Cotta. Wyllm Johnson, gent. Wyllm Waudbie for land in Everthorp. Robert Waell. Georg Iddle." The first Lord of the Manor to whom we have any reference among the records belonging to this manor is Edmund, third Lord Shefifield, who, in the fourteenth year of James L was constitu- ted President of the Council for the North. In the reign of Charles I. he vwis created Earl of Mulgrave. By his first wife, Ursula, the daughter of Sir Robert Tirwhit, he had six sons, first, Charles who died young and unmarried ; second, Sir John Sheffield ; third, Edmund ; fourth, \Villiam (drowned in France) ; fifth, Philip, and sixth, Cxeorge. Sir John, Edmund, and Philip were unfortunately drowned in the passage of Whitgift Ferry (over the River Hum- ber), and George broke his neck in a new riding house which his father had made out of an old consecrated chapel, as says Sir "William Dugdale.* * See The works of John Sheffield Eprl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Norman- \ SOUTH CAVE. 29 I Kcuyns HolJero. Iinpt Dec. 6th, 1708, .iiij iissiimeJ the .sur- nrime aiiU arms of H.iniard pursuant to the will of his great luicle Henry Ijaru.ard. Ob. .March 6th, 1783'. buried at St. Mary's, P.everley. m. .A.n;ie, d.aua:hter of William Popplewell, of Monk Hill, Pontefract, ob. .Sept. 14th, T757 ; buried at .St. Mary's, Heverley. I Henry Boh'ero, born Oct., 12111,1755, ob. P'ebruary 61 h, 1S15, buried at South Cave. m. Sarah Elizabeth, daughter and co- heiress of Roger Gee, of Hishop Burton, by Caroline, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Warton Pennyman Warton, ob. Nov. 23th, 1832. Edward 1 John Boldero, Henry Boldero, 1 1 1 Mary (Jale a banker, fi.st of of Aviary Hill, Kent, Ehzabeih Boldcro of Stapleton Park, Co. m. Anne. Grays Inn, York, and subsequent- Elizabeth, m. ly of Aspenden il.all, Daue;hier of James Ann, County Herts. Randall, of the old daus^hter m Jewry, London. of. . . . Hester, 1 Brass, of, daughter of Edward Gale Boldero Richmond Stone, of Bath. born Au'TUst ''Mh, County 1 1757- York. 1 1 1 Mary John Charles Sophy Leuyns Boldero, of Walkington, born February 8th, 1758, ol). TS24 ; buried at St. Mary's, Beverley, m. daughter of .... Owston, ob. i3oi. I Mary Anne, born iSoi ; died 18S2. Only child, m. Captain John Dit- mas, of Beverley. .A.nne Bi>l lero, born at .South Cave, .Sept. 2oth, 1751, ob. 1S27. m. Robert, ist Lord Carrington, liorn, 1752 ; ob. 183S. Robert John. 2nd Lord Carrington, born Jan. lOlh, 1795. and eight daughters. Mary. I . Georgina, m. Rev. George Fyler Town- send, D.n., and has issue Henry Gee Barnard, of Cave Castle, liorn February 22nd, 1759 ; Captain Scots Greys ; ob. April 23rd, 1858 : buried at South Cave, m Elizabeth M.ary, daughter of Henry Elliot, of Clonmel, Ireland, born Nov. 5th, 1808 ; oh. Feb. 16th, 1872 ; buried at South Cave. S.P. Charles Leuyns, born Jan. 19th, 1790; Captain .Scots Greys, killed at Waterloo, 181C, and buried on the Yield SP- P2dward William, of Brantingham- thorpe, born March 16th, 1791 ; Vicar of South Cave; ob. Jan. loth 1828 ; buried in Lady Chapel, Ches- ter Cathedral, m Philadelphia Frances Esther, dau. of Venerable Francis Wrangham, Archdea- con of the East Rid- ing, ob. Oct. 1880. S.arah Elinor, born Aug iith, loio, ol) January 7th, 1852 m Joseph r>elpratt, Est), son of Samuel Del- pratt, Esq., of Jam- aica 30 SOUTH CAVE. (0 h (^) Joseph Ileiii y ndpratt, Uorn Dec, 1845. m Ada, dan of . . Hag- gard of Brisbane. ! has issue 5 sons and 3 3 daughters R j; Alice Julia Kale, — Georgiiia, oh. May p' m 4th, 1879 d Major m rr General Percival George Arthur 3 Mansfeldt Smith, 00 Smith, of the H M. Hen- Admiralty, gal Stan- Whitehall CI Corps, oh. SP 3 3 1884. S.P. ' Sarah Lucy m Rev John Tomlinson, Vicar of Great Haywood, Staffs. I 2 sons and 3 daughters Agnes Elizabeth, m Rev. Richard Henry Manley, Rector of Stoke Clymesland, County Cornwall I 4 sons and I daughter Mary Isabel m Rowland Smith, Col., H .M. Bengali Staff Corp*.- 1 1 son and 6 daughters Judith Emily m Benjamin Vaughan, Arbuckle, Col, H M. Royal Artillery I I son and 2 daus. Charles Edward Gee 1 oldero-Barnard, J.P., ofCave Castle, liorn at Brantingham- thorpe, March 23rd, 1822 ; married at St. George's, Han- over Square, June 5th, 1862. Sophia Letitia, born August 12th, 1830, 5th dau. of Hon. Andrew Godfrey Stuart, of Lisdhu, County Tyrone, Ireland, younger son of Andrew Thomas, Earl of Castlestuart. I Rosomond, born at Branting- hamthorpe I . Carohne born at Brant- ingham- tliorpe Emily born Sept. 1826, ob. Jan. 1828 Ursula Mary Florence, born July the 4th, i86g, at Coombe House, Gloucester- shire. The Barnard Family. The Barnard family settled in Holderness at a very early date, and were in possession of lands in Hedon, Preston, and Burstwick in the thirteenth century. We find in 1296 that King Edward I. escheated a writ to Thomas de Weston, his bailiff of Holderness, desiring him to pay for lands belonging to Lucie, daughter and heir of John Barnard, which the King's late eschea- tor, Thomas de Normanvill, had enclosed within the Royal Park of Burstwick. Frequent mention is made of the Barnards in the old writings relating to Hedon*. In 1413 Henry V. confirms a Charter to this town, granting great liberties to the mayors and '■ Poiilsoii's [Jistory of Holderness. SOUTH CAVE. 31 l)urgesses, and Hugh r>arnard is one of the first jury. In 1472 Thomas Barnard is Mayor of Hedon, and is re-elected ten times between that and 1493. In 1505 W'ilham Barnard is Mayor; soon after which the family seems to have migrated to Hull, though they still retained their property in Holderness. There is at the pre- sent time a close near Hedon which goes by the name of " Barn- ard's Croft," by which name it was known in the reign of Henry HI. being mentioned in a Deed of that period. At a Court Leet held 9th November, 1597, William Barnard and Elizabeth, his wife, surrendered land at Patrington for a term of twenty-one years Their son, William Barnard, was the first of the family who seems to have settled in Hull. On May 2nd, 171 1, Dr. Henry Barnard, youngest son of Sir Edward Barnard, Knight, made a surrender of lands, inherited from his father, in Lelly and Preston, near Hedon. The rest of the j)roperty belonging to the family in Holderness, in Storke, Sandholme, Hollyni, Rye-hill (otherwise Ryhill), Camerton, Lelly, and elsewhere, under the will (bearing date i6th January, 1747) of Ramsden Barnard, Esq., of N'orth Dalton, grandson and representa- tive of Sir Edward Barnard, passed on the death of his only daughter and heiress, Anne Barnard, on 3rd May, 1775, to his friend, William Bethell, Esq., second son of Hugh Bethell of Rise, he having been the sixth mentioned in the entail created by this will. There are numerous tombstones to members of the Barnard family both in St. Mary's Beverley, and in Holy Trinity Church, Hull. The oldest, in the latter, now entirely defaced, is that of William Barnard, son of the William and Elizabeth Barnard, alive in 1597. De la Pryme, gives the following as having been the inscrip- tion of this stone in the north aisle of the chancel : — " Here lieth in peace, Willi .m Barnard, Merchant Adventurer, of King- ston-upon-HuH, who departed tliis life the 1st November, 1614." 32 SOUTH CAVE. He la Prynu-'s manuscript says : — " Botli ihcir portraits me upon the stone i.e., l)oth his and his wife's, with nine sons at man's estate, and three daughters." These portraits and the inscription have since disappeared, and two of tlie nine sons must have died before tlieir father, as only seven are mentioned in Iiis will. This William Barnard was Lord of the Manor of Melton, and owner of the Parish of Cowlam, besides possessing consideral)le })roperty in Holderness and other parts of Yorkshire. In 1589 he was Chamberlain of Kingston-upon-Hull, and Mayor in 1602. In his will, dated 1603, he befjueathes various sums to the charities and ministers of the town, and leaves to eacli of his sons landed property of considerable extent. It reads strangely to us in the nine- teenth century to find included in his fifth son Henry's portion : " My sheepwalks, with six score sheep gates in Myton, now in the occupation of John Mawson : and also my sheepwalks and closes, with all the sheep gates thereunto belonging in the same lordship, now in the occupation of John Thirkell, glover, being freehold land." Of the seven sons mentioned in the will, three took an active part in public affairs in Hull during the Civil War. John and Henry were each twice Mayor, whilst Leonard — many of whose letters are extant among the (Corporation Records-acted as special envoy to Parliament on several occasions. He married a daughter of Sir John Lister, Knight, and was executor of his will under which large charities were left to Hull. Sir Edward Barnard, of North Dalton, Knight (born 1632), eldest son of Henry, was the most noted man of his f;amily and was knighted by Charles II. Lie was Recorder of Hull from 1669 to 1684, when he was discharged by James II. He was also Recorder of Beverley from 1663 to his death. Sir Edward is des- SOUTH CAVE. 1^^ crihcd by Gent as having been "the lionor of Kingston, the delight of Beverley, and an ornament of the law." He must have been a man of great energy, as besides attending to his pul)lic duties and the management of his large estate, he found time to fill several volumes with reports of law cases (among others, of the trial of Sir Harry Vane) in a beautifully clear handwriting. These volumes are now in the library at Cave Castle. He died in 1686, aged 54, and is l)uried at St. Mary's, Beverley. He was succeeded by his son Edward, as Recorder of Beverley, and in 1697, "at the request of the town," Mr. Edward Barnard also became Recorder of Hull. Sir Edward's male issue falling on the death of his youngest son. Dr. Henry Barnard (he having no children by his wife Eleanor, daughter of Richard Lowthcr, of Malmesmeburn, M.P. for Appleby), his branch of the family is now represented by the descendants of his eldest daughter, Margaret, who, by her second husband, William Leuyns, Esq., of Esk, left three daughters and co-heiresses. One of these three ladies, Mary Leuyns, married Edward Gale Boldero, Esq., of Cornbrough, in the North Riding, and their eldest son, Mr. Leuyns Boldero, on the death of his great-uncle. Dr. Henry Barnard, at the advanced age of ninety-four, assumed, in compliance with his will, by Royal License dated 30th November, 1769, the name and arms of Barnard, in addition to the name and arms of Boldero. Mr. Leuyns Boldero, had, previously to this, bought the Manor of South Cave, and settled here. Mr. Leuyns Boldero Barnard's great-grandson, Mr. C. E. G. Barnard, therefore, now represents this old and once numer- ous family ; the eldest branch, the Barnards of West Heslerton, having become extinct, in the male line, in the beginning of last D 34 SOUTH CAVE. century, as will be seen from the pedigree ; and though the late Lord Willoughby dc Ikook, as well as the liarnards of bigby in Lincoln- shire, and elsewhere, claimed to be descended from the same family, they have not been able to trace their exact connection with it. It may be mentioned, that the Holderos are a very old family, and, there is a tradition, that they are descended from the Danish " Balder," who settled in Suffolk in the ninth century. Their pedigree in the present Mr. Barnard's possession commences about 1420. The Daniel Boldero, whose son married Miss Leuyns, was born in 1620. He was M.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge, and was the son of Henry Boldero, of Barton Turfe, Norfolk, and Hepworth, Suffolk. Daniel Boldero married Elizabeth, only daughter and coheiress of Edward Gale, Esq., of Cornl)rough Manor, in the North Riding. He died in 1711, and is buried in the South Aisle, St. Helen's, York. Soon after 1748, when Mr. I^euyns Boldero purchased the South Cave Estate, he began to plant extensively and was the first to propose the enclosure of Wallingfen. He was a man of great energy and ability, and it is to his care in the preser- vation of important MSS. that we are indebted lor valuable documents which have materially assisted in the preparation of the history of the manors. His eldest son, Henry Boldero Barnard, who succeeded him, modernized and enlarged the house and was looked upon as a model country gentleman. He commenced the collection of pictures at Cave Castle, as well as the library. By his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Roger Gee, of Bishop-Burton, he had three sons and one daughter. His eldest son, the late Henry Gee Barnard, educated at Eton, entered the army in 1806 and became Captain in the Scot's Greys. Soon after the death of SOUTH CAVE. vO his father he retired on half pay, and he married (8th April, 1S34) at Paddington Church, London, Eh'zaheth Mary, daughter of Henry ElHot, Escp, of Clonniel, Ireland, by whom he had no issue. He died in 1S58 universally beloved and respected. The second son, Charles Leuyns, born 1790, entered the arniv at the early age of fourteen, and served with distinction in the 14th and 38th Regiments, and with the ist Dragoon C.uards in Germany, as well as through nearly the whole of the Peninsular AV^ar, in which he was severely wounded, and where he was honorably mentioned in the despatches. He was captain at the age of six- teen, and, having obtained his brother's troop early in 1815, at the battle of Waterloo he led into action the right squadron of his regi- ment and fell on the field. It may be mentioned as a remarkable fact, that he was the only officer in the Scots Greys who had been in action previous to that day. The Rev. Edward William P)arnard, of Prantinghamthorpe, the third son was M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Vicar of the parish of South Cave from 18 18 until his premature death of fever in 1828. He was a scholar and man of refined taste : a poet of no mean order, and his "Trifles, imitative of the style of Mel- eager," and his " 'Pranslations of the Poems of Flaminio " are highly prized by connoisseurs, as are also the few fugitive [)oems that have been published since his death. The following specimen has a local interest : — Lines by the Rev. E. W. Barnard, written at Rrantinghamthorpe on the ninth anniversary of the death of his l)rother, Captain Charles Leuyns llarnard (.Scots Greys), killed June i8th, 1815, aged twenty-five. Thrice three years have pass'd away Since when I stood on Airey's brow And thought of many a holiday Pass'd with thee at our home below. 36 SOUTH CAVE. I scarce believed the lapse of time : But, when fond memory called again The playmate of my boyhood's prime, I shrank to feel she call'd in vain. lie sleeps, alas ! a soldier's sleep On thy red bosom, Waterloo ; And I have ceased his loss to weep. And girt me to the world anew. But hours like this will reach mc yet, — When something heard, or seen, or spoken Stirs up within my heart regret, Mellow'd l)y time, Ijut never broken. Here, on this very breezy hill. When July's eve brought gentle weather. How often have we communed, till Our hearts would leap and cling together. How often in the arduous chase — Emulous, but from envy free — We've paused abreast, and laugh'd to trace The laggards on yon miry lea ! How often into Fate's dark book. Prophetic both, but ah ! unwise — Our eager spirits dared to look. But look'd alas ! with hope's young eyes ! We read not, that thy lot was scal'd, - Admired by all, in youth to die ! My real fate was unreveal'd ; Still much is with futurity. We read not that domestic joy, Life's dearest gift, was stored for me : We read not, that a gallant boy, In name and look recalling thee, vShould rise beneath my fostering care — A light to gild my humble way And keep thy memory fresh and fair Even to thy brotiier's latest day. SOUTH CAVE. 37 And now I should he loath to sue The leaf, my latter end disclosing ; For life has yet been good to me, And haply ill may vex its closmg. But chief, my little ones, for you I dread to read what fate may bring ! The fairest flowers, that earth e'er knew. Have perished in their natal spring. And thou, dear Charles, hast taught me now That worth is impotent to save ; That manhood's bravest plume must bow Before thy breath, insatiate grave ! Mr. Edward Barnard was also author as well as poet, though, with the exception of " The Protestant Beadsman," he had not published any prose work. He was an ardent admirer of nature and delighted in all field sports. He married in 1821, Philadelphia Frances Esther, eldest daughter of the late Venerable Francis Wrangham, Archdeacon of the East Riding, and of Dorothy, daughter of the Rev. Digby Cayley, and left three children : Charles Edward Gee, the present head of the family, born 23rd March, 1822 ; Rosamond and Caroline, all now living. The present Mr. Charles E. G. Barnard, married 5th June, 1862, at St George's Hanover Square, Sophia Letitia, fifth daughter of the Hon. Andrew Godfrey Stuart, of Lisdhu, County Tyrone, son of Andrew, Earl of Castle Stuart, and Sophia Isabella, eldest daughter of George Lenox Conyngham, of Springhill, County Derry, by whom he has had issue Sophia Isabel, born and died January 14th, 1867 ; a son born and died 25th April, 1868 ; and Ursula Mary Florence, born 4th July, 1869. The Rectory and Prebend. South Cave was one of the thirty-six Prebends anciently ?8 SOUTH CAVE. attachcJ to the Cathedral Church of St. Peter's at York. This I'rc- hcnd consisted of the Imi)ropriations of South Cave and Wadsworth, and Advowson of the Vicarages, and also a moiety of Otley Im- propriation. It was rated a.d. 1534 at ^87 yearly for first fruits. The followinij is a list of the Prebendaries : — John Luthhroke 1269 Thomas de I'assclewe 13 12 Neapol Card. 1342 Roliert de Kildeshy 1350 Henry la Zouche 1351 Henry de Ingleljy 1375 1380 John Fordham 13S1 Nichola.s de Heth 1383 John de Waltham 1383 William de Noion 1399 William Waltham 1416 Henry Bowet 1422 John Selowe 1438 Thomas Kempe 1442 John Stopendon 1447 Thomas Kempe 1449 Stephen Wilton 1457 William Worsley 1499 Hugh Oldham 1504 Geffrey Simeon 1509 John Wethey 1 509 Geffrey Wrenne 1 51 2 John Withers 1534 William Hogill 1549 John Wilson. Mr. W'ilson, the last incumbent, was, according to Mr. Torr, "' placed here in order to alienate it, which he forthwith did the same year, viz., 1549, by passing it away to Sir Michael Warton, since which time it hath become entirely dissolved and extinct."* The Rectory and Prebend were granted by a patent in 1552 to Sir Flenry Nevill, Knight, " in Tayle Male " and by a deed, dated 1586, William Johnson is to pay to Sir Henry Nevill ^380, a fine for his instalment to farm for twenty-one years at ^30. In 1604, the reversion of the Rectory and Prebend was granted by a patent to Sir Henry Nevill, of Pillingbeare. Tnis Sir Henry Nevill's widow, the Lady Elizabeth, married Sir John Thorowgood, to whom the guardianship of Richard Nevill, her son, was assigned and granted by the Earl of Pembroke and Mont- gomery, Chamberlain to the King. " Old History of Vork Minister, Vol. 2 p. 19S. SOUTH CAVE. 39 By Sir Henry Ncvill's will iiis Rectory and Prebend were to be sold to pay his debts and give portions to his daughters, viz. : — To his eldest daughter, Katherine Nevill ;^8oo ,, Mar)', his second daughter 500 ,, Philiss, his third daughter 300 In 1637, the Prebend, &c. of South Cave were purchased by Sir John Thorowgood, of Pillingbeare, County Berks. By his will, dated 1656, Sir John Thorowgood leaves the Rectory and Pre- l)end to his wife, Lady Elizabeth, for her life (with an annuity of ;^20 to his step-son, Richard Nevill, for his life) with remainder to his brother William Thorowgood. 1676-80. — Henry More, Clerk, Sub-Chantor and the Vicar Choral, claims forty shillings per annum out of the dissolved Pre- bend of South Cave from William Thorowgood, and William Clarke, his farmer. Henry More states in a bill exhibited in His Majesty's Court of Exchequer, " It so happened that between the 27th year of the reign of King Henry VIII, late King of England, of famous memory, and the end of the same King's reign, divers and sundry of the said Prebends or Prebendshipps were dissolved and the numbers reduced . . . and were seized into the hands of the late King, who continued some in his own hands and dis- posed of others at his Royal Majesty's pleasure ; yet, nevertheless, the said pensions from the time of the dissolvement of the said Prebends were from time to time continued to be paid, as well as by the said King Henry VIII. and his successors, Kings and Queens of England for those corpses of the said Prebends, . . . . and the orators further show that there is now due to them out of the Rectory of South Cave, in the County of York, which was the ancient corpse of the dissolved Prebend of South Cave, which was a Prebend belonging to the said Church of St. 40 SOUTH CAVE. Pclcr, ihc arrears of a pension of forty shillings, and amounting in all to the sum of thirty-two pounds." In 1694, Samuel Wise, of the Parish of St. James', Clerken- wcll, in County Middlesex, who had inherited the Rectory from his uncle, William Thorowgood, left it by his will to his son, Samuel \Visc, subject to the several charges by the will of William Thorowgood, Esq., deceased. In 1706, Samuel Wise mortgages to Jonathan Eddowes, haber- dasher, in London, his Rectory, &c. of South Cave for ^^1,050, and, being unable to release it, sells it to Jonathan Eddowes on a further payment of /^ 7 36., in the year 1710. In 1744, Jonathan Eddowes leaves the Rectory, tsrc. of South Cave by will to his grand-daughter, Anne Ruggles. In 1766, Mr. and Mrs. Walford (the Anne Ruggles of Jona- than Eddowes' will) as owners of the Great Tithe, stopped the agreement which had been come to respecting the enclosure of the township, by the Lord of the Manor Paramount and all the other proprietors, insisting on having more in lieu of their tithes. In 1785, Mr. Henry Boldero Barnard bought the Rectory etc. of South Cave from the Rev. William Walford, son of Mrs. Walford, for ^11,550.* The Rector, or Lay impropriator, as such, has the power to grant marriage licenses. The Rev. Digby S. Wrangham, of Dar- rington, is the present Surrogate ; but of late years " banns " have almost superseded licenses, aud none have been granted since 1872. There was also a court for proving wills. The Church. From the account in Domesday, it appears that the village * The Walfords were descended, in the female line, from Jane Cromwell, sister of the Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell. sou TH CAVE. 41 had a Church and Priest at the time of the Norman survey. No portion of that church is now in existence, having, it is supposed, l)een burnt down about the year 1600 — a few years after the date when Clover, the Somerset Herald made his itinerary through Yorkshire ; and it is a fortunate circumstance that he has given us such an interesting list of the monuments and inscriptions in that earlier church. The old square font now in the north chapel may have occupied a position in the church in Saxon times, and is of the same shape and form as the very ancient one at St. Etheldreda's, Ely Place, London. The church is dedicated to All Saints, and from an inscrijjtion on a pillar near the tower, it seems to have been re-erected in 1601. It is situated on a slight eun'nence midway between the market- place and " west-end," and consists of a nave, north aisle, south transept, (called the Eaxfleet aisle), a north chapel, chancel, south porch, and a tower at the west end. The dimensions are — Nave 50 feet by 36 feet, (including the aisle) ; chancel, 32 feet by 21 feet. At the west end of the north aisle is a painted window of two lights, in memory of the Rev. Herbert Ferreman Inman, M.A., Vicar. The west window in the tower is also a memorial window in memory of Henry Gee Barnard, Esq , erected by his widow, a.d. 1859. The chancel was re-built in 1847 ^t the cost of Mr. H. G. Barnard, the patron and impropriator who also had the east win- dow (of four lights) filled with old richly-stained foreign glass. The north chapel is separated from the chancel by two fine pointed arches of an early character. In 1848, Eaxfleet transept or aisle was re-bailt by the late Mr. George Baron, proprietor, of the Eaxfleet Hall Estate. It is separated from the nave by a lofty pointed arch. In the south wall is an ancient piscina, over which is a tab- let recordino that 4; SOUTH CAVE. " Tliis Ilo was repaired at the proper cost and char<;es of tlie Rii^lU Wor- sliipfvl Henry (iarwaie, Ksqvir, Alderman of the Cittie of London, 1633." * The tower contains three bells with the followini,^ inscriptions : (a) " Gh)ria in Excel-sis Deo, 1676." (/)) " Cum Sono Bustci mori cum pulpita vivere disce, 1742. Peter Hickingtox, Vicar. Mat. Buri.ey, • John Butteriteld, f {(■) " I'opuhun \'oco Deuni Laudare, 1744." Churchwardens." List of Vic.\rs. The following particulars, with the list of vicars arc taken from " Torr's Peculiars," in the library of the Cathedral Church at York. " There are in South Cave, of the fee of Mowbray, twenty-four oxgangs of hand, where eight oxgangs make a carucate, and sixteen carucates a knight's fee, which was held by the heir of the Deyvill's ; the whole town containing fifteen carucates. The Prebend of South Cave hath in the town one carucate or eight oxgangs of demesne land and meadow, and manor, and several tenants held of him over which he held full jurisdiction. The Prebend is also Rector of the Church of South Cave, having there his rectory, with the vicarage appendant, anil the predial tythes of the whole town, and tythe of hay in all the meadows ; also tythe of wool and lamb, excepting of all cattle belonging to the Lords or the Knights Templars of the flouse of St. Leonard's Hospital, in York." A Close Catai,ogue of the Vicars of South Cave. Temp Instit. Vicarii Eccle. Patroni. Vacat. 2nd Nov., 1327 ... 23rd Oct., 1349 ... 23rd Nov. 1349 ... Jan., 1350 Domini Thomas Prebend of \ South Cave, j Mort. Hugo de Leverton John de Driffield Mort. Ric de Pvkerine: 26th May, 1367 ... Robt. de Horton Mort. * In the " Particulars of the Parsonage in 1633," as given on another page, it will be seen that Mr. Garway farmed the " Tithe of the Demesne of Faxfleet." Sir Henry was Lord Mayor of London, 1639-40. He was a most interesting character, and theie is a good account of him in the Dictionary of A^atioiial Biogra/^hy, \o\. XXL, p. 13. The family seems to have lieen immensely wealthy and to have possessed estates in various parts of tlie kingdom. SOUTH CAVE. 43 Temp Instit. V'icarii Eccle. 19th Aug. , 1399... Joh Winthorpe Sept., T401 Johe Yorke 231x1 April, 1402... John de Popilloii .... 27th Sept., 1403... Wm. de .Spenser ... 15th Nov., 1403... Thos. Harold 6th July, 1425 ... Will Berneby 6th Nov., 1454 ... Will Welles 13th Mar., 1472,.. John Staveley 7th July, 14S9 Ric. Staresman 3rd Oct., 1506 ... Joh. .Sympson 13th May, 1515 ... Adam Carver... 25th April, 1550... Lambert Ketihvell... 15th Nov., 1580...' John Baldwyn 29th Aug., 1581...I Thos. Flint 1st Jan., 1621 j Thos. Brabbs 7th Jan., 1623 : Thos. Brabbs, B.A. 3rd July, 1638 ...! John Seaman, M.A. 27th April, 1662. 26th July, 1 67 1 . 8th July, 1675.... Patroni. Rich. Remington Ale.x. Macingtosh Robt. Sharpe ... Continuation Eist of Vicars. Temp. Instit. 1684.. 1702.. I754-- 1783.. 1817.. 1828., 1834 1844. 1857- 1859. 1875- 18S0. 1888. Vicarii Eccle. Patroni. Vacat. Resig. Resig. Resig. Mort. Resig. Mort. Resig. Resig. Mort. Resig. Resig. Mort. Resig. Mort. Mort. -Mort. Mort. Samuel Wise ... .Miss Ruggles .. John Lambert Peter Hickington John Robinson Daniel Garnons Mr. & Mrs Walford Edward William Barnard H. G. Barnard Creyke E. Ilotham Edwd. W. Stillingfleet Ilerbt. ¥. Lmian I)igl)y .S. Wrangham Wm. C. Slunrl Wm. T. .Mackintosh Thos. H. McDoug.all Mrs. Barnard . C. E.G. Barnard \\acat. Mort. Mort. Mort. Resig. Resig. Resig. Mort. Resig. Resig. Resiti. * Torr gives the Patrons after the Reformation, but there being some doubt as to their accuracy, we have omitted them. 44 SOUTH CAVE. Tes'iamkntary Burials. On Saturday after the Feast of St. Matthew, A.D. 1346. Domini Thomas, I'ptual \'icar of Soutli Cave, made his will, proved ; where- Ijy he i;a\e his soul to God Almiu;hty and his hody to l)e liuried in the church porch thereof; and he(|ueathed to Sir Alex, de Cave two silver pitchers. 6th Deer. a.d. 1479. John Wright, of temple-garth in Faxfleet, made his will — proved 27th Aug., 1481 — giving his soul to God Aim., St. Mary, and all saints, ami his body to be buried in the Ch. of All Saints, South Cave, and bequeath- ed 13s. 4d. to a fitt priest to celebrate for his soul for the space of one year, and los. to the Friars Augustines to say a trental for him. 24th Deer., A.D. 1483. William Welles, Chaplain, Vicar of S. Cave, made his will — proved 25th Nov., 14S3 — giving his soul {lit Si//>7'a), and his body to be buried in the Quire of the Church of All vSaints, S. Cave. 2 Sept., a.d. 1491. Robert Green, farmer of the Rectory of S. Cave, made his will — proved 20th Oct. 1492 — giving his soul {/// Supra), and his body to be buried in the pshe. Ch. of S. Cave. 9th July, 1506. Richard Staresman, Vicar of South Cave, made his will — proved 22nd July, 1506 — giving his soul (/// Supra), and his body to be buried in the Ch. of S. Cave, before his stall. Ancient Monuments, &:c. The following account of the monuments, inscriptions, and arms in South Cave Church, is taken from the " Visitation of York- shire (in 1584), by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald."* There are at present no traces of any of these monuinents, and they would doubtless be destroyed when the church was burnt down about the year 1600. I. " An old Knight and his wife kneeling with His Cote Armor on Both Theyre Backs and This written over Theyre Heads, ' Dominus Alexander de Cave, Dame Jone de Cave.' Argent fretty azure. Cave fretty of four in most * " Glover's Visitation," Edited by Foster, p. 439. SOUTH CAVE. 45 places" (there is clearly some error here either in Glovers' MS., or in some sui)se([uent copying, as the ar. and az. should be reversed). " A Knight kneeling in ye windowe and his two wives with Cave on the out Garment, and theyrc own in the Inner.'' II. '' Argent, a lion rampant azure impaling Cave." III. " Azure, a bend argent impaling Cave." IV. " Gyronny, argent and gules, impaling Cave." \'l. " Cave impaling argent, a bend Ijetwecn three roses gules., under this Woman, Written : * ©rate pro aninmbus Petri Santon/ ' the rest broken. VII. " Cave impaling vert a bend tlory or." VIII. " A Knight Kneeling, with his Coat Armor, and his wife by him, with Cave on her outward garments and the other on the Inner, (the writing is gone) Azure fretty argent a crescent for difference, impaling Azure fretty or, a chief of the last." IX. A Knight carveil all in Alaliaster Lying as big as the life with these amies paynted about ye sides and under his head upon the Helmet this crest A° 1416. Amies Azure fretty or an annulet for difference Crest, out of a duonl coronet or a falcon of the last." X. " Upon a stone on the ground, and no arms to be seen, was written : 1bic jacet 2)us, ©erarOus Oe Xoii&c, /iftiles, qui obiit xx° — Bif H)ni MccccLxxx. duorum auiniabus propicictur H)cui5, amen." " These Following are paynted on ye Walls, very ould." XI. '' Quarterly I and 4 Cave 2 and 3 gules 3 mullets argent." XII. " Argent on a bend, cottisied sa. three escallops — gules, impaling three mullets in pale argent." XIII. " Quarterly i and 4 on a band three cresents 2 and 3 on a bend cottisied sa. three escallops qu." XIV. " Gules a cross patonce." XV. " Quarterly i and 4 on a fesse dancettie sable 2 and 3 ar on a bend cottised sable three escallops gules. XVI. " Quarterly i and 4 are on a bend cottised sable three annulets or (argent) 2 and 3 Cave." XVII. "Gules three mullets argent, Mansard. A Knight kneeling of the Caves with his two wives these arms on their garments. " XVIII. " Cave impaling argent, a bend engrailed between three mart- letts sable, (broken) Tho — Margaret." XIX. " Cave impaling, a blank shield ' Tho Cecilia.'" XX. " Argent three fusils in a fesse gules im]ialing Cave." 46 SOUTH CAVE. XXI. " (lu.Trd'rl)' I .111(1 4 .irtjent tlircc l)rirs s^ulos over .nil n Ix-iid en- grailed sahlc 2 .md 3 Cave." XXII. " (Quarterly I and 4 ai\. Barnard, Ks(|., of this place, who departed this life January 7th, 1852, aged 42 year.s." On .S(ii;'i II Wai.i, ok Nave. " lOlizabeth Mary liarnard, to her beloved husband, Henry (lee Uarnard, Escp, born 17S9 ; died 1S58. In grateful remembrance of a happy union dC twenty-four years.'" Ix -South Aisle. " Here lieth the body of John Clapham, who died the iSth day of .Sept. 1754, a;4ed 62 ; and I'lllen, his wife, who died I4lh March, 1760, aged 64." Floor South Aisle. ".Sacred to the memory of Isabella Leeson, who departed this life cm the 3rd June, 1S33, aged 28 years." In the Tower. " In memory of John Hill, Esq., for thirty years surgeon of South Cave, who died P"el). 23rd, 1865, aged 63 years." On the North Wall of Nave. A tablet to the memory of Joseph Blanchard Burland, of South Cave, who dieil 29th March, 1868, aged 65 years. Tablet in Faxi'^lket Transept. " To the memory of John Robinson, whose remains are deposited in the family vault, in the churchyard. He departed this life the lOth day of Feb. , 1838, aged 53 years." In the churchyard is a stone of white marble, covering the grave of the late Mr. Henry Gee Barnard, who died April 23rd, 1858, and also that of his wife Elizabeth Mary, daughter of Henry Elliot, Esq., of Clonmel, Ireland, who died in London, February i6th, 1872. In the churchyard there are tomb stones to the following :-- Giles Bridgeman, who died Nov. 21st 1804, aged 80 years. Teavil Leesm who died Oct. 6th, 1865, aged 90 years. Thomas Macturk, who died January i6th, 1857, aged 64 years. And Thomas Scatcherd's tomb with its well-known verse : — " That Ann lov'd Tom was very true, Perhaps you'll say ' what's that to you.' Who 'ere you are, remember this, Tom lov'd Ann, 'tis that made bliss." SOUTH CAVE. 49 Church Ti:rrikrs, iVc. " The parliculars of the I'arsonagc of South Cave as now it is let per annum, 1633.' I'cr Annum. Imprimis eight oxgangs of arable land being glebe and sixteen acres of meadow in the Salt Ings Item- certain Forby lands belonging to the same Item — the Tithe Corn the Wool and Lamb Item — the Tithe of the Ings Item — the Tithe of the Manor of Faxfleet and Dxmardikc Item — the Town of Faxfleet and Boothby Garth Item — the Tithe Corn and I lay of Broomfleet, with the Wool and Lamb Item — the Tithe of the Province Item — the Tithe of Kettlethorpe Item — the Tithe of Weedley Item— the Tithe of the New Field Item — the Tithe of I^atten Closes Pest Ings and between Closes Item — the Tithe of the yards and garths about the Town Item — the Tithe of the Cornfields Item — the Tithe of P.acfleet's closes 16 2 80 16 30 !2 6 2 13 4 2 2 2 2 2 13 4 3 6 8 ;^I98 13 4 The outrcnts paid to the Prebends at York and to the singing men about the Minster, per annum, ^2 13s. od. I know not the rent to the King whether there be any or not, I did never l^ay any. The gift of the Vicarage goeth with the Preliend or Parsonage. There was a lease from Sir Henry Nevill for other tithes about Ottlcy and other places but you may infpiire more of one Mr. Hamond who was Sir Henry's Steward for I think they were all one Prebend. The Estati; of the Rectory of South Cave. All I5uildings about the Parsonage very ruinous ]->art therof lately but meanly repaired. The Parson as Patron presents the Vicar. The now Incumbent Mr T^rabbs. The Vicarage worth per annm. ^30. * From an old paper in the possession of C. E. (i. Barnard, Esq. E 50 SOUTH CAVE. The Viccirngc in nil its Buildings well mnintained. To this Rectory belongs eight oxgangs of glebe land ; every Oxgang con- taining nine acres of arable, three of pasture and two of meadow. William Simpson, tenant to four oxgangs payeth for the same eight pounds per annum. Charles Wadman tenant to the other four payeth the like sum. There are also ten acres of arable land called Forbylands belonging to this Rectory used by Mr. Danby worth per an. £4.0. There are in South Cave six score Oxgangs of land, an oxgang usually let for five pounds per ann, the Tithe of South Cave and Weedley used liy Danby and Tindall. This estimate by Oxgang rate which I conceive the most certain and sure Valuation amounteth to £60 per ann. Tithe Wool and Lamb by credible information worth per an. /,^o. For the Tithe of South Cave and Weedley with the Forljadge lands possessed by Mr. Danby and Mr. Tindall worth per an. ;^iio. The Tithe of Broomfleet now let to Matthew Richardson and Charles Wilson for ;i{^20 per ann. Tithe of the Township of Faxfleet let to Richd. Mandril for ;i^io per ann. Tithe of the Demesne of Faxfleet let to Mr. Garroway for ^30 per ann. The Rectory of South Cave worth per ann. ;^ 170. Note : There are belonging to this Town exceeding great and good com- mons much advantageous to the Parsonage, therefore many desire to be Tenant to the same." The following is a copy of a Terrier dated September, 17 16, bound up with the Parish Registers. " A Terrier of all and singular the housing, lands. Grounds, Profitts and Ecclesiastical Dues belonging the Vicaridge of South Cave, Exhibited Septem- ber, 1 7 16. All the buildings belonging to this Vicaridge are a dwelling house and a Dove coat, and a Cow House, whose Dimensions are as follow. The dwelling house is one streight building eighteen yards long and six yards broad. The dove coat is six yards square. The ground belonging it is a Small Orchard, a fore yard and a Close or Croft containing in ye whole about three acres and an halfe To this ^'icaridge belong all manor of Tythes (Except corn and hay, wool and Lamb) and are paid as follows : — Every Messuage pays four pence for a Hen, Every Cottage two pence. At Weedly ye Great House pays twelve pence SOUTH CAVE. 51 for 1 lens and the lilllc house six pence. Every Oal meal Mill pays two shillings. Cow and Calfe three-half- pence ; uncalved one peny. Plough a peny. Every Bee skepp three pence : or Honey in Kind. A foal two jience ; (Iccse, Ducks, Pigs, Turkies, fruit, potatoes, turnips and mustard seed in Kind or as we can agree ; a Dove coat is one shilling and sixpence ; a Dove Chamber one shilling ; for Lime twelve pence per peck ; for Hemp sixpence, or in Kind when sown in small parcels or upon ground that has been used to it ; when in large quantities antl upon fresh grountl five shillings per acre as ye Act of Parliament directs. Offerings for every person thats sixteen years old or upward two pence; for Rapes the full twelfth part of ye price or to allow a crown per Last for Dressing and delivery and then to have the full tenth of the price it is sold for. Note : that the people of Broomfieet within this Parish pretend that all the Grounds within their township wch is called the Lords lands are exempt as from great so also from all small Tythes. Tho. Mr. Robert Sharpe many yeare Vicar of Cave now lately Deceased gave it under his hand to Mr. Peter Ilicking- ton the present Licumbent that in his time he always reed, the small Tythes for those grounds as they became due even When the great Tythes were not paid for the same. Mortuaries are paid in this Parish according to the Act of Parliament for every wedding with Licence ten shillings, without two shillings and eight pence, Churching fee one shilling, for burying in the Church yard with a Cofiin two shillings and fourpence ; without a Coffin one shilling and four pence ; for burying in the body of the Church four shillings and eightpence to the Minister and six shillings and eightpence to the Churchwardens to be accounted for ; in the Chancell to the Vicar ten shillings, to the Impropriator or his Tenant as they can agree." In a Terrier dated 14th July, 1853, we have the following particulars : — " A sum of money (about £S9) received for land sold to the Hull and Selby Railway Company has been vested in the public funds. The furniture of this church consists of three bells and an old clock, a bar- rel organ and a time piece. The Communion plate consists of one small silver cup, one draining spoon, one silver gilded chalice, one silver patten for bread (the gift of Nathaniel Rogers in 1732), one silver flagon and two silver plates, the three latter articles, and two ancient oak chairs were presented fjy Henry Gee Barnard, Esquire." The Parish Registers. The Registers commence with the year 1558. The earlier ones 52 SOUTH CAVE. had been coi)ied on loose sheets of parchment, which were hand- somely bound in 1877 at the expense of Mr. Barnard. Christian names generally in use during the first hundred years of the Registers were Thomas, William, Edmund, John, Margaret, Annas, AUezon, Katherin, and Jennat ; and among surnames we find Dudding, Danby, Harryson, Teavill, Richardson Freeman, Cave, Girlington, Willson, Chappellow, Snarforth, Spofford, Spar- row, Gibson, Norman, Pinder, Kirlington (of Bromfleet) and Marshall. The latter surname appears to have been very common, and between 1684 and 1693 there are references to five John Marshalls who are distinguished in the registers as " blew John," " two pence John," "Soldjer John," "Cambridge John, Senr." and "Cambridge, John, Junr." The following are extracted from the registers : — 1558. Allezon Nisyaile was buryed ye 7th day of January. 1565. George Sparrow and Annas Birde were marryed the viith day of October 1566. Ffrancis Chotseth was christned ye last day of August, Maister Clatun, ffrancis Vavazor, and Mrs. Elizabeth Ellerker, suerties. 1590. VENERABILIS VIR THOMAS DANBY miles sepultus fuit decimo quinto die mens Septembris. 161 7. Johnes Harryson fuit sepult 28° die Aprilis. 1671. Katherina Girlington Guilimi filia bapt 10° die lunij. 1623. Samuell Jobson Richardi fils fuit bapt decimo sexto Novemb. 1637. Willm. Danby fils Mr. ffrancisci fuit bapt. 1654. A Marriage Intended to be made betwixt Peter Palmer, of South Cave, woolen Webster, and Dorothie Norman, daughter of Willia Norman, of the same Towne, spinster, was published in South Cave Market Place on three market dayes. That is, to wytt, upon the first of May, the 8th of May, and the 15th of May, 1654. In three severall weekes next following betweene the houres of eleven and tow, according to the late Acte of Parliamt. in that case prvided, and noe pson. alledged anything to the contrary. Witness hereof, Jo. Lang- thorne, Register for South Cave Parish. Be it Remembred that Peter Palmer was marryed to Dorothy Norman this prsent sixteenth day of May, 1654, in the prsence of Robert Carlin, Tho. Sheppard, Tymothie Hobman. Phil. Saltmarshe. SOUTH CAVE. 53 1682, May iSth. Richanl I[ariist)n de Soulli Cave araiiger sepult. 1684. January. Johanes Marshall ( Viilgo diit, 2 pence John), sepult. 1684-5. Williehnus Spoffard (alias Butcher) de South Cave, sepult. A Register of all yt are Imryed in woollen within ye Parish of South Cave, in ye yeare of or. Lord, 1686, and ye 2nd of ye Reigne of King James ye II.* Robert, ye Sonne of Wm. Cooke of South Cave, »«-!•. j ' •' V Affidavit made. buried March 26th. John Belton of South Cave, ( Affidavit and Certificate according to ye buryed January ye first \ Act of Park, for burying in woollen (16 . . . ). \ was brought to me January ye first. 1686-7. Samuel JoJDson de Hotham in Ecclesia huig parochia sepult. 1689. October 7th. Henricus Washington and Elianora Harrison, matrimonio conjunct. 1693. Christophore Lonsdale, Generosuss, Sepult, Martij 15th. 1693. Elinora Lonsdale, Marita Dmni Xpofori Lonsdale sepult Martij 25th 1694-5. Susannah filia Henrici Washington, Generos : bapt, Martii 24. 1695. Susanah, daughter of Hen. Washington, Gent., bur Apr. 23rd. 1696. Jan. 13th. Elizabeth filia Henrici Washington, generos bapt. 1700. May 3rd. Richard Thornton, Shoemaker, sepult. 1700. October 27Lh. Nicholas fil Ambrosij. Fisher de Bromflit bapt. 1724. Thorn filius Georgii Leak, sepult. 1721. Jany. 8th. Johanes filius Johanis Idell, Gener. bapt. 1724. June 30th. Richardus Lloyd, Armiger, sepult. 1727. Johanes Marshall (vulgo Cambridge) sepult, iith May. 1726. Eliz. Uxor Johanis Lonsdale de Drewton, Sepult. 20th February. Extracts from the Churchwarden's Accounts, 1705. Spent wh. ye French was beaten by the Duke of Marlborough 060 Spent on ye Ringers, &c., att Burtons o 16 o Spt. in ale at several times to ye persons yt. helpt to remove ye frame when ye steeple was rought cast 026 1727. Sp. at ye Coronation in meat, drink, and powder ... I 8 2 1765. Paid Robt. Marshall for whiping ye Doogs o 5 o 1791. Pade Charles Holborn for Clock 7 7° * To encourage the home wool trade, Acts of Parliament were passed in 1666 and 1678, requiring burials to be in woollen, and the Clergyman was to make an entry in the register that an aflidavit had been brought, and the law duly complied with. o o 6 o o 2 o I O 7 7 O o 2 6 54 SOUTH CAVE. 1795. IM. fiir a prayer for Prince i)f Whiles I'd. Thus. (}lasby for liringing form of Prayer ... 1798. Paid .Sanil. ."^haw, Warrener, for a Fox head 1799. Paid singing Master for instructing Singers ... 1807. Paid John Arnel for keeping silence in the Loft CH.'\KrriES. Job.son',s Charity. — The Jobson family had been .settled in South Cave from the sixteenth century. The first entry in the Parish Register is that of " .\nna Jobson, buried 16 10." Mr. Samuel Jobson, the donor of the charity bearing his name, was baptised in 1623, and his father, Richard Jobson, was buried in 1643. Samuel Jobson's name, and that of his wife Ursula, appear on the West Hall Manor Court Roll of 1685 as surrendering a tene- ment in the West end of the town. He must always have been a person of some consideration, as he was steward of the Manors of Faxfleet under three successive Lords, and steward of the West Hall Manor in John Girlington's time. Samuel Jobson was buried within the Church, March 22nd, 1687, and l)y his will gave a cottage and about five acres of land adjoining Ijrantingham Church, together with some land on the west side of the South Cave and Brough Road, to the poor of South Cave. The gift is recorded on a board in the Church as follows : — " The Gift of Mr. Samuel Jobson to the Churchwardens of South Cave and their successors for ever, commencing at Easter, 1697. Mr. Jobson, by his last will, gave to his beloved wife : " All that his Cottage in Brantinghani adjoining on the Church Garth during her natural life, and after her decease he gave the same premises to the Churchwardens of .South Cave and their successors for ever upon condition that they and their successors for ever pay yearly, after his said wife's decease, the sum of twenty shillings for an anniversary sermon to be pi'eached every Easter Tuesday, and likewise, upon condition that on the same day, }-early, im- SOUTH CAVE. 55 mediately after the sermon, they distribute to the vahie of twenty-five shillings in white Bread to the Poor. Daniel Garnons, Vicar, 1809, Samuel Ayre and Thomas Clegg, Churchwardens." The cottage and land were sold a few years ago to Mr. Christopher Sykes, M.P., and the purchase money was invested in consols. In the year 1883 the Charity Commissioners approved of a new scheme for the future management of the charity — which is vested in a body of trustees who meet quarterly. In the scheme it is stated that the endowment consists of the sum of ^^2,9 17 12s. 8d., consolidated three per cent, annuities, and the income is to be applied as follows : — ^,1^ a year to the Vicar of South Cave ; the remainder of the income to be divided into three equal parts, two of such third parts to be applied for the benefit of deserving and necessitous persons resident in the original parish of South Cave, in any of the various ways therein described, as should be con- sidered most advantageous to the recipients ; and the remaining third part of the income to be applied towards the repair of the Parish Church. Mrs. Barnard's Charity. The late Mrs. Elizabeth Mary Barnard, who died February i6th, 1872, by her will bequeathed a sum of ^1000 to the poor of South Cave ; the interest to be distributed by the Vicar and Churchwardens among six of the poorest and most deserving females, (widows being preferred — other things being equal), who shall have lived in the township ot South Cave, for five years prior to the yearly distribution of the gift, on the 22nd of February, being the anniversary of her husband's birthday. Rev. James Bayock and the Congregational Chapel, West End. A tradition has lingered in the parish that the Rev. James 56 SC)U TH CAVE. Uayock, who was said tc; he the Vicar at the passing,' of the Act of Uniformity in 1662, refused to conform, and purchased a tithe barn which he converted into a meeting-house. This is not altogether accurate, as will be seen on reference to the list o*" vicars given on another page. Probably Bayock (whose name singularly enough a])i)ears to have been spelled in books and documents, both in his own time and since, as "Baycock," though he always signed Bayock), may have been a young clergyman residing in the parish or neighbour- hood without a charge at the time, and this view is favoured by the fact that in Calamy's " List of Ejected Ministers in the North and East Ridings," he mentions a " Mr. Baycock " as one of three ministers " who were not fix'd." * On the passing of the Act in 1662, Bayock having purchased a tithe barn then for sale, converted it into a meeting house, and began a ministry which continued for about half a century. The old meeting-house survived until seventeen years ago, when it was pulled down and gave place to the present chapel. Mr. Bayock had at one time a congregation of about 400 hearers, many of whom came from a distance, which may account for the fact that in the year 1702 he conveyed a house and a piece of ground in St. Katherine's yard, near his chapel, to a bod}' of trustees who were to hold the same at "the rent of one Pepper- come att the ffeast of St. Michael the Arch-Angel," to the intent that the trustees might erect a stable on such piece of ground, most probably for the accommodation of vehicles belonging to members of the congregation. By a deed dated 30th May, 1730, Mr. Bayock conveyed the * Calamy (1713 Edition) \'ol. II., p. 835. SOUTH CAVE. 57 chapel and premises to trustees " upon the special trust and con- fidence, and to the absolute intent and purpose that the said House, Chappel, or building shall be used and imploj'cd as a Chappel or Meeting House for religious worship for such persons as are, or shall be knowne or distinguished most commonly by the name of Presbyterians." * The following is a copy of his will, which is a quaint and interesting document : " I, James Bayock, of South Cave, in the County of York, Cl.irk, an un- worthy Minister of Jesus Christ, whose doctrine I have preached, tho' with weak- ness, more than fifty years, being at present sound in my Intellectuals, yet indisposed by an aguish distemper and knowing the uncertainty of mortal life, tho' I believe " Qiiocf teniiinits vitic huinana: sit fixus ei inuiiobilis,''^ do make this my last will and Testament. P'irst, I bequeath my Soul to the Father of Spirits through Jesus Christ, looking for Salvation onely by the merit of Jesus Christ, not by works of Righteousness which we have done. I believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the only Rule of Faith and Manners. My body I committ to the ground till the Resurrection of the dead,' but to be buried on the Ixickside of my Chappel or in my orchard by my Executors, knowing Super- stition first brought Bodies to be buried in Churches, according to Doctor Fuller's History, Century the Eight, whose words are these: 'Anno 758. About this time bodies were first brought to he. buried in Churches, when before neither Prince nor Prelate was to be l:)uried within the Walls of a Cyty, till Eadl)ert, King of Kent, granted it to Cuthbert, Archbishop of Canterburj' ; also the Law of the twelve Tables of Rome did forbid Bodies to be buried with- in the Cyty, though it lie now a custome, yet in Cytys it is prejudical to the health of the living.' All my real personal estate in this world I give and dis- pose of in the following manner : First I give unto my dear Wife, Mary Bayock, all my real estate in land, viz., my Dwelling freehold house in which I live, in South Cave, with ye Orchard, Dovehouse, and all other houses and buildings belonging thereto, also ye little close att ye Orchard end ; all which I give to my said dear, very dear wife, aforesaid, and her heirs for ever. Also I give unto my dear wife, Mary Bayock, my little park in the Newfield, and the freehold House besides our Chappel, standing upon ye same ground called St. Katherine's " The original deeds from which the al)ove extracts are taken arc deposi- ted at the Fish Street Congregational Church, Hull. 58 SOUTH CAVE. Yard, witli common riglils and all iiLjhl belonging to ye same, all which ahovc- said I give lo my said dear Wife and her heirs for ever. As for my i^ersonal estate, mygot)ds, household, and hooks, which ar of small value I give lo my said dear, very dear, wife, which real and personal estate will hardly be a competency for her. God knows I never sought riches l)y being a non-conformist, but know I exposed myself to poverty and jiersecution as many others have done. Lastly I make my dear Wife sole Executrix of this, my last Will and Testament, written by my own hand, revoking all other. I can give nothing legacies but a shilling to each of my Brother Bayock Daughters and a shilling to each of my Sister Wheelright Daughters and sons, because my personal estate will not pay what I owe, and funeral charges — which I desire may be without any pomp and charges. Those now last lines also I make a part of my last Will and Testa- ment. Sealed, signed, and delivered in ye presence of the Witnesses under written. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal this 1 2th day of March, 1731-1732, James Bayock (L.S.), Will. Hall, William Weedley, John Carlill, John Lyon." The fourth day of October, 1737, the Will of James Bayock, late of South Cave, in the County of York, Clerk, was proved in the Peculiar Court of South Cave, by the oath of Mary Bayock, widow, the Relict, the sole Executrix in the said will named, to whom administration was granted, she having been first sworn duly to administer." ■■ We had considerable difficulty in ascertaining the date of Mr. Bayock's death, but, sometime ago, we were fortunate enough to meet with a copy of a register of deaths, compiled by the Revs. Oliver Heywood and T. Dickenson, of North Owram, in the West Riding, between the years 1644 and 1752, and on page 322, occurred the following entry in the year 1737. "Mr. Bayok, of South Cave, near Hull, bur. Sept. 29th, aged 90 or up- wards. A dissenting Minr., supposed to be the oldest Minr. in England.'' It was this entry which first led us to suspect that " Baycock " was an improper spelling of the name. Mr. Bayock was followed by the Rev. Thos Hickington, who died in 1754, at the age of eighty-two, having been a minister above * Extracted from the District Probate Registry at York. sou TH CAVE. 59 fifty years. Succeeding ministers, and the years in wliich they respectively entered, were as follows: — Ellis, 1773; Blackburn, 1780; Grimshaw, 1781 ; 'I'app, 1791 ; Nettleshii), 1821 ; Kelsey, 1824; Stott, 1831 ; Allen, 1839; Roberts, 1847 ; Menzies, 1854; Murray, 1869 ; Elliott, 1874 ; Davis 1879, who resigned in April, 1885, since which time there has been no settled minister. It will be observed that the Rev Thomas Hickington died in the year 1754, aged 82, having been minister for many years, and it was a coincidence that the Rev. Peter Hickington died in the same year, aged eighty, he having been Vicar of the parish for fifty- two years. Rev. Rout. Todd, M.A. On the passing of the Act of Uniformity, above referred to, there were three clergymen at Leeds who were unvv-illing to con- form, namely, Mr. Todd, Mr. Sales, and Mr. Nesse. Of these three, two were natives of this district, Mr. Todd bemg born at South Cave in 1594, and Mr. Nesse at North Cave in 1621. Rev. Charle.s Barff. South Cave was the birth-place of Charles Barft", who for about half-a-century spent an active and useful life in the South Pacific, as a missionary in connection with the London Missionary Society. Mr. Barft" was born September nth, 1 791, and was the son of Robert and Jane Barff. Little is known as to his youthful days, but when about twenty-four years of age he devoted himself to missionary work. When in London preparing for his future career he was a member at Surrey Chapel, then under the ministry of Rowland Hill, and he married a Miss Sarah Swain, who was a member of the "Tabernacle" where Matthew NV^ilks was tlien the minister. Mr. and Mrs. Barff sailed for the South Seas in July, 6o SUU'i'H CAVE 1816, and in July, 1818, Huahiiic hccanic llicir permanent station. They visited England in 1847, and returned again to Huahine in 1849. They fmally retired from mission work in March, 1864, and on their voyage to Sydney, in the "John Williams," were wrecked at Danger Island on the 17th May, 1864. The passengers and crew all escaped safely to the shore before the vessel went down, and in a few weeks were all landed in safety at Samoa, from whence they got a vessel to take them on to Sydney. Mr. Barfif died there on the 23rd June, 1866, and Mrs. Barff about the year 1870. Mr. Barff left a son, Rowland Hill Barff, who still resides at Huahine. Wf:sleyan Chapel. The Wesleyan Chapel was erected in 1816. A few years ago the interior was re-seated and greatly improved ; a neat little room for the Sunday School being added at the same time. Primitive Methodist Chapel. In the year 1819 the Rev. William Clowes, one of the founders of the Primitive Methodist Connexion, preached at South Cave, and in his " Journal " we find the following entries : — " On Sunday, February 28th I rode eight miles, walked ten, preached three times, and heard two sermons. The places officiated at were EUoughton in the morning. South Cave in the afternoon, and North Cave in the evening. In the afternoon, at South Cave, in the open air the congregation was very great." Later in the same year we find another entry, "At South- Cave I administered the Word in a large yard belonging to Mr. Pickering, who kept an inn, and whose kindness and hospitality to me were very great." A Society having been formed, a chapel was built behind two cottages in Church Street. The old chapel and cottages were pulled down SOUTH CAVE. 6 1 in the year 1876, and a commodious cliapcl, with school-room and vestries, erected on the same site at a cost of about ^600. Cave Castle. Cave Castle, the residence of the Boldero-Barnard family, is pleasantly situated between the Market Place and the West End of the town. The park contains some very fine old timber, and the grounds were laid out with great taste by William Ernes, in 1787, for Henry Boldero-Barnard, Esq. According to an old paper, in the handwriting of Leuyns Boldero-Barnard, great grandfather of the present owner, the house stands on the site of an old castle, and the fact that some portions of the walls have been pronounced, both from their construction and thickness, to be of very ancient date, and also the discovery, a few years ago, of a subterranean arched passage leading from the house to the church, seem to bear out this tradition. The house, as we now see it, is comparatively modern, having been partly rebuilt and enlarged by Henry Boldero- Barnard, Esq., in 1791, and contains an excellent library, and a choice collection of pictures (principally of the Dutch School), amongst which the following are considered very fine specimens of the masters : — i.> The Traveller and the Satyr, by Jan Steeti 2. An Interior, "The Matrimonial Quarrel," a small but very highly finished picture, by Jan Sfcen. 3. A Village Fair, from the Duchesse de Bern's collection, by D. Teniers. 4. The Mussel Eater, from Ceorge IV's collection, and others by D. Teniers. 5. The Head of an Old Man in a red cap, from a collection at Copenhagen — a very fine specimen, by ... Rembrandt. 62 SOUTH CAVE. 6. A beautiful large Sea Piece, "Men of War becalmed, bearing the I'^rench Flag," by IF. Vandervelde. 7. Very fine and large Landscapes, by Zuccarelli. 8. A River Scene with Cattle, by A. Cuyp. Dort in the Morning Light, by A. Cuyp. 9. The Battle of Neerwinden, with a Portrait of King William IIL, by HiigJitcnberg. 10. A Storm at Sea, by Backhuysen. II.. Small cabinet picture, " Inn Yard," l)y ... ]Voi/ver/>ia?is. 12. A Drunken Carouse, l)y the rare artist, ... Adrian Brauer. and landscapes by Pynacker, Jacob and Solomon Ruysdael, Berg- hem, Vanderneer, Hobbema, De Konigh, Van Coyen Wynants, Guardi, and Palma Vecchio ; as well as by (iainsborough, Richard Wilson, anclGeorge Moreland. Also two very large pictures, "Moon- light on the River Eske, and Rcslyn Castle," and " kxx English Landscape," by G. Arnald, A.R.A., who was brought into notice by Mr. Barnard's grandfather, and took numerous views of Cave and its neighbourhood. Amongst the portraits is a very fine one of James I.; others of the Lord Protector, Edward, Duke of Somerset; Bishop Nicholas Ridley; Sir George Lyle; Lord Leicester, &c. Amongst the more modern portraits are : George John, Earl of Spencer, K.G., by Sir Martin Archer Shee, F.R.A. ; Sir John Mitford, Speaker of the House of Commons, First Lord Redesdale, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, F\R. A. ; Garrick, by Gainsborough An original portrait of Napoleon L, by Gobeau, authenticated by his brother Joseph, ex-King of Spain. There is also a copy by Freemen, of Cambridge, of a portrait of the President Washington, in the full uniform of Commander-in- Chief of the American Forces, The original portrait had been sent as a present to the Prince of Orange Stadtholder of the Dutch Republics, but the vessel being captured during the war by the SOUTH CAVE. 63 English frigate, "Alarm," the Hon. Captain Kcpi)le, who was in command, presented it to his uncle, the fourth Earl of Albemarle, by whose permission Lord Spencer, First Lord of the .Vdmiralty, had it copied for his friend Mr. Boldero-Barnard. On succeeding to the estate, in 1S72, the present owner at once began the restoration of the Castle. The work was brought to a conclusion in January, 1S75. Early in the morning of the very day on which the scaffolding was to have been removed, a fire broke out, considerable damage being done to the building and its contents. The fine collection of china, which was valued at ^10,000 (and which included, among other treasures, a Sevre tea service, made for Queen Marie Antoinette, each piece bearing her initials and the name, " Petit Trianon "), was almost entirely destroyed. The School. "Endowment, I'a. Ir. Hp. of land which, in 1797, were demised for thirty years on a nominal rent in consideration of ^300 which was applied in building a market-house, with a schoolroom above, and a house for the master. The school, at the time of the report, was conducted on the National plan ; about fifty scholars. The master's salary arises from voluntary subscription, and is. 6d from each child per quarter." * Girls' School. In the year 1841, a girls' school was established and main- tained by the late Mrs. Elizabeth Mary Barnard. In 1862, she built the present school, and schoolmistress's house, which are entirely maintained by the present Mrs. Barnard, the school bemg under Government Inspection. * Commissioners' lolli Report. 64 SOUTH CAVE. Mount Airky. Mount Aircy is a commanding elevation of tlie Wold Hills, overlooking South Cave, and rises to the height of" about five hundred feet. A footpath from the I'everley Road brings the visitor to the hill, the ascent of which is in one part somewhat steep, but any difificulty that may be experienced in reaching the summit is amply compensated for by the goodly view which lies I)efore him. At his feet is South Cave, with the Castle rising just above the trees : to the left is the village of Ellerker, with its wind- mill ; beyond this is the broad estuary of the Huniber, with the Rivers Ouse and Trent joining it under the shadow of the lofty promontory of Alkborough. To the right, and stretching west- wards, is a fine open country extending as far as Howden, with its church, forming a conspicuous object some thirteen miles distant. To the north-west is Brayton-Barff Hill, two miles from Selby, with its wood-covered top ; to the right of it is Hemingbrough Church with its lofty spire, and still more to the right is the beautiful Vale of York, with the Cathedral rearing its lofty towers above every other object. In the same direction, but nearer, is Holme Church. The whole forming a charming view, which, for extent and di- versity, is seldom met with. The New Burial Ground. The churchyard having become greatly over-crowded, Mr. Barnard, in 1872, gave la. Ir. of land for a new burial ground, which was opened in 1873, and the first interment therein took place on November 15th, in that year. The Rev. Digby S. Wrangham, on resigning the living in 1875, gave an endowment of ;^5 per annum towards keeping the new burial ground in order. In 1880 the old churchyard was closed by an Order in Council. ■JO/Jd„,r. r> oM Hi REDTTCED FROM A MAP OF SIMn'KV MADE BY GRI.nART IN 1 7 5Q FOR I.. BOLOFI -Vorfli ^-' ^o«<^ VSn. THE nRIGINAL IS N'OW IN THE POSSESSION OF C. E. G. BARNARD, ESQ. SOUTH CAVE 65 Old Landmarks, &c. The quaint looking building to the left-hand in the view of the Church, was formerly the " Bay-Horse " Inn, but Mr. Barnard bought it some years ago and allowed the license to lapse. The old house has been recently pulled down and a new cottage erected on the site. In the parish there is a farm called " Provence," belonging to the Dean and Chapter of York, and it affords an illustration how ancient names linger in connection with land. The farm, shortly after the conquest, was the property of Roger de Poitou, who gave it the name of " Provence " (after his native district in France), and his widow, in 11 54, granted it to the Church of St. Peter's, at York. In 1431, Sir Henry Bromflete had in Bromfleet one messuage and thirty acres of land ; in Brantingham, one toft and twenty acres of land and ten acres of meadow ; and in South Cave twenty acres of meadow called Bagflete. On referring to the copy of the old Parish Map, it will be seen that in 1759 the vicarage was then on the south side of the church. The map also gives us the names of open lands, some of which occur in a deed dated April 27th, 1689, whereby Christopher Bayles, of Selby, conveyed to Philip Thomlinson, of York, draper, certain estates, including ; "All those several parcells of arable meadow and pasture ground comonly called Firby Lands lying and being in theTownefieldsand territories of South Cave, in the said County, and heretofore in the tenure or occupation of Edward Galland or his assigns (that is to say) one Milbut Headland, one Carr Daile, one Broad Rangham, one Narrow Rangham, one North Wrangland, one Broad Santon Land, one Narrow Santon Land, one Becktoft, two Beane lands, one Broad Moore land, one Hammer land, one Skell land, one other land beyond Coney Garth, one other land called a Greenegate Moorland in the Newfield, one Arras dale, in the same field ; one Land within the Newfield Gates, one Lyne Butt, F 66 SOUTH CAVE. one high Howdale, one low Mowdale, one fracrovv, one Land under Raven (latt side, one Land on the North Wald, on the Daile Side, one W'andale, one land att Moungy Nookc, one acre of Meadow lying in a certain place called the South Cave Inggs ; also all that Moyety, or half of two acres of meadow or pasture ground lying within South Cave field, in a certaine place there called twixt closes between the lands formerly of Sr. Thomas Metham, on the South, and of Nicholas Girlington, Esqre. , on the North. Together with all Buildings, Barnes, Gardens, Backsides, wayes, common of pa'r:ture, beast gates, and appurtenances to the said premises belonging." In 1774, " Frog Hall" and a considerable quantity of land in South Cave belonged to a Captain Newmarch. On May 23rd, 1751, there was an admission in the Faxfleet Manor of William Wilkinson, the elder (butcher), and Elizabeth, his wife, on a surrender from John Newton, to "a messuage in the Markett place, abutting upon a messuage of John Moorhouse on the south, a road called the Pouter hole towards the north, the Townfields towards the east, and the Markett-place on the west." Early in the last century, the roadway leading from the Town Street to the Congregational Church was called " St. Katherine's Yard ; " and the lane at the West End, leading to the farm now occupied by Mr. Jewitt, was called " Langthorne Lane." On the old Parish Map it will be observed that opposite Mr. Lloyd's Manor House is the Nunnery Field, where, according to tradition, there formerly stood a religious house dedicated to St. Katherine, the foundations of which are still supposed to remain under the ground. St. Plelen's Well is a fine, clear spring within the park, said to have been formerly used by the inhabitants from time immemorial. Previous to the enclosure, a farmhouse stood against the north wall of the Churchyard, and four roads crossed the ground, one to the farm, another to the Castle, a third to the West End, and a fourth SOUTH CAVE. 67 to the Market-place, which passed over a stile at the south-east corner. All, however, are now removed. The road from the Market-place to the West End formerly made a turn near Frog Hall and went by the side of St. Helen's Well. The beck, also, had a different course from the present. It then passed by the well and flowed through an arch under the road on the south side of the present lodge-entrance to the park. In an old book containing the accounts of the late Mr. George Petfield, joiner, from 18 15 to 1838, we find the following entry in 182 1 : "Robert Marshall, Constable, To pair of Stocks and two oak Posts, ;£\ 14s. od." The Parish Stocks formerly stood in the Market-place, between the main street and the footpath, nearly opposite what is now Mr. Anderson's shop, but were removed some years ago. '^(/«is«|,*Hi^ NORTH CAVE. ^l^/^ ■a., A 1 ^' ^V4 c, ^ ■'vii. T a distance of two-and-a-half miles from South Cave, in a north-westerly direction, is the village of North Cave. The parish includes Drewton and Everthorpe, the total area being 4,684 acres, with a population of 1,135 'i^" habitants. In Domesday Book it is referred to as " another Cave," and the owners of the land were Robert Malet, who had seven carucates and two oxgangs ; the Archbishop of York, one carucate and six oxgangs ; the Earl of Moreton, six carucates and two oxgangs ; and Hugh, son of Baldric, two oxgangs. The Robert Malet referred to in Domesday was the son of William Malet, also mentioned therein. William is described as Sheriff of Yorkshire, and, it is added, "the whole County testifies that William Malet held, in his own demesne, the whole land which NORTH CAVE. 69 Norman, the son of Malcolumbe, had in the East Riding, so long as he held land in Yorkshire." He held lands in Holderness " until the Danes took him." Robert Malet's name appears in a list of those who held land in Yorkshire " of the King," which mcluded land in Cave, Drewton, Hotham, Houghton, and Sancton ; and the jurors " affirm that Robert Malet ought to have all the land of Asa, because she held her land separate and free from the power and controul of Bernulf, her husband, even whilst they lived together, so that he could neither grant, sell, nor forfeit it. But after their separation, she retired with all her land, and kept possession of it as owner. But the County (Jurors) have seen or recollected William Malet siezed, as well of that land, as of all her land, until the castle was besieged. This they affirm of all the land which Asa had in Yorkshire." * In the reign of Stephen, the famous Roger de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, held lands here, but being a rebel against that monarch's authority, his estates were forfeited. It would appear, however, that they were afterwards granted to Nigel Albini, who had married his daughter, and who took his name. This Nigel de Albini richly endowed the Order of Knights Templars with lands in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, including lands in North Cave. His- tory records that during the Crusades he had the misfortune to be taken prisoner by Saladin, in 1187, and having been ransomed by the Templars, he shewed his gratitude to the Order by the rich donations which he made them. Leland, in his Itinerary of Yorkshire, in the reign of Henry VIII., has the following quaint reference to North Cave : — " From Walkington Village to Northcave Village V. miles by fair cham- * Bawdwen's Translation of Domesday, pp 9, 237 and 238. 70 NORTH CAVl'.. pain corn ground. There rennith a Broke by Northcave and so into Humbre." The following Fines and other proceedings, relating to this parish, supply many interesting facts connected with its early history. " Fine l)et\veen Brother Robert De Saunford, Master of the Knights Temp- lars, Plaintiff, and Ralph de Vermeles and Joan, his Wife, deforciants, concern- ing two bovates of land and one messuage, with appurtenances, in North Cave. The right of the Master is acknowledged." — Feet of Fines, 2^, Henry III., Sg. " Fine between Walter de Heydon, plaintiff, and Hugh le Bygot and Joan, his wife, deforciants, concerning the advowson of the Church of North Kave. The right of Walter, l^y the gift of the ancestors of the same Joan is acknowledged." — Feet of Fines, 28, Henry III. " Fine between John, son of Geoffrey de Thorntoft. plaintiff, and William de Kelyngthorp, of Overhemelseye, and Matilda, his wife. Deforciants, con- cerning one messuage, two tofts, three bovates of land, a third part of one mill, and I4d. of rent in Northcave. The right of Jolm is acknowledged." — Edward I., 37 ( old No. ). " East Riding. — An assize comes to acknowledge whether German Hay, Robert de Meynill, and Alice, his wife, Peter Hakun and Cecily, his wife, Walter de Kylpun and Beatrice, his wife, and Thomas de Iverthorp, unjustly disseised William de Kava of his free tenement in North Kava, viz., of three roods of land with appurtenances. And none of them appear except Alice and Cecily. German was attached by Robert, son of Geoffrey de Seton, and Thomas Mathegrey, of Kava. Thomas de Iverthorp was attached by Ralph Mathegrey, of Kava, and Richard de Gringeley, of the same. There- fore let them be amerced. Robert Meynil was not attached because he was not found, &c. Alice and Cecily only say that William [de Kava] was never in seisin. The Jurors say that Robert de Meynil and Alice, his wife, previously arraigned an assize of novel disseisin, concerning the same tenement, against the said William, whereupon, by agreement, Robert and Alice withdrew from their writ for lOOs. paid by William (the rest of the entry is mutilated). It seems that Robert, notwithstanding, remained in possession, and that Ger- man and others ploughed and sowed the land against the will [of William]. Judgment, that William shall recover seisin, all the Defendants l)eing amerced, except Peter Hakun, who was sick." Assize Kolls, J2, Henry III. York, N'o. 1-2, I III. 18. NORTH CAVE. 71 " Norlli Killing. Master William I'assemer presented himself against John de .Slamigrave, in a plea, wherefore he came to the field of North Kave, and took away the corn and hay of the same. Master William there found, to his damage of 15/. John failed to appear. The Sheriff was ordered several times to distrain him and ' have his body ' at certain days, but nothing further is recorded." — Assize Rolls, ^2, Henry III., York, N. 1-2 — i in. 41. " East Riding. An assize comes to acknowledge whether Master William Passemer unjustly disseised John de Stanygrave of his free tenement in North Cave, viz., of four bovates and twelve acres of land with appurtenances. Master William does not appear : he was attached by Ralph le Wyte, of North Cave, and Robert de Meynhill of the same : therefore let them be amerced. Roger de Wetewang, " bailiff of the same Master " comes, and says that John was never in seisin as of his free tenement. Verdict and judgment for John. Damages los." — Assize Roll, ^2 Henry III. , York, N. 1-2, i in. ^4d. " East Riding. Roger de la W'odehall, who brought a writ of mort d' ancestre against Robert, son of Thomas de Danthorp, concerning two bovates of land with appurtenances (except one toft and two acres) in North Cave, and one-and-a-half acre in Irenthorp, does not prosecute : therefore let him and his pledges be amerced, viz., John Thothe, of North Cave, and Richard le Butillier, of Vverthorp." — Assize Roll, ^2 Henry III, York, N. j-2. in. 6j. "Nicholas de Stapleton and Elias de Bekingham are appointed [Justices] to take the assize of mort d' ancestre which John [son] of Thomas de Newbald has arraigned against Constance, daughter of Arnald de Wyghton, and William, son of Peter de North cave, concerning one messuage five bovates of land, and a moiety of one mill with appurts. in Wyghton and Northcave. " — Patent Roll, 2 Edzvard I. in. g. " Roger de la Wodehalle. next Beverley, before the Justices in Eyre, demanded against Thomas de Danthorp and Agnes, his wife, two bovates and one acre-and-a-half of land with appurtenances in North Cave and Iverthorpe (except two acres in North Cave), of which Geoffrey de Askewy, Kinsman of the said Roger, whose heir he is, was seised in fee. He alleges that the said Geoffrey died seised thereof without issue, whereupon ' the fee ' reverted to one William, as Kinsman and heir of one Isabel, grandmother of the said Geoflrey, and from William it decended to this Roger, as son and heir. Thomas and Agnes vouch to warranty, Peter, son of Roger de Santon, of Suthe Cave, who warrants to them, and says that after the death of Geoffrey, one, Guy, son of Ellen, sister of the said Isabel, was seised of the premises. Roger says he is son of the said William, brother of the said Ellen, mother of Guy, by the same father and mother. Guy was rather an intruder into the premises than his 72 NORTH CAVE. (Peter's?) anccslDr [tlicrcinj. I'ctcr sa)'s llial one, \\'illiau) (k- Luml, hanpf life, characterized l)y Christian consistency, having" served iiis own f^cneration, by the will of (lod he fell on slee|i in this parish on the 5th of Feb., 1855, -ij^cd 77 years." The Rf.c.istkrs. The following extracts are from the registers, which begin in 167S. Marriages. 1713. Hugo Montgomery and Barl)ara Metham, nupt., 23 Octr. 1679. Thomas Foster and Frances Meadlye, nupl. 29th April. ,, Johannes Ilickington et Ellonor Rotheram, July. ,, Richardus Patdgett et Allice Richmond, Novr. Baptisms. 167S. Hannah Howdle, filia Thomo;, bapt. primo die Scptr. 1679. Elizabeth Foster, filia Thomoe, bapt. Feby. 1696. Jeremias, filius Timothei Newmarch, bapt. July. 173S. Josephus filius Josephi Stickney, bapt 16 die July. 1 716. (ieorgius filius Ilugonis Montgomery, armiger bapt. 6th Feb. Burials. 1706. Anna Metham, 22nd T^ny. 1716. Georgius Metham, armig. Sepult decimo Svo. die Aprilis (iSth April). 1746. Hannah, wife of John Blossom, Dec. 23rd. 1772. Thomas son of Thomas Richardson, buried July llth. The following memorandum is inserted in the registers : — " In the year 1746, Hugh Montgomery, Esq., the Patron of North Cave, did build a new Pew adjoining the pulpit on the East, for his Tenant of Dru- ton and such others as the said Patron should think fit to sit therein at any time, and for the Vicar's family. Antho. Almonil, Vicar." Terrier. From an old Terrier (undated) it appears that the tithe on every messuage and cottage was " one hennc at Christmas." For every skep of bees, two pence per annum ; for every cow three- half-pence which renews, and for every cow which does not renew, one penny. For every man and woman above the age of sixteen NORTH CAVE. 8i years, for their oblations at Mister, twopence. "For every mill, t\vo shillings." In the same terrier the Communion Plate is described as follows : " A Klaggon for the wine with this inscri[)tion upon it, 'The (iift of the Patron, Hugh Montgomery, Esq., to the Church of North Cave, 27th March, 1754;' a Patten with this inscription ui)on it, 'The gift of Ceorge Montgomery Metham, Escp to the Church of North Cave, the 24th day of May, 1754 ; High Sheriff and Knighted, 1756; chose Member of Parliament for Hull, 1757 ' j ^ Chalice with this inscription, ' North Cave." ipeDigree of /iRetbam. Miles lie Stapleton, sum. to Pari. 6 and 7 Ed. II., ob. S Ei. II. = Sibill, dau. of John de Bella I Aqua. Nicholas de Stapleton, ob. 17 F^d. III., Esch. No. 43 = I Miles Stapleton, ob. 46 Ed. III. = Isabella . . Thomas Stapleton, ob. 47. Elizabeth Stapleton — Thomas Metham, ob. 4 Hen. IV. Ed. III. S.P. I I Alexander Metham, ob. 4 Hen. V. — Elizabeth, dau. of Lord Darcy, ob. 9 Hen. V I. Thomas Metham, ob. 12 Ed. I\ . =: Mundana, dau. of Sir John ^Vaterton, of Medley Castle, L I Richard Metham = Margaret, dau. of Ralph Babthorpe, Esq. Sir Thomas Rletham, Kt. — Anne dau. of Sir John Tempest, of Boiling. I Sir Thomas Metham, Kt. — Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Robt. Constable, of Flamborough, Kt. I I Sir Thomas Metham, Kt. — Maud, dau. of Sir John Hotham, Kt. L I Thomas IMetham — Grace, dau. of Ihomas Pudsey, of Barforth. I Sir Thomas Metham, Kt. — Dorothy, dau. of George, Lord Darcy. I I Thomas Metham, ob. 1610. = Katherine, dau. of Sir William Bellasis. i 82 NORTH C.W'K. I Sir 'riioiiKiN Mulliani, (itL. lo anno 1585), slain at - liarljara, dau. of Pliilii) Constaljlc, Ksq. Marston Moor. I I I I I homas Methani, ob. cajlebs. Catherine, sister Barljara, sister — Thomas Dolman, l'-s(|., and co-heir. and co-heir ob. I ofKabsworthand I'ock- m. 1626. I lington, Co. York. Ed. Smith, Esq. I Koliert Dolman, of Pocklington, Esq. — Catherine, dan. of Edniund Ihorald, of Hough, Co., I Lincoln, Es(| I ... I . . 1 wo sons, ob. S.P. William Dolman, only surviving son and heir = Robert Dolman, of Pocklington, Esq., son and heir — Anne, dau. of Richd. Drigham, of I Brigham, Esq. Robert Dolman, of Pocklington, M.D. = Peggy, only dau. of Thomas Reynolds, ofMaurangh, I Co. Notts. Thomas Dolman^ Esq., died 1841. = Martha Leach, dau. of John (.IrilBth, of St. Priavels I Co., Glouc. John Thomas Dolman, son and heir nunc, 1844.*" The Methams were an opulent and wide-spread family. One branch was located at Methani, near Howden, and another at North Cave, where several members of the family are buried. As will be seen from the pedigree, they were connected by mar- riage witli the Stapletons. The latter family was "of very great note, and assumed their surname from the Lordship of Stapleton, upon the River Tees, in the Bishoprick of Durham. .\nno Dom. 1159, about the 6th Henry IL, Robert de Stapleton was witness to a Charter of Henry de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract, and in the 33rd of Henry H. the same Ro!)ert was a benefactor to the Priory of Monks l^jretton in Yorkshire." f Referring to Elizabeth Sta})leton, who married Thomas * Baronia Anglica Coiueidrala. t ISaiiks's -SaY/V^c/ Baronage, \\A. I. p 409. NORTH CAVlv 83 Mcthaiii, Sir Harris Nicholas sa)s " the Ikirony is now vestt-'d in her re[)rescntativcs, of which reprcsentati\cs, Mr. Dohnan, a gentle- man at York, is the heir, and has accordingly presented a petition to Her Majesty and ol)tained an order of reference thereon to the Attorney (leneral. It is to he observed that this IJarony, though dormant, is not in abeyance, Mr. Dolman being the sole heir representative of Miles de Stapleton, the lirst I)aron summoned to Parliament."' Thomas Metham was High Sheriff of the (bounty of York in the year 1443, and again in 1460. A very long \\'ill of Francis Metham, of W'iganthorpe, dated "the foure-and-twentieth claie of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand five iiundred nynetie live,"' contains the following bequest : — " Unto my \vell-l)eIoved nephew, Thomas Melliam, of Metham, Ks([uiei", all those parcells belonging to the house of Wigginthorpe, viz. : — All the wain- scot and sealinge in the hall, and in both the parlors, the glasse in all the wynclowes in and about the house, with all the doores, lockes, and kaies, and all frames and shelves fastened vnto the walles or grounde. All the brewinge vessellys theire stand now in the brewhouse, all the stable heckes, mangers, and hayes, with all the oxstalls and heckes together with all the pales and rayles about the house, and all the stoops and rayles of stacke garthes in the groundes. I give vnto my good neece, Katheren Metham, his wife, the best breedinge mare which I have, and one spurre ryall, " as a token of remembrance of 'my good will towards lier. "" t The Charitiks. "The school endowment, la. 1 r. lip. of lantl. The school house was erected many years ago at the expense of the inhabitants, which, together with an allotment of Ur. i)2p. of land in lieu of common rights, and 2r. lOy). "" Spurr royal, a handsome gold coin. On the obverse a figure of the Oueen in her royal robes ; on the reverse, the star-pointed figure of a spur in the centre, value 15^- t Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, viii., [i 368. 84 NORTH CAVE. of land, the t^ift of Sir ('iL'or<;-e Montgomery Melhani, the Lord of tlie Manor, were in Mareh, 1772, conveyed to new trustees, in trust to nominate a school- master to teach the children of the parish, reading, writing, and \ulgar arith- metic. The schoolmaster has the house and land, for which he teaches four poor chiklren as free scholars, besides others who are jiaid for hy their friends." * The poor have, by deed of gift from the late (i. Ilaron, Esfj., between £,"40 and ^,50 anntially, from money invested in railway shares, whieh is distributed in coals on the 23rd of Jantmry. Weslevan Chapef.. The Rev. John Wesley, in his "Journal," under date of Thursday, July 2nd, 1761, says, "I set out early for North Cave, about twenty computed miles from York. I preached there, at nine, to a deeply serious congregation, and was much refreshed. At two I preached to such another congregation at Thorpe, and concluded the day by preaching and meeting the Society at Pock- lington." The chapel, a neat and couimodious structure, erected at the beginning of the present century, and restored a few years ago, is in Church Street. Primitive Methodist Chapel. This chapel was built in 1819 near the Friends Meeting House, and was supposed to be the oldest Primitive Methodist Chapel in Yorkshire. The building is still in existence, though in a very delapidated condition. H new chapel was erected a few years ago in West-gate. Parish Clerk. Mr. Hicks, the Parish Clerk, who has been a ringer at the Church for more than half a century, assisted in ringing the bells on her Majesty's Accession to the Throne in 1S37, and at her Jubilee in 1887. On both occasions sermons were preached by '■ Commissioners' lOth Report, p 655. NORTH CAVE. 85 the \'icar, ihc late ('anon jarratt. Mr. Hicks had a Ljrcat-i^rand- muthcr named Sarah Barker, wlio died in 1849, aged 104 years and nineteen (kiys, and is buried in the churchyard. Vicar Accused of Heresy. In 1534, the then Vicar of N^orth (_'ave was accused of heresy. It seems prol)a!)le that the crime committed by the vicar occurred in Hull, as the penance for it was to be undergone there. Probably some of Luther's works, or an edition of the New Testament, in English (then recently imported from Antwerp), may have been found in his possession ; or, he may have preached some unorthodox ser- mon. \\'hatever was the ground of offence, the vicar was sentenced to make i)ublic recantation of his errors in Hull, both on Sunday and on a mirket day ; he was also bare-footed, bare-legged, and in his shirt, to carry a great faggot in his arms round the Holy Trinity Church. The latter church was also placed under an inter- dict ; the windows and doors were closed with thorns and briars, the pavement torn up, and the bells "curbed" or taken down. The vicar might consider himself fortunate in getting off so easily, as on the 21st of April in the same year, seven persons had been hanged at Tyburn tor daring to express opinions, upon doctrinal points, different from those entertained by their Sovereign. (JiiRisroPHER Ness. Christopher Ness, an eminent divine and \oluminous theo- logical writer, was born at North Cave, December, 26th, 1621. He was the son of Thomas Ness, and "was educated under Mr. Seaman, in grammar learning, till he was sixteen, when he was sent to Cam- bridge," where he graduated. "Having spent seven years there he retired, at the age of twenty-three, into the country, in the time of 86 NORTH CAVE. the Civil \\'ars, and preached for a while at Cliffe Cha])el under the inspection of his uncle Breareliffe, an eminent divine, Vicar of North Cave. From thence he received a call into Tlolderness, and, after a few years, to Beverley, where he taught school and preached occasionally."' In 1650, he was presented with the living of Cottingham, and was subsecjuently aj^pointed lecturer to Mr. Styles, at Leeds. He was ejected by the Act of 1662, and preached for some time in priwate. The Five Mile Act of 1665, drove him to Clayton, and thence to Morley, when he preached in the villages about Leeds. Afterwards, he opened a school at Hunslet, and preached there; and in 1672, when the persecution raged less fiercely, he ministered pul)liely in the Riding-house, l^eeds. He was four times excommunicated ; and upon the fourth there was issued out against him a writ " De Excommunicato Capiendo," to avoid which he removed to London, in 1675, and there preached to a private congregation in Fleet Street. Fie died on December 26th, 1705, aged eighty-four years to the day, and was buried in Bunhill-fields, having been upwards of sixty years in the ministry. Mr. Ness wrote several books, the principal of which was " A History and Mystery of the Old and New Testa- ments " (four volumes folio). Society of Friends. The Society of Friends had formerly numerous adherents in this neighbourhood. I'he old chapel adjoining their l)urial place in (Church Street, was pulled down about three years ago, and a cottage has since ])een erected on its site. John Richardson, an itinerant preacher of some note amongst the Society, was born at North Cave, in 1666. His father, who bore the same christiari name. \\;is 1 11 ii'ii tlu-ii; in I 'ij ). :ind. al'tLT rndiiring ihr usual >li;irr . <\' ^iillcr- NORTH CAVIv 87 ing which in those days fell to the lot of members of the Society of Friends, died in the year 1679, leaving a widow and five children, with a small farm for their support. After his father's death, John worked upon the farm and helped his mother to maintain the family. In the course of a few years his mother re-married, and the step-father, having no svmj)athy with John's religious convic- tions, treated him harshly, and eventually turned him out of doors. After casting about for some time, John apprenticed himself to William AUon, a weaver, at South Cliffe, who treated him as his own son. He had commenced [^reaching Ctccasionally in the villages at the age of eighteen, and had met with much opposition, but, being a fluent speaker, and having a robust frame, he was capable of enduring fatigue and privations which would have appalled most men. He made two voyages to America, one in 1700-3, and the other in 1731-3, i^nd travelled over a considerable portion of what are now the Eastern United States, as well as in the ^^'est Indies, and met with many perils by sea and land. He visited Ireland in 1722; and travelled through a great portion of England and Southern Scotland, preaching the tenets of George Fox. He was twice married, first to Priscilla Connely, and secondly to Anne Robinson, both of whom pre-deceased him. With the latter, who was a preacher in the Society, he obtained a small property at Hutton-in-the-Hole, near Lastingham, where he went to reside in after life, and where he died. Parish Apprentices. The following is a coi)v of an apprenticeship indenture, during the period when each parish maintained its own poor, and pauper rhildrm w^Tr ;}p]ironrii-ed witli fanners or tradrs-pci i|ilc in ihe 88 NORTH CAVE. *'Q^bi3 JUDClltUrC, hhkIc tlic eiglnh day of July, in the Twelfth year of ye Reign of or. Soveraigne, Ld. ^^'illianl ye third, by ye grace of god, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, and Anno ye l)ni I70(;, Witnesseth that Thomas Dunn, Overseer for the poor in ye towne of North Cave, in ye County of Yorke, and Mr. Richard Bayley and Allan Bayley, Churchwardens of the same Towne, l^y and wth ye consent and allowance of two of his Majesties Justices of ye peace for ye same County, have placed, and by these prsentsdo jnit, place, and bind Thomas Barlow as an apprentice with Timothy Newmarch, of North Cave, to dwell from ye day of ye date of these prsents untill ye sd Tho. Barlow shall come to and attain ye age of twenty-four years, according to ye statute, in yt case made and provided. During wch time and terme ye si", Tho. Barlow shall ye said Timothy Newmarch, his Mastr, well and faithfully serve in all lawfull Business as ye sd Tho. Barlow shall lie put unto, according to his power, will, ability, and honesty, and obediently in all things shall behave himselfe towards the sd Timothy Newmarch, his children and family. And ye sd Timothy Newmarch, for his part, covenanteth, promisseth and agreeth during all ye sd terme to find and allow unto his said apprentice sufficient meat, drinke, linen, woollen, shooes stockings, washing, lodging, and all other things necessary or meet for such an apprentice. In witness whereof ye parties abovesaid to these prsent Indentures their hands and seals interchangeably have set the day and year first above written. Sealed and delivered in the prsence of | Robert Walker, John Mell, r Timothy Newmarch Tho. Baley. ; We, whose names are subscribed Justices of ye peace of ye Queen, do con- sent to ye putting forth of ye aforesaid Thomas Barlow appix'ntice according to ye intent and menning of ye Indenture abovesaid. Fra. Warton. Tho. Alured. " An Old Will. Ill the fuUuwing \\'ill we have references to open lands in various parts of the parish, some of which still retain the names they then bore. " In the name of God, Amen, the fifteenth day of July 1747, I? Richard Padgett, of the North Cave, in the County of York, being long sick and weak of l)ody but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given lo God therefore, calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, d.j make and ordain this my last will and testament ; that is NORTH CAVE. 89 to say, iiiincipally ami lirst of all I s^ive and rccoinciul my sduI into the liaml of Almii^hty Ci xl that i;avc it, and my hody I recomend to the earth, to he buried in decent christian burial, at the discretion of my executors, nothing doubtint^ but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again hy the mighty power of God ; and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, demise, and dispose of the same in the following manner and form : Also I give and bef|ueath to Richard Padgett, my eldest son, two oxgang of lantl in North Cave field, William Roberts on the east, and William Burton, Esq. on the west, and a Broad and Narrow lying in the Wode field ; also a piece of land in the East field called Dam. Also I give to William Padgett, my son, a certain cottage in a lane commonly called Saint Ellen Lane ; also one broad land at Thomas Walker's garth end, also four broad lands in a place commonly called Open Close. Also I give to John Padgett, my son, a cottage in North Gate; also two oxgang of land in North Cave field, Padley on the south side and John Gelder on the north ; also a Ciare lying in the West Field, and a narrow in the South Ings ; also west end of a narrow at Cave Gates ; also a narrow at Law Urewton Gates ; also a narrow at Baley Rawside ; also a Broad land at Moles (iarth, and also a narrow in the New Close." Stage Coaches. The foUoNving advertisement in the old stage-coaching days (and about five years before the opening of the Hull and Selby Railway), forcibly reminds us of the great changes which have taken place since then. " Hull and Cave New Coach. R. J. Chafer respectfully informs his Friends and the Public that he has this day commenced running a new Four-In- side Post Coach, which leaves the White Hart, North Cave, every morning (.Sundays excepted) at a (juarter-past-seven, and the Fox and Coney, .South Cave, at a quarter before eight ; calls at the Half Moon, Brantingham ; Green Dragon, Welton ; Duke of Cumberland, Ferriby ; and the Granby Inn, Hessle; and arrives at Mr. Lyons, the l^iack Horse, Carr Lane, at half-past-nine ; from which it returns each afternoon at half-past-four. R. J. C. begs to return his sincere thanks for the liberal encouragement he has received since his commencement, and trusts that his future exertions will secure to him a con- tinuance ; and hopes that the above coach and arrangement will prove to lie that accommodation so long wanted ; no coach having hitherto run between North Cave and Hull. Hull, May 4th, 1835." 90 NOR^ril (IWK. DRRWTON. Drcwton forins tlie western portion of the parisli, and runs up to the Wold Hills. The houses are few and scattered. 'Hie township is a very ancient one, and has doubtless been associated with many im})ortant and stirring events connected with the history of this part of Yorkshire. In Domesday Book, we fmd the following reference to Drew- ton : — " In Drowetone, Chetel and Norman had four carucates of Land to be taxed, where there may be two ploughs. Robert (Malet) has now there two ploughs, and six villanes and five bordars with two ploughs. Value in King Edward's time, forty shillings, now thirty-two shillings." * A little to the north-east of the South Cave Railway Station is the entrance to Drewton Vale, with the beck gently winding its wa}' along the bottom, and the railway following the course of the valley. On turning into this road, in the corner field on the left hand, there were, until a few years ago, foundations which were said to l)e the remains of a church, and a small stream rose out of the gravel at a short distance from the eastern corner of the re- mains of the churchyard wall. This stream, after being covered up for some years, has recently been opened out again. In a retired position in the valley stands Drewton Manor, belonging to Mr. James Atkinson Jowett, and occupied by Mr. Gray. It was formerly the residence of Mr. George Baron, who took considerable interest in the neighbourhood and who was said to have in his possession (in 1841) several articles which he had dug up, VIZ., "a silver ring in the form of a snake, brooches, spear heads, arrow heads. l(\aden balls, a piece of Roman potterv re- NORTH CAYE. 91 seiiibling the liead of a deity, a hand-mill for L,M-inding corn, Roman coin, and a lachrymatory.'' Human hones are frequently found in the neighbourhood. .Vhout half a century ago the skeletons of sc\en persons were found near to Mr. Baron's residence, one of them without a head ; and when the new railway was being made a few years ago, several skeletons were dug up. Mr. deorge Baron, the owner of Drewton Manor, died July 29th, 1S54, leaving estates at Drewton, Faxfieet, North Cave, and at several places in the West Riding, the value of the whole !)eing estimated at about ^"S,ooo a year. He was a bachelor, without any near relations, and, as he had derived the greater part of his property from a Miss Jowett, he determined to devise it so that it would revert to the Jowett family. Having no intimate knowledge of their whereabouts, he left his real estate in a vague manner, " To his Trustees upon trust for the heir male of Nathan Atkinson, of Bolton, near Bradford, whose mother was a Jowett of Clock- house." As may be supposed, a general devise of this kind opened the way for a number of claimants, and the estates became involved in litigation which lasted for about six years, being finall_\' carried to the House of Lords, where judgment was given in favour of Mr. Nathan Atkinson Jowett, as the rightful claimant, and he lived in the quiet enjoyment of his unexpected wealth for several years. On his death the estates descended to his son, the present owner. St. Austin's Stone. This stone, around which many traditions have gathered, stands in the vale about half a mile to the north-east of Drewton Manor. It is a mass of rock projecting from the side of a hill, .iinl in iI^ ii ingr>; p:iri. iMrnduig In nn ilic hill >id> n > ilu r:ii-r > >|' ihe 92 NORTH CAVE. stone, measures alxjut sixty feet. l>y some it is supposed to liave formed a centre for Druidieal worship, and that the adjoinini,^ town- ship took the name of Drewton (or Druid Town) from this fact. ^^dlen St. Augustine came to England, at the instance of Pope Ciregory, to mission the country, he is said to have visited this part of the East Riding ; and that this stone took its naiue h-om his visit. KErrLEFHORPE. Kettletliorp is a farm adjoining Drewton Manor. 'I'lie house stands in an elevated position overlooking the South Cave Rail- way Station, which lies at its foot, to the south. It is referred to in Domesday Book, under Drowetone (Drewton), as follows: — "iManor. In Torp (Thorp) Chetel (Ketel) had two carucates of land to be taxed, and there may be one plough there. Robert (Malet) has it, and it is waste. Value in King Edward's time, thirty shillings." EVERTHORPE. Everthori)e, a pleasant hamlet, stands up,on somewhat ele- vated ground between North Cave and South Cave, and commands delightful views of the Huml)er and the Lincolnshire Hills. In the early part of the present century, Mr. Eggington, a Hull shipowner, lived in the village, and one of his whaling ships was named the " Everthorpe." A harpoon used on board this ship and marked "Everthorpe, ]82 2," is now in the possession of Mr. W. Richardson, of South Cave. When the Hull and Barnsley Railway was being constructed the greater portion of Everthorpe-Hill, which consisted of a l)ed of good gravel, was removed, and during its removal several skeletons were met with. * ljiiwdwcu"s Translation, p 154. THE FAMILY OF CAVE. HE history of this Knightly Family dates l)ack to the time of William II., and some of its members appear to have played prominent I)arts during several generations, not only in local, hut also in national affliirs, two at least having been judges of the land. Jordan de Cave, the founder of the family, held land in both North Cave and South Cave, but the family connection with the latter place seems to have been much closer than with the neighl)0uring village. Sir Alexander de Cave, during the reign of Edward II., occu- pied an important position in the district ; and the family became connected by marriage with the ancient county families of St. Quintin, Metham, Ilroomflete, Hotham, .Sturmy and Ellerker. The family removed into Northamptonshire, the present owner of the title being Sir Mylles Cave-Brown-Cave, whose scat is at Stretton-en-le-Field, county Derby. 94 Till': I'AMiiA- oi' c:aye. \ A)vd I5ra)-c is descended IVoni lliis ancient famih-, through his grandmother, Sarah, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Cave, Bart. His Lordship has assumed the name and arms of Cave The pedigree of the family was certified by Sir \\'ilham Segar, the (iarter King of Arms, in 1632. This document is now in the British Museum*--and a \ery beautiful specimen of the genea- logical work of the 17th century it is. Unfortunately, it lacks, like almost all the work of Heralds of that date, references to the authorities which were consulted by the compiler. We know, however, that a great part of the pedigree was recorded at Heralds' Visitations of Yorkshire! and Leicestershire, much before 1632. It is now to be seen in Burke's "Peerage" as the lineage of Sir Mylles Cave-Brown-Cave, Bart., but the statement given in some genealogies, that the elder brother of the founder, Wyamarus de Cave, died without issue, does not seem justified by anything stated by Sir William Segar. On the contrary, Wyamarus de Cave, can scarcely have been any other than the powerful steward of the still more powerful and wealthy, Alan, Earl of Brittany and Richmond. Wymar, or Wyamarus, held much land in the neigh- bourhood, and he is supposed to have been the founder of the Priory of Marryke, near Richmond, Yorkshire ; at any rate he was a liberal donor to this and other religious houses.; In the confirma- tion of one of these gifts, namely, the township of Engelby, given to the Abbey of Jervaux, he is joined by his brother, Carnarus, or Jordan, who was the forefather of the Cave family. From the records of these religious houses, we are able to construct the following pedigree : — •■- Add. M.S., iS, 667. t Will. Flower, Norroy K. 1564 (I'ublishcd by llail. Sue, iSSi). i Burton's Moiiasficoii Elwracciisc. THE FAMILY OF CA\'E. 95 Gulomar. I Warner. I i Roger de ( niinpuar. 1 I Wyiiiar, forefather of the Askes of Aske. Jordan, forefather of the Caves of Cave. To return to the work of Sir William Segar, which is known as the " Weston Pedigree," it was evidently compiled for the li^arls of Portland, who were descended from Henry \\'eston, and his wite Mary, daughter and co-heiress of Anthony Cave, of Chichley. It is written on vellum, and beautifully illuminated by the emblazon- ment of the arms of every person mentioned, and handsomely bound as a large folio volume ; every page bears the signature of Sir ^\'i!liam Segar. It passed into the possession of the second Earl of Denbigh by his marriage with Lady Anne Weston, and was pre- sented to the British Museum, by the seventh Earl of Denbigh. MUTILATICO KKKI(;V OK A LADY IN ALL SAINTS, .NORTH CAVE. 96 Till': FAMllA' Ol' CAVE, ^be Caves of Cave, Co. li)orh. Jonl.'ui fic Cave, of North and Soiitli Cave, Co. York, Tern]). William 1 1. I Brian de Cave. I Roliert de Cave - dau. of Thos. de Metham. !_ Thomas de Cave r: Joyce, dau. of Sir Wm. St. Quintin, I Lord of Brayns Burton. _ ^ _ Geatele^, Co. 1[3ant6. Continuation C. Richard Cave, of Soulli Kilworth, Co, Leicester, ob. 153S — Barbara, daii of Sir William Fielding, who was descended from Rudolph, Count of Hapsburg. William Cave, of Pick well — / Eleanor Grey. Anthony Cave, — Anne, dau of and other* I t Eliz. Brudenell. obt. 1595. ob. 1614. Richard Morley, obt. 1603. I _ . I I ... I _ Ml John Cave — Elizabeth and others. Anthony Cave. William Cave, — Ann dau of Thomas ob. 1629. Evertby. obt. 1630. Richard Robert & Mascall. i dau. The Rev John Cave, Rector of Pickwell, ob. 1657 m Elizabeth I . . I ! and others. William Cave of Blanch Cave Yateley, born in m 1621 ; died 1707 Nicholas m Hanbury. Rebecca, dau of | James Swayne. had issue. The Rev Wm. Cave, Canon of Windsor, anlhor William Cave, b in 1666 ; Robert. Sarah. of " Lives of the Fathers," &.c. ; ob. 1713. d in 1729, Elizabeth, died 1729. I John Cave, 3rd son, b 1695 ; d 1756, m Mary, dau of John Thumwood, d 1778. I I William. I Richard. Mary. I John Thumwood Cave, of Yateley, b 1735 ; d 1785, m Ann, dau of Stephen Terry, d 1808, aged 63. I Ma.y. Sarah. I .1111 William Cave, of Yateley, =: Ann, dau of Thomas Giblett, John. James, Henry. 2 daus b 1767; d 1807. I d 1870. William Cave of Hartley, Wintney, b 1808 ; ^ Julia, dau of Thomas Perkins (by Henrietta d 1876. I Sturmy his wife), d 1888. Continued ne.xt Page. THE FA>[ILV 0I<' CAVE. (2 Continued from previous Page. 3 Thomas Slurmy 5 Herbert Emma Catherine Cave, of Yateley, Cave, b Henrietta , Louisa Twickenham, Col. ISSQ. M.A. m. 1872 m. 1870 ist. Vol. }!at. 10 Peter Robert Hampshire Regi- John de Hewett, ment, b 1846 ; ni. Carteret, of Leck- 1878 to Beatrice of Jersey. ford. Cap- Maria, dau. of 1 tain, ist Edward Carlile, b has issue. Vol. Bat. 1S54. Hants. Reg. Has issue. Louisa m. ist to Fanny Julia. John Geffrard Blanche, Janet. Pirouet of Jer sey, and m. 2nd, the Rev. Ed- momd Jos. Fra, Johnson, M.A. ! has issue. m. 1886 Georgiana. to Rev Edward R. Mosley, M.A. J has issue Julia Mary Sturmy Cave, boin 1S79. Ann 15arbara farlile Cave, born i£ Arms. — i. Cave, az fretly argent. 2. Broomflete sa on a bend lietw gii- 3. Genille, er on a bend sa 3 pikes' heads ar. 4. Cliff arg a chev, between 3 paraquets vert. 5. Morley .sa a leopard's face or. jessant de lis a: 6. Cave as i. 6 flcur de lis or 3 escallops I02 THE FAMILY OF CAVE. The following particulars respecting members of this old county family are selected from a mass of material which we have collected bearing on the subject. " A Fine was made in Ihe King's Court at York, on .Sunday after .St. Clement, Ijetween William de Santon, demandant, and Roger de Cava, tenant, concerning half a carucate of land in Cava. William released to Roger, who released to Peter, brother of William, all claim which he had in two bovates of land in Cava ; and Matilda, mother of the same Roger, released all her right therein, by name of dower, to I'eter and his heirs." — Feet of Fines ^ York, 4 John, No. J/. John de Cave was a judge in the reign of Henry HI., and Fines appear to have been acknowleged before him from Decem- ber, 1254, till Michaelmas, 1260.* " Plugh de Cave presents himself against Alan de .Sancto Jacobo, of Dreuton, Arnold de Arreynes, of Dreuton, Thomas de Arraynes, John, son of William de Suth Kave, and Peter, son of Ralph Fitz Cxerard, on a plea where- fore they forcibly depastured cattle on a certain meadow in Dreuton, \\hich is in the custody of the said Hugh, to his damage of lOOs. They did not appear, &c. Some of them had been attached by certain other persons (named). Adjourned till Easter term. (The heading shows that it belongs to Hilary term ; year not stated)." — Coram Kege Roll, Mich. 2-j Edtoard I. in j2d. "Thirteen Knights, including Robert dc Cave, having been chosen [to serve on a jury], were amerced loOs. each 'for contempt.' " — Pleas of Juries at York, 8-g Edward /. In 1295, Hugh de Hotham gave certain freeholdings in Hotham and North Cave to John de Cave, a Priest. Agnes le Fevre, the sister of Hugh de Hotham, disputed the validity of this gift, and the case was accordingly tried at York Assizes, in Trinity Term, 1298. John de Cave, contended that Hugh de Hotham enfeoffed him by deed, dated at Northbury, in the County of Leicester, and made Thomas de Cave, Parson of the Church of Plumpton, and Richard le Prestman, of North Cave, his attorneys, to put the said John in seisin. Agnes replied that Hugh de * Dugdale's Orig. Juria p 43. THE FAMILY OF CAVE. 103 Hothain was her brother, that she was his heir, and entered into possession of the said tenements of whicli she was unjustly dis- seized by the said John de Cave. The jury found that the deed was given as John de Cave contended, and gave a verdict for him accordingly.* On November 7th, thirtieth Edward I. (1303), Alexander de Cave and (ieoffery de Hotham were appointed C'ollectors for York- shire of the .\id for marrying the King's eldest daughter, and in connection with the same Aid, we find in the Nomina Villarum, " Suth Cave, Petrus de Eyvill et Alexander de Cave." f In 1 3 10, a license was granted to Alexander de Cave, to give four bovates and three acres of land, and two and a half acres of meadow, and five shillings of rent in " Suth Cave," to a chaplain to celeljrate divine ofiices in the Church of South Cave, for the souls of the said . Alexander and his ancestors ; dated at New Minster, 9th September.! And by a Charter (2 Edward II. N, 15), there is a grant to Alexander de Cave and his heirs, of free warren in all his demesne land of South Cave, Ripplington, Howmn, and Kyplingcotes, in County Yorks. Neither Sir AN'illiam Segar nor any of the sul)sequent genea- logists who have worked on the Cave Pedigree give the christian name of the daughter and heiress of Sir I'homas Broomfiete, bv whose marriage with Peter de Cave the right to quarter the Broom- fiete Coat of .Vrms was achieved. This quartering § has figured very prominently as the second in the Cave Coat of Arms for nearly six centuries. The lady's name was Elena, as appears from an Indul- gence granted by the Bishop of Durham, which runs as follows : — * Coram Rege, 26 Edward I., Triii. 111 36. t Pari. Writs, 1-133. :J: Pat. Roll, 4 Edward II. p. i m 10. § Sa. 3 escalops gules on a bend between 6 fleiir de lis or I04 THE FAMILY OF CAVE. " Indulgence of forty days to those contributing to the fabric, (S:c. of the Chapel of St. Mary, in the Church of South Cave, dated 24th September, 13 14 — . . . And who pray for the good estate of .Mexander de Cave and Joan, his wife, while they live, and for their souls after they depart from this life ; and for the souls of Peter de Cave, formerly father of the same Alexander, and of Elena, mother of the same Alexander, whose bodies rest in the Church of All Saints, South Cave * " This interesting document gives us also the name of the wife of .Alexander, the son of Peter and Elena, that is to say Joan (another name which had been left out of the pedigree), and enables the identification of the Alexander de Cave, and Joan, his wife, whose monument Glover saw in the Church of South Cave, in 1584. In 13 1 5, a mandate f was granted by Edward II. to Alexander de Cave and William de Bevercote, constituting them the keepers of the temporalities belonging to the Archbishopric of York during a vacancy which occurred after the death of the Archbishop, William de Grenfeld. They rendered a lengthy account of their steward- ship, I which seems to have lasted about eighteen months. The account, of which there are two copies preserved at the Record Office, states that they received the charge from the King's Escheator, on 30th December, ninth Edward II., and they retained the charge until the Feast of St. Michael, in the eleventh Edward II., and from that said feast to the 8th October next followmg, when they delivered the temporalities up to master William de Melton, who was then appointed Archbishop by the Pope. Another mark of the King's confidence in Ale.xander de Cave * Registeis of Durham, pul:). by Longman, 1873, Vol I. p 609. + Orig. Roll 9 Edward II. m 6. X Bishop's Tcinporalitics, York, 579 and 582. THE FAMILY OF CAVE. 105 was shewn by a mandate * to the said Alexander and Robert dc Ancotes, who are described as keepers of the lands which formerly belonged to the Templars in the County of York, to re-seize the Manors of South Cave and Etton, which the King had granted to David, Earl of Athol, because he ' has adhered to Robert de Brus, the King's enemy and rebel." In Commissions to choose horsemen and footmen in divers Wapentakes of the County of York, to oppose the agressions of the Scots, Alexander de Cave was one of four Commissioners in the Wapentake ofHerthill, "except the parts of Holdernesse." — Rotiili Scotiie I. ijo a, 8 Edward II. ( iji^.) A Commission to Alexander de Cave and three others, to raise " the people " in the same Wapentake of Herthill, in the East Riding, between the ages of twenty and sixty, to be ready to attend the King at York. — Ibid. 12 Edward II. Another commission to the same persons to raise " tlie })eopIe " in the same Wapentake, between the ages of twenty and sixty, against the Scots. A Commission to Alex, de Cave and others, to choose 2,000 footmen in the East Riding, and conduct them to the King at Newcastle against the .Scots. In ninth Edward II., "John de Doncaster, Peter D'Eyvill and Alexander de Cave, were assigned to enquire of the defaults in repair and cleansing of certain ditches in the parts of Spalding- more, within the Bishop of Duresme's liberty of Houedone, where- by the low grounds then were overflowed, ^and in the same year the said John and Alexander, together with Hugh de Louthre, Adam de Midleton, and Adam de Hopton, had the like assignation for the view and repair of those banks upon Ouse betwixt Rikhall and Houedon-dyke ; and again in 14 Edward II had Alexander de Cave, Thomas de Howke, and Hugh de Pikworth, for those betwixt Faxflete and Cawode ; and again in 17th of Edward II. had Alexander de Cave, and others, the like commission for the view and repair of those betwixt vSuth Cave and Barneby, near Houedon, then broken in divers places, and in case that they who * Orig. Roll 6 Edward II. m 12. io6 THE FAMILY OF CAVE. had thus diverted and obstructed these water courses were not able to repair tliem again, then to distrain all such to give assistance therein, as by such reducing them to their former channels and de- obstruction of those stops, should receive benelit and safeguard." * In 1316, Alexander de Cave was returned joint Lord of South Cave, North Cliff, and South Cliff. He occurs as a CcMumission of Array for the Wapentake of Harthill, in 13 18, and was elected a Knight of the Shire for Yorkshire in the same year, f In 1317, an inquisition was taken at Pokelington, Yorkshire, on Saturday liefore St. Margaret's the Virgin, at which it was decided that it was to the King's damage if he should grant to Geoffrey de Cave to give one messuage, six tofts, and four bovates of land in Esthaytfelde to a certain chaplain to cele- brate for the souls of the said tleoffrey de Cave and his Ancestors at the Altar of St Mary's, in the Parish Church of All Saints, of North Cave, because, if the said Geoffrey should commit any felony, the King would lose the year and waste, and the mesne lord would lose his escheat, and the wardships and marriage during the minority of any heirs of the said Geoffrey. The said tenements were held of Walter de Faucanberge, by Knight's service, and he held of the King as of tlie honour of Albemarle. Geoffrey de Cave also held at this time, in the Vill of North Cave, one messuage and fourteen bovates of land worth yearly twenty marks, and these he held of Roger del May by Knight's service, the said Roger held of Peter de Maulay, who held of the King. Also Geoffrey de Cave held in the Vill of Esthorpe, eight bovates of land, worth yearly £6, and the said land was held of Richard Sturniy, by Knight's service, and the same Richard Sturmy held of the heirs of Henry de Percy, who holds of the King." (In this Inquisition it is many times mentioned that sixteen carucates of land made one Knight's fee). + "At an Inquisition§ Post Mortem, taken at Middleton, on Sunday, the mor- row of St. Gregory, the Pope (1323), it was ruled that Nicholas de Cave, of Beverley, deceased, had jointly with Christiana, his wife, who sur^■ived at this date, held to them and their heirs one capital messuage, one windmill, and eight bovates of land in Brantyngham and North Cave, of John de Faucanberge, son and heir of Walter de Faucanberge, by Knight's service. The * Dugdale's Embanking and Di-a/ning, p iij. + Pari. Writs ii., 651. X Infjuisition Ad Quodanduni, 11 I'.dward II., 2 n 84. § Inquis. Post. Mort., 16 Edward II., N. 17. THE FAMILY OF CAVE. 107 messuage was worth )-carly in the profit of the herl):ige 3s. 4(1., the wiiulniill 13s. 4d., and eacli liovate 6s. 8d. ; also one capital messuage and twelve Ijovates of land in Middleton of William de Rods, Lord of Hamlac, liy Knight's service, the messuage being worth 5s. and each bovate 6s. 8d. per annum. John de Cave, his son and heir, was aged fourteen years and upwards."' " In the year 1350, by an Inquisition post mortem *' taken at York, on the Wednesday before Easter, it was found that John de Cave, of Middleton, next, Watton, held one messuage and four bovates of land in Middleton of the heir of William de Roos, of Ilamlak, who held of the King in chief by the service of one twenty-fourth part of a Knight's fee. Each bovate of land had formerly been worth the yearly rent of six shillings, but owing to the great mortality among men that has just taken place (this was doubtless the great plague of 1347, known as the black death, which had carried off all the tenants) the land was lying wasted and untilled. At one time the said John de Cave had been seized of one messuage and eight bovates of land and one Windmill in Middleton, but he granted this property, seven years before the date of his death, to Richard de Londt)n and John Levene, Chaplains, who re-granted the same to the said John de Cave and Isabella, his wife, and the heirs of their bodies. Isabella died before the said John, and John, the son of the said John and Isabella, is their next heir. These last premises are held of the same William de Roos by the service of a twelfth part of a Knight's fee and by homage ; six of the said bovates are in tillage and are worth the yearly rent of 30s. , and two lie untilled on account of the recent mortality ; the said Windmill was w^orth 4s. and no more, its value being also depreciated on account of the mortality. John de Cave held as well ten liovates of land in Kilielyngcote, of the Chapter of .St. John's, of Beverley, by fealty and I2d. yearly. Each bovate of this land used to be worth a yearly rent of 12s., but they had at this date lain waste and untilled for many years for want of tenants, owing to the unproductiveness of the land." * Inquisition Post Mortem, 24 Edward II. 1st n 103 RO. NEWBALD. E\MjALD is a J'arish comprising the town- ships of North and South Newbald, four miles south-by -east from Market A\'eighton, and about tn-o and a half miles f^om South Cave Station, on the Hull and Barnsley Raihvav. The area ot the entire parish is about 6,000 acres, and the population is 799. Tlic [)rincipal landowners are Lord (ialway and W. H. Harrison-Hroadley, Esq. Ulphus, the son-in-law of Canute, Governor of West Deira, and Lord o't a great part of East Yorkshire, possessed land at New- bald, and, in order to prevent his two sons quarrelling over then- inheritance, he vowed that he would make them equal. Taking with him his drinking horn, made of an elephant's tusk, curiously carved and polished and ornamented with gold mounting, he went to the altar of the Cathedral at York, filled the horn with wine, drank NEWliALD. 109 it off, and declicated all his lands to Ciod and St. Peter, thus dis- inheriting his family. The gift included Ncwbald, (ioodmanham, Aldborough, and other places.* In Domesday, Newbald is referred to as follows : — " Land of the Archbishop of York. In Niwebolt arc twenty-eight carucates and two oxgangs to be taxed, where there may be sixteen ploughs. Eldred, the Archbishop, held this for one manor. The Canons of St. Peter, under I'homas, Archbishop, now have in the demesne two ploughs, and seven villanes with two ploughs and a half, and four mills paying thirty shillings. There is a Church and a Priest there. The whole manor is three miles long and two miles broad value in King Edward's time, twenty-four |)ounds, at present ten pounds." t Torre gives us the following particulars respecting this parish, and a list of the vicars, j "The Church of .St. Peter's, York, held in Ne\vl)al(l twenty carucates of land given by Ulphus, which is now shared. among the following Prebends, viz. : The Prebend of Ricall hath in Newbald one Capital Messuage of his demesne manor and eight oxgangs of demesne land, and other tenants holding 25 oxgangs of land by suite of court and certain services. The Prebend of Warthill hath one Capital Messuage and two oxgangs of demesne land held by rent and services. The Prebendary of Osbaldwick hath one Plall or Capital Tenement and * This horn, a valuable relic of ancient art, forms the title by which the Chapter of the Cathedral still hold several of their estates, and is deposited in the vestry. During the Civil ^^'ar, this famous horn disappeared from the Minster, and fell into the hands of Sir Thomas Fairfax. His son, the next Lord Fairfax, restored it to the Cathedral, and in 1675 it was re-decorated by the Dean and Chapter, who bestowed on it the following inscription (in Latin) : " Ulphus, Prince of Western Deira, once upon a time bestowed this horn, together with all his lands and revenues. It having been lost or stolen, Henry, Lord Fairfax, at length restored it. The Dean and Chapter decorated it anew, A.D. 1675." t Bawdwen's Translation, p 46. :|: Torre's Peculiars, p 809. NEWHAI.l). sixteen nxgangs of land in demesne with nine tenements and fourteen oxgangs of land. The Prei)cndai-y of South Nevvbald is Lord of the \vh(jle town, liaviiig therein liis manor and fourteen oxgangs of demesne land, and jurisdiction over the inhabitants from the Beck under the Churchyard side as far as the South- end of the town, on Iwth sides of the highway, excepting two tenements lying together. The Prebend of Ilusthwaite hath one Capital Messuage at the South-end of the street called Ciaylgate, and ten oxgangs of demesne land ; also twenty- two tenants holding tw^enty-four oxgangs three acres of land, and jurisdiction over them all. The Prebend of North Newbald hath twenty-four oxgangs of demesne land and eighteen other tenants, and a manor-house and mill and jurisdiction over all his tenants. ' The Prebend of North Newbald is Rector of the church thereof, and receiver of the great tythes thereunto belonging." Catalogue of the Vicars of North Newbald. Temp Instit. 27th Jan., 1349.. 13th Oct., 1385.. 8th Oct., 1397 . 28th Sept., 1410. 7th Feb., 1417. 13th May, 1426 . 1457- 20th Dec, 1460. i8th April, 1470. 25th May, 1471 . 6th Nov., 1479. 23rd Dec, 1479. 1 2th Feb., 1509. 15th Nov. 1522.. loth Dec, 1523. 25th Nov., 1545. 6th April. 1573. Oct., 1577 23rd Dec, 1592. Vicarii. Joh de Hayton Robt. de Stoke Walt. deGode... Edmd. Pall Will Andrews ... Thos. Woolone WillEllys Thos. Ellerker.., Ric Small Johe Walker Thos. Burton .., Joh Santon Ric Walker Will Hobson .., Johe Watson ... Thos. Coke Geo. At well Geo. Gibson Johe Coke Xtopher Croper Patron. Prebend of North Newljald. Vacat. Mort. Res. Mort. Mort. Res. Mort. Res. Mort. Mort. Mort. Res. Res. Mort. Mort. Mort. NEW HAM). Temp Instit. loth Nov., 1606.. 22nd Nov., 1620.. 1 6th Nov., 1638.. Nov., 1668 1680 1684 Vicarii. Thos. .Sugden Xtoplicr Ware Saml. Casley Reginald Hopwood R. Dolman Herbert Teryman . Patron. Vacat. Res. Mort. Mort. Mort. Mort. Testa.mkntary Burials. 13th Aug., A.n. 1458. — Alice Ilotham, late wife of Stephen Hotham, of Newbald, made her will, proved 2nd November, 1458, giving her soul to Ciod Aim., St. Mary, and all Saints, and her body to be buried in the Psh. Church of Newbald. 20th May, A. D. 1457 — Will P'llys, Vic of the prebendal Church of New- bald, made his will, proved the i6lh of October, 1459, giving his soul (ut Supra), and his body to be buried in the said church. On Monday, after the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel. — Robert Bur- ton, of Newbald, made his will, proved, giving his soul (ut Supra), and his body to be buried in the Church of St. Nicholas, of Newbald. 27th February, A.D. 1545. — Thos. Cooke, Vicar of Newbald, had his will proved. December, A.D. 1509. — Ric. Walker, Mcar of Newbald, made liis will, proved 25th January, 1509, giving his Soul (ut Supra), and his body to be buried in the Quire of St. Nicholas, Newliald. 19th February, A.D. 1571. — Richd. Small, Vic. of Newbald, dying in- testate, his goods were granted to Ric. Owersby. 2ist May, A.D. 1606. — Xtophcr Croser, of Newbald, Clerk, made his will, proved 29th January, 1606, giving his soul to (jod, his creator, and his body to be Imried in the Church of St. Nicholas, of Newbald. The Church. The Church, which stands on a sh'ght elevation, is dedicated to St. Nicholas, and consists of a nave, chancel, north and south transepts, with a large square tower in the centre, and is, without doubt, the finest among the many fine parochial edifices in the East Riding which were built in the Anglo-Norman period ; indeed, it 112 NEWP.ALl). has been asserted by architectural critics that this church is one of the most perfect Anglo-Norman parochial edifices in the kingdom. The late Archbishop Thomson termed it his Nor- man Cathedral. The date of its foundation is the latter part of the twelfth century, and of this period there are still existing, the large nave, except the west window ; the transepts, except the "*le — St. Nicholas, Newbald. triple lancet window, in the south face ; and the tower as far up- wards as the roof of the present nave. It is extremely probable the east end of the nave terminated in an apse, where the chan- cel now stands, and from the beautiful circular-headed arches in the interior of the transepts (which have now windows of the perpendicular period inserted within them), two other apsidal NEWBALD. 113 terminations also formerly existed. About the time of Henry III. the church was re-roofed, the former roof having been destroyed by fire ; and at the restoration of the church, a few years ago, there were evident marks of fire discernible in the south transept. The new roofs were raised to the height of the water mark on each face of the tower, which would then be too low, hence the upper part of the tower with its two lancets in each face, dates from this period — as also the triple lancet window in the face of the south tran- sept. The font is of the early English period, with clustered columns and stifiT ornamental foliage round the bowl. The present chancel is of the Tudor period, it has on its south side three pointed windows of three lights, with cinquefoil heads and perpendicular tracery in the sweep of the arch ; in the east end is a similar window of five lights ; and on the north side of the chancel is a chapel now used as a vestry. In the south wall is a cinquefoil-headed piscina ; and on the north side of the east win- dow a niche of considerable proportions for an image or statue. The nave is lighted by circular-headed windows, with the exception of the large west window of the perpendicular period, of four lights. The doorways of this church are very fine, especially the one on the south side of the nave, the walls of which are built thicker in order to receive the arch ; it consists of five receding arches springing from an impost, which is broken at each arch, and serves as a base to four columns attached to each jamb ; the capitals of some of the columns are leaved ; the outer arch is formed of plain keystones ; the second shews a cabled torus ; the third has a cavetto above a torus ; the fourth, several rows of chevron work ; and the fifth is plain like the first. Above the arch, enclosed in the vesica piscis, is a statue of the patron saint, which is surrounded by chevron and other mouldings. In the south transept is another good circular- I 114 NEWBAT.D. headed doorway ; also two smaller ones on the north side of the nave and transept. The massive tower rests on four semi-circular arches which have bold chevron mouldings resting on columns with bold capitals. On various parts of the outside of the building THE FONT, ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH, NEWBALD. are tiers of sculptured blocking courses, some of which are extremely ludicrous. The church is spacious, the dimensions being : nave, 63ft. long by 21ft. wide ; chancel, 34ft. long by i8ft. NEWBALI). IIS wide ; north transept, 22ft. long by 17ft., wide ; and south transept, 22ft. long by 1 7ft. wide. In the tower are three bells with the follow- ing inscriptions : — 1st— "Venite Exvltemvs Domino, 1667, F. P., W.B., E.B., Church- wardens. " 2nd— "Soli Deo Gloria Pax Homnibvs, 1663. R.K., P.M. S.S." 3rd — " Ilec Campana Sacra Fiat Trinitate Bcata, 1610." The living is a Vicarage, valued at £2^^^, with a residence and sixty acres of glebe land, in the patronage of the Archbishop of York, the Rev. S. J. Soady, M.A., being the present Vicar. Monuments in the Church. A tablet on the north wall of the chancel bears the following inscription : — " To the memory of Sir Philip Monckton, Knight, buried in South New- bald Church, 2 1 St February, 1678. This zealous Loyalist was the eldest son of Sir Francis Monckton, Knight, and grandson of Sir Philip Monckton, Knight, of Cavil Hall and Newbald ; who were all sequestered at one time for their loyalty to King Charles the First, whom they not only supplied with large sums of money, but supported with active service. Sir Philip Monckton, the younger, at the breaking out of the Civil War, was senior Captain of Sir Thomas Metham's Regiment of Foot, when the King went against Hull. He was at the battle of Adderton Moor, and for his conduct at Corbridge, near Hexham, in 1644, was Knighted by the Marquis of Newcastle, who commanded the army sent against the Scots. At the fight of Bowden Hills, at the disastrous Battle of Marston Moor, and in the relief of Pontefract, he assisted. Three horses were shot under him at Naseby Field, and at Rowton Heath, near Chester, he was severely wounded. While commanding Sir Marmaduke Langdale's Brigade, in 1648, Sir Philip was taken prisoner at Willoughby Field, with the whole of his little army, l)y the much superior force of Colonel Rossiter, and in the returns made to Parliament was styled General of the Pontefract Forces. After beintr sent a prisoner to Belvoir Castle he was banished, and for some years he lived in France and the Netherlands with other English exiles. While he was at York, in 1658, he, at great hazard of his life, was plotting the restoration of King Charles H. , and materially contributed to a right understanding between Gene- ral Monk and Lord Fairfax, and obtained the admission of the latter into the ii6 NEVVBALl). City, New Vear\ Day, 1659. for which Sir l'iiiii|) rcccivt-d tlic ihani^s of the Mayor and Aldermen in 1669, when he was High Sheriff of the County. In 1670, he was elected one of the Members of Parliament for Scarborough, and was then residing at Newbald Hall, where it is probable he wrote his interest- ing memoir and other manuscripts, proving that he feared God as well as served his King. Sir Philip Monckton married in 1658, Anne, eldest daughter of Robert Eyre, Esq., of Highlow, Derbyshire, by whom he had one daughter and two sons ; William, the youngest, was in the navy, and slain before Barcelona, in 1706 ; and Robert, the eldest son, was the father of the first \'iscount Galway. " On the floor of the chancel is a stone inscribed as follows : — "Here lies the body of Mary Gunby, the onely daughter of Mr. Robert Gunby and Susanna, his wife, who was buried the 19th day of November, 1683, being the sixteenth year of her age. Here also lies the body of Mrs. Grace Burton, widdow, her Grande- mother, who was buried the nth day of September, 1684, being the 71 year of her age. Here also lyeth the body of Mr. Robert Gunby. of this Town, who de- parted this life the 3 day of July, 1709, being the 69 year of his age." On the north wall of the nave is a monument bearing the following inscription : — " This monument, erected in memory of Mr. William Gill, who was born at North Newbald, and died near Fort William, in Bengali, and by his will, dated 26th of July, 1723, left thirty pounds per annum for ever to the poor of this parish. Pursuant to whose will, land of inheritance to the yearly value of thirty pounds, were, by decree in Chancery, purchased at Cherry Burton, called Rainthorpe Closes, and settled to Trustees for the use aforesaid." [The Testator also left six shillings a year to the parish clerk for cleaning his monu- ment in the churchyard]. Also on the north wall of the nave : — "Sacred to the memory of Michael Duckett, of the Town of Kingston- upon-Hull, who died 20th December, 1799, aged 54 years, and lies interred in the Parish Church of Drypool. Also of Ann, hi>s wife (daughter of the late Joseph Kirby, of Monckt(jn- walk, in this parish), who died 15th September, 1836, aged 84 years, and whose remains are deposited in the aisle of this Church. Michael Matthew, son of the above, died at Kingston, Jamaica, on the 4th June, 1 814, aged 28 years. And eight of their children who died in their infancy." NEWBALD. 117 On the South Wall of the Changel. " In remembrance of the Rev. Francis Metcalfe, Vicar of Righton, in this County, and a Magistrate for the East Riding, also Rector of Kirkbride in the County of Cumberland. He died on the 20th of October, 1834, in the 40th year of his age ; his remains are deposited in a vault within the rails of this altar.'' A slab on the north wall, within the altar rails, has the follow- ing inscription : — "Sacred to the memory of John William Clough, Esqre., who died at Newbald, October 15th, 1S42, aged 69 years." On a Brass over the Altar. " To the Glory of God, and to the loved memories of Georgiana Maria Clough ; her son ; and Edmund Clough. This chancel was restored a. d. 1864." Monument on the North Wall of the Chancel. " Sacred to the memory of Georgiana Maria Clough, youngest daughter of William Ford Hulton, of Hulton Park, Co. Lancaster, and beloved wife of William, eldest son of John Clough, of this parish ; she died after child birth, April 6th, 1864, aged 21 ; and sleeps with her infant son in the chancel of this church." On the Floor of North Transept. '■ In memory of Mary Frances Anne Blyth, the beloved wife of the Rev. George B. Blyth, B. D. , Vicar of this parish, who died November 20th, 1861, aged 60 years ; also of Emily Popham Blyth, daughter of the above, who died September 28th, 1855, in her 17th year ; also of the Rev. George Blanshard Blyth, B.D., twenty-eight years \'icar of Newbald, who died February 4th, 1863, aged 64 years." In the south transept are stones to the memory of Richard Kirby, gentleman, and William Hall, gentleinan ; and in the floor of the nave, a stone to Thomas Kirby, gentleman. Parish Registers. The Registers commence in 1600. There are no entries from 1642 to 1654, nor from 1679 to 1709, inclusive. Transcripts are in the Prebendal Court at York. n8 NEWBALD. The Registers do not appear to contain any entries having special antiquarian interest, but the names of Galloway, Pearson, Howson, Stevenson, Atkinson, Hall, Young, and Barff, frequently occur therein. In the Register of Marriages we find the following, entry : — "A marriage, intended between John Faukiner, of the parish of Beverley, single man, aged thirty years, and Elizabeth Todd, of the parish of Newbald, widow, aged thirty-three years, was published in the Market Place of South Cave, on the 2ist day of January, 1655, betwixt the hours of one and two of the clock, and noe prson did alledge any thinge to the contrarie. The said in- tended marriage was published the second time the 28th day of January, 1655, and noe pson did alledge any thinge to ye contrarie. These were againe pub- lished ye third time the fourth day of February, 1655, and noe pson did alledge any thinge to the contrarie. Be it remembered that John Faukiner and Elizabeth Todd, above named, were married at Etton, the 28th day of Febuarie, 1665, in the presence of Thomas Waudby, James Andrew. By me, J. Smedlye." The churchwardens' books contain the following entries : — " October 24th, 1658. — Collected for the fire at Bridlinton, in the Kirk of Newbald, the sum of three shillings and sixpence. " £ s d 1738. Spent when Dr. Sterne* viewed the church o i o 1741. For killing a Fox ... ■ 010 Spent the 5th of November o 10 o 1803. Journey Northallerton, two men and horses after a man for a bastard child, and expenses 1747. Paid for Perambulations 1748. Do. do. 1772. Do. do. 1798. Base string and allowance 1799. Base string An old Poor-Rate Book, relating to the parish, commencing in 1722, contains many interesting entries. The overseers had drifted into a slovenly way of keeping their accounts, and in the * Laurence Sterne, the author of " Tristram Shandy," as Prebend of York, visited the Church in this year. 6 I 9 I 15 I 10 6 6 I 4 NEWBALD. 119 year 1797 we find that instead of giving details of their expenditure they simply say : — £ s d Sess Bill and in ['uise 77 '4 ^ Dishuisemenls to Poor People 77 6 3 In Purse ... O 8 5 The Prebends evidently refused to sign such a bald statement of accounts, as the rate is unsigned, and on the next page they appended the following warning : — "N.B. — The future Overseers of the Poor are to take Notice that no Accounts will hereafter be allowed unless the particulars of the Expenditure are all inserted in this Book — and they are liable to be sent to the House of Cor- rection untill they do account." In the next year's account the overseers accordingly give full details, the following being amongst the entries : — £ s d 23rd April — Paid to the poor house for two paupers, 4s. weekly 5 12 o For Mark Tindle, 28 weeks at 2s. weekly 2 16 o For Hannah Skelton, is. 6d. weekly 215 6 Cloth for two Petty Coate, four shifts for two paupers in the poor house, and one Handkerchief, and spent at two Meetings For two Militia Men's Wives Richd. Tindall, Bill for Shoes Two orders for Benson wife, and Letter from Kilpin For 24 Metts of Coals Thos. Hornsey, for repairing the Poor House Chapels. In the village there are chapels belonging to the Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists. The Charities. •'Mr. Gill's charily, rent of land (quantity not stated), let at the time of the I 4 2 14 14 2 7 I I II I I20 NEWBALD. report for ^{^113 los. per annum, and dividends on £2\^ 12s. three per cent, con- sols, and interest of ^^15 in Savings Bank ; the sum oi £\ per annum is paid to a receiver, and 6s. a year to the jxarish clerk for cleaning the donor's monu- ment in Newhald Church. The residue of the rents and dividends is dis- tributed among twenty jioor persons of the parish who have never received parochial relief. Gunby's, Wilson's and Burton's rent-charges, ^2 12s. 6d. per annum, for educating six poor children, and J^ i 6s. per annum laid out in weekly bread. Payment by J. W. Clough, Esq., ;^i per annum to the poor out of an estate at Newbald, supposed to be an acknowledgement for taking in part of a public road. Payment by II. B. Barnard, Esq., an ancient charge of los. per annum. Payment by Mr. Peter Lyon, los. per annum, an ancient charge to the poor. Payments by Richard Burgess and Saml. Dawson 6s. 8d. and 3s. 4d. per annum, respectively, to the poor. Some small donations left to the poor of the parish appear to have been lost."* A Toll-Free License. From its connection with York Minster, Newbald enjoyed immunity from toll, and the following is a copy of an old Toll-Free License, the original being now in our possession. " Liberty of St. Peter of York. — llSUbCrCaS the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St. Peter, in York, and their Successors, and the Men and Tenants, and all other the Inhabitants within the Liberty of the said Dean and Chapter, by custom before the reign of King Edward the Confessor, had and enjoyed several remarkable Liberties and Immunities, and were acquitted of and from payment of all and all manner of Tolls, Tonage, Pontage, Menage, Podage, Smallage and Stallage whatsoever in all Fairs and Marketts within the Realm of England, Ireland, and the Dom- inion of Wales, which the Charter made to the Dean and Chapter of the said Church by King Henry the First ratifys and confirms, and the same, as well by several other Charters made since as by several Acts of Parliament have been ratified and confirmed, as by the same Charters and Statutes do fully and at large appear. IROW know ^e That I, William Stables, Esquire, Steward of and to the said * From the Commissioners' nth Report, p 719. NEWBALD. 121 Dean and Chapter, Do, by the nuilioiily incident to the said office of Steward, hereby certify all whom it may concern. That the Bearer hereof, John Edwards, Veoman, is an Inhabitant within the Liberty of the said Dean and Chapter, and is tohave and enjoy the benefit of all franchises and privileges within thesaitl Charters contained, to the Men and Tenants of the said Liberty appertainint^, and is to be Toll Free in all places in England, Ireland, and Wales. JH 2^C6tiniOtU2 of which I have hereunto set the Seal of the said office, the tenth day of July, in the second year of the Reign of our Sovereign, Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith and so forth, and in the year of Our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and sixty two." Old Landmarks. In a grass field to the south of the blacksmith's shop, in south Newbald, there are distinct traces of a terrace, which may have formed the front of a mansion, and a tradition exists that here was the site of the Manor House where Sir Philip Monckton " wrote his interesting memoir and other manuscripts." Newbald Hall, in North Newbald, formerly belonging to the Clough family, was sold a few years ago to Mr. W. H. Harrison- Broadley, and, after being unoccupied for sometime, was pulled down. SANCTON. HIS village is about two miles, in a south- easterly direction, from Market Weighton, on the western edge of the wolds, and on the old Roman Road from Brough Ferry. It is pleasantly situated in a deep valley, and, al- though in itself containing little of special interest, its surroundings have proved a pro- lific source of antiquarian and archaeological research, as almost every field in and around the parish is rich in relics of the Britons, Romans, and Saxons, who, in their turn, lived and died here, and have left, in antiquities which are still being constantly found, distinct evidence of their existence. The food jar of the Ancient Briton, with his implements of flint and stone ; the cinerary urn of the Imperial Roman, with coins of that people ; the bronze arms and substantial j^ottery of the Anglo-Saxon, with coins of the He})tarchy, and down to the time of Elizabeth, have SANCTON. 123 all been found in the neighbourhood. A few months ago we visited the locality, and, with Mr. Foster, of Sancton, for our guide, we proceeded to an eminence about half a mile from the village, where many urns and other antiquities had previously been found. After digging for some little time we were successful in finding an urn, almost entire, of the early British type, filled with cinerated bones, and among them part of a bone comb. Portions of other urns with varied markings were also found. The page of history is almost silent as to the manners and cus- toms of the ancient Britons, and perhaps very little reliance can be placed on any account we have prior to the conquest of the island by Cassar. We are given to understand that they had their dwel- lings in the interior of woods and forests, that they dwelt in huts and formed ramparts by felling trees for defence, and thus entrenching themselves, their families, and their cattle. They are described by Strabo and others as being naked, their bodies covered all over with curious devices, and the skin punctured and stained with the juice of wood. Their hair, which was of a red colour, was worn long, and altogether they presented a terrible appearance in battle. The greater part of the Wold district contains memorials of these ancient people, and in the neighbourhood of Sancton we have entrenchments and a great number of tumuli, many of which, thanks to the antiquarian zeal of Canon Greenwell, the late Pro- fessor RoUeston, Mr. Mortimer, Mr. Foster and others, have been opened, the explorers being rewarded by discoveries of skeletons, urns, bronzes and flints. The following interesting description of the Sancton antiquities, and of the amphitheatre at Hessleskew, near Sancton, is from the pen of Mr. M. Foster : — " About a mile from the village there is a piece of ground. 124 SANCTON. about one hundred and fifty yards in Icngtli, by fifty yards in breadth, which had been nearly filled with urns, but, being near the surface, most of them have been destroyed by cultivation. Tn a URN AND ANGLO-SAXON BRONZE ORNAMENTS FOUND WITH THE BODY OF A FEMALE AT SANCTON. space of three yards I counted eleven urns, all broken to fragments. In a bank by the side of a hedge several were found entire ; some very plain, hand-made, and rudely marked ; others lathe-turned SANCTON. 125 and elaborately fmisheil. In one place I found one broken in pieces, and in searchiiiL^ the bottom of the hole I found the upper rim of another. Further excavation revealed a complete urn, which I succeeded in taking out entire. This was full of burnt bones, amongst which were two bone needles about four inches long In others several articles of bronze, flint, and bone were found. In another place nearer the village, in walking over a jMece of newly ploughed land, I found a fragment of an urn. On digging down about nine or ten inches I found numerous frag- ments of urns and burnt bones, extending over a considerable portion of ground. On removing a flat stone I found a hole had been scooped out in the hard sand and filled with ])urnt bones. On extending my investigations a little further southward, I came upon an urn bottom upwards. This was found to be resting on the head of a skeleton, laid on its side, doubled up, the knees forming an acute angle towards the head. On removing the urn it crumb- led to pieces. Inside were the following articles :--A bronze pin, about four inches long, with a circular loop at the end ; three bronze fibular, a clay spindle whorle, several beads of very hard stone, and a small flint knife. A little southward of this I found another skeleton, extended to its full length, the head to the north- west. Amongst the bones were several fragments of urns and charcoal. The leg bones presented a series of indentations, as if they had been bound together by a cord for a considerable length of time. They are now in the Museum at Oxford. Not far from this was another, laid face downward, and doubled up. With this I found an iron spear about eighteen inches in length, also the remains of an iron knife, a socket, some fragments of urns, and charcoal. Near this was another skeleton, also much contracted. With this I found two bronze armclasps, one belt clasp, three cir- 126 SANCTON. cular ni)ul;"e, one loni; circular ri')ulce, twenty-tliree amber beads, one curious inlaid auiber bead, also fragments of urns and char- coal. This had evidently been a lady of rank, resplendent with jewellery. The bronze articles were all perfect, highly ornamented, and in good preservation. Shortly afterwards I found another skeleton, more extended, lying on its side. The left temple of the skull presented a deep indentation, as if from a blow. I sent it to Oxford, where it was examined by the late Professor Rolleston. He supposed the injury had been inflicted early in life and recovered from, but that the person had been a great sufferer. Nothing was found with this, except portions of urns and charcoal. On making a trench across a portion of ground three more skele- tons were found, all more or less contracted. Over the head of one was a very fine Saxon urn full of the fibres of the roots of a neighbouring tree. The urn was profusely marked, and in good preservation. With another were several beads of glass and amber, a fine leaf-shaped flint arrow head, fragments of urns, and char- coal. I may here remark that I never found a decayed tooth. Some had been much worn, but they fitted even and close all round." The Amphitheatre at Hessleskew. "The Amphitheatre at Hessleskew is about two hundred yards in circumference, and appears to have been about ten or twelve feet in uniform depth. The arena is now a plantation of trees of about sixty years growth, and when these trees were planted, numerous animal bones were found in the floor of the pit. Near the pit, in the middle of a field, is an ancient well, now partly filled up, which, fifty years ago, was sounded to a depth of three hundred feet. Near the well are some old foundations, SANCTON. 127 whicli can l)e traced continuously for about lifty yards. Taking the pit as a centre, in a radius of about one mile, more anticjuities have been found at different times, which mark a longer period of time than perhaps any other uninhabited [xirt of the country — over two hundred tumuli, stone, bronze, and iron weapons and ornamtnts, remains of harness, chariot wheels, swords, spears, and coins, the earliest of the latter which I have seen being of the time of Constantine, the latest that of Elizabeth. From the above facts I draw the following inferences :—' That the pit was excavated by the Romans for the purpose of bull-baiting, and other similar sports ; that an annual carnival has been held, when horse, chariot, and other races and games have been practised ; the well had most probably been dug for a supply of water for the visitors, biped and quadruped ; the foundations near the well suggest a series of sheds, one section of which, from the cinders, &c. found, had been a smith's shop ; that the imaiense mass of chalk excavated from the pit and well had been used in levelling the ground for a con- siderable distance round the pit, which now forms one of the most extensive plateaus to be found on the Yorkshire Wolds.' " Domesday, In Domesday we find the following references to Sancton : — " Land of the King. In Santone (Sancton) and Wiluelai twelve caru- cates of land are to be taxed. Land to eight ploughs. There is one villane there and one sokeman and one Ijordar with two ploughs and one acre of mea- dow. Turchill held it in the time of King Edward, and it was valued at three pounds, now ten shillings." " Land of Robert Malet. .Soke in Santum (Sancton) four carucates of land and a half, it is in Wicftun (Weighton)." " Land of Gislebert Tison. Manor. In .Santune (.'-Sancton), Norman had fifteen carucates of land to be taxed. There is land to eight ploughs, three Knights have of Gislebert themselves there one plough and a half, and six 128 SANCTON. \"illancs and five liorclars, having two plmiglis and a half. There is a priest and a church, and six acres of meadow. Three miles long and one broad. \'alue in King Edward's time, eight pounds, now fifty shillings." The following references to the church are from Torre'.s manuscript. "The Church of All Hallowes, of -Saunton, was a rectory of mediates till 5 Ides of October, 1251, that Walter Gray, Archbishop of York, by reason of diversity of patrons, cessions of incumbents frequently happened, inasmuch that the rights of patronage did entirely devolve upon the priors, canons, and nuns of Walton, did consolidate the two heads into one church, and made the same presentible by the said prioress and convent of Walton for its future, and forasmuch as one mediety was then vacant by the death of Robert, the late rector thereof, and the other mediety was in the hands of Thomas de .Stretton. The Archbishf)p then admitted to him the whole church, reserving out of it to the said nuns of Walton an annual pittance of five marks, payable by the rector for the time being at Pentecost and Martimas, by equal portions, which pittance of five marks was granted by the Archljishop to the said prior for ever. After- wards, the Church of .Saunton, being appropriated by Pope Clement to the prior of Walton, on 5 Ides July, 1310, Wm. de Grenfield, Archishop of York, ordained this vicarage therein, viz., that the portion thereof do consist often marks per annum, payable by the prior and convent to the vicar for the time being, being by them presentible at Michelmas and Easter by equal portions, and the vicar have assigned for his habitation a house with cartelge, and a croft adjoining containing one acre of land nigh the church, and on the west side of the rector's mansion, and that the said religious do as oft as need requires, repair and new build the chancel of the church, and find books and ornaments at their own cost, and pay ten shillings per annum to the archdeacon in the name of his procuration, the vicar bearing all other burdens, and these e.xtraordinary to be divided between the said religious and vicar, according to the rate of their respective portions. — Torres Alamiscript, p 1,1 2j. List of the Rectors of S.\ncton. Temps Instit. Vicarii Eccle. Patroni. la"?? Thos. de Stretton 1^06 Roger de Heslarton SANCTON. 129 List ok thic Vicars. Temp Instil. Vicarii Eccle. Patroni. 1310 1314 1325 1349 1349 1371 1383 1.392 1398 1406 1420 1472 1512 1538 1549 Will Gere de Middleton Girl de Beverlac Adam de Driffield Adam de Craume Johe de Birdsall Will de Humandhy Patric Scott Joh de Atte Brigg Robt. Hawton Johe de Clarke Rad. Plovton Johe Day Thos. Selby Thos. Kurr Roger Garrard Ed. Ba.xter Thos. Norman Rog. Lockwode Archbishop of York A CONTINU.'^TION OF THE ViC.ARS. 1661 .. 1663 .. 1673 •• 1676 .. 1691 .. 1704 .. 1721 .. 1768 .. 1794 .. 1835 •• 1858 .. 1865 .. R. Witty, B.A. Ric Langdale R. Hopwood Joshua Daubney Johe Bland Joh'e Moold Jno. Clark Tho. .Stanton Thos. Atkinson Thos. Mitchell Andrew Ker C. K. Holt, B.A. Testamentary Burials. 29th January, 1408. — ^John Langdale, of Houghton, to be buried in the Church ijo SANCTON'. 25th Septenil)or, 1421.— William Cliff, of Clift, to be laiiicd against his parents in the church. 7th March, A.D. 1445. — John Day, I'erpetual Vicar, to be buried in the Quire. 19th June, 1487. — Richard Langdale, Esq., of Sancton, to he buried in the church. 19th Afarch, 1502. — Anthony Langdale, of Ilolton, Kscj., to lie buried in the church. 5th June, A.D. 1505. — liealrix Crcystoke, of N. Clyff, widow of Robert Constable, Serjant at Law, to be buried in the Quire. 7th November, 1509. — Thomas Kerr, Vicar, to be Ijuried in the chancel, on the north side, by the wall side opposite to the horn of the altar. 2ist October, a.d. 1540. — -Thomas Nevill, of Saunton, to be buried in the church. 29th February, A.D. 1541. — Marmaduke Peter, of N. Clyffe, to l)e buried in the churchyard. 14th July, I '^56. — Anthony Langdale, of Houton, Esq., to be buried in the church. 14th October, a.d., 1571. — Roger Lockwood, Vicar, to lie buried in the church. i8th June, 1617. — Peter Langdale, to be buried in the church. iSth November, 1639. — .Sir Marmaduke Langdale, of Dalton Knight, to be buried in the cliancel amongst his ancestors. The Church. The church is situated on rising ground at the north end of the village. A few years ago it was rebuilt, in the early English style, with the exception of the to-wer, which is octagonal, and is of the perpendicular style of architecture. In the church are memorials of the Langdale family, and in the tower are three bells with the following inscriptions : — " I. Sea trinitas unus deus. 2. Gloria in altissimus Deo 17 19. Thos. Wauldby, 1 ^, , , E. Seller. > C hurchwardens. ^, Will Marshall, j Ebor. 3. Gloriosa Post Tenebras Lvsem Esg in Conspectv dm mors Sanctorvm Eive." SANCrOX. 131 The pulpit and stalls are of oak, and the font is an octagon. The dimensions of the church are, nave 41ft. by 20ft 3in., chancel 28ft. 4in. by 21ft. Houghton Hall is the seat of C. Langdale, Esq., J. P., the Lord of the Manor, who is a descendant of an ancient family. The mansion is si)acious and stands in a well-wooded park ornamented by a fine sheet of water. Sir Marmaduke Langdale, was knighted in the tenth year of Charles H., for the eminent services rendered by him to the King's father. Dugdale informs us that he raised three companies of foot, and a troop of seventy horse at his own proper charge, and engaged the Scots in Northumberland and put them to the worst. Afterwards he was Commander-in-Chief of those troops which the King sent from Oxford against that great rebel of Lincolnshire, Colonel Rossiter. After marching against Lord Fairfax and putting him to the rout, he retired to Pontefract Castle, at that time beseiged by a numerous body of the northern rebels. He adhered to the King's cause until the Parliamentary party became all powerful, when he was taken prisoner, but effected his escape and went beyond the sea, where, with great loyalty, he attended Charles the H. in his most low and desperate condition. In con- sideration of these services he was, by Letters Patent, bearing date at Bruges, in Flanders, upon the 4th of February, in the tenth year of His Majesty's reign, which was about two years preceding his restoration, advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of the Realm, by the title of Lord Langdale, of Holme-in-Spalding- Moor, and to the heirs male of his body. He married Lenox, the daughter ot Sir John Rhodes, of Barlborough, in County Derby, Knight, and left by her, issue two sons, Marmaduke and Philip, the rest dying young, as also two daughters, Lenox and Mary, and 132 SANCTON. departing tliis life at his house at Hohiic, 5tli August, 1661, was buried at Sancton.* The Jackson Family. In 1829, Thomas Jackson, a labourer, died at Sancton, aged 83, leaving behind him eleven children, three of whom (Gliomas, Samuel, and Robert) became Wesleyan Ministers, and one the mother of the Rev. Jackson Wray, a popular minister in London. Thomas Jackson, one of the three sons referred to above, was twice elected President of the Conference, the highest official position in the Wesleyan Connexion. He was author of several works, and from 1842 to 1861 held the important post ot Theo- logical Tutor at the Richmond Theological Institute. From a most interesting volume of "Recollections of My Own Life and Times," by the Rev. Thomas Jackson, we make the following extracts : — "In the clays of my l^oyhood, the labouring people in Sancton were gener- ally rude, ill-informed, profane, and superstitious. A young man, who died of consumption, remained several hours in his last conflict, his mother being al- most distracted. It was believed that his dying agonies were prolonged by feathers of pigeons in the bed upon which he lay ; and it was suggested that he would linger in a state of intense suffering till they were removed. The wife of a labouring man in the village was for several months in a declining state of health ; her husband and some of their confidential friends thought that she was bewitched, and suspected that a poor old widow, who lived in the neighbour- hood, was the author of all the mischief Having been instructed by some per- sons whom they thought to be wiser than themselves, as to the means by which they might detect and punish the witch, and effectually relieve the afflicted woman, they purchased of a butcher the heart of a slaughtered ox ; stuck as many pins into it as it could well contain ; used a form of incantation which they had care- fully learned ; and then placed the whole close to a blazing fire. The process of roasting the heart full of pins was begun early in the evening, and continued till midnight ; and all this while it was supposed the witch felt as much pain * Dugdale's Baronage, Vol. II., p. 476. SANCTON. 133 as if her own Iieart were full of pins, and hurning before a fire. At twelve o'clock it was believed the witch coidd hear her pain no longer, would come to the house of the bewitched woman, beg in the most earnest manner for admis- sion, confess her sin and ask forgiveness of the injured family. While the beast's heart was all but dried up before the fire, the hearts of all the party who were engaged in the punishment of witchcraft were full of wrath against the offender, whom they supjiosed to be in agonies of pain, and whose penitent confession they expected soon to receive. At last the desired hour arrived ; the incanta- tions were finished, the clock struck twelve, and all listened to hear the shrieks and entreaties of the poor old widow at the door. No voice was heard. The aged woman, whom I distinctly rememlier, and who was as innocent of witch- craft as those who suspected her were of wisdom, was, I presume, fast asleep in her bed. .So after several hours spent in high mental excitement, the party confessed themselves to be disappointed, and, like children who are afraid of ghosts and apparitions, ' To lied they creep, l!y whistling winds soon lull'd asleep.' This account is no fiction ; for, as I happened to be in the confidence of the afflicted woman's husband, though I was then a youth, he related the whole to me as a profound and awful secret." "It is a remarkable fact, that amidst all this ignorance and irreligion some vestiges of ecclesiastical discipline still lingered in the village. Two ex- amples of public penance I remember to have witnessed. A farmer's son, the father of an illegitimate child, came into the church at the time of Divine service on the Lord's day, covered with a sheet, having a white wand in his hand ; he walked barefoot up the aisle, stood over against the desk where the prayers were read, and there repeated a confession at the dictation of the clergyman ; after which he walked out of the church. The other case was that of a young woman, ' Who bore unhusbanded a mother's name. ' .She, also, came into the church barefoot, covered with a sheet, Ijearing a white wand and went through the same ceremony. .She had one advantage which the young man had not, her long hair so completely covered her face, that not a feature could be seen. In a large town few persons would have known who she was ; but in a small village everyone is known, and no iniblic delinquent can escape observation and the censure of busy tongues. These appear to have been the last cases of the kind that occurred in Sancton The sin was per- petuated, but the penalty ceased ; iny father observed that rich offenders evaded the law, and then the authorities could not for shame continue to inflict its penalty upon the labouring classes." 134 SANCTON. Parish Registers &c., The Registers commence in 153S, but are deficient from 1641 to 17 17. The living is in the gift of the Lord of the Manor and is at present vacant. The old Grammar School had an endowment of ;^20 annually. It was founded in 1610, by Marmaduke, First Lord Langdale, Baron of Holme-on-Spalding-lMoor. A new school was erected in 1S72, at a cost of ^600, as a memorial to the Rev. Thomas Jackson, who, as previously men- tioned, was born in the parish. There is also a small Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1840. NORTH AND SOUTH CLIFF. The townships of North and South Cliff (the former being in the parish of Sancton, and the latter in North Cave) are situated a little to the west of Sancton. There is a small church at South Cliff, which was built a few years ago at the expense of the late Samuel F'ox, Esq. From Domesday, it would appear that the land here belonged to the King, and it is stated that, to the Manor of AVeighton be- longed " the soke of one carucate in Clive (Cliff) which one plough might till." We have no record of the owners immediately succeeding Domesday, but from Post Mortem Inquisitions we find that in fifty Henry III., Roger Merely died seized of the Manor of Cliff. The present Lord of the Manor of South Cliff is Mr. C. Langdale, J. P. ; Mr. W. H. Fox being Lord of the Manor of North Cliff. HOT HAM. OTHAM is a township, parish, and picturesque village, five and a half miles south-by-east from Market W'eighton, and six miles from Brough. Prior to the Norman Conquest, the Saxon owners of this parish appear to have been C.rim, Ingrede, Turchil, Orme, Basin, and the Bishop of Durham, the latter holding three carucates of land. The Bishop afterwards continued to hold his portion; the King, one rarucate ; the Earl of Moreton, five caru- cates ; and Robert Malet, three carucates. According to the pedigree of the Hothams, Sir John de Trehous, who fought with William at the battle of Hastings, had a grant of the Manor of Hotham. His descendant, Peter de Trehous, married Isabella de Turnham, by whom he had two sons, I'eter and John, the former 136 SANCTON. receiving his mother's estate at Mulsj;rave, and John, that of Hotham ; from that time the name of Trehous was abandoned, Peter taking the name of Maulay, and John that of Hotham. John de Hotham married a daughter of Baldwin de Wake, and had three sons, the youngest married a (Irindall, and had a son, Geoffry de Hotham, who, in 1331, founded the monastery of St. Austin, called the Black Friars, in Hull. The second son, William, was Prior Provincial of the P>iar Preachers, and was a person of great piety and learning. He died at Dijon, and was buried in the Church of the Dominicans in London. John, the younger, was ordained priest at York, in 1274, and held the living of Rowley, and that of Cottingham ; he was after- wards made Bishop of Ely, Treasurer of the English Exchequer, and, in 131 9, became Lord High Chancellor of England. He died in 1336, and was buried in Ely Cathedral. Peter, the eldest son of Sir John, married a daughter of Thomas Staunton, by whom he had several children. His eldest son, John, was created a Knight of the Bath, and he was also summoned as a Baron of the Realm, eighth Edward H. (1296;. His grandson, John, married into the family of Stafford, and had an only child, Alice, who married twice. Her second husband was Sir John Trussel; her first, Hugh le Despenser, son of Edward Despen- ser, who was executed by order of Queen Isabella, wife of Edward H., in 1326, and the family tradition is that Hugh, the husband of Alice, was also executed the same year. There were two children of this marriage, Hugh and Anna. The son Hugh died in the 48th of Edward HI, and among the possessions which he held at the time of his decease, was the Manor of Hotham.* Our space will not * Post Mortem Inquis. HOTHAM. '37 permit of us following this noble family through their various vicissitudes, but the history of Sir John and his connections with the siege of Hull during the Civil \\'ar are well known. The direct line of the HoUianis failed at the death of Sir John Hotham, who died without issue in 1691, and it then reverted to a distant SIR JOHN HOTHAM. (From an Old Engraving). cousin, Charles Hotham, but the whole of the property had l)een left by the last Sir John to his mother at her free disposal. 'Whether Sir John had any quarrel with him, or whether he regarded half blood as no relationship, we are not able to say. For- tunately, Lady Hotham was both high principled and unselfish. 138 HOTHAM. and she imniedintcly sent fov Sir Charles, and lohl him she felt the great responsihilil}' laid ii|)()n her, and was anxious to do the best for the family honour, as lor her own immediate kith and kin. It, therelore, he would marr)' her grand-daughter, liridget Oec, she would make over the whole estate to him, only retaining an annuity of ^300 for her life. Sir Charles, who was a )C)ung officer of Dragoons, at once acceded, not doubting of his success with the young lady, but, to his surprise, on communicating to her his wishes, he was quietly but firmly refused. Perple.xed and crestfallen he returned to Lady Hotham and told her what had occurred. She replied that she learned, with great regret, the failure of what had been the cher- ished wish of her heart, but, as she could not control another'.s afTections, and as he had shewn himself ready to comply with her wishes, she was determined that the family should not suffer, and therefore would make over the estate to him without that condition, leaving him free to marry whom he pleased. But he had a real affection for his young cousin, and, venturing to make another appeal, he was at once accepted, in what language we can- not say, but in words which told him that while she would not be his wife for mere mercenary considerations, she cordially reciprocated the love which he so evidently entertained for her.* The present Lord of the Manor is Colonel Clitherow, of Hotham Hall, who is also principal owner of the soil. The living is a rectory in the patronage of the Crown, and the incumbency of the Rev. W. Cole, M..-\. ; it is rated at ^10 os. 7 id., and returned at ^{^328 per annum. The tithes were commuted in 1839 for about ^44, and there are about four hundred acres of glebe land. * Hcraldy of York Minster, by the Very Rev. E. I'uicy-Cubt, D.D., p. 199. HOTHAM. 139 The church is dedicated to St. Oswald, and is of ancient foundation, the tower bemg of Norman work ; round the lower stage is a belt of chevron work ; in the west face is a circular- headed doorway, and on the east side one of a similar type now hid by a gallery. The other parts of the church consist of a nave, chancel, and north chapel, but they have been so modernised as to merit little notice. The tower contains two bells inscribed as follows : — ■ 1. " Gloria in Excelsis Deo." 2. " Gloria in Altissimus Deo, 1730." Monumi;nts in the Church. " Sacred to the memory of the Reverend James Stillingfleet, M. A. , nearly fifty-six years Rector of ilotham, lineally descended from the eminent Dr. Edward Stillingfleet, Bishop of Worcester. Unambitious of worldy distinctions, though a gentleman and a scholar, he made an early and entire consecration of his various talents to the sacred oflice of the Christian Ministry. To proclaim the glad tidings of salvation through the Cross of Christ, to inculcate sound doctrine, as it respects both faith and practice, and to discharge the arduous duties of his function, were at once his object and delight. I'laced by the providence of God in this retired parish, he ministered nearly to the close of his life with fidelity, zeal, and affection, leaving his impressible discourses and his disinterested benevolence, and persevering efforts to promote the temporal and eternal wel- fare of his flock, to their grateful and lasting remembrance. He ended his pious life in peace, relying only on his Saviour's merits, December 19th, 1826, aged 85 years." "Sacred also to the memory of Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of William Taylor, Esq., of Great Hadham, Herts, sister and co-heiress to William Taylor How, Estjuire, of Stondon Place, Essex. The law of kindness written on her heart, the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit and the christian graces of humility and charity testified her sincere and unaffected piety, and endeared her in no or- dinary degree to her friends during a protracted earthly pilgrimage ; she died March 1 2th, 1832, aged 91 years, looking for the mercy of God unto eternal life, through the merits of her Redeemer. This tablet is erected by their only son, as a just tribute of filial affection and gratitude." "Also a tablet to the memory of the Rev. Edward William .Stillingllcet, 140 HOTHAM. P.. I)., of Lincoln Coll., Oxford, 30 years curalc of I lotlmni, and 10 years vicar of South Cave, died May 3rd, 1866, aged 84 ; and to Dorothy Cordelia, wife of Ihe alcove, died 25th November, 1857, aged 54 years." The follcnvint; monuments are in the churchyard : — "Here lies the body of Ann Fife, who died of three children, aged 34, which was the wife of Stephen Fife, and departed this life November the 13th, I739-" "To record the pious life and impressive death, the steady churchman- ship, and consistent conduct of Joseph F'ife. A blind jiauper but rich in faith, and exemplary in good works, who died February 13th, 1832, aged 86 years. This stone is erected by the Rev. E. W. Slillingfleet." " In loving memory of John Edward Brooke, who died January 5lh, 1858, aged 65. Also of Mary, his wife, who died April 12th, 1882, aged 80." "In most loving remembrance of Elizabeth Denton, the dearly beloved and devotedly affectionate wife of William Denton, who entered into rest after a happy married life of forty years, on the 19th of January, 1874, aged 72 years." "Also in loving memory of the above William Denton, who entered into rest, April 23rd, 1877, in the 77th year of his age." " In loving memory of Elizabeth Cross (daughter of John and Rebecca Denton, and niece of Major General Cross, C. B.), who died November 22nd, 1877, in her 80th year." List of the Rectors, Szc. Torre gives the following list ot rectors, with the testamentary burials : — "In the town of Ilotham were four carucates of land, held of the fee of Stuteville, whereof the Abbot of Meaux held five oxgangs, whereof St. John of Beverley held one canicate and one oxgang, and the Prior of Watton half a carucate, and the Templars one oxgang, and the Lord Manley the residue. The Church of St. Oswald, of Hotham, is an ancient rectory belonging to the patronage of the family of the Hothams, Kts. , and is endowed with half a carucate of land." Rectors. Temp Instit. Vicarii Eccle. Patroni. 1282 Will de Norfolkchin Ric de Insula [ohn de Ilotham 1308 HOTHAM. 141 Temp Insist. Vicarii Eccle. John Trusils . Johanis Aske 1319 Mansers de Maryniion 1322 Robts. de Cotun 1 340 Rich, de Wathe 1 34S Johe de Wonibewell 1350 Thos. de Melton 1351 Johe Mariscott de Ferrihy .... 1362 Rolit. de .Sedtijelirooke 13 — Thos. de .Scardel)urgh Rad Vel Ric Bursell 1398 Thos. Martyn 1405 Robt. Biggesdill 1425 Will Wright 1/13 1 Thos. Oarlike 1434 Thos. Maskfield 1436 Ric Whiteleaf 1477 Thos. Oustby 1 483 Thos. .\tky nson 1 5 12 Joh de Jordan Worsley 1517 Thos. \\'orsley 1539 Joh Loney 1606 Phil Lengs, B.A 1609 Rad Rokeby 1626 Robt. Lodington, M.A 1 66 1 Joh Norton, M.A Continuation of Rectors to the present time Patroni. Ric de Bellaconips Earl of Warwick . Ric, Duke of Gloucester Ric III Hen. VIII Jac Rex Chas. I. Chas. II. Temp Instit. 1670 1709 1722 1752 1771 1826 1844 1857 1868 1873 X'icarii Eccle. Walt. Blakestone, B.A. John Reid, M.A William Key, B.A John Branfoot, M. .\ Jas. -Stillingfleet, M.A. ... Wm. Home Archer Thompson, M.A. Wm. Sabine, B.A G. A. Willan, M.A W. Cole, M.A Patroni. Charles II. .. Anne Reg. ... Geo. I Geo. II Geo. HI Geo. IV V^ictoria Reg. 142 IIOTHAM. Testamentary IjUrials. 31st October, 1431. — William Wright, Rector, to be buried in the church. 24th January, 1462. — Thomas Dobson, to be buried in the church. 5th September, 1498. — Rich, de Wressel, to be buried in the church. 28th July, A.n. 1554. — Job Moncton, of Ilotham, to be Iniried in the churcli. 24th January, 1565. — Kdmd. Skerne, of Ilotham, (lent, in the church, near his brother. 4th May, 1620. — Nic Coplin, of Ilotham, (lent, in the church. 6th April, 1670. — John Norton, of Hotham, Clerk, giving his soul, that particle of Divine breath, to Jesus Christ, and his body to be buried under the pulpit at Hotham. Parish Registers, &c. The Parish Registers for baptisms commence in 1706; for burials in 1709, and for marriages in 171 1. In the church is a board with the particulars of Anthony Rotherham's Charity, who. in ad. 1653, gave to the overseers of the poor and their successors for ever, forty shillings for the use of the poor of Hotham, out of certain houses and lands in Hotham. Chapel. The Primitive Methodists have a neat little chapel in the village. WALLINGFEN. AI,LINGFEN is a township on the Market- Weii^hton Canal, two miles west of North Cave, and eight miles east of Howden. By an order of the Local (lOvcrnment Board, dated 3ist December, 1880, detached parts of the parish of P'alkholme, Bellasize, and Cilberdyke were amalgamated with the parishes of Newport, Wallingfen, and New Village, the newly created village taking the name of Wallingfen, containing 2,409 acres, and having, in 1881, a population of 862. The ancient district called by the same name appears to have been of considerable extent, and to have comprised the greater portion of the low lands in this part of the country. Leland says " that this Fenne is communely caullid Waullyng Fenne : and hath many Carres of Waters in it : and is so bigge that a 58 144 HO'J'HAM. \'illages ly in and hullini; of it, whcreoi the most part he yn Houghden Lordship longging to the Bishoj) of Duresme : and part yn Harthil Hunderith. The Fenne is a sixteen miles in Cumpace, and is all of Houghdenshire." * It would be interesting to know Ijy whom these low lands were first reclaimed. Probably it may have been the work of the Romans, who, it is well-known, took great delight in agriculture, and were always anxious to instil the same fondness for this pur- suit amongst the different people brought under their control; and we have historical evidence of the great drainage works in some of the other fen districts of the country which were accomplished by the skill of the Roman (jenerals and Commanders. Dugdale tells us that " the Romans wore out and consumed the bodies and hands of the Britons in clearing woods and banking the fens." The first notice we have met with referring to the drainage of this district is in the 23rd of Edward I. (1295), \vhen Hugo de Cressingham and J no. de Lithgreines were commissioned to v^iew and repair the banks and ditches upon the River Ousc, from Cawode to Faxflete ; and in the 28th of the same reign, " upon information made by the land-holders of Brunkflet and Faxflet, that one, Peter Betard, and the townsmen of Beleby, had diverted the stream of Beleby Wathe out of its ancient channel, into the water course of Fulnathe ; and, likewise, that the inhabitants of Kastringtone and Portingtone had turned the course of those such waters, as passed near those towns, by several trenches, so variously, that upon any great rain they drowned the greatest parts of the lands adjacent : so that neither passengers could travel in the common road betwixt Beleby and Pokelington, nor the said men of Brunkeflete and Faxflete, till and sow their low grounds, * Leland's Itinerary (temp. Henry VIII). \\"ALL1N(;KEN. 145 or dig turf in the moor of \\'allingfen, or depasture their cattle in the parts thereabouts ; the King therefore assigned the before mentioned John de l.ythcgreyns, and Robert de Boulton, to view those places, and to redress the said nuisances." Dugdale also refers to many other commissions relating to this district, (which appears to have required almost constant attention), and amongst the names of the Commissioners occur those of Alexander de Cave, Peter d'Eyvill, John de Hotham, William de Vavasour, Peter de Saltmarshe, Tliomas de Metham, Sir Robt. Constable, Thomas Bromflete and Henry le Scrope. Dugdale further says " that the Commissioners had directions to do all things therein according to the law and custom of this realm, and the custom of Romney Marsh (which custom or ordinance was made in the 35th of Henry HI), also to impress so many labourers upon competent wages to be employed in that work, as should be necessary for the same, considering the great and urgent necessity in expediting thereof, for preventing of further damage." * From an old manuscript, in the possession of C. E. G. Barnard, Esq., of Cave Castle, the following interesting extracts from the rules relating to the government of the Fen are taken : — "Anno 1425. — The Rules and Ordnance of ye Comon of Wallingfen, made in ye 3rd year of the Reign of K. Henry ye Sixt, as followeth : — ' Be it remembred that upon Tuesday, in ye first week of June, in ye year aforesaid, at ye hill called Yand Hill, on Wallingfen, in ye presents of Sr. Ro])t. Rabthorp, Knt., Sir Henry Bromfleet, Kt., Thos. Metham, Jno. Aske, Thomas Portington, and John, his son ; Thos. Saltmarsh, Alex. Lound, Edmond Lound, \Vm. Moston, Richd. Santon and Robt. Santon, Esqrs. , and all others, the comon- ers, of Wallingfen, there at that time assembled for the comonweal and good gov- ernment of ye said Comon of Wallingfen. There was at that time Redd in old record written in these words, that is, that every comoner shall come on St Hellen's even, by noone, or a man for him, to take a reasonable place or * Dugdale's History of Inihankins; and Draining;, p. 1 15. 146 WALLINGrP:N. peice for Graving Torvcs in to serve him for that whole year within the aforcsd. Comon, and if there be any man sickc or maslerfise, or any reasonable excusalion had wherefore he may not come after ye ordnance aforesaid. Let him come then to Four of the same pish, and let them Lymitt him a reasonable peice or place wch. is not taken in before, and that none shall grave but one torfe deep- ness in ye earth upon pain of every default, 3s. 4d., and also if any shall grave in the cart-gaits shall loose for every default, 3s. 4d., nor to grave within 40 foot of any highway or cart-gaite, as ye ordnance is, but he shall loose 3s. 4d. and that none shall grave any Peates, but he shall loose 3s. 4d. and his Peates, and that no man hold any Ballocked Horse on the said Common but he be above the age of two years and be 14 hand-fulls high, and that he payes lO pence upon pain of forfeiture. And also that no outen men shall have any horse bease or sheep going upon ye said Common of Wallingfen upon pain of every Horse I2d., every bease I2d., and every five sheep i2d., and every swine so often as they are taken 4d., and that none shall grave any torves on ye Conion of Wallingfen, to sell the same upon pain to forfeit his torves, and for every loade 3s. 4d., and that none shall grave any torves or mowe any seaves upon Wallingfen after mid-summer and the 2nd of August upon pain of his Sithe and Spaid and 3s. 4d. , and if any man shall .... any cattle or horses but his own he shall loose for every horse and for every bease 3s. 4d. , also if there be any escape from Holme, Bursay, or Hotham, or from any other place they shall pay a penny to the drivers, and also if there come any Ballocked horses from whence soever they shall likewise pay a penny for them. And because this evidence was profitable, and of old time used without dis- turbance, as well in the tyme of Thomas Davill, John Davill, and Roger Davill, and others, their ancestors, as foUoweth, therefore il was ordered and fully concluded in the presence of ye abovesaid parties, that ye said old ordnances shall be kept confirmed, and in ye more plain Execution the sd. Thorns. Metham, Alexander Lound, Thos. Saltmarshe, Wm. Moston, and Richd. Santon were assigned surveyors of ye said Common, and other eight- and-fortie men of the 5 parishes belonging to the same to be governers of the sd. fen, as it is well knowne to all the comoners there.' " At another meeting of the Commissioners held in the 8th year of the same reign (1430), the names of the Eight-and-forty Governors, with their several parishes, are given as follows : — North Cave Parish. Robt. Canbuaye Thos. Bridgisle Gerrarde Webster John Cooke Thos. EUerker Thos. Mawer John Jackson John Comyn. WALLING FEN. 147 Richd. Croppe Will Pinder Ricli. IClenor J no. Robinson Thos. Barker Richd. Nelson Jo. Harison Jo. Jackson Rd. Northabie Rd. Beadall -South Cave Parish. John Croft Wm. Webster Jno. Leadell Pet. Robinson Rich Dudding Jno. Webster Petr. Pjarnett Robt. Tomlinson Thos. Robinson. HowDEN Parish. Thos. IVLison Allan Proudfellowe Alex. Person Thos. Johnson Jno. Pigas Thos. Maurod Abm. Person Richd. Nelson Jo. Proudfellowe Blacktoft Parish. Rd. Harison Rd. Jackson Jo. Williamson Thos. Skin Eastrington Parish Thos. Cattell Jo. Gofer Wm. Smithson Jno. .Sowle Wm. Pinover Rog. Carter Wm. Cooke Wm. Taylor. Regulations then follow much the same as those of the year 1425, with the addition " that no one shall gather any wool on ye common before sun rise nor after sun set, in pain of every default 6d., and who shall make any afray, or comit any blode wyte upon ye said common shall l;e amerced for an affray, 3s. 4d., and for blood wite, 6s. 8d." Li the sixth year of King P^dward IV. (1467), the following cases were reported to the " Commissioners, and the forty-eight assembled for the weale of ye said Common." "One, Henry Lounde, of South Cave, Gent., presumpteously pretended a title, and did make claim to be Chief Lord of Wallingfen, insomuch as he made a drift and did drive ye said Comon and wrongfully took away divers men's cattle, amongst whom he took away a Whye of one Jno. Brockels- bies, of Linton, that he witheld and kept wrongfully and delivered all other men's chatles again without any suit or pence paying or other charges for ye same, but afterwards, the cause and tytle being opened and made known unto the said Henry Lound, that he had neglegently done great wrong to the comoners. Then ye said Henr. Lound, freely of his own good will, sent into ye next Corte, to the 48 there, ye sum of 6s. 8d. for price and recompence of ye ms walltngfen. said Whvf, for llicn she was wanting- and cuild not lie found. And aflervvardsye said Whye was found and sent in at ye next Cortc holden for \\'allingfen, and delivered to ye 48 to ye use of John Brockelshie. She was sent in by Jo. Bellingham. Richd. Darling, and Jo Painter, and those three men did offer to be bound for ye said H. I.ound, that ye said II. Lound, tliat he should never pretend any title to ye said Comon any more, and ye said three men at ye rer|ucst of ye said H. Lound did openly there desire all ye comoners to for- give him ye offence yt he had done, for he was very sorry for ye same, and yt they wd. accept him as a comoner and no olherwaies. And whereas ye said H. Lound did wrongfully take upon him to talenjamin \\'almsley, of Leeds, who were born in this village. The buildings were formally opened December 3rd., 1S91 EASTRINGTON, ASTRlXCrrON is about threc-and-a-half miles cast from Howdcn, and has two i"ail\va\s passing near, the North Eastern Raihvay on the south, and the Hull and l-Jarnsley on the north. " Tlie Bishop of rjurhaiii lield in Eastrington si\ ("arucatt'.s of land liy Baronage of the King in Capite. Tlie chapel here l^elonged to the patronage of the Prior and Convent of Durham, together with Ecclesiastical profits of the whole town, which was appropriated to them, with right of Sepulture of the parishoners, in A. n. 1230. And on the 3rd Ides of March, a. l). 1227, the Archljishop of York, l)y the assistance of Fulke Basset, parson of the Church of Ilowden, and of the Prior and Convent of Durham, patrons hereof, granted and C(jnfirmed unto Walter, of Kirkhani, Clerk, all the tythes pertaining to the Chapel of Eastrington, in name of a simple benefice, without cure of Souls and Episcopal burdens, rendering yearly to the said parson of Howden and his successors as a pension, 3 Bezanies on the feast i>f St. Martin. (Jn the 6th Kal .Martii, A.d., 1267,- the Archbishop ordained and 154 EASTRINGTON. granted to the prior and convent of Durham this Chapel of Eastrington, and instituted therein a ppetual vicarage for ye vicar thereof to reside, and have for his sustenance a convenient portion out of the fruits of the same. The ist fruits of the vicarage were £\i 9s. 7d. " * Catalogue of the Vicars of Eastrington. Temp Instit. Vicarii. 14th June, 1318 1325 1325 1330 1353 1353 1398 1401 1410 1436 1436 1460 1474 1479 1487 1491 1492 1505 1509 1549 1554 1587 1616 1620 1640 Rol)t. de Ileyington .. Johe de Misterton Hen. de Lymington .. Ric de Horton Thos. Skywyn Ric de Kynghani Tho. de Walt. Thurstanton .. Wm. de Almondbury Johes Coune Ric Whitgift Johes Haryngton Tho. Burneby Wm. Wryght . Tho. Alicecup Johes Hamylton Richd. Fayrfa.x Robt. Banys Rogr. Darley Johes Atkynson Will Stapulton Ric Yatts Wm. Gibson Timy. Forde Jac. Binkes Johes Trotter Patroni. Prior and Convent of Durham. Idem Testamentary Burials. Apud Manet de Portington, 20th November, a.d. 1457. * Torre's Peailiars. Vacat. Res. Phillip and Mary ... Reg. Elizabeth .. Miss Warton Rex Jac Rex Charles Res. Res. Mort. Res. Mort. IMort. Res. Mort. Mort. Resig. Resig. Resig. Mort. Mort. Resig. Mort. EASTRINGTON. 155 Elene. late wife of John rortington, blc one of the Justices of the King's Bench, made her will, proved 22nd April, 1458, giving her soul to God Aim., St. Mary, and All Saints, and her body to be buried in the Church of St. Michael's, of Eastrington, juxta Ilowden. I Jan., A.D. 1562, Robt. Smyth, of Cavill, labourer, made his will, proved 15th Feb., 1562, to be buried in ye psh. Ch. of Eastrington, in the North Isle, near the place where he was accustomed to sit. 3rd AugUbt, 1589. Leonard Dent of Eastrington, Merchant, made his will, whereby he bequeathed his soul to God Aim., his Saviour and Redeemer, and his body to be buried in the N. Aisle of the Chu;ch, appointing a large stone set upon 6 pillars, to be laid upon him and his wife, Margaret Dent, buried ye 6th of August, 1589, Merchant Adventurer, and the Arms of the Merchants largely graven with the Posie belonging to them in the midst, and the name of his sister, Alice Wetherall, buried ye 1st Aug., 15S9. He bequeathed ;i^20 a year for ever, for to have 4 sermons preached quarterly, the first to be on the 1st Suuday in August. loth Jany., 32nd of Elizabeth (1590), Richard Aske, of Osthorpe, gent., to be buried in his Chapel, called St. Saviour's Chapel, under the northernmost tomb, where his wife lyeth, which is in the Parish Church of Eastrington.* The Church. The Church is dedicated to St. Michael, and consists of nave, north and south aisles, chancel, north and south chapels, a tower at the west end, and a south porch. The tower is of three stages, and is of good masonry, surmounted by pinnacles and embattled. There are four large belfry windows of two lights each. In the lower stage is a west doorway — now blocked up. On the west face of the tower, on the second stage, are shields of the Aske and Portington families, and other shields on the upper stage. The date of the present church is about the middle of the fifteenth century, and was probably built by Judge Portington, or his father, although there are indisputable proofs in the interior of the building * Torre gives many more Testamentary Burials which we are obliged to omit for want of space. 156 KASTRINCITON. th;it the present church succeeded one of an earlier date, from portions of chevron work which have been used up in the present building, and in the wall of the porch is a sculptured stone of Saxon, or very early workmanship, and we learn from Domesday that a church existed here with a priest, when that survey was made. The interior of the church is s[)acious, the nave is about forty feet long by twenty feet wide, exclusive of the aisles; the chan- cel forty-five feet by sixteen feet wide, and the nave is divided from the chancel by a pointed arch. The tower arch is a plain semi- circular one. The floor of the chancel is raised from the other part within the altar rails, which are of oak, and came from Howden Church. An old oak chair and credence table form part of the furniture. On the chair on a brass plate is the following inscrip- tion : — " This chair and credence bracket were made out of the remains of an ancient seat, supposed to have l)een in this parish church upwards of five hundred years, Easter, 1883, G. S. Dun- bar, \'icar ; Matthew John Nurse, Alfred Hairsine, Church- wardens." A new east window has been placed in the chancel. On each wall are the remams of circular arches, and on the north wall are grotesque carvings of Norman character ; probably part of the roof cornice of the old church, before the existence of the Clerestory. The chancel fell down in the early part of the seven- teenth century, and, in its fall, partly destroyed the fine monuments of the Portingtons. Between the clerestory windows is a tablet, with the following inscription: — "This chancel fel in. Anno Domino, 1632, and this is bilded the same yeare, by Sir Michael Wharton, of iJeverlie high lodge." The restoration spoken ot in the inscription was carried out on the north side by a massive jjillnr of oak, su]iporting oak beams cut in the form of pointed arches to support the clerestory wall, the oak of which, according EASTRIXCiTOX. 157 to an entry in the churchwardens' account book, came from Spal- ding Moor. The Aysthorpe chapel is on the north side of the chancel, and has contained some fine brasses, but they are gone Tradition says the spoliation was by ('romwell's soldiers when on their march from Hull to Howden and Wressle, and we met with something of this tradition whilst making the drawing of the tomb of Judge Portington. A little fellow came to us and gravely asserted that the head of the lady was shot off by one of 01i\er Cromwell's big cannons, and on our not being willing to believe his account, he turned away very indignant at our infidelity. On the opposite side of the chancel is the Portington Chapel, and on an altar tomb are the efifigies of Judge Portington and his lady, the head of the latter being broken away, and that of the Judge considerably damaged. It is of large proportions, measuring nearly eight feet in length, and it is peculiar, the hair being done up in pigtail form, with the end doubled u[) under the head. It is said that there is only one other pigtailed monument known, and that is in the Cathedral of Chichester. On the floor of the Chapel are some flag stones of alabaster containing figures of Knights and of a lady, about the time of Edward I. Another stone has on it a shield sculptured with steps and a cross, decorated with a fleur-de-lis and supposed to belong to a Battdyle, the heiress of which family married a Portington, about 1250. There is another stone around which is a Latin inscription, much of it is worn away, but sufificient remains to shew that it belonged to one of the members of the Furnival family ; this stone is a palimpset, having been appropriated by one of the Portingtons whose inscrip- tion in the centre is: "Here resteth the body of Michael Porting- ton, of Portington, Esq., who married Barbara, the second daughter of Garvis Nevill, Esq., departed this life without issue the 17th of EASTRINGTON. 159 March, in the 32nd year of his age, Ano dni 1696.'" There are also in this chapel several monuments of the family of licll, also of Portington. On one of them is the following inscription : " In memory of Henry licll, of Portington Grange, Est]., who died July 3rd, 1839, aged 71 years. lie was the eldest son of Henry Ikdl, l"s<|.. of Portington Grange, by Mary, liis second wife. His character coniliined integrit)' of principle and souadne:^s of judgment, with amia':>ility of temper, and his .sincere piety and highl)' cultivated mind (pialilied him to sustain among the Wesleyan Methodists in his own locality, the duties of a Christian Minister, with zeal perspicuity and effect, enhanced by the uniform consistency of his life." The Portington Chapel also contains three fine brackets, two of them enriched with dog-toothed ornaments. The Aysthorpe Chapel has a piscina and aumhrey. The font is octagonal. The tower contains three line toned bells, on which are these inscriptions: — 1st Bell. — Populum voco Deum Laudate. 1718. 2nd ,, Soli Deo Gloria pax Homnilius. 1663. 3rd ,, Sum Rosa pulsata mundi maria vocato. The latter is a pre-Reformation bell. Parish Registers. The registers commence in 1563, and are almost perfect. There are some curious entries, especially the list of Anabaptists, buried in their own closes and orchards, collected by the vicar at that time, and preserved with the other registers. We extract the following from the list : — " A Register of Dissenters who dyed and were buried incloses or orchards, 1695. Mary Barker, of Gilberdike, widow, buried in a close, Jany. 12th, Anno Domini, 1697. Envlle Coterill, of Gilberdike, buried in a close. Deer, ye 21. An affida- vit made. i^)o EASTRINCri'ON. Daniel Rasjiin, of ( ii!l)L-rilykc, buried Jany. ye I3tli, 1699. Samuel Raspiii, of Sandliolme, buried and aflidavit made 20lh Jany. , 1699. Simon, son of Robert Gyliot, of Hive, buried May ye 8th, 1700, and affidavit made. 1702. — Mary, wife of \\'illiam Ramsay, of CHlberdyk, buried June ye 29. liuried in owne close. John, son of Noah Ellashore, buried in orchard, Jany. yc 5th, 1702. Ann, daur. of Willm. Carline, of Sandholme, Feby. , 23rd. Buried in owne close. An affidavit made, 27th. One, son of John Turner, of liilberdike, buried in owne close. 1704. — One, son of Francis Holt, of Hive, buried in a close, June ye 7tli, and called Richard, as he saith. One, son of Willam. lacks, of Ousney, liuried in owne close, called Thomas, as he saith. 1705. — Mary, wife of John Byas, of Gilberdike, buried in owne close, April ye iSth. 1705. A IxECISTER OF YE AnAB.-\.1>TIST BiRTHS. Ilanna, daur. of Cornelius .Smithson, born Jan. 27th, 1714. Hannah, dan. of Robert Gilliot, born 31st, August 1715. \\'illm., ye son of Cicorge Twidal, born Mar. 25th 1715. Elyzth, ye dau of Rich. Hole, of Hive, was born May 20th, 1715. Thomas, son of Richd. Hornsey, Ijorn Oct., 20, 1723, Elyzth. Smithson, daughter of Cornelius Smithson, of ... . born Aug. 18, 1727." Charities. " The free school, founded by Joseph Hewley, by will, dated 14th March, 1726, for the poor children within the parish, to be taught reading, writing, and the Church Catechism. Endowment, 18a., In, 39p. of land, let at the time of the report for ^28 i)er annum. John Atkinson's Charity, by will dated 8th November, 1678, rent charge of ^S per annum, to the deserving poor, in sums from IS. to 5s. each person. Burton's Gift, rent of one acre of land to poor persons, in sums from 2s. to 6s.. each person. IvASI'KlXC TON. i6i Waterson's (lift, rent-charge of /^i per annum, to i)oor persons who attend cliurch at the four great festivals." '"' Anxiknt Coats of Arms, ^:c. Glover gives the following list of coats of arms and niomi- ments in the Church at his \'isitation in 1584: — " These 5 gniven in Sione wilhuut the Chiirche :— - XIII. "On a l)end 3 hiids.'- XIV. "'3 liars, on annulet for difference.' .\V. "A hend tlory." On a Toombe Stone : — XVI. " 5 fusils in fesse." X\'ll. " 3 bars, an annulet for difference, Aske, impailing on a pale argent a luce's head erased couped Gascoinge. " Aliout the Toombe of Judge Portington, These 4 : — XVIII. '• 3 birds ." XIX. " on a bend 3 birds." XX. " 5 fusils in fesse, a label of five points ■. " XXI. " A bend between 6 martlets." XXII. " An escochen gules, on a bend argent 3 Cornish choughs |)i)r. Crest: — over a helm mantled ]:)urpure. on torce argent and gules, a goat"s head couped argent. Hie jacet Thomas de I'ortington, armiger, ct Agnes uxor eius fjui obiit Dni MCCCCXXVII." XXIII. " Upon a Toomlie stone no arms, but the goat's head lying under his head. Orate pro animabus Xicholai de Portington Mililis, (jui i>tam Cai^ellam fieri fecit. No date. " XXIV. — "'Graven in Wood upon a Pewe.' Quarterly i and 4, a chevorn between 3 hind's heads, 2 and 3 a chevorn between 3 mullets " Abliot of Bellasis." These si.x in a glass Windowe in the Church aforesaid : — XXV. " Or 3 bars azure." XXVI. " Or 3 bars azure with an annulet for difference.'' XXVII. *' Quarterly i and 4 or a lion rampant azure, 2 and 3 gules 3 lucies hauriant argent." * Charity Commissioners' nth Report, p. 734. M l62 EAST RINC; TON. XXXVIII. " Or a lion rampant azure a label of three points gu." XXIX. '' Azure 5 fusils in fesse argent." XXX. " Or on a chief gules 3 plates." iPeDigree of portiiigtcn of iporfinciton, an& SawcUttc Gountv? ^Lincoln. John de Portington — Matilda. I I Robert de Portington = Agnes Fil de Battayle. I I Thomas, Lord of Portington, zz ■ ■ • ■ 23rd Ed. III. ■ I L I Nicholas de Portington — • • • • I Arms. — Gules on a Bend Argent 3 Cornish Choughs Beaked and numbered of the first. Edmund de Portnigton ; I Thomas de Portington, 1407 — Agnes. Margaret, 2nd wife, dau and heiress of Richd. Milson. I I I I Elizabeth Maud Isabel Ann Sir John Portington, ist wife. Budget, dau of John Sherfield. Will dated 20th Nov., 1457. Proved at York. Ellen, 3rd wife Edmund de Porting- dau of ... . ton, ig Henry 6th, 1440. John Portington- died S.P. m Margery, dau of Sir Wm. Armyne. Thomas, Provost of Heming- borough, &c. I Nicholas Porting- ton, of Anlaby. Richard Robert Margaret m Julian Lesley, of Felton, Co. Northumber- land. I I John Portington m dau of Giles Foster. I I Thomas Robert . . . Portington, eldest dau, m Thos. Ktephen- son, of Boston. I . Portington, 2nd dau, m John Rudd, of Win- terton. I .Portington, 3rd dau, m Thomas Barnby, of Barnby. I I . Thomas Portington Roger Portuig- m ton, of Men- Julian, dau. of John thorp. Aske, of Aughton. I I I Ottwell Portington, Robert Portington Chamberlain of a dau m York. to Thos. Santon, of Santon. . Portington 2 dau. Continued next page. i:.\srRL\(;i'()X. 1 6' C'ljiuiinied from previims page. Henry Poningloii, of Port- ington and Sawcliffe, Co., Lincoln. m Matilda, dau of Sir Robt. Tyrwhitt. I Thos. Poitington, of Easthorpe m Alice, dau of John- son, wid. of Leonard Carter. I I I I Anthony George Richard Ml! Julian i Anne Margaret Elizabeth . . Por m to ton. tington, Giriing- Robert Portington. I . .1 III John Portington George Thomas m m Richard Cassandra Robert dau of Peck. Anne, dau of John Langton. Elizabeth Portington m to Truesdale, sec- ondly to Robeit Leedes, of Laceby, Co. Lin. Anthony Port- Julian Port- ington of Win- ington m to teringham, Co. Lincoln. Ab.x. Nev- ill, of South Leverton, Co. Notts. Mary. Michael Portington, of Portington, living in 1612. m Ann, dau. of Edward Beaumont. Thomas Portington m Elizth.Skipwith.dau of Sir W. Skipwith of Ormesby, Kt. I ! I I M George Edward Roger Ralph John Joan, m first to Michael Whar- ton, and sec- ondly to Ralph Rokeby; buried 14 June, 160S. I I I I I Rose Julian Elizabeth Francis Kalherine I II I Michael Portington Joan Henry Portington, m Anne living in 1612. Dorothy, dau. of ni Geo. Wentworth. J i I II II ^ Ann, wife of Elzth. 5" John Skyp- Frances ■" with, of Or- mesby. Ursula Port- ington, m to Ale.-tander Vavasour, of Spaldington. I Mary, m Wm. Grier, d 1673. I Elizabeth, m Wm. Blyth. Dorothy Portington, Wm. Bosville Michael Portington of Portington m Barbara, dau. of GervaseNevill,from whom descend the Nevills of Skeld- broke. I I John Henry I I I I Grace Anne Dorothy Jane THE PORTINGTON FAMILY. The seat of thi.s ancient County Family was situated at the hamlet of Portington, abojt a mile from Eastrington, where they were located for a period of four hundred years. The moat which surrounded the mansion may yet be seen, but no portion of the original building now remains. Sir John Portington, the 7th mentioned in the above pedigree, 1^)4 i:.\srKiN(;'r()N. and whose effigy is yiven in the engraving, was apiiointecl a King's Serjeant on the 17th A[)ril, 1440; Justice of Assize in Yorkshire, in T441 ; Judge of the Common I'leas, in 1444 ; and of the King's I'ench, 1452. He was executor of Ralph Oomwell, Kord Treas- urer of England, who died January, 1455. He died 1456. Thomas Portington, M.A., his son, by his third wife, Ellen, was Provost of Hemingborough, 1457-71 ; Canon, 1447; Treasurer of York, 1477-85 ; mentioned in the will of Archbishop P>ooth, dated 28th September, 1479; admitted of Corpus Christi, 1482 ; and Rector of Goodmanham, which he resigned in 1480. He died in 1485, a Clerk in the King's Exchequer. Will dated 12th September, 1491. CTLBERDHCE. Gilberdike is a township and large village, partly in Eastring- ton parish, on the high road from North Cave to Howden, being six miles from the latter place. The township is generally alluded to in old records as "Dyk," from the ditch called Haunsar-damme. In 1 191, there was a fine between Philip, Bishop of Durham, and John, of Crigleston, his tenant, concerning amongst other lands, "120 acres juxta terram Mareschalli, between the fosse of Gilbert Haunsard, and the tbsse of Grenaie." In I Hen. IV. (1399), "a commission was issued to Laurence de Allerthorpe, one of the Barons of the Exchequer, Sir Thomas Metham, Will. Gascoigne, Robert Thyrwhyt and others, for the view and repair of the banks, ditches, &c. betwixt the town of Pokeling- tone and the Rivers of Humbre and Derwent, before whom the Jurors presented that the watercourse called Blacktoft damme, Otherwise Haunsardamme, which reacheth from Foulnay to the EASTRINGTON. 165 river of Ouse, was then ol)structed and ought to be repaired by Richard Haunsard, and the town of l^Iaktoft for their lands in Blaktoft; and that the same ought to be XV'I feet in breadth and VIII feet in depth. Whereupon the shireeve had command, &:c. And they farther presented that the said Richard Haunsard ought to repair the same chanel from Haunsartlamme to Fouhiay unto the south end of (iylberdyke, and therefore that he was amerced." There are in the village, places of worship for the AVesleyans and Primitive Methodists. The burial-ground, formerly used Ijy the Society of Friends, is now occupied by Mr. William Terry. BLACKTOFT LACKTOFT is a township, parish, and village on the bank of the River Ouse, near its junc- tion with the rivers Trent and Humber. The church was re-built in 1841, and has chancel, nave, small vestr\', organ-gallery, porch, tower, and three bells. The living is a vicarage in the gift of the Dean and Chap- ter of Durham. The tithes belong to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The registers date from the year 1702. The AVesleyan Methodists have a chajjcl with Sunday school attached. C. W. Empson, Esq. is Lord of the Manor, and chief landowner. In the year 1551, iN-ing Edward VL, for the sum of ^,^77 2s. Sd., granted unto Walter Jobson, of Kingston-upon-Hull, Merchant, BLACKTOFT. 167 and his licirs and assigns, for ever, all his rectory and the Church of Rrantingham, together with the chapels of Blacktoft and Ellerker, formerly belonging to the dissolved Monastery of Durham ; and in 1561, a fine is recorded "between Wilfrid Brand and George Fissher, Plaintiffs, and Walter Jobson, senr., Deforciant, relating to a Messuage with lands in Blacktoft, Ellerker, Brantingham, als. Brantinehm and WakefeUl, the rectory of Brantingham, and the free chapells of Blacktoft and Ellerker ; and a messuage, &c. in Kyngeston-upon-HuU, which, after a term of 40 years, remain to Walter Jobson, the son of Walter Jobson, senr." * SCALBY. Scalby is a township in the parish of Blacktoft. Leland in his Ithiemry, says : — " From North Cave to Scalby a three miles, al by low Marsch and medow ground, leving the Arme of Humbre on the lift Hond yn sighte." Scalby was formerly a place of some importance, as is evident from the frequent references to it in old records. Cheapsides, formerly an extra-parochial place on the common of Bishopsoil, has lately been included in the township of Scalby, by an Order of the County Council. THORNTON HOUSE. Thornton Manor House Farm in this township, the property of Mr. G. E. Weddall, formerly belonged to Thornton Abbey, in Lincolnshire. The Thornton Estate, in Faxfleet and Scalby, passed into the hands of the Crown at the dissolution of the monasteries A fine of the year 1557, between Peter Carewe, Knight, and Walter Haddon, plaintiffs, and I'homas Hennage and Ann, his * Feet of Fines, 3 Eliz. i6S r.LACK'rOFT wife, deforciants, included forty messuai^^es, with lands in lUacktoft, Scalby, and Newton. The I'eet of l<"ines for 1574, records an information b)- Oiieen Elizabeth as plaintiff, against Thomas Hennage, Kscj., and Ann, his wile, deforciants, concerning "the manor of Fauxllete, alias Thorntoivhoiises and fifty messuages, with lands in I'au.xllete, Thornton, Sca!b)'e, and lilacketofte." In 1760, Hugh Montgomery was the owner of the estate, which, in 1777 was sold by Sir (ieo. Montgomery Metham, MT^. STADDLETHORPE. Staddlethorpe is a hamlet within the parish, and has a Station on the Hull and Selby Railway. FAXFLEET. AXFLEET a township and village, nine miles east from Howdcn, formerly part of the Parish of South (."ave, but severed from it some years ago. The Knight Templars at one time held the manor, and had a preceptory here. These preceptories were manors or estates, where erecting churches for the service of Ood and convenient houses, the Knight 'I'emplars placed some of their fraternity, under the government of one of those more eminent Templars, who had been, by the (hand Master, created " Preceptores Templi," to take care of the lands and rents in the neighbourhood, and so were only cells to the principal house at London. The decree abolishing the Order of Knight Templars in England was promulgated by Archbishop Greenfield, from Cawood, on the 14th of August, 1312. Previous to the promulga- lyo FAXFLEET. tion, their estates had been taken into the possession of the Crown, and custofhans appointed to theni. Adam de Hoperton was tlie first custocHan of Temple Newsam : he was ajjpointed immediately after the sei/.iire o!' the 'rem])lars' goods, and his term of office exjjired on the ist of December, 131 1, when he pku~ed his charge in the care of Sir Alexander de Cave and Robert Amecotes. In 1323, the King appointed Hum[)hrey de Waleden and Richard de Ikene, seneschals of the castles and towns of Tykhill and Scar- borough, and keepers of the Park of Heywra and the Manors of Faxfiete, Carleton, Hachelsey, Temple Hurst, Barley, Sandall, and Temple Newsam, with their respective appurtenances, in the County of York. These manors all belonged to the Templars, and such an arrangement seems to indicate that, when it was made, none of them had fallen into the possession of the Hospitallers, though they certainly held them in the following year (1324), when Thos. de Deyville* was appointed custodian, f In the TSt year of Edward III. (1327), this manor (with all its members in North Cave, South Cave, Hotham, Clifte, Yver- thorpe, and Sancton), which formerly belonged to the Templars, had reverted to the King, and in the same year we find the manor was held by John de Mowbray, who had been Sheriff of York- shire, in 1316. " In the I2th of Edward III., Ralph de Nevill, taking into consideration * The Deyville.s were an old family, the Lordship of Adlingfleet having been given liy William the Conqueror to one of his followers, "John de Avill."' In 1277, the Bishop of Durham gave Whitemoor Farm, at Hemingborough, to "Emeric d'Eyville." There the Deyvilles built a house, and were people of consequence, being connected in various ways with the Bishops of Durham. John Deyville, the third of that name, in an old pedigree given by Dodsworth, was a very great person indeed. He was one of the Barons who joined Simon de Montfort in his rebellion. The family was intimately connected with South Cave and district for two or three hundred years. + Yorkshire Archceological and Topographical Journal, part XXXIII., p. 98. I'AXKLEET. 171 the King's warn of nmiicy for ilic public service of the Realm, Iciil him all his wools in his Manor of Faxlleet, Com Khor, iip(in promise to have restitution when the Receivers of \'orkshire should have so much come to their hands. The above Ralph de Nevill, died on the 5th of August, 41st Edward III., and, among other possessions, he died siezcd of the Manors of .South Cave and Kaxflcet."' "•" '• In 13S5, Petrus Vaux (or Vaus) de South Cave held in South Cave one niessaage, five tofts, ten bovates of lanJ ut de Manor of Faxfleet. In 1391. the widow of John Strivelyn held the manor (in all its extent in South Cave) and one water mill, with divers lands in North Cave and Cliff. In 3rd Henry V. (1416) the manor with its members in Southam, North Cave, Santon, and Hotham, l)elonged to the Le Scro[)e family." Francis, Earl of C'umberland, was Lord of the Manor at a Court held 20th October, 1610, and, on reference to the Court Rolls, we find the following were the Lords of the Manor at the respective dates : — John, Karl of Bridgwater, 1643. .Sir Thomas Tyte, 1666. Sir William Holcroft, 1667 to 1672. Sir John Cutler, 1674 and 168S. Edmund Lloyd, 1693 and 1708. Eihvard Marshall, 1715 and 1742. Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall, 1743 and 1748. William Dixon, 1751. Robert Spofforth and John Schollield, joint Lords, 17S7 to 1800. Miss .Sarah Joweit, 1837. Mr. George Harem, 1852. The present Lord of the Manor is James Atkinson Jowett, Esq. Dugdale, in his " History of Imbanking and Draining " (pub- lished in 1772), on pp. 115 to 137, has some most interesting " Dugdale's /->c7ro/iaL;c, Vol. I., p. 294. [72 FAX FLEET. reierences to Laxflcct and the ncighbourood, from which we ex- tract tlie following : — "In 4 K(l\v:uridges. The leader of this band of emigrants, and practically the founder of Rowley in America, was born in 1590, and was the son of the Rev. Richard Rogers, of Weathersfield, in Esse.x. Having finished his educatic^n at Cam[)ridge, he became Chaplain to Sir Francis Barrington, in his native comity, and after six years spent profitably and usefully in this family, Sir Francis bestowed upon Mr. Rogers the benefice of Rowley, in Yorkshire. After labouring here for seventeen years, and, being unwilling to conform, he was suspended, as he himself tells the tale, " for ref- using to read that accursed Book that allowed sports on God's Holy Sal)l)ath, or Lord's Day, and by it and other sad signs of the times, was driven with many of my hearers into New England." Under Archbishop Matthews, it would seem that Mr. Rogers was left undisturbed, but Matthews havmg been succeeded by Laud, Mr. Rogers was suspended, and having determined to seek that free- dom in foreign lands which he could not enjoy here, he ultimatelv sailed with his party from LLill, and arrived in New iMigland in the * Gage's History of Rotuley in America. I90 ROWLEY. Autumn of 1638. Mr. Rogers being under a promise to many persons of quality in England who depended on him to choose a fit place for them, consulted with the Ministers of Massachusetts as to the best position for a settlement, and, acting on their advice, he and his party concluded to take a place between Ipswich and Newbury, and these towns having offered some farms on this tract, Mr. Rogers' company purchased them at the price o( ^Soo, the settlement being first called Rogers' Plantation, but the name was soon changed to Rowley. Though Mr. Rogers only took over with him twenty families, by the time he settled in Rowley he had increased his company to about sixty families. Mr. Rogers continued his ser- vices as minister for many years, and died January 23rd, 1 660-1, after a lingering illness. By his will, after bequeathing legacies to his relatives and servants, and his books to Harvard College, he gave the rest of his estate (as also the property left to his wife for life) "to the church and town of Rowley, to enable them the better to maintain two teaching elders in the church, for ever." His will was filed in the probate office at Ipswich the following March, the inventory of real and personal estate amounting to ^1535 19s. gd. In the year 1805, a monument was erected to his memory bearing the following inscription: — "Sacred to the Memory of the Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, first minister of the gospel in Rowley, who emi- grated from Britain to this place with his church and flock, a.d., 1638. He finished his labours and life January 23rd, 1660, in his seventieth year. He was a man of eminent piety, zeal, and abilities. His strains of oratory were delightful. Regeneration and union to Jesus Christ by faith, were the points on which he principally insisted ; he so remarkably described the feelings, exercises, motives, and characters of his hearers, that they were ready to exclaim ' Who hath told him all this ! ' With the youth ROWLEY 191 he took great pains, and was a tree of knowledge, laden with fruit which children could reach. He bequeathed a part of his lands to the town of Rowley, for the support of the CjOS)_)el, which generous benefaction, we (in the first parish) enjoy to the [present day ; and here gratefully iMimmemorate, by raising this monument to his memory." The town of Rowley, in America, has now a population ot about 1,300 inhabitants, and is described in a recent letter received from the Chairman of the Town's Selectmen, as a " lively little town." %m. 192 ROWLEY. JEllcFiar of 1Ri0b\?. Chnsta Concebitor Radulpho Ellerker cle Rysby milito per Christoferum Barker, arg alias Garter principatem Regem Armoram p literas Patentes datus Londini, 20th Martij Ao- Dni i545> 37 Hen. 8- John Ellerkar, Serjeant — Elizabeth, dau of Sir at law. ! John Hotham, Knt. John Ellerker, of Ry.sbye, 1468, William 7 Ed- 4th Robert m Thomas Isabel, dau of Robt. De la More 7 Ed. 4th John Elleker in Elizabeth, dau- of Sir Ralph Eure. Cesilie Sir Ralph Ellerker : . dau of Sir Thos. Gower. Henry Margery Elizabeth. Sir Ralph Ellerker — Joan dau of John Arden William Thomas James Robert Roger Elizabeth Ann Margarie Sir Ralph Ellerker, of Rysbe, m Catherine, dau of Sir John Con- stable, of Burton Constable Jane Ursula, m to Sir John Sal Anne ven of Newbeggin. Margaret Continued next page. * From MS. copy of Glover's Visitation (1584), deposited in the Lilsrary, Holy Trinity Chinch, Hull. ROWLEY. Continued from previous page. 193 Edward Ellerker Anne m to Margaret m Francis Ralph EUerker Robt. Ellerker, of Rysbe, 1584 Hen.Green, toJohnEure, m m m of Burn of Old Mai- Frances, dau of Alice, dau of Elizth., dau of juxta Selbie. ton. Sir William Edon. Sir Robert Con- Skipwith. stable, of Ever- ingham. I Sir Ralph Ellerker, of Rysbe, Knt., 1641. m Anne, dau of Thomas Dakon, of Hull. Anne = William Redcliffe, of Ogthorpe. Ralph Ellerker, .et. 2, 1584, ob. 1654. James Ellerker, of Stillingfleet ; died before his elder brother, m Frances, dau of Alan Percy, of Beverley. Thomas John Ellerker, of Rysbe, 1055 ~ ■ ■ ■ ■ dau of John, son and heir of Lancelot Roper, of Hull, Alderman. ARMS OF ELLERKER OF ELLERKER. BRANIINGHAM. N Brantingham, the Plishop of Durham had four carucates and six oxgangs of land in full cultivation at the time of Domesday Sur- vey, and the remainder, which belonged to Norman, the son of Ulphus, was given by the Conqueror to Roger of Poictou, the Earl of Moreton, and Robert Malet. In the reign of Henry III., Roger Mer- ley was Lord of the Manor of Brantingham, and in the loth of Edward I., Baldwinus de Wake, and Nicholas de Cave held lands here. In the next reign, John de Holland and Walterus de Fau- cenburgh are mentioned as having possessions here. At a later peiiod, Thos. Bromfiete de Vescey held a toft and twenty acres of land in the parish. In the i6th century it was in the possession of a family of the name of Smethley. At the present time Christopher Sykes, Esq., M.P., is Lord of the Manor and principal landowner. BRANTINGHAM. 195 The village is at the foot of the Wolds, and has a popula- tion of 269. The Church. The church, dedicated to All .Saints, stands in a pic- turesque valley at the north-east end of the village, and consists of a nave, chancel, north and south transepts, south porch, and a 1, i,r tower at the west end. In 1872, it was re-built (with the exception of the tower), chiefly through the liberality of Christopher Sykes, Esq. The church is of early English foundation, and. that style has, to some extent, b-cn carried out in the re-building. The dimensions are : nave, 4011. by 20it. 6in. ; chancel, joit. by i5fL. The east window is of three lights, and is a memorial window, the 196 BRANTINGHAM. subject being the crucifixion. " In affectionate memory of Mary Elizabeth Sykes, died March 23rd, 1875." The window of the north transept is by Taylor, of London, and has this inscription, " D. D. D., and in loving memory of Anne Westmorland, died Mar. 29th, 1875." <^" ^^^e north side of the nave is a window of three lights, by Clayton and 15ell, subject : "The Presentation in the Temple," with an inscription, "To the Glory of God, and in loving memory of William Busfeild, M.A., 30 years Rector of Keighley, died T2th April, 1878, aged 76, and Sarah, his wife, died 21st Deer., 1885, aged 80. This win- dow is erected by their daughter, Harriet Busfeild." The west window of the tower is also a memorial window, subject: "Christ and the Centurion." "To the memory of Richard Fleetwood Shawe, Born on the 2nd of Aug., 1804; died on the 5th of Septr., 1872." In the tower is a mural tablet to the memory of members of the Simpson family of Brantingham Grange ; another to the memory of the Rev. William Richardson, Vicar of Brantingham 42 years, who died May the 27th 1742, aged 75. On the east wall of the south transept is a mural brass to one Anthony Smethley, with his arms and this inscription, " Hie lacet Anthonius Smetheley, armiger, quondam Dnus de Branting- ham. Qui obit secndo die Janvarii Ano Dni 1578." Arms: "A Bend three Lozenges between two unicorns' heads erased." Crest : " Unicorn's head erased." In the tower are three bells, two of which are pre-Reformation ones, the inscriptions are the following : — 1. Soli Deo Gloria, 1634. 2. Ora. Pro. Nobis Sancti Omnes. 3. Ora Pro. Nobis Sancti Georgi. BRANTINGHAM. 197 The font is a circular basin, around which are pillars enriched with dog-tooth ornaments ; it is probably coeval with the founda- tion of the church. A board in the vestry has the following inscription : — " Miss Maria Simpson, Brantinghani Grange, by her last will and testa- ment, dated January 17th, 1840, gave the sum of ^200 upon trust that her Trustee or Trustees do and shall pay the dividend, interest, and annual income thereof to the Vicar and Church- wardens, for the time being, of the Parish of Brantingham, to be by them annually expended in the purchase of blankets and other needful or useful clothing, to be distributed amongst such poor persons of or residing in the same Parish, in seasons of scarcity, as the said Vicar and Churchwardens shall think fit or determine." From the Torre Manuscript we learn that " The Church of Brantingham, in Howdenshire, was part of the ancient possessions of the Cathedral Church of Durham, and in temp Hen. II., was reconed among the other Churches of St. Cuthbert's patrimony, which is in the diocese of York, concerning which that memorable agreement was made between the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Durham, about Ecclesiastical rights." "On the 4th of August, a.d. 1458, this Parish Church of Brantingham (Ebor diocese) was appropriated to the Prior and Convent of Durham, in aid of the yearly sustentation of eight monks of the said monastery and of eight scholars in the Durham College, in the University of Oxford., saving always a certain portion of money, viz., the sum of twenty marks for the yearly maintenance of the ppetual vicar therein, to be instituted at the presentation of the said prior and convent for ever, and payable to them by the said vicar. .\lso, the vicar for the time being, shall have and hold for ever the west part of the rectory of the said church, and the iq8 BRANTINGHAM. mcdiety of the orchard toward the west, and shall pay all the pro- curations due and customary, and the prior and convent aforesaid and their successors, shall repair the chancel of the church and pay the demise granted to the King and the annual pension which Is due to the Collegiate Church of St. John of Beverley, besides an annual pension of 6s. 3d. annually due to the Cathedral Church of Durham. Moreover, the Archbishop of York, on the 4th of May, 1439, ordained that the said prior and convent shall pay yearly, out of the fruits of this church, to the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of York, 3s. 4d., on the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, for ever, and also cause to be distributed 3s. 4d. among the poor of the parish church on the Feast of Our Lady's Annunciation. On the 7th Martii, 4th Edward 6th, King Edward, for the sum of ^277 2s. 8d , granted unto Walter Jobson, of Kingston-upon-Hull, merchant, and his heirs and assigns for ever, all his Rectory and Church of Brantingham, together with the Chapels of Blacktoft and Elleker, County Ebor, lately belonging to the dissolved Monastery of Durham, and the advowson and right of patronage of the vicarage of the Church of Brantingham, &c. To hold of the King and his successors as of his Manor of King- ston-upon-Hull, by fealty, and for free socage, only not in capite. Reserving besides the ^3 6s. 8d. due to the Vicar of Branting- ham for the time being, yearly issuing out of the said church and chapels, and beside the allowance to be paid to Durham College ; also the 3s. 4d. yearly to the Dean and Chapter of York, and the 3$. 4d. to be paid to the poor of Brantingham." The Living. The living is a vicarage, yearly value ^318, with residence, in BRANTINGHAM. 199 the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, and held by the Rev. Thomas Westmorland, M.A., of Sydney Sussex College, Cam- bridge. A Close Catalogue of the Rectors. Temp Instit. 1 2th Nov., 1238 13th Dec, 1279 1314 1347 1347 May, 1348 July, 1406 Mar. , 1420 Feb. 1444 Vicarii Eccle. Patroni. Henry de Melsamby . Tho. de Birland Ed. de Havvkesgarth. Waltr. de Wetwang . Ric. de Tanfield Ric. de Tweel Thos. de Nevill Lawr. Allerthorp .... Thos. Tylton Robt. de Hage Robt. Beaumont Prior and Convent of Durham. Vacat. Res. Mort. Resig. Res. Mort. Mort. Resig. Catalogue of the Vicars. Temp Instit. Vicarii Eccle. Patroni. Vacat. Septr., 1459 28th Oct., 1479 1 2th Jan., 1485 19th July, i486 20th Aug., 1496 1 2th Nov., 1 52 1 9th April, 1523 17th Nov., 1542 7th Oct., 1557 24th Oct., 1578 nth Sept., 1622 19th May, 1625 W Benson. M.A. ... Hugo Wren Johes. Curwen ... Galfrid Wren, A. B. Robt. Claxton, A.B. Johes West Thos. Jenyson Phil. Preston Will Gibson Edward Richardson Robt. David Geo. Hall Geo. Gibson Prior and Convent of Durham. Rad. Sellars Mort. Res. Resig. Mort. Res. 200 BRANTINGHAM. Continuation since Torre's List. Temp Inst. 2nd Mar., 1699 2nd Oct., 1742 5th Aug., 1755 17th Dec. ,1768 14th April, 1793 3rd Oct., 1794 31st July, 1808 8th Feb., 181 8 19th Jan., 1834 2nd Oct., 1843 i8th Dec, 1857 Vicarii Eccle. William Richardson, M.A. Matthew Whitaker, B.A. ... Thos. Bowman, B.A James Foster, B.A Thos. Davison Robt. Fenwick, M.A Joshua Stopford, M . A John Carr, M.A Saml. Mayelston, M.A Geo. Fyler Townsend, M.A. Thos. Westmorland, M.A. Patroni. Vacat. Testamentary Burials. " 1st May, 1575. — Anthony Smetheley of Brantingham, in Co. Ebor, Esq., made his will, proved 7th March, 1577, whereby he gave his soul to God Aim., and his body to be buried near his father and mother, and willed that a great stone be set in the inside of the said church, near his grave, and theron be engraved his name, and arms, and the day and year of his death. 27th January. A.l)., 1562. — Thos. Ellerker, of Ellerker, in the psh. of Brantingham, made his will, proved 20th April, 1563, giving his soul to God Aim., and his body to be buried in the Psh. Church of Brantingham. 25th March, a.d. 1565. Bunnage, of Brantingham, husband- man, made his will, proved, giving his soul to God Aim., his maker and Redeemer, and his body to be buried in the church. 28th Aug., A.D. 1582. — Gabriel Couper, of Ellerker, yeoman, will proved 20th, Oct., 1582, to be buried in the Church, near his wife. 5th July, A.D. 1584. — Elizabeth Wakefield, of Brantingham, spinster, to be buried in the church. 1st May, A.D. 1348. — Ralph Tweel, Rector of this Church of Branting- ham, made his will, proved 26th May, 1348, giving his soul to Aim. God, and his body to be buried in the Psh. Church of Thurlston. On 28th .Sept. A.D. 1346, he was instituted to the prebend of Skelton, in the Church ofHoveden."' BRANTINGHAM-THORPE. Brantingham-Thorpe forinerly belonged to the late Mr. R. F. brantingham; 201 Shawe, but was purchased some years ago by Mr. C. Sykes, M.P., who has ahiiost entirely re-built the mansion, and otherwise greatly improved the estate The house has, on several occasions since Mr. Sykes' purchase, been honoured by visits from members of the Royal Family. It is now the residence of J. E. Wade, Esq., J. P. ELLERKER. In the parish is the village and township of Ellerker (with a population of 299), which at an early period was in the possession of a family of the same name, for, in 1080, we find that a "William Ellerker, of Ellerker, Esq., Lord of Howdenshire, married Marrian, daughter and heiress of John D'avill, Lord of Adlingfleet." In A.D. iioi, "John Ellerker, son of William, by the above Marrian D'avill, built the chapel of Ellerker (near South Cave, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, about eight miles from Adlingfleet and within one mile north of the Humber), and covered it with lead, which was enjoyned his father to have per- formed by King William Rufus, and gave the bells, and in a.d. 1 241, John Ellerker, his great-grandson, repaired the chancel of Ellerker." * This family was one of the most important of our local families, and many of its members filled ofifices of great trust and responsibility, nationally as well as locally, but want of space forbids our doing more than inserting a notice of Sir Ralph Ellerker referred to by Froude in his History, who gives the following interesting account of the manner in which Sir Ralph came into prominence during the Pilgrimage of Cirace. " The law vacation (in the year 1536) was drawing to its close, and younger brothers in county families who then, as now, were members of the * Stovin's MS. History of Hatfield Level Drainage. 202 BRANTINGHAM. inns of court, were rcUuning from their holidays to London. The season had been of unusual beauty. The summer had lingered into the autumn, and during the latter half of September, young Sir Ralph Ellerkar, of Ellerkar Hall, in ' Yorkyswold,' had been entertaining a party of friends for cub-hunting. Among his guests were his three cousins, John, Robert, and Christopher Aske. John, the eldest, the owner of the old family property of Aughton-on-the Derwent, a quiet, unobtrusive gentleman, with two sons, students at the Temple. Robert, of whom, till he now emerges into light, we discover only that he was a barrister in good practice at Westminster ; and Christopher, the possessor of an estate in Marshland, in the West Riding. The Askes were highly con- nected, being cousins of the Earl of Cumberland, whose eldest son. Lord Clifford, had recently married a daughter of the Duke of Suftblk, and niece, therefore, of the King. The hunting party broke up on the 3rd of October, and Robert, if his own account of himself is true, left Ellerker, with no other in- tention than of going direct to London to his business. His route lay across the Humber at Welton, and, when in the ferry he heard from the boatmen that the commons were up in Lincolnshire he wished to return, but the state of the tide would not allow him. He then endeavoured to make his way by bye- roads and bridle-paths to the house of a brother-in-law at Sawcliffe ; but he was met somewhere near Appleby by a party of rebels. They demanded who he was, and on his replying, they offered him the popular oath. It is hard to believe that he was altogether taken by surprise ; a man of so remarkable powers, as he afterwards exhibited, could not have been wholly ignorant of the condition of the country, and if his loyalty had been previously sound he would not have thrown himself into the rising with such deliberate energy. The people by whom he was ' taken,' as he designated what had befallen him, became his body-guard to Sawcliffe. He must have been well-known in the district. His brother's property lay but a few miles distant across the Trent, and as soon as the news spread that he was among the rebels his name was made a rallying cry. The command of the district was assigned to him from the Humber to Kirton, and for the ne.xt few days he remained endeavouring to organise the movement into some kind of form ; but he was doubtful of the prospects of the rebellion, and doubtful of his own conduct. The commons of the West Riding beginning to stir, he crossed into Marshland ; he passed the Ouse into Howdenshire, going from village to village, and giving orders that no bells should be rung, no beacons should be lighted, except on the receipt of a special message from himself. * The excitenient of the times was contagious, and spread * YxoMdi€i History of England, Vol. HL, p 121. BRANTINGHAM. 203 through every town within our immediate neighbourhood, as well as throughout the northern counties. At the end of October, a council of the insurgents was held at Pomfret, and by this time " The powers of all the great families, except the Cliffords, the Dacres, and the Musgraves, had come into the confederacy. Six peers, or eldest sons of peers, were willingly or unwillingly with Aske at Pomfret. Lord Westmoreland was represented by Lord Neville. Lord Latimer was present in person, and with him Lord Darcy, Lord Lumley, Lord Scrope, and Lord Conyers. Besides these were the Constables of namborough, the Tempests, from Durham ; the Bowses, the Everses, the Fairfaxes, the Strangwayses, young Ellerkar, of Ellerkar, the Danbys, St. Johns, Buhners, Mallorys, Lascelleses, Nortons, Moncktons, Gowers, Ligoldsbys : we scarcely miss a single name famous in Border story. Such a gathering had not been seen in England since the grandfathers of these same men fought on Towton Moor." The Chapel of E.ase. The chapel was restored in 1S42, at an expense of ^800, by subscription and a small parish rate. It is a stone building, and consists of chancel, nave, porch, and bell turret, with vestry on the north side of the chancel. Glover, in his Visitation mentions the chapel, and the following is a copy of his reference to it. ?Ie states there were at that time (1584) three bells, but it is not clear from his account what inscrip- tion was on each. " In the Church of Ellerker, upon three belles in the steeple : — First bell : ' May Fortune', 1577. Second Bell, about this bell : — 40. 3 fleurs-de-lis. 41. An eagle stantant or. 204 BRANTINGHAM. 42. 3 talliots heads erased. A child in swaddling clothes. Sanctae Jhesu MarK Orate Pro Nobis. 43. Third bell , three bells." Primitive Methodist Chapel. 'J'he Primitive Methodists have a small chapel which formerly belonged to the " Wesleyan Reformers." Ellicrker Hall. Ellerker Hall, occupied by Mr. Forster, was formerly the residence of the late Alderman Brownlow, of Hull, who lies interred in the churchyard. BRANTINCiHAM. 205 peMcirce of iBUcvhcv of JEUerher. William EUerker, de Ellerker, 6th Hen. 7th, 1491. m Jane, dau. of William Saltmarsh. I John Ellerker de Ellerker, in Howdenshire, Com. Eljor m Dorothe, dau of Wm. Langham, of Conesholm, Com Lincoln. 1 William El erker — Agnes, dau of Sir 1 Robert Ellerker - . . 1 Lawrence Ellerker = . . 1 Robt. Aske, of 1 i Aughton, Kt. Hugh E i i T Sir J 5hn 1 Julian 1 Marmaduke llerker 1 Thomas Henrj 1 Robert 1 Isabel Ellerker, m m m Ellerker Ellerker Ellerker m hi5 dau of dau of M US- m m at Bran- Thos. Janij, 4. Simon 1 grave of . . Margt. . tingham , Hod- E. 5, 1550 M US- Christopher. Thorp. 15S4. stjn m grave. de Isabel, d. of Cave. Richard Smet iley. i Jul . 1 lan Elizabeth Anthony, _ 1 Phillip 1 Robert 1584 1584- Ellerker, at Brant - ingham. Ellerker at Brant- ingham. 1584. William Ellerker de Ellerker, Sup. 1584, ob. 8th Jan., 35 E. m Elizabeth, dau of Thomas Wentworth, de Howley, a younger House of Emsall. John Ellerker, of Ellerker, ob. 1617. ELLOUGHTON. LT.OUGHTOM is a parish comprising the three townships of Elloughton, Brough, and Wauldby. The population of the entire parish is 966, namely, Elloughton, 503 ; Rrough, 410 ; and Wauldby 53. W. H. Harrison-Broadley, Esq., J. P., is Lord of the Manor, and principal landowner. Domesday. In Domesday Survey, Elloughton is referred to as follows : — " In Elgendon and Walbi (Elloughton and Wauldby) there are seventeen carucates of arable land to be taxed where there may be 9 plough-teams. Archbishop Eldred held this for one manor, now Archbishop Thomas, and (jodwin of him has there one caruca and 36 villains, and three bordars having eleven plough-teams. A Knight has 2 carucates of this land, and one plough-team there. There is a Priest and a Church there. There is meadow land five ELLOUGHTON. 307 quarentens long, and a quarenten broad, the whole manor is two leagues long and one league broad. In the time of King Edward the value was seven pounds, now it is one hundred shillings." Torre's Account. From Torre's Manuscript we gather the following particulars respecting the parish, with a list of the vicars and an account of the testamentary burials : — "The Manor of Elloughton is parcel of an ancient possession of the Arch- bishop of York, who held therein 10 carucates of land in demesne. Which said Manor was ta.xed at ^20 i8s. 6d. " The Prebend of Wetwang is Rector of the Living of Elloughton, which is endowed with foin- oxgangs of land ; the Prebend, as rector, having also 2 tenants, all the tythe of corn thereof, and all maner of jurisdiction whereof to be rented at 16 marks per annum. The vicarage had an augmentation of ;^20 per annum settled on it, 24th May, 44th Elizabeth, out of the fruits of the Prebend of Wetwang." A Cr.OSE CATALOGUE OF THE V1CAR.S. Temp Instit. 1st Feb., 1349 nth .^ug., 1355 19th May, 1380 25th Oct., 1391 2nd May, 1418 iithDec. , 1436 19th June. 1439 19th Jan., 1450 22nd Ap., 1458 I2th Dec, 1459 Dec. 1475 23rd Dec, 1479 26th Jan., 1 5 19 19th Jan., 1528 Vicarii Eccle. Richd. de Wetwang Will Reynald de Stormworth John Humfrey John Wyberd John Braytoft Willm. Fisher Thos. Young Wm. Welton alias Fisher... Wni. Ingram Ric Rumbley Will Bossall Ric Walker John Spencer Rich Laikoke Thomas Waytte Patroni. Prebend of Wetwanir. Vacat. Mort. Res. pro vie Ro.xby Lincolnshire. Mort. Res. Mort. I Res. Res. Mort. Res. Mort. Mort. Mort. Res. 2o8 ELLOUGHTON. A Close Catalogue of the Vicars. — Co?itinued. Temp Instit. 29th June, 1529 2nd June, 1531 26th Nov. , 1582 29th May, 159 25th May, 1613 7th Aug., 1622 24th Aug. , 1623 19th Nov., 1639 1661 1665 1670 1672 Vicarii Eccle. Johe Bykerton .. Rad. Wilkinson.. Rad. Coulson Fol Bethame Rad Barlow Will Surfleet Jeremiah CoUyer Jac Bynkes Valentine Mason Chas. Forge Tho. Tope Robt. Crouplon.. Rio Peters Lien W^alterill .. Patroni. Prebend of Wetwang. Vacat. Mort. Mort. Mort. Continuation List since Torre's. Temp Instit. 1678 1702 1754 1783 1798 1804 1825 1842 1876 Vicarii Eccle. John Lambert Peter Hickington John Robinson Joseph Sommers Wm. John Wilkinson Nicholas Bourne John Overton Thomas Williams W. M. Bennett, M.A. Patroni. Vacat. Testamentary Burials. " 1st May, A.D. 1539. — William Simsone, of Elloughton, made his will, proved, whereby he gave his soul to God Almighty, St. Mary, and All Saints, and his body to be buried in the Pshe Ch. , of Elloughton. 5th Nov., A.D. 1449. — William Fisher, Vicar of the Pshe Church of El- ington, made his will, proved 5th Jany. , 1450, whereby he gave his soul (ut Supra) and his body to be buried in the Quire of this Church of Elington. ELLOUfiHTON. 209 20th Deer., A.n. 1519. — John Spenser, Vicar of EUoutjhton, made his will, proved 19th Jany. , 1520, givint; his soul (ut supra), and his body to be buried in the Quire of the Pshe Church, of Elli5ughton. 3rd Jany., A.D. 1523. — Richard Laikoke, Vicar of EUoughton, made his will, proved 13th June, 1528, giving his soul (ut Supra) and his body to be buried before his stall, in the Pligh Quire of Our Blessed Lady, in the Pshe Church of EUoughton, and 20 shillings to the buylding of EUoughton Church Steple. i6th Mar., 1536. — William Waldbie, of Waldbye, gent., made his will, proved 17th June, 1536, giving his soul (ut Supra), and his body to be buried in the Church of EUoughton, in the south aisle, afore the image of our Blessed Lady. I2th Aug., A.D. 154-. — Phillip Waldbie, of Swanland, gent., made his will, proved 14th Feby., 1542, giving his soul to God Almighty, His Creditor and Redeemer, and his body to be buried in the Parish Ch of EUoughton, in the Ladies' Quire." The Church. The church is dedicated to St. Mary, and consists of a nave, chancel, north and south transepts, and a tower at the west end. It was partly re-built in the year 1845. The dimensions are : nave, 33rt. g'm. long, by 23ft. 6in. wide ; the chancel, 34ft. gin. long, by 14ft. wide. Most of the stone work at the south door is very old, it has a pointed arch, and is very similar to that of St. Cross, Hampshire (see Rickman's Architecture), except that at EUoughton the dog-tooth work not only extends frorn the apex of the arch to the top of the circular shafts, but a single row of perpendicular dog-toothing runs between the two shafts on either side of the door. Three of these shafts are modern, and made of perishing sandstone, but the other is true early English or late Norman work. They stand " free," and have two rounds at the base of each, with a deepened hollow between, which holds water. This is an example of the only moulding used in English work which will hold water. There are several memorial windows of stained glass. In the P 2IO ELLOUGH'l'ON. south transept, two hmccts to the memory of Thos. Williams, M.A., 34 years vicar of tlic parish, who died Aug. ist, 1876, the gift of his sister. In the north transept, two lancets in memory of Catherine Thompson, who died on Ash Wednesday, 1876, the gift of her husband. In the tower, a window in memory of Cajitain George Mall, placed there by his daughter, Mrs. Neale. The church is evidently of early English style, nearly all the win- ST. Mary's church, elloughton. dows being of the lancet pattern. The tower is of two stages, em- battled with pinnacles at the angles, and a window of two lights in each face of the belfry stage. The tower contains three bells with the following inscriptions : — 1. James Harrison, founder, 1790. 2. Warner & Sons, Crescent Foundry, London, 1856. 3. Will Ringrose, Churchwarden, 1790. ELLOUGHTON. 211 In the churchyard there arc tombstones bearing the follow- ing inscriptions : — "Joseph Scaife, born 24th April, 1803 ; died 15th June, 18S1." " Matthew Scaife, born 29th April, 1800 ; died 7th June, 1886." " Robert Prescott, who died Feby. i6th, 1876, aged 77 years." " Captain Gaorge Hill, who died 29th Augu5t, 1865, aged 83 years." " Thomas William Palmer, J. P., of Brongh, born 31st March, 1800 ; died 28th Feb., 1881. Twice Mayor, and for 40 years Justice of the Peace for Kingston-upon-Hull. " "John Everatt, died July 26th, i860, aged 52. Mary, relict of the above, died .\ug. 23rd, 1885, aged 75." " James Williamson, died Nov. 20th, 1877, aged 66 years." " Robert Day, of Brough, died July 29th, 1864, aged 80 years." " Peter Nicholson, died 21st May, 1879, aged 52 years." "William Carlill, died August 24th, 1875, aged 85." The Living is a vicarage, yearly value, ;^30o, in the gift of the Archbishop of York, and held by the Rev. William Millard Bennett, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge. The registers commence in the year 1653, and amongst the earlier entries are those of baptisms, marriages, and burials of members of a branch of the Portington Family. Ancient Monuments. &c., in the Church. Glover, in his visitation, gives the following arms which were at that time (1584) in this church : — I. " Argent a lion rampant azure, crowned or." East end. II. "Argent, diapore, on a chief sable, 2 mullets of six points or very ould." III. " Or 2 bars and chief 3 Torteax." IV. " Gules on a patonce or." V. " Azure, a cross patonce argent." VI. " Gules, 3 water boughets argent." VII. " Argent, 3 asses heads cuyped gules." VIII. " Azure fretty argent." IX. "This one Escochen standeth on a grave stone, argent on abend 212 ICLI-OrOH TON. cottised 3 csrallnps in)|)alint; nziiri.-. a Vmn rampant azuic licUvcen 6 cross crosslc'tls oi. '' X. " (lulcs, a fess hetween 6 cross crosslctls or."' XI. " Argent 3 popinjays vert, beaked." XII. " Gules a lion rampant between 12 Billets or." XIII. " Argent 3 martletts gules." XI\'. •' broken a tortiure engrailed sable." X\'. " a lion rampant crowned or." XVI. " a lion rampant.' XVII. " Argent on a chief sal)le 2 mullets of 6 jioints or." XVIII. " Gules a lion rampant argent within a engrailed tm th last." XIX. " Or a lion rampant gules." Charities. The Rev. William Mason, " Presbyter in the Church of England, and in the City of York," by his will, dated iith April, 1705, left ^120 " to purchase a dwelling-house for the use of the Vicar of the Parish of Elloughton, and of his successors for ever, for their better discharge of their Ministry in that (Jhurch, and to encourage their residence according to Law." '' Item : — My Will is that till a fit Vicarage House can be bought and settled as above written, that the said money go at interest, to be half-yearly paid to the present Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor, or major part of them, towards hiring of such fit house for the vicar to reside in, and in case he refuses such constant residence, then I will the said interest be distributed among the poor of Elloughton, till my will above written be fulfilled by him or his successor, that this, my last will be not defeated." There were 602 acres of church land in this parish, the rever- sionary interest in which was sold by the Ecclesiastical Com- missioners in the year 1849, ^o'' ^9) 500, the computed value of the fee simple of the land being ";^2o,ooo at the time of sale. ELLOUGHTON. 213 Thk Rev. I5.\knabas Shaw. Harnaljas Shaw, a pioneer missionary to South Africa, was born at EUoughton, (jn the 12th of Ai)ril, 1788. Mr. Shaw's parents, who were married in 1777, at Elloughton, had six children, of whom four ch'ed in infancy and lie interred in Elloughton churchyard, beside their parents and grandparents. The two survivors were James and barnabas. The latter joined the Wes- leyan Methodist Society in his youth, and was afterwards called into the regular ministry of that body. Tn the year 1813 he devoted himself to missionary work in foreign lands, and, accord- ing to an entry in his journal, tliis resolution was made on " Mill Hill, at Elloughton," a place to which he often retired for medi- tation. After undergoing a course of special preparation for the work, and having in the meantime been married to Miss Jane Butler, of Bridlington Quay, he sailed tor South .\frica, in Decem- l)er, 18 1 5. Probably no missionary ever landed in South Africa under such unfavourable circumstances, but he bore all with patience, and persevered through difficulties which would have appalled most men. When Livingstone arrived in South Africa, in 1840, Barnabas Shaw had been there for a quarter of a century, doing a truly noble work, and he may fairly be said to have been the father of Wesleyan Missions in South .Africa. Mr. Shaw came over to England in 1827, and the following extract from his journal refers to the visit which he paid to his aged parents on the eve of his return to the land of his adoption :— " fannary, 24th, 1829. — I went to Elloughton, the place of my nativity, to take leave of my :iged parents. On my arrival here, a year and a half ago (after an absence of nearly twelve years), how peculiar were my feelings I The cottage in which I first breathed the vital air still stood at the bottom of the garden ; the littte spots of ground where I used to plant niy Howers were adorned with the beauties of spring ; and my dear, aged mother had led the 314 ELLOUGHTON. blooming roses above the tops of the windows. The adjacent hills where I used to sit and play my flute, while tending the lambs of the flock, were clothed in living green ; the fields I had frequently ploughed were waving with corn ; and the beautiful Iluniber was rolling its mighty stream at the foot of the hills. The morning larks were ascending on high, the doves were cooing in their lofty habitations, and on the Sabbath (sweet day of rest !) I again heard '"the sound of the church-going bell." ^^'hat a contrast to the dreary deserts through which I had been travelling ! My father is yet alive, and his head is adorned with locks of silver. Both he and my mother have passed the bounds of three score years and ten, and are gradually sinking into the grave. How shall I leave them ! My engagements with the committee, the erection of our chapel at the Cape, and some other circumstances call me to go ; but, after all, it is hard work. Some of the strongest bonds of affection must be torn asunder. The aged pair frequently kissed their grandchildren as they prattled round them, having no hope of again seeing them in this vale of tears. The shades of evening came on. The vehicle which was to bear us away approached. We prayed and parted. Farewell, my aged parents ! May the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob be your God, the strength of your hearts, and your portion for ever."* Mr. Shaw continued his useful labours in South Africa, and died at his residence in Mowbray, near Cape Town, on the 21st of June, 1857, in the 70th year of his age, and 47th of his ministry. Chapels. In the centre of the village, at the corner of the four ways, is a neat Congregational Church, with accommodation for 250 persons. The foundation stone was laid on July 6th, 1876, by Evan Eraser, Esq., F.R.C.S., of EIull, and was formally opened for public worship, June 28th, 1877. It occupies the site of an older structure, origin- ally built as a school-house, and supplied with a teacher, through the effort and liberality of Mr. Carlill, the then owner and occupier of Elloughton-Garth, but was fitted up for public worship and opened for this purpose on Good Friday, .^pril 8th, 1S14. An * fVes/ej'aii Methodist Alagaziuc for 1 830, p 21. ELLOUGHTON. 215 interesting memorial, of nuich liberality and interest on the part of the Carlill family exists in the form of two valuable silver cups, still used in the Communion Services of the church, bearing an in- scription, "Presented i)y Miss M. Carlill, 1821." In the earlier building, service was conducted by the minister of the South Cave congregation, aided by lay-helpers. After the opening of the j)resent building, the Elloughton Congregational Church was formed on a basis (;f its own. The present minister is the Rev. James Smith, M.A., formerly I'utor in Classics, and in Greek New Testa- ment Exegesis and Literature, in the Old Independent College, at Rotherham. Connected with the church, and used for members of the Congregation, is a small burial ground, formerly belonging to the Society of Eriends. A list, containing the names of more than fifty persons who have been interred there at intervals, from a.d. 16S5 to A.D. 1765, shews that a considerable number of the mem- bers of that society must have lived in the district. We extract the following from the list : — 1686. Eleanor, wife of John Randall, Elloughton. 1694. William Stather, Ellerker. 1702. Robt. Stephenson, Ferriby. 171 5. John Craythorne, Brantingham. 1716. William Hunsman, Brough. 1720. John Baines, South Cave. 1721. Elizlh Watkin, Elloughton. 1723. Mary, wife of Robt. Evasse, South Cave. 1727. Rebepca, daughter of Ambr(;se Slickney, Risby. 1734- Joannah, v\ife of John Hutchinson, Newbald. 1742.' William, son of Timothy Harper, Wellon. The Primitive Methodists have a neat chapel in the village, with schoolroom attached. An Odd Fellows' Hall was built in the year 187 i, connected with the Manchester Unity. 2i6 ELLOUC.H'rON. A modcrn-huih Iiousl', opjiositc the ^'icar^Jj;c, is the residence of Alderman j. T. AN'oodhouse, Mayor of iliill in 1890-91. In the year 1887, when digging in a gravel i)it on the Mill Hill, at EUoLighton, the workmen came across a mammoth's tusk, which was found to measure eight feet in length, and eighteen inches round the thickest part. Unfortunately the tusk was broken in pieces in attempting to remove it from its bed. The men afterwards found another tusk measuring over five feet in length, and, special means being adopted, it was got out entire, and was forwarded to the museum at Scarborough. During the last few years five skeletons have been found in the pit. Two of these skeletons were lying together, and near to one of them was a jar or urn. There is an old square stone in the churchyard, which may have formed the base of the ancient village cross. BROUCxH. Brough is a pleasant village on the bank of the Humber, ten miles west from Hull, and has a station on the Hull and Seiby Railway. By some it is thought to have been the Roman Station of Petuaria, mentioned by Ptolemy. It is highly probable that on this spot the Romans first planted their standard when they took possession of the north bank of the Humber. The Roman Road (Ermine Street) from Lincoln to York, had a ferry from ^Vinteringham to l>rough, and traces of this road have been discovered here ; in fact, the whole neighbourhood abounds with distinct evidence of the Roman occupation. Large numbers of Roman coins have been found from time to time, indeed, on digging in any part of the gardens at Brough, portions of Roman pottery, &c., are readily met with. ELI.OUC.HrON. 21 7 BroLigh House, the residence ot T. W. Palmer, Ks(i., J. P., stands on what is called "Castle Hill," which doubtless formed a [)ortion of the site of the old Roman camp. A regular ferry was formerly maintained across the Humher at Brough, and about the year 1840, a steam packet was brought into use in connection with it. From a deed, dated in 1794, it appears that the Ferry and all its rights were at that time sold by James Wood, of Brough, mariner, to John Barker, of Howden, gentleman, for ^465. BROUGH HOUSE. About half a mile from the village, on the high road to South Cave, at the extremity of an avenue of fine ornamental trees, may be seen an imposing obelisk bearing the following inscription : — "To Brigadier General Thomas Palmer, Col. 72nd Regt. Bengal X. I., who, after 51 years of arduous and evenlful service, died at Mussoorie whilst in Command of the Cawnpore Division, 15th April, 1854, aged 68 years. This Obelisk was erected in 1873 as a tribute to his memory. Ijy his cousin, Thomas William Palmer, J. P., of Brough, Kasi Yorkshire, who diicl 2Slh February, 1881, aged 81." 2i8 ELLOUGHTON. "Dick Turpin," the notorious highwayman, is said to have resided in an old house, near the Castle Hill, and he was arrested in the village prior to his last trial at York. Mr. ivichard lucratt, of Brough, has a cannon ball in his possession, being (jnc of many which have been found here at different times, antl it is probable that there may at some time have been a naval engagement on the H umber. Mr. W. H. Harrison-Broadley, J. P., and Mr. T. ^V. Palmer, J. P., are the principal land-owners. The Wesleyan Methodists have a neat little chapel near the Railway Station. WAULDBY. A\'auldby is on the Wold Hills about two miles east from EUoughton. The Chapel of Ease, which occupies the site of an ancient chapel, was erected in the year 1835, at a cost of about ^1000, by Mrs. Ann Raikes, Lady of the Manor, and is held in con- nection with the Living of EUoughton. In the old chapel there was a mural tal)let in memory of "John Parkinson, Lord of Wauldby,'' who died in 1676, and in the floor there was a slab inscribed to one of the Burton family, and dated in 1784. In the churchyard there are few gravestones, the oldest of which records the death, in 1692, of Matthew Meagar, merchant, of ^^^akefield. Another in memory of Arabella, wife of William Walker, of Kingston-upon-Hull, surgeon, and daughter of William Barry, of Wauldby, Esq., and relict of the late Mr. Richard Zouch, of ^^'akefleld, merchant, who died in 1789. Other stones are to the memory of members of the I^arry family. WELTON. HE Parish of Welton forms the easternmost extremity of the Manor of Ilowden, of which it is part, and comprises the townships of Wekon and Melton, the former having a population of 659, and the latter 171. Domesday. . In Domesday Book, we find the fol- lowing reference to Welton : — " Land of the Bishop of Durham. In Welleton (Welton) eighteen carucates, with tliese Berewicks, Alrecher (EUercar), eight carucates ; Walcheton (Walkington), nine carucates ; Hundeslege (Hunsley), two carucates and a half; Lugufled (Yorkefleet), one carucate and a half; there are to be taxed thirty-nine carucates, and there may be twenty ploughs Morcar held this for one manor. The Bishop of Durham now has in the demesne six 2 20 \VEi;iX),N. plouglis, and lliirlN-lIircc \illancs : and three hordars Iia\in,g nine ploughs, aiul Icii .sokciiKii with six ploughs ; and three mills pay eighteen shillings. Meadow one mile long and four ([uarentens broad. Coppice wood, four (juarenlens long and three broad. 'l"he whole manor two miles long and halt a mile broad. Value in King lulward's lime twent\- pounds, at present thirteen |)ounds." Torrk'.s Account. "The Church of Wellori was parcel of the possessions of ihe I'rior and Convent of Durham, of whose paU'onage it was a long time til! it came into the hands of the Nevills of Raljy. "27th Septr., A.1-). 1439, appropriation of the Parish Churcii of Welton and its universal rights and members to Kichd. Burton and John Barnel)y, Chaplains of the ppetual chantry founded at a certain altar in the Cathedral Church of Linccjln, before which the Lady Katherine, late Uuchess of Lancas- ter, lyes interred, to have and to hold to them and their successors Chaplains and their ppetual use for ever. Reserving to the vicar in this church to be ordained a competent portion for his sustenance, viz., Who hath hereliy to him ordained the mansion house of the rectory of the Church, together with ye glebe and all the tythe and emoluments whatsover to the same Church pertaining, which said vicar to whom the percpiisites of the Autumnal fruits do appertain, shall pay to the said Richard and John and their successors Chaplains celebrating in the Church at Lincoln for ever, the Annual pension of ;i^i3 6s. 8d. at the feast of Easter and All Saints. Furthermore willing that the said Chaplains shall pre- sent a fit chaplain to this vicarage within a month after the vacation thereof, and the said vicar, when instituted, shall also jiay these Annual pensions : — To the Archbishop of York, and his succesrs. ... 134 To the Dean and Chapter of York 6 8 To ye Prior and Convent of Dinham .. 13 4 at the feast of St. Michael, out of the fruits t)f this Church at \Yelton, \\hich apjiropriation was confirmed by John, Archbishop, on ye 25th Novr. , 1424. and by the Dean and ChajMer of ^'ork."* * Torre"s Pccitliars, p 1227. WELTON. CATAr,0(;UF, OK THE RlCCTORS OF WkLTON. Temp Instit. Vicarii Eccle. I'atroni. Vacat. 1272 1280 Hugo de Evesham R. Burnell Prior and Convent of Durham. Resig. Richd. de llertlepole Wm. de Pykerin»/^^. Temp Inst. 1371- 1397- 1397- 1406. 1414. 1424 1428. 1440. 1444. HSS- 147S. 1478 1507. 1509- 1521. 1529- Vicarii Eccle. Alan Lawvencc Will Chaffer John de ITalington Wm. Keyworth .... Johe Keisey Wm. de Clyton .... Thos. Rudde Rich. Yonge Adam Person Wm. Barnehy .... Wm. Ijernom Johe Rudd Johe Bryan Roht. Gilling Thos. Chapman Wm. Synk John Whitcote .... Will Brockelbank . Roht. Evers Roht. .Sione Roht. Michell .... Patroni. Roht. Tvrwhitt John Tyrwhitt Ric Pvckerin.'' (4). " -r Nos cum prole pia benedicat virgo Maria." The Living. The present incumbent is the Rev. T. P). Paget, M.A., Canon of York, who was appointed by the Crown in the year 1845. "^^e patronage was subsequently transferred from the Crown to the late Miss Broadley in exchange for the living of Ecton, in Northamp- tonshire. Terrier. A terrier, dated in 1809, after describing the vicarage-house and giving particulars of the glebe, &c., has the following : — " There are, belonging to this vicarage, certain houses and lands called and known by the name of Priesthold, for which the Vicar receives yearly out- rents and fines at every change, and he the said Vicar keeps a Court at pleasure. Easier Offerings due to the Vicar for every communicant he receives two pence. The Vicar likewise receives a mortuary of ten shillings at the death of every male householder who dies worth thirty pounds and upwards, and for every householder under that sum, three shillings and fourpence." WELTON. 229 Charities. '■ The White Bread Charity Land. Robert Mason, by surrender, dated l6th November, 1694, appointed the sum of /^i 14s. 8d. out of divers lands in Welton to be expended in the purchase of White Bread for the poor of Welton ; and James Shaw, Esqre. , by his surrender, bearing date 17th April, 1764, and Will dated 13th December, 1764, gave all his interest in the surplus of the rents and profits of the same lands for the following purposes ; two guineas per annum to the Schoolmaster for teaching si.x poor children to read and write, and the residue of the rents is applied in occasional assistance to the poor in house-rent, coals, and medical relief, and sometimes in money weekly — the Commissioners censured the directions of the Deed, as to the sums laid out in bread, and expected that the Charity would henceforth be administered with more care and attention. " The Bull Ings and poor land, 5a. ir. 23p. of land let at the time of the report for £g los. per annum, granted by award dated ist ^lay, 1752, and under an Act, passed 24th Geo. II., the Commissioners awarded to Robert Best and John Dilock, the then Constables, and other inhabitants of Welton, 3a. or. 22p. of ings land for the buying and keeping a bull for the use of the inhabi- tants, and 2a. ir. ip. of land for the poor ; the rents are divided in the pro- portion of two thirds to Welton and one third in the township of Melton, to poor persons by the Overseers, respectively ; that to Welton being confined to poor persons not receiving collection. The Commissioners reported that from 1813 to the time of the report the rents had been included in one and the same account for the benefit as presumed of Welton township only, and they intima- ted that the rents ought to be divided and applied as they used to be in 1787, and that the application in Melton should be according to established cvstom. Randall's and Askam's gifts, ;,^20 and ;i{^5 ; the interest ^i 5s. od., was formerly paid by a William Nelson, and applied for the benefit of the poor of Welton, but about iSii the money was paid in and supposed to be applied to parochial purposes, no interest being now received therefrom. Walter Stickney's benefaction, by will dated 21st Oct., 1791 ; interest of £^ 5s. od. for bread for the most needy poor which is distributed in loaves of three pennyworth each at the Church on every Trinity Sunday at the discretion of the Minister and Churchwardens." * Chapels. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have Chapels in the village. " Charity Commissioners' loth Report, p 663. 230 W ELTON. Welton Dale. At a short distance from the village is Welton Dale, a place of great resort by the inhabitants of Hull and neighbourhood. After passing the cottage at the entrance to the Dale, there is a wood on the left, and a hill to the right. From the latter, extensive and delightful views may be obtained of the Humber and the adjacent country. In the Dale is The Mausoleum. This building was erected as the last resting place of members of the Raikes family. It is a circular building, very chaste, of the Doric order, surmounted by a dome. The whole is of stone sixty-seven feet in circumference and thirty-eight feet high. A mural marble tablet in the building has the following inscription : — - " Within this Mausoleum are deposited the mortal remains of Robert Raikes, Esq., of Welton House, who depaned this life on the 20th day of August, 1837, aged 72 years." Other members of the family are also interred there. NORTH FERRIBY, . Hgl^ /^^ ^^fe. ''^^B ^ I 1 k. ^m jJ^>^/T\ ' ^^ >*- j'''' / / ^ .. X i .„ / Nt>^ A\?- N Domesday we find the following references to North Ferriby : — " Lands of the Earl of Morton. In Ferebi (Ferriby) Siward had half a carucate to be taxed, and there may be one plough. In these Nigel has three villanes having half a plough. Land of Ralph de Mortimer. Manor. In Ferebi (Ferriby) Eddina has ten carucates of land to be taxed. There is land to five ploughs. Ralph has now there fourteen villanes with three ploughs. There is a Church and a priest. Value in King Edward's time one hundred shillings, now sixty shillings." * At North Ferriby there was formerly a priory of the Knight Templars, or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, founded about the * Bawdwen's Translation, p 184. 232 NORTH FERRIBY. year 1200 by Lord Eustace Broomfleet. In the reign of Edward IV., Sir William Taylboys, Knt., was Lord of Ferriby, but forfeiting it to the King for rebellion, it was granted to Bourchier, Lord Cromwell. One of the Earls of Cumberland endowed the Monastery with ;£()$ iis. 8d. per annum, but it was dissolved in the time of Henry VIII. , the revenues being then valued at jQ6o IS. 2d. The site of the priory was said to have had a hundred different owners between its dissolution in 1536 and the year 1696, and "all those were commonly ruined or reduced to beggary who had anything to do with it." * In an old account of St. Mary's Church, PIull, mention is made of the Knight Templars of Ferriby obtaining a license for divine service there in behalf of their parishioners, and there is a memorandum " that the Low Church of Kingston-upon-Hull was impropriate unto the monastery of Ferriby, the ministers thereof being called curates." In the twenty-seventh Henry VI. " the convent of the house and church of the blessed Virgin Mary of North Ferriby, of the order of the Temple at Jerusalem, granted liberty to lay leaden pipes from Anlaby to North Ferriby, to convey fresh water." Nothing at the present time remains of this once venerable monastery. A free-school was founded here by L. Lillington, Esq., and endowed by him with ten pounds per annum, " for the instruction of twelve children in reading writing and accompts." The handsome house built of red brick, formerly the resi- dence of the Etherington family, is now the property of Mrs. Turner, the Lady of the Manor. Torre's Account. " The Church at Ferriby was a rectory anciently belonging to the Lord Vescys till the Advowson tliereof was given by William de Vescy to the new * Hadley's History of Hull, p 850. NORTH FERRIBY. 233 founded priory of the Knighl Templars of North Ferriby, and on the Ides of March, 1332, was, by WiUiam, Archbishop of York, appropriated to that religious house, who, for indemnity of his Cathedral Church thereby, and in sign and subjection of it thereunto reserved out of the prohts and fruits thereof to himself and successors Archbishops, the Annual pension of 40s. , and on 2nd none of May, 1332, he ordained that a perpetual vicar should be in this Church of North Ferriby, presentible by the prior and brethren of the order of Knight Templars thereof, and should personally reside in the Church, having govern- ment of the parishioners and exercise the cure of Souls, and so cause the Church to be laudably .served in divine offices, in which respect he shall have for the portion of his vicarage and sustentation 20 marks sterling, payd him quarterly per annum by the said prior and brethren out of the fruits and profits of the Church ; also, he shall have for his habitation the third part of the area of the mansion of the rectoiy, the said prior and brethren bearing all burdens ordinary and extraordinary of the Church, so as the vicar shall be tyed to none of them, only that he shall serve the Church by himself or a sufficient substitute, and at his cost to find one Chaplain to celebrate thrice a week in the chapel at Swan- land, and shall find and sustain that Chantry as the rector of the Church of North Ferriby was herebefore accustomed to do, and on i6th May, 1348, licence was granted to the prior and Convent of Ferriby. " List of the Rectors. Temp Instit. Vicarii Eccle. I Patroni. Ricardus de Vescy ' Dame Agnes de Vescy Wm. de Monceux I Tho. de Romenara \ Wm. de Bollington ' Wm. de Vescy. Wm. de Moynge Prior and Brethren of N. Ferriby. Wm. de la Mare ! Walt, de Bedewynd I Wm. de Ferriby 1 List of the Vicars. 1 2th April, 1272 8th Jan., 1281 2nd Sep., 1282 1 2th June, 1294 17th Aug., 1315 23rd July, 1322 23rd Dec, 1328 13th June, 1330 Temp Instit. loth July, 1343 loth Oct., 1348 loth Oct., 1349 Vicarii Eccle. j Patroni. Robt. de Fenningley ' Wm. de Givendale J ohe de Kil Ijom 1 234 NORTH FERRIBY. List of the Yicars. —Co/itifiued. Temp Instit. 20th Mar., 137 1 20th J'in. , 1377 loth Dec, 1389 14th April, 141 1st Jan., 1434 19th April, 1458 3rd Jan., 1479 24th Feb., 1 48 1 22nd Nov., 1506 20th June, 3rd July, 24th Dec., jid June, 2nd Aug. , 29th April, 5th Oct., 9th Sep., I ith June, 1532 1540 1569 1573 1589 1608 1611 1629 1635 Vicarii Eccle. Pet da Newton Canon ... Pet do Crayke Wni de Anlagnhy Canon Rnhl. White Johe de Martin Richd. Hessyl Tho. Barton Peter Frothyngham Johe Baynton Johe Yorke Rich Hothome Johe Holme Johe Bawdewyne Johe Burgh Robt. Langryg J oh Morgan Egidus Baynes Geo. Thompson, B.A. ... Tho. North Tho. Browne Johe Nelson Jas. Roberts Patroni. Hen. VIII. Elizth. Regina F. Haldenby Continuation since Torre's List. Temp Instit. 1702 1731 1766 1800 iS iJ 1847 1880 Vicarii Eccle. Henry Tiplin William Huntington Joseph Milner Josiah Rodwell John Scott Thomas Dykes Charles Newby Wawne Thomas Maylin Theed, LL.B. Patroni. NORTH FERRIBY. 235 Testamentary Burials. "27th March, a.d., 1342. — Nicholas Swanland, Son of John, to l)e buried in the Churchyard of North Ferriliy, and bequeaths Iiis liest animal for his mortuary. 22nd Nov., A.I)., 1452. — Thos. Ilaldenby, of Swanland, in the psh. of North Ferriby, to be buried in the Church of All Saints. 3rd. Jan., A.I). 1458. — Nicholas Kirkman, of Swanland, (a true Catholic, believing as the Church believes) to be buried in the Church. i6thjune, a.d. 1591. — Giles Baynes, Vicar, to be buried m the Church."* The Church. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is at the southern end of the village, and is surrounded by lofty trees. It is a beautiful structure, consisting of a nave, with aisles, a chancel, north and south porches, and a west tower surmounted by an octagonal spire. It stands on the site of the old church, and was entirely re-built in 1849. The interior is neat, the nave and aisles are sei)arated by arcades of four pointed arches. The east window, and the windows of the south aisle are filled with stained glass. There is an elegant modern font, the gift of the late Edward Smith, Esq. ; it is octagonal, the stem being surrounded by eight polished granite columns, and round the rim is an appropriate verse of scripture. The body of the church is seated with open pine seats. The dimensions of the nave are 50ft. long by 43ft. wide, including the aisles; and of the chancel, 28ft. by i6ft. The tower contains a ring of five bells, one of which is a pre- reformation bell, with an inscription in fine Gothic letters. It probably dates from the commencement of the 15th century. The inscriptions on the bells are as follows : — 1, " O Lord, in thee have I trusted and have not been confounded. — Mears, founders, London, 1848." 2. " G. Mears and Co., Founders, London, 1864." * Torre's MSS., p 1091. 236 NORTH FERRIBY. 3. " IHESVS BE OVR SPEDE 160I RC, OL." 4. "iME. Ave Maria (iracia plena. " rW* • ■' {^ L^ r^' Hji Deo Gloria in Svpremis, 1726. Chr. Watson, Peter Burrill, Churchwardens. NORTH FERRIBY. 237 Thtl Living. The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of Mrs. Turner, and in the incumbency of the Rev. T. M. Theed, LL.B., of St. John's College, Cambridge. Monuments, &c., in the Church. Within the altar-rails, in a recess on the north side, is a hand- some marhle monument to the memory of Urigadier Luke Lillington and his wife. It consists of an altar-tomb, suraiounted by the kneeling efifigies of a man in armour with a flowing wig, and a truncheon in his hand, and a lady in a loose robe — both life size. Beneath is the following inscription : — " Here lieth Brigadier Luke Lillington, late of Battesford, in the County of Lincoln, who departed this life April the 6th, 1713, in the 60th year of his age ; and of Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Robert Saunderson, late of Bom- mel, in the province of Gulderland, who died Oct. iSth, 1699, aged 58." On the wall of the north aisle a large mural tablet , — " This monument, erected to the memory of the Etherington family, who for many years resided in this village, and whose remains are deposited below. Henry Etherington, Esq., Merchant, twice Mayor of Kingston-upon-Hull, died 2nd of November, 1760, aged 67 years. Jane, his wife, daughter of George Porter, Gent., died 15th April, 1739, aged 40 years. Lady Maria Constantine Etherington, daughter of the late Sir Thos. Cave, Bart., of Stanford Hall, Leicestershire, and Wife of Sir Henry Etherington, Bart., son of the above, died 24th Feby., 1811, aged 66 years. Sir Henry Etherington, Bart., who was twice Mayor of Hull, created a Baronet in 1773, Died without issue, August i6th 18 19, aged 88 years. His Estates descended to his great-niece, the Rt. Hon. ALary Beauclerk, only daughter of the Duke of St. Albans, who was married in 181 1 to the Rt. Hon. Viscount Deerhurst, eldest son of the Earl of Coventry. Taught of God, we should view losses, sickness, Pain and death, but as the several trying stages by which a good man like Joseph is conducted from a lent to a Court. Sin his disorder, Christ his physician, 238 NORTH FERRIHY. Pain his medicine, the Bible his support, the ^rave his rest, and death it- self an angel expressly sent to release the worn-out labourer, or crown the faithful soldier." On the wall of the south aisle : — "Mr. Francis Pryme, of Hull, died the 7th July, 1769, aged 67. Rebecca, his wife, the 28th of May, 1750, aged 39. Frances, their daughter, the 31st Oct., 1746. Christopher Pryme, son of Francis Pryme, by Mary, his first wife, the 20th Oct., 1784, aged 46. Alice, his widow, died at Hull on the l6th of October, 1834, aged 86." Under the tower : — " Sacred to the memory of Jane, wife of Henry Watson, of North Ferriby, who departed this life June 26th, 1808, aged 48 years ; also the al)o\e named Henry Watson, who died April the 23rd, 1820, aged 61 years." On the opposite wall : — " To the Memory of Robert Galland, Attorney at Law, of Kingston-upon- Hull, who died 19th Sept., 1817, aged nearly 56."" A mural brass over the south door : — " In memory of John Todd of Tranby Park, and Halnaby Hall, in the County of York, Esq., who deptd. this life 6th June, 1854, aged 65 years ; also of Jane, his wife, who died 19th Sep., 1866, aged 77 years." Another in the south aisle : — " In memory of Edward Smith, of Ferriby, born i6th of May, 1809, died i6th August, 1873. In memory of Hester .Smith, Widow of the above, born 15th Oct., 1816, died 30th June, 1888." Roman Catholics. By a return, under the hands of the Mayor and .A.ldermen of Kingston-upon-Hull, in 1604, it is certified that at North Ferriby there were : — "John Thompsone, Anne Craven, laitelie kept in the house of Robert Dalton, Esquier, and departed from thence vpon Easter even last ; new Recusants. Anne Dalton, mother to the said Robert Dalton. Elizabeth, his wife. Thomas Dalton, his sonne. Robert Bacon, ye younger. Anne, his wife, and Margaret Crathorne. Recusants since Marche, 1603." * * Rawlinson's MS. (B 452), Bodleian Library. NORTH FERRIBY. 239 Charities. " Luke Lillinglon's chanty ; by will, dated 5th Novemlier, 1773, dividends on;i^333 6s. 8d. , three per cent consols, for teaching ten poor children reading and writing. Sir Henry Etherington's, Charity ; by deed, dated, 14th February, 1781, rent charge of^il Is. od. per annum, ;({^io, part thereof, for teaching 10 poor children, boys and girls, reading, writing, and accounts, and the remaining £1 Is. od. to the minister for reading the deed every Whit Sunday, after the sermon. Thomas Walker's dole ; by will, dated 22nd November, 1596, rent charge of 20s. per annum to the poor of N. Ferriby and Swanland. Payment now refused, as the Churchwardens are unable to identify the property."* Chapel. The Primitive Methodist Chapel, erected in 1877, at a cost of ;^iooo, will accommodate two hundred persons. The old chapel, built in 1828, is now used as the Odd Fellows' Hall. School. The Turner Memorial School, was built in 1877, and is one of many gifts by Mrs. Turner, in memory of her late husband, Charles Turner, Esq., M.P. for Liverpool. The population of the parish is 446. SWANLAND. Swanland is a township and village lying partly in the parish of North Ferriby, the remainder being in Kirk-Ella parish. The township covers an area of 41 18 acres, with a population of 453. The village is delightfully situated, about a mile to the north of Ferriby, and, from elevated positions in the township, magnificent views may be obtained of the whole course of the * Charity Commissioners' 9th Report, p 814. 240 NORTH FERRIBY. Huniber down to Spurn, the IJncolnshire and Yorkshire coasts of that ri\-er, and of Holderness. SwANLAND Manor. Swanland Manor is the residence of James Reckitt, Esq,, J. P., who is Lord of the Manor of Swanland. Swanland Manor. It is situated in a small but beautifully wooded park. The house was built about half a century ago by the late Henry Watson, Esq., near the site of an older structure, and is a handsome specimen of pure Elizabethan architecture. The interior is decorated in the Jacobean style, the hall and drawing-room ceilings being fine specimens of this form of decoration. The mansion contains the largest collection of modern pictures in the neighbourhood, amongst which are fine examples by the following artists : — NORTH I'l-.KRlllV. 241 Virginia \\'atci- Turner, A'../. Tivoli Do. Noon ]V. H. B. Davis, R.A. Ireland E. Lons, R.A. Andalusian Horses R. Aiisdel/, R.A. Le Medicine malgre lui W. R. Frith, R.A. Sheep and Oxen T. S. Cooper, R. A. Falaise Birket Rosier. Venetian Scenes Do. Forest Solitudes Mc. Whirier, A. R.A. Cupid's Curse Leslie, R.A. A Cooling Draught Harry Marks, R.A. Cornfield Vicat Cole, R.A. Wee Auntie J eanie ... T Faed, R.A. The Lord hath given, &:c Frank Hoi/, R.A. Eastern Beauty Carl Haghe Turkeys Phil Morris, A.R A. Dewy Morn B. W. Leader, A. R.A. Family Portraits /. Sani, R.A. Charles L, and Courtiers before the Battle of Naseby : a large historical picture Lasktf J. Poit. Girl and Dogs Heywood Hardy, A.R.A. The pictures by Leader, Ansdell, and Laslett Pott, are sup- posed to be their masterpieces, and the work by Holl the picture that first brought him into notice. There are also fine examples by Goodall, R.A., Carl Ritter, Pyne, T. M. Richardson, Prout, Louis Hadg, Herring, Perugini, James Hardy, Hayllar, Wm. Hunt, Brett, A.R.A F W. W. Top- 242 NORTH I'ERRIBY. ham. j. W. 'ropliain, Mrs. Angel, (i. IJoughton, A.R.A., .Vriiil'iclil, Fred Tayler, Ed. Duncan, Josef Israels, H. Dawson, Edward Frere, Calderon, R..'\., and many others. TNDEPKNnKNT ChaPEL. In tlie cjntre of the village stands the Independent Chapel, erected in 1S03, near the site of an earlier one, built in 1693. Little is known of the origin of the congregation, which is one of the oldest Independent Societies in the County. Tradition has it that for many years antecedent to the erection of a chapel, the worshippers had met in a ruined chantry, all trace of which is now lost, except a small mound covering part of the foundations, in a paddock at the west end of the village, and which possibly may he the only remaining portion of the chantry formerly connected with the monastery at Ferriby. The former chapel appears to have been larger than the present one, for in a record, dated in 17 15, the con- gregation is reported as "consisting of 450, of whom 20 had votes for the County." At that period, the worshippers gathered from very distant places. The present chapel, altered and renovated in 1881, will accommodate 250 persons. The solid silver cups, used at the Communion services, form interesting historical links with the past. One of them bears the inscription — " The gift of Thos. U'atson to ye Dissenting Congregation in Swanland, 1723." And the other was "the bequest of Jeremiah Turner, in 17S9." During the entire history of the chapel, its pastor has been the sole minister resident in the village, the only other place of worship t)eing a small Primitive Methodist Chapel, served by the Circuit Ministers from Hull. The present occupant of "The Parsonage" is the Rev. J. E. Whitehead, who undertook the pastorate in 1872. For a long period of years the school-room attached to the NORIH FERRIBY. 243 chapel was u^-cA for both l)ay-School and Sunday-School purposes. It is worthy of note that the Sunday School is the oldest in the East Riding. It was commenced early in 1798 (only nine years after Robert Raikes founded the first Sunday School in Gloucester) and was followed the same year by one at Beverley. The day school was established at a still earlier period, dating from the close of the I 7 th century. In the year 1876, the present handsome school buildings were erected for the accommodation of both the day and Sunday schools. \Vith their site and complete furnishings they were the gift of John Todd, Esq., J. P., of Swanland Hall. Charities. "Nathaniel Woodmanscy's gift ; by will dated 29th July, 1719, rent of la. ir. of land. One half to the Pre^ihyterian Minister of Swanland and the remainder to the Schoolmaster. Jeremiah Turner's charity; by will dated 14th July, 1789, dividends on ;^8i5 163. id. navy five per cents, to the Minister of Swanland and his Clerk, to be chosen by the men commimicants for that purpose, to officiate every Lord's day in the old Chapel at Swanland, the Minister to keep the testator's toml:) and tombstone in North Ferriby Churcli yard in good repair. The dividends on /204 6s. lod., part of the said £8lS i6s. id., to be paid to the Minister's Clerk, who should act as schoolmaster, for which he teaches twelve poor children between the ages of si.K and twelve years reading and writing. The children are appointed by the Minister." * * Charity Commissioners' 9th Report, p S14. i^sr-^sH—Hisfc* ^^^.^j gS4g-. 1202, Rol)ert Duket, parson of this Church of Hasel, recognised himself to owe to Ronald, prior and convent of Gisburne, those 2 ) Marks whicii they had paid to I'ope Innocent the 3rd, for the charge of one year of tliis church, which was afterwards appropriated to the said Monastery, and a \icarage endowed, and on igih of June, a.d., 1324 it was ordained that the prior and convent of Ciislmrne shall present one of their t)wn canons to the vicarage when vacant, to which vicarage the Chapel of St. Trinity, of Hull, was annexed.'"* In 1487, Rohcrt Sisson, of Hcssle, by his will gave two acres of land in the field of Messle, to pay two shillings yearly for ever to the Priests and (iiiikls celebrating mass, and other twenty shillings yearly for a mass, and obsequies to be celebrated for the good of his own s(nil in the said church, upon the next Holy day for ever after the feast of the nativity of St. John the Baptist as expressed in two indentures made for that purpose. "In 1525, William Hayton, of Hessle, by his will bequeathed to Robert Hayton and his heirs three acres of land, upon condition that he and they should for e\'ermore cause a mass and dirge to be said in the same church, for the good and welfare of his soul. In the year 1526, Thomas Michael, by his will, directed that the Church-wardens of the Church of Hessle should have for ever two shillings a \-ear out of a parcel of land and meadow called Plumpton, containing about two acres, towards the perpetual upholding of the said church, and that other two shillings a year should be i)aid yearly out of the same to the vicar of the said church " to keei) an obit for the good of his soul, upon the 6th day of .\[)ril, or within the eight days following, and if he neglect the same, the Churchwardens are to enter upon the land, receive the two shillings, and cause it to be expended as above directed." * Burton's Monasticon, p 346. 246 HESSLE. In 40 Edward III., A\'illiam dc la Pule died seized of the Manor of Ilcssle. At this place lived Thomas le Moyne, whose descendants intermarried with the Ferrihys of I'Y'rriby, the Portingtons of Portington. the Anlabys of Anlaby, and the Legards of Anlaby. The parish formerly extended as far as the Western bank of the River Hull, and included the Lordship of Myton, and the site of the present town of Kingston-upon-IIull, with the exception of a small portion which constituted the chapelry of St. Mary, then belonging to the Knight Temjtlars at Ferriby. Hessle Church was consequently considered the Mother Church of the Holy Trinity at Hull, and this connection lasted for over 300 years. The separa- tion was effected by an Act of Parliament in 1661. An Act was passed in the 32nd of George III., for dividing, enclosing, draining, and improving the open fields, meadows, pas- tures, commons and waste grounds within the several townships or hamlets of Hessle, Anlaby, and Tranby. The population is 2810. Charles Percy Sykes, Esq., of Westella, is Lord of the Manor. The Church. The church, dedicated to All Saints, was restored in 1S69, at a cost of ^Sooo. It has a chancel, with chancel aisles, nave and aisles, tower, spire, two porches, and organ ; the arcades of the nave and chancel, and the north and south doors, are of early English architecture ; the windows of the south aisle, and the east and west windows are decorated, the remainder of the church being of the late perpendicular. The register dates from the year 1561. In the tower are four bells with these inscriptions : — HESSLE. 247 1. " God save the Church. 1756. Rolicrt Lamljcrt, Vicar. Chr. I'incham, Robt. Wetwang, Churcli wardens. " 2. " Deo Gloria ]ia\ IIomnil)us. 1684'" 3. " lesvs Be ovr S])ecd. 1611." 4. '' All men that hear my niovrnfvl sovnd Re[)ent before yov lie in Grovnd. W.W. GO, Churchwardens, 1641." The living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge ^30, gross yearly value ^396, including 180 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and has been held since 1884 by the Rev. Arthur Kaye, M.A , of Magdalen College, Oxford. Monuments, &c., in the Church. On the North wall of the chancel is a small brass which was found during the restoration of the church, bearing the following inscription : — " Hkvc unDer Ketb Dame an percv, "Mite to sgr benrv perc^, to bini bair xvu. cbilOrcii wbicb an DcparteD tbe xix. Daw of December tbe ^eav ot our XorD mvxxi. on wobis soullis 3-bu bave merc^." In the floor of the nave on a blue stone : — " He whose remains now rest beneath this stone In social grace and filial duty shone ; Good was his judgment, his discernment clear, Ardent his friendship and his soul sincere ; ■Such was't thou, Pease, here peaceful rest thy dust Till waked at the revival of the just. Robert Pease, Escj. , Banker, son of Joseph Pease, Esq., of Kingston-upon- Hull, Merchant, died 19th March, 1770, aged 52 years." Within the altar rails, in a recess on a brass : — " To the Glory of God and in memory of Joseph l\ol)inson Pease of Ilesslewood, who died May 27th, 1S66, aged 76, this chancel window is dedi- cated by his family, Easter, 1S70."' 24its, and fisheries. How many freemen, socmen, villanes, bordars, &c. What churches and priests. What land is waste, and what the land was let for in the time of King Edward ; and what the then present rent, &c. EXPLAN.\TION OF SOME OF THE TfRMS USED IN Domesday Book. Bordars, — (Bordarii), boors or husbandmen holding a little house with some land of husbandry bigger than a cottage. Co- well says the Bordarii were distinct from the Servi and Villini, and seem to be of a less servile condition, having a bord or cottage with a small parcel of land allowed them on condition that they should supply the Lord with poultry and eggs, and other small provisions for his board and entertainment, SoKEMEN. — Some of the King's sokemen were very great, as were also some of the larger sort of other great men's, and had manors within the soke, which sort we now call Mesne Lords ; but the most general sort of sokemen were sucli as the Saxons called lesser thanes ; the Danes, young men, and we still call yeomen, being free of blood and lit for honourable service. Villanes. — So called because they lived chiefly in villages and were employed in the rustic works of the most sordid kind, belonging chiefly to the Lords of the Manors and annexed to the Manor or land, or else they were in gross or at large, that is, annexed to the person of the lord and transferable by deed from one owner to another. They could not leave their Lord without his permission, and their children were in the same state, being the property of the Lord of the Manor. They could acquire no property of their own either in land or goods.— 6'/> Ed. Coke, AlMn<:NDIX. 273 Carucate.-— One luindrod acres of land, six sc(jie t(; the hundred. — Dr. Thornton. Demesne. — Demain or Domain signifies Patrimonium do- mini. Demain, according to common speech are the lord's chief manor places, with the lands thereunto belonging, which he and his ancestors have from time to time kept in their own manual occupation for the maintenance of themselves and their families ; and all the parts of a manor, except what is in the hands of freeholders, are said to be demains. An Oxgang. — Una bovafa terrx \Ndi^ originally as much land as an ox-team could plough in a year. Eight oxgangs, of fifteen acres each, have been said to make a carucate, but the quantity of land in an oxgang varied from eight to twenty-four acres. Caru- cate terroe and bovata terroe are words compound, and may contain meadow, pasture, and wood necessary for such tillage. * THE FEUDAL SYSTEM. The feudal polity, which by degrees established itself over all the continent of Europe, seems not to have been received in this part of our island, at least not universally, and as a part of the national constitution, till the reign of William the Norman. This introduction of the feudal tenures into England, by King William, does not seem to have been effected immediately after the Conquest, nor by the mere arbitrary will of the Conqueror ; but to have been gradually established by the Norman Barons and others, in such forfeited lands as they received from the Con- queror ; and upon the principle of self-security. In consequence of this change it became a fundamental maxim and necessary * Coke on Littleton, Inst., i, p 5. T 2 74 APPENDIX. ])rinciple Cthough in reality a mere fiction) of our English tenures, " that the King is the universal lord and original proprietor of all the lands in his kingdom ; and that no man doth or can possess any part of it, but what has mediately or immediately been derived as a gift from him, to be held upon feodal services." Almost all the real property of this kingdom was formerly, by the policy of our laws, supposed to be granted by and holden of some superior lord, in consideration of certain services to be rendered to the lord by the tenant or possessor of the property. The thing holden is therefore called a tene?ne7if, the possessors thereof, tenants, and the manner of their possession a feni/?-e. All tenures being thus derived from the King, those who held immediately under him were called his tenants in capite or in chief Where the service was free but uncertain, as military service with homage, that tenure was called Knight-service. A Knight was bound to serve the King on horseback, or maintain a soldier in war at his own cost. One who held land by Knight service was obliged to attend his lord in war for forty days in every year if called upon ; which attendance was his redditus or rent for the quantity of land which was called a Knight's fee. Where the service was not only free, but also certain, as by fealty only, or by rent an.d fealty, &c., that tenure was called _/r^^ socage. These were the only free holdings ; the others were villenous or servile, the services being such as were fit only for peasants or persons of a servile rank ; as to plough the lord's land, to make his hedges, to carry out his dung, or other mean employ- ment. Thus much for the species of tenure, under which almost all the free lands of the kingdom were holden till the restoration in 1660. * * Blackstone's Cof/uuoifaries on the Laws of England, Vol. II. pp 47-79. Al'FENDEX. 275 FEET OF FINES. The collection of fines now in the Public Record Office, and extending from the time of Henry II., to the year 1834, is a splendid example of a system of registration of assurances. It dates from a period when the only other common mode of transfer- ring freehold lands was by charter of feoffment, which did not pos- sess the great advantage which a fine had, of being a matter of record, and therefore always available as evidence, when a feoffment might be lost or destroyed. Fines therefore, were very generally used in former days as a means of transferring property, and from the many details which they give, both of genealogy and topography, and from the long period which they cover, they may well be said to be among the most valuable of all the public records. Fines were abolished by Statute 3 and 4 William IV., c 74, from the 31st December, 1833, and more simple modes of assurance were substituted. They are, therefore, now not often met with in the investigation of the titles of freehold estates, and the study of this branch of the law of real property is gradually being abandoned to students of family history and topography. A fine, then, is understood by conveyancers to be a means of transferring property through the agency of an action or suit at law, whether real or fictitious, between the demandant and tenant with the consent of the judges. To effect this purpose of transfer, the following plan was adopted : a suit was commenced concerning the lands intended to be conveyed, and when the writ was sued out, and the parties appeared in court, a composition of the suit was entered into, with the consent of the judges, whereby the lands in question were declared to be the right of one of the contending 276 ATPENDIX. parties, and this agreement was enrolled anionii; the records of the court. The agreement entered into openly in the Court of Common Pleas, or before the Chief Justice of that Court, or Commissioners duly authorised for the pur[)ose, was the substance of the fine, and it was usually an acknowledgment from the deforciants or those who kept the others out of possession, that the lands in question were the right of the demandants. TAMES TORRE, THE HISTORIAN. Mr. James Torre, an author from whose MS. writings we have made liberal extracts, was born at Haxey, in the Isle of Axholme, in 1650. He was the son of a Mr. Gregory Torre (who was buried there in 1660) by Anne, daughter and heiress of John P\ane, of Epworth. James Torre sold his Lincolnshire property in 1669, and purchased Snydale Hall, near Normanton. In the Cathedral Library at York there are five folio volumes of Torre's Manuscripts relating to Yorkshire, which were given to the library by the executors of Archbishop Sharp. These folios contain a vast amount of valuable information respecting churches, livings, testamen- tary burials, ck, Brough ... Hull ... Borough .Surveyor, Hull Bleak House, Wallingfen Brough Hull Tranby Croft .South Cave Cottingham Hoiham Brough Melton Halnahy Hall, Croft .South Cave Rusk View, Ontario, Canada South Cave ... Cottingham Conynghnm Hall, Knaresborough Elloughton ... Hull Hotham-I louse .^m^ CORRIGENDA. Page, 23, line 11 : delete " In 1669 " and read " The Manor was afterwards," &c. Page, 41, 4th line from bottom : delete comma after " proprietor " ,, 123, line 18, for "wood," read " woad." „ 134, line 3, read : "The Living is in the gift of the Arch- bishop of York, and is now held by the Rev. H. T. Hutchinson." Page 136: heading, should read " Plotham " instead of " Sancton." INDEX. Adelingflet, John de, lo. Airy Mount, description of, 64. Alan, Master of Knight Templars, 8. Allerthorpe, Laurence de, commission issued to, 164. Amphitheatre at ITessleskew, 126. Anabaptists, register of, at Eastring- ton, 160. Anglo-Saxon Ornaments found at Sancton, 124. Anlahy, 266. Arms of Barnard of South Cave, 27. ,, the Baroness Braye, 98. ,, Cave of Stretton-en-le-Field, 99- ,, Cave of Yateley, Co. Hants, loi. ,, Ellerker of Ellerker, 193. )i ,, Risby, 192. ,, Pease of Hesslewood, 254. ,, Portington of Portington 162. ,, Smethley of Brantingham, 196. Aske, Richard, Esq., 186. ,, Robert, Esq., 202. ,, Christopher, 202. Babthorpe, Ralph de, 1S2. Bailey, W. S. Esq. , 267. Bailiwick of South Cave. 2, 12. Bannister, Alderman, monument to, in Hessle Church, 248. Barff, Rev. Charles, 59. Barker, Sarah, centenarian, 85. l>ark\vorth, monument, Hessle Church, 24S. Barnard, Pedigree of, 27. ,, Family of, 30. Baron, Mr. George, 41, 90, 171. Bath, Bishop of, 4. Bayock, Rev. Jas. , 55, 56, 57. Bells, 42, 115, 130, 130, 159, 182. 196, 216, 228, 235, 247, 265. P.ennett, Rev. W. M., 211. Bentley, 179. Berrys, John, of Kirk-Ella, 263. Blacktoft, 166. Blaydes, Mr. Hugh, Hull, 253. Bohun, Humphrey de, 5. Bordars, 272. Brantingham, 194. Brantingham Thorpe, 35, 200. Braye, Lord, 94. 288 INDEX. Broaillfy, \V. 11. II inison, j,]'. 2, 179 „ Miss Sophia, of Welton, 225 Brough, 216. ,, House, the seat of T. W. Palmer, J. P., 216. ,, Ferry, 216. Bromfiete, Sir T. Knight, 11. Bromfieet, 174. Bronze Ornaments at Sancton, 124. Brownlovv, Alderman, of Hull, 204. Brunanburgh, Battle of, 189. Buckton, Peter de, 5. Burgesses of Beverley, 1 2. Burial Ground at Cave, 64. Burials in Woollen, 53. Burials, Testamentary, from the Torre MS.S., 44, 75, III, 129, 142, 154, 188, 200, 208, 224, 235, 258, 262. Burton's Ecclesiastical History of Yorkshire, 181, 259, 265, 266. Busfeild, Rev. W., 196. Carewe, Peter, Knight, 167. Carucate, 273. Cave, South, i. ,, Alexander de, 44, 180. ,, Family, of, 93. ,, of Cave, Co. York. ,, of Stanford, Co., Leicester, 97. ,, of Stretton-en-le-Field, Co., Derby, 99. ., of Yateley, Co. Hants., 100. ,, Fair, 7. ,, Castle, at, 61. ,, Cheesecakes, 7. Chamberlane, Mr. Leonard, 182-251. ,, Catherine, 182. Chantry of Hromflect, 177. ,, of Melton, 222. ,, of Swanland, 241. Chapel of the Kllerkers in Rowley Church, 184, 185, 186. Charities at South Cave, 54. 55. ,, North Cave, 83. ,, Eastrington, 160. ,, Elloughton, 212. ,, Ferriby, 239. ,, Kirk-Ella, 265. ,, Newbald, 119. ,, Swanland, 243. ,, \Yelton, 226. Charter granted to the Knight Tem- plars, 4. Charters granted to Peter Deyvill, 4. Chichley, Sir T. 175. Church of St. Peter, Anlaby, 266. ,, All Saints, Brantingham, 195. ,, ., Bromfieet, 177. ,, ,, South Cave, 40. ,, ,, North Cave, 78. ,, .St. Michael's, Eastrington, 155 ,, All Saints, Ferriby, 236. ,, ,, Hessle, 246. ,, St. Oswald, Hotham, 139. Holy Trinity, Hull, 246. ,, St. Andrew's, Kirk-Ella, 262. ,, St. Nicholas, Newbald, 112. ,, St. Peter's Rowley, 182. ,, All Hallows, Sancton, 120. ,, St. Helen's ^Yelton, 225. Churchwarden's Accounts, South Cave, 53. Churchwarden's Accounts, Newbald, 118. Clitherow, Col., E.J.S., 138. Clowes, Rev., William 60. INDEX. 289 Colleclion of Pictures at Cave Castle, 61, 62. Collection of Pictures at Swnnland Manor, 241. Commonwealth, period of, 22. Constable, Rol^ert of Flambro, 81. ,, ,, Hotham, 76. ., John of Holderness, 181. Congregational Chapel at South Cave, 55- Congregational Chapel at EUoughton, 214. Congregational Chapel at Swanland, 242. Congregational ^linisters at South Cave, 59. Communion Plate at North Cave, 81. ,, South Cave, 51. Cutler, Sir John, Bart., 24, 171. 13 Danby, 13, 14, 16, 18, 21, 22. Danthorpe, Thos. de, 71. Darraynes of Drewlon, II. Da vies George, 176. Demesne, 273. Denbigh, Earl of, 95. Dent, Leonard, 155. Despenser, Hugh le, 5, 136. Dolman of Pocklington, 82. Domesday Book, account of, 271. Domesday Book, references to : — Brantingham, 194. South Cave, 3. North Cave, 68. Cliffe, 134. Eastrington, 153. EUoughton, 207. Ferriby, 231. Hessle, 244. Hotham, 134. Kettlethorp, 92. Kirk-Ella 258. Newbald, 109. Risby, 180. Riplingham, 180. Duel, fought at Louth, 267. Durham, Bishop of, 194, 197. ,, Prior and Convent of, 220. East Hall, Manor, 12. Eastrington, 153. Editha, Queen of Edward the Con- fessor, 180. Eddowes, Jonathan, 40. Edward the First, 7. ,, Sixth, 198. Edward of Carnarvon, King of Eng- land, 222. Effigy of a Knight at North Cave, 73. ,, Lady at North Cave, 95. Egerton, Sir T., Bart., 24. Eldred, Archbishop, 3. Ellerker, 201. Ellerker, John de, 11. ,, William de, 20 1. EUoughton, 206. Empson, C. W. Esq., 166. Ermine Street at Brough, 218. Estate of the Rectory of South Cave, 49. Etherington Monument, North Fer- riby Church, 237. Everthorpe, 68, 92. Everatt, Mr. R., Brough, 218. F Fair at .South Cave, 4. Fairfax, Henry, Esq., 15. Fangfoss, 175. U 290 INDEX. Faucanbers^, Walter de, 182. Faxfleet, 169. ,, Manor of, 12, 91, 144. ,, Aisle of, in South Cave Church, 41. Ferrihy, North, 231. ,, John de, 73. ,, William de, 22. ,. F'ree School founded by L. Lillington, Esq., 237. Feudal System, 273. Fines, Feet of, 8, 9, 70, 275. Fishery, at Bromfleet, 176. Font at Newbald, 114. ,, North Ferriby, the gift of Edward Smith, Esq., 235. Foord, Rev. James, M.A. , 265. Foster, Mr. M., 123. Fountains Abbey, gift of the town of Riplingham to, 181. Eraser, Evan, Esq., F\R. C. S., 214. Friends, Society of, at North Cave, 86. ,, ,, Eastrington, 165. ,, ,. Elloughton, 215. Frog Hall, 66. Froude's History of England, 202. Fulnathe Water- Course, 144. G Galland, Memorial Window at Wel- ton, 226. Gamel, the Saxon, 3. Garroway, Mr., 50. Garwaie, Alderman, of London, 42. Gilberdike, 164. Girlington Family, 2. ,, Catherine, Monument of in South Cave Church, 46. Glover's Visitation of Yorkshire, ex- tracts from, referring to Brantingham, 203. .South Cave, 44. North Cave, 76. Eastrington, 161. Elloughton, 211. Rowley, 192. Goodmanham, 164. Gravel pit at Elloughton : organic remains found at, 216. M Hairsine, Alfred, 156. Hall, Captain George, Memorial Win- dow to the memory of, at Ellough- ton, 210. Harrison, Richd., 16. ,, Thomas, 23. Harthill Wapentake, i. Harvard College, U.S.A., 190. Hedon, 30. Hemingbrough, Provost of, 164. Henry the VHI, 39, 181. Hessle, 244. ,, Cliff, Shipbuilding at, 253. Hesslewood, seat of H. J. R. Pease, Esq., 252. Heslerton, West, 33. Hessleskew, 126. Hickington, Peter, 46. ,, Thomas, 58. Hicks, Mr. Wm. 84. Hildyard, Mr. Robert, 179. Rev. H. C. T., 179. ,, Family, Memorials of, at Rowley, 183. Holderness, History of, 30. INDEX. 291 Holland, Thos. de, Duke of Kent, 180. ,, Edward, 180. llothani, 69, 135, 171. ,, John de, 72, 136, 137, 145. ,, Sir John, 137. ,. Sir Charles, 13S. Houghton, 69. Hall, 131. Howden, 157. ,, Manor of, 219. I Idell Family, 2, iS, 19, 21. Indenture of apprenticeship, 88. Ikene, Richard de, 170. Inspeximus relating to .South Cave, 1 3. Isolda, Wife of John de Adelingflet, 10. J Jackson, Family of, Sancton, 132. Jaliand, Mr., 176. James I., King of England, 21. Jarratt, Rev. Canon, 85. Jermins, Mr., 14. Jowett, Mr., J. A., 90. Iv Kerr, Thomas, 130. Kettlethorpe, 92. King, John, I02. ,, Henry, HI. — 10, 70, 80, 100, 134- ,, Edward I. — 4, 30, 71, 100, 144. ,, Edward H. — 72, 104, 105, 172. 111.-14, 73- ,, Henry IV.— 6, 20, 175. Henry, V.— 11, 30. ,, Henry VIII.— 39, 144. ,, Edward, \T. — 147. Kirk- Ella, 258. Knight, Effigy of, 158. L Landmarks, Old, 65. Langdale, R. , Esq., 21. ,, Anthony, Esq., 130. ,, Charles, Esq., 13 1. ,. Sir Marmaduke, 131. Lastingham, 87. Lead, block of. found at South Cave, 3. Leland's Itinerary, 69, 143. Leuyns, Miss, 34. Lillington, monument at North Ferriby, 237. Lincoln, William de, 172. ,, Church of, 220. Lister, Thos., 175. Lloyd Family, 2, 23. Lock wood, Roger, 130. Longley, Dr., Archbishop of York, 1 78. Lordship of Myton, 246. Lound, Alex., 20, 145. Louth, Co., Lincoln, duel fought at, 267. Lowther, Sir Wm., 46. ,, Richard, M.P., ;i^. 3X Macturk, G. (j., 2. Malet Robert, 68. „ William, 68. Manor of Bromfleet, Lords of, 176. Manors of -South Cave, 12. Market of .South Cave, granted by Charter of Ed. First, 5. Marshall, Robert, 67. Marvell, Rev. Andrew, 253. ,, Andrew, M.P.,for Hull, 253. 292 INDEX. Mason, Robert, inscription of, in Welton Church, 227. Matthews, Archbishop, 1S9. Mausoleum in Welton Dale, 230. Melton Chantry, 222. ,, Chaplains of, 223. Memorials of members of the Society of Friends at Elloughton, 215. Metham Family, Pedigree of, 81. Michael. Thos. of Hessle, 245. Monckton, Sir Philip, Knight, 115. Montgomery, Hugh, Esq., 81. Monumental Inscriptions at : — Brantingham, 196. South Cave, 50. North Cave, 77. Eastrington, 159. North Ferriby, 237. Hessle, 247. Hotham, 139. Kirk-Ella, 264. Nevvbald, 115. Rowley, 182, 186. Welton, 226. Mount Airy, South Cave, 64. Mowbray, Roger, Earl of Northumber- land, 69. Moyne Family, at Hessle, 246. IV Naseby Field, Battle of, 115. Ness, Rev. Christopher (Puritan Divine), 85. Neville, Sir Henry, will of, 39. Newbald, Notices of, 109. Newmarch, Captain, of Frog Hall, 66. Nunnery Field at South Cave, 66. O Odd Fellows' Hall, Elloughton, 215. Oliver Cromwell, 157. Orange, Prince of, portrait, 62. Otley, impropriation of, 38. Ouse, River, 172. Oxford, Museum of, 125. ,, University of, 197. Oxgang, 273. Paget, Rev. T. B., Canon of York, 228. Palmer, Brigadier General, Obelisk at Brough, 217. Palmer, T. W. Esq., J. P., 217. Palmer, W. S. Esq., 269. Parish Stocks at South Cave, 67. Park's Parliamentary History of Vork- shire, 14. Pearson, Mr. J., F.S.A., 17S. Pease, family monuments in Hessle Church, 247. Pedigree of Barnard of Cave, 27. ,. Cave Family, 96. ,, Ellerker of Ellerker, 205. ,, ,, Risijy, 192. ,, Metham, of North Cave, 81. ,, Pease, of Hesslewood, 255. ,, Portington, of Portington, 162. Percy, Dame, monument to, Hessle Church, 247. Petuaria of the Romans at Brough, 216. Pictures, list of, at Cave Castle, 61. ,, - ,, Swanland Manor, 241. Pilgrimage of Grace and Sir Ralph Ellerker, 201. Poictou, Roger of, 164. INDEX. 293 Pole, William de la, and the Manor of Hessle, 246. Post Mortem Inquisitions, 9, 126. Primitive Methodist Chapels, 60, 84, 119, 142, 165, 17S, 204, 215, 229, 239, 265. Prissick, George, inscription, 248. Provence Farm, at South Cave, 65. Pryme, De la, 32. Q Queen Elizabeth, 14, 21, 148, 16S. ,, Marie Antoinette, 63. Raikes, Robert 243. Rectory of South Cave, 37, 49. Rectors of Brantingham, 199. ,, South Cave, 49. ,, North Cave, 74. ,, Hessle, 246. ,, Hotham, 140. ,, North Ferriby, 233. ,, Kirk-Ella, 260. ,. Rowley. 187. ,, Sancton, 120. ,, Welton, 221. Registers of South Cave, 51. ,, North Cave, 80. ,, EUoughton, 211. ,, Eastrington, 159. ,, Hessle, 246. ,, Hotham, 142. ,, Kirk-Ella, 261. ,, Newbald, 117. ,, Sancton, 134. Richardson, Rev. W. , Vicar of Bran- tingham, 196. Riplingham, Notices of, 180. Roebuck, Squire, Bromfleet, 177. Rogers, Rev. Ezekiel, Vicar of Row- ley, 188. Roman remains found at Brough, 216. ,, ,, Drewton, 91. ,, ,, Sancton, 122. Roman Street from Ikough to Mar- ket Weighton, 2. Roman block of lead found at South Cave, 3. Rowley, 179. Sancton, Notices of, 122. Scatcherd, Thomas, tomb of, at South Cave, 48. Saxon remains at Sancton, 126. Scalby, Notice of, 167. School at South Cave, 63. ,, Sancton, 134. ,, North Ferriby, 239. ,, Hessle, 251. ,, Swanland, 243. ,, Wallingfen, 152. Selby Abbey, 259. Shaw, Rev. Barnabas, 213. Shawe, Richard Fleetwood, 196. Shipbuilding at Hesslecliffe, 253. Simpson, Jeremiah, of Welton, 227. Sisson, Robert, of Hessle, — gift land in Hessle, 245. Society of Friends, 86, 215. Sokemen, 272. Staddlethorpe, Notices of, 168. Stage Coaches, 89. Stapleton, Family, 82. Sterne, Laurence, Prebendary of New- bald, 118. St. Austin's Stone, Drewton Vale, 91. St. Katherine's Yard, South Cave, 66. ?94 INDEX. Suit Roll of Tenants in South Cave, 21. .Stillingfleet, Rev. James, M.A. , Vicar of Ilotham, 139. Swanland, Notices of, 239. ,, Manor, seat of James Reckitt, Esq. , J. P. , 240. Sykes, Mrs., Lady of the Manor of Rowley, 179. Sykes, Christopher, M.P. , 55, 195, 201. Sykes, Daniel, M.P. for Hull, 264. T Talboys, Sir W. Kt. Lord of Fer- riby, 232. Temple Dam at Faxfleel, 173. Templars, Knight, 4, 169. Terrier at South Cave, 50. North Cave, 80. ,, Welton, 228. Theed, Rev. T. U., Vicar of North Ferriby, 237. Thornton House, Notice of, 167. ,, Abbot of, 172. Thornton Dam Watercourse, 172. Thorogood, Sir John, 38. Todd, Rev. Robert, M.A., 59. Toil-Free License, 120. Torre James, Historian, 276. Tranby Croft, 266. Turner Memorial School, North Ferriby, 239. Turpin Dick, reference to, 218. XJ Ulphus, gift of lands in Newbald to York Minster, 108. Ulphus, Horn of, in York Cathedral, 1 08 Uniformity, y\ct of, 59. United Methodist Free Church at Ilessle, 251. Urns found at Sancton, 124. Vane, Sir Harry, ^^. Vaux, Petrus de. South Cave, 171. Vescy, Thos. Broomflete de, 194. Vicar of North Cave accused of heresy, 85. Vicars, Torre's list, Brantingham, 199. South Cave, 43. North Cave, 74. Eastrington,iS4. EUoughton, 207. Ferriby, 234. Hessle, 249. Kirk-Ella, 261. Newbald, no. Sancton, 129. Welton, 221. Villanes, 272. Virginia, Governor of, 175. Voase, Thomas, Esq., 267. W Wallingfen, Notices of, 143. ,, Common, Rules of, 145. Walmsley Memorial Chapel, A 152. Washington Family of, 15, 16, 17, 19. Waterloo, Battle of, 35. Watson, IL Esq., 240. Wauldby, Notices of, 218. Weddall, Mr. G. E., of Thornton House, 167. Well of St. Helen, South Cave, 67. Welton, Notices of, 219. ,, Dale of, 230. INDEX. =95 Wesleyaii Chapel at Blacktoft, 167. ,, BiHjugh, 2 1 8. „ Bromfleet, 17S. ,, South Cave, 60. ,, North Cave, 84. ,, Hessle, 251. ,, Faxfleet, 173. ,, Sancton, 134. ,, Newbald, 1 19. ,, Wallingfen, 182. ,, Welton, 229. Whaling Ship, " Everthorpe," 92. Wildridge's Old and New Hull, 254. Wilson, Arthur Esq.. J. P., iSr. Wilks, Matthew, 60. William the Concjueror, 225. William Rufus, 201. Will .u^^hhy, L n-d .Ic I5ro.)k, 34. Will of James Bayock, of .South Cave, 57. Witchcraft at .Sancton, 132. Woodmansey, Nathaniel, gift to Swan- land, 243. Wrangham, Rev. Digby S.. 64. Wray, Rev. Jackson, 132. York, Dean and Chapter of, 65. ,, Vale of, 64. Yverthorpe, 170. Z Zouch, Mr. R., of Wakefield, 218. Zouch, Archbishop of York, 259. EDWIN OMBLER, PRINTER, 7, GEORGE STREET & 27, DOCK STREET, HULL,