THE 
 
 HISTORY 
 
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 WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 
 
 STUDLEY-ROYAL, FOUNTAINS' ABBEY, 
 NEWBY, HACKFALL, Sec Sec 
 
 An ANALYSIS of 
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ADV ER TIS E ME NT. 
 
 1 HE Editor, in offering this second 
 Edition of the History of Ripon to the Public, 
 flatters himself that it will be fo^ind considerably 
 enlarged and improved. He has availed himself 
 of every source of information that might tend to 
 elucidate the subject; and his thanks are due to 
 several Gentlemen who have assisted him with their 
 advice and corrections. 
 
THE 
 
 HISTORY OF RIPON. 
 
 IPON is situated near the centre of the 
 extensive county of York, 208 Miles N. N. W. 
 of London. It stands upon a rising ground between 
 the river Ure on the "North, and the little river 
 Skell on the South, within a small distance of 
 their confluence ; over the former of which, and 
 near the town, is a handsome stone- Bridge, 560 
 yards in length, supported by seventeen arches, 
 there are also five other stone-Bridges, within 
 little more than one mile of the town. The ety- 
 mology of its name has, by different writers, been 
 variously traced, though its situation alone is 
 sufficiently demonstrative of its derivation.* 
 
 b This 
 
 • From Rip a— The Bank if a River. The Saxons 
 gave such names to most ot "their cities, towns, and 
 villages, as in their language had relation to the situation 
 or nature of the place. 
 
 VSRSTEGA^, 
 
O THE HISTORY 
 
 This ancient corporation and borough town 
 is large, well built, and enjoys every advantage 
 that an inland situation can afford. The air is 
 salubrious and pleasant, and the surrounding coun - 
 try i ich, fertile, well wooded, highly cultivated, 
 and interspersed with a variety of gentlemen's 
 seats and picturesque villages., It has one church 
 only, which is collegiate and in some respects 
 parochial, (the parish having the benefit of it with- 
 out the charge of a church-rate.) The market 
 place, which for extent and beauty may stand in 
 competition with that of any other market town 
 in England, is a handsome and spacious square, 
 ornamented with a light and beautiful obelisk 
 ninety feet high, erected by William Aislabie Esq ; 
 in the year 1781, on which is inscribed 
 
 MDCCLXXXI 
 
 Erected at the Expence of William Aislabie, Esq ; 
 Who represented this borough in Parliament 
 
 Sixty years. 
 
 This inscription was ordered by the Mayor, 
 
 Aldermen, and Assistants, 
 
 Of the Corporation. 
 
 MDCCLXXXV. 
 
 The Honourable Frederick Robinson, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 The 
 
OF RI?ON- 7 
 
 The oiigin of the town is without doubt to be 
 referred to a very ancient sera. Its proximity to 
 the Roman city, Isurium, now Aldborough ; and 
 the various Roman highways which pass it at a 
 small distance on each side, with the peculiar 
 beauties and advantages of its situation might lead 
 us to imagine that it was not wholly unknown to 
 that people; but as none of these roaJb* take their 
 course through the town, it precludes the supposi- 
 tion that it ever formed a Roman station. 
 
 Whether, therefore, the town owes its origin 
 to the Britons, or, (as some authors assert) it is to 
 be attributed to the Saxons; we cannot decidedly 
 say : Soon after the declension of the Roman power 
 in this country, we find it in a flourishing state 
 B 2 having 
 
 * One of these ancient highways took its course from 
 Manchester (Mancunium) and llkley (Qlicq,na) by the 
 
 south side ot Kipiey to Aldborough. Another branched 
 off from the former at the passage of the liver Nidd f 
 and the village of Clint, and directed its course by 
 Bishop-Thornton to Aldfield in the parish of Ripon, and 
 thence by Grewelthorpe to the Roman Camp on the 
 heights of Nutvvith near Mas ham, proceeded to Kil- 
 grambridge over the Ure, and thence to Catterick. 
 A third was the Leeming Street as it is usually called, 
 but more properly that portion of the great Roman 
 Road, the Ermine Street, which lies between the last 
 mentioned station, Catterick, and Isurium, and takes 
 its way over Huttcn-Moor. 
 
8 THE HISTORY 
 
 having a monastery founded by Fata, Abbot of 
 Melross, of which we shall hereafter give a more 
 particular description. 
 
 A D 86c. The Danes were a people charac- 
 terized by plunder and warfare; who spread 
 devastation and massacre wherever necessity or 
 inclination piompted them to conduct their desul- 
 tory enterprises, which were generally undertaken 
 by some bold Adventurer, with as many followers 
 as he could collect, merely for the sake of plunder ; 
 these invaders, during the unhappy reigns of Ethel- 
 bert and Ethelred, having ravaged the most fertile 
 provinces of England, and destroyed the Northum- 
 brian and Mercian kingdoms, pillaged, and after- 
 wards burnt the town of Ripon; which as William 
 of Malmsbury informs us, remained some time in 
 ashes, so that the traces of it could only be discovered 
 by its ruins. 
 
 Early after the settlement of the Saxons in 
 this island, who were remarkable for their regard 
 to rational polity, and the welfare of society ; it 
 .was found requisite for the convenience of mutual 
 dealings and the facility of carrying on commercial 
 intercourse, to appoint certain places, where the 
 people might live together in protection and safety. 
 
 These 
 
OF RIPON. .9 
 
 These were called Burghs;* and towns of what- 
 ever size, the largest as well as the most inconsider- 
 able received this as a common appellation. § 
 
 Hurghs were mediate]} or immediately of royal 
 erection, for though many of them were the pro- 
 perty of prelates, abbots, or laylords, yet these 
 were erected by licence from the crown. Open 
 markets and fairs were held in them with peculiar 
 privileges; in consequence of which, tolls and 
 duties were imposed upon the goods carried there 
 for sale, and collected by a bailiff for their respec- 
 tive lords; but in process of time, for reciprocal 
 convenience, the tolls and duties were let to the 
 burgesses t at a stated annual rent called a Fee 
 Farm. Burghs were appropriated for the residence 
 of such as derived their subsistence from merchan- 
 b 3 dise 
 
 * Suich, Burgh, Borgh, hence Borough, a Bej^en 
 [Saxc/i]— in tutum recipere, servare 
 
 Brady on Burghs. Somner, Sec, 
 
 $ Du Fresne. 
 
 -{• The burgesses or tradesmen in great towns, in the 
 reign of Edward the confessor, and at the time of the 
 survey, had either their patrons, under whose protection 
 they traded, and paid an acknowledgement ; or else <wcre 
 in a more servile condition , as being in Domino Regis <vel 
 *lio>'um, 
 
 Brady on Burchs, p 6, Kel, Domesday j66* 
 
10 THE HISTORY 
 
 dise and traffic, the inhabitants for the most part, 
 being merchants, tradesmen, and mechanics. They 
 had privileges adapted to their respective occupa- 
 tions, elected their own magistrates, and transacted 
 other business at their general meetings called 
 Burgh Motes. — These privileges distinguished 
 them from the inhabitants of villages, which were 
 solely occupied by persons whose employment was 
 agriculture; the latter were more numerous, the 
 former reputed of greater consequence. 
 
 A, D. 886. Ripon soon enjoyed this mark of 
 royal favour, and received its first incorporation 
 in the fourteenth year of the reign of that wise 
 and good prince Alfred, surnamed the Great, whose 
 name and exploits will continue to be the boast of 
 Englishmen to the latest posterity. 
 
 Its government was then regulated by a Vigi- 
 
 lariusorWakeman, twelve Elders, and twenty-four 
 
 Assistants, the former of whom some authors have 
 
 been very erroniously led to imagine, derived his 
 
 title from watch and ward having been kept here, 
 
 and have gone so far as to assert that the town was 
 
 enclosed by walls, but of this opinion there seems 
 
 to be no confirmation, had walls ever been erected 
 
 here, most certainly, at some time or other, the 
 
 foundations, or some slight traces of them must 
 
 have been discovered* 
 
 It 
 
OF RIPON. ir 
 
 It was the duty of the Vigilarius or Wakeman 
 l^and which we must not forget to mention here) 
 to cause a horn to be blown every night at nine 
 o'clock ; after which, if any house or shop was 
 robbed, before sun-rise next morning, the sufferer 
 received a compensation for the loss, Jrom an 
 annual tax of fourpence levied upon every mhabi- 
 tant, whose dwelling had but one, and of eightpence 
 where it had two outer doors, from which latter 
 circumstance double danger might be suspected. 
 The tax, together with the good effects arising 
 from it, is now fallen into disuse, but the custom 
 of blowing the horn is continued to this day. 
 
 A D. 947. Scarcely had Ripon recovered 
 the shock occasioned from its overthrow by the 
 Danes and begun again to flourish, when it suffered 
 another, and if possible, more shocking devastation 
 than the former. The turbulent disposition of the 
 Northumbrian Danes, who had often revolted 
 and been subdued by Edmund, during the youth 
 of Edred, whom they thought not yet sufficiently 
 matured for government, again broke forth. Edred 
 however receiving early information of their de- 
 signs, marched into the heart of their dominions, 
 before they were aware of danger. This effort 
 drew from them submission, and Edred quitted 
 
 their 
 
12 THE HirTORY 
 
 their kingdom, after imposing upon them a small 
 fine, and receiving their promises of allegiance, 
 but the Danes were as faithless as they were ser- 
 vile, for Ed red had no sooner returned to Wessex, 
 than they re-commenced hostilities. Success at- 
 tended their arms, they became, and for some time 
 continued masters of the North ; at length civil 
 d-iscord breaking out among them, Fdred, too 
 wise and politic a prince not to avail himself of 
 the opportunity which this event afforded, invaded 
 them in his turn. Whilst the Northumbrians 
 neglected every precaution against attacks from 
 without, and within were eager only to destroy 
 one another. Fdred marched into the North, and 
 meeting with little or no resistance, threatened to 
 lay waste their whole kingdom. These threats 
 were no sooner made than partly put into ex- 
 ecution. 
 
 J. D. 948. He commenced the desolation of 
 their towns and villages, and amongst others he 
 destroyed, by a general conflagration, the town of 
 Ripon, with all its public buildings. Perhaps 
 it was here that the compunctious visiting* of nature 
 gave a check to the spirit of vengeance on his 
 contemplating the ruin of a country which in fact 
 was his own. He once more received their 
 
 submission 
 
OF RIPON. 13 
 
 submission and protestations of future allegiance, 
 and placed Edrick on the then vacant throne of 
 Northumberland. 
 
 A. D. 950. By the exertions of its former 
 inhabitants and the encouragement of Odo, arch- 
 bishop of Canterbury, the town was rebuilt, and 
 again flourished. Not long indeed had it enjoyed 
 tranquillity, when it was once more reduced to a 
 state of misery little short of that which it had 
 experienced from the hands of king Edred. 
 
 AD. 1069. After the siege of York, \\ illiam 
 the Norman ravaged an extent of territory, part 
 of the Northumbrian kingdom, sixty miles in 
 length; devastation so marked the progress of this 
 marauder, that the proprietors were unable to re- 
 cognise their former po-sessions. 
 
 Now dweilis William efte, full bare vas money \vonc 
 Of gode men er none lefte, but slayn er ilk one, 
 Grete sin did William, that swilk wo did vrerk 
 So grele vengeance he nam, of men of holy kirk, 
 That did no wem 'till him, ne no trespass. 
 Fro York unto Durham no wonying stede was, 
 Nien yere, says my buke, lasted so grete sorrow, 
 Thebishop clerkes tuke their lives for two borrows 
 
 langtoft's chronicle. 
 
14 - THE HISTORY 
 
 Rirov, with its adjacent country fell a sacrifice 
 to this much to be lamented outrage, and such 
 were its ruinous consequences, that even sixteen 
 years after, when the Conqueror's survey was 
 made, it remained w r aste and uncultivated # 
 
 Tranquillity succeeded, and the town con- 
 tinued undisturbed, until the unhappy reign of 
 E iward the Second; escaping the miseries of the 
 wars between king Henry the third and his Barons. 
 
 A ZX 13 16. When the Scots under the com- 
 mand of Robert Bruce, had made themselves 
 masters of the most important fortresses of the 
 north, they marched their army to this place, and 
 after remaining three days, imposed and with 
 difficulty levied upon the inhabitants a tribute of 
 One Thousand Marks; remembering their 
 former good fortune and elated with the hopes of 
 similar success, they returned the following year, 
 and demanded the same exaction ; with which, 
 the people were unable to comply, being reduced 
 to the last extremity by the prolongation of war. 
 These bold invaders, disappointed in their expec- 
 tations entirely destroyed the town by fire and 
 massacred the greatest part of the inhabitants. 
 
 Soon 
 
 See Appendix No 1. 
 
OF RIFON-. 15 
 
 Soon after this calamity, a stop was put to the 
 incursions of the Scots, and repeated successes 
 crowned the arms of England ; the whole kingdom 
 recovered its wonted spirits, and became as it were 
 renovated by the unanimous exertions of all ranks 
 of people. Ripon, by the liberal donations of the 
 archbishop of York, and the neighbouring gentry, 
 together with the industry of its former inhabitants, 
 was in a few years restored to a flourishing condi- 
 tion: and even for a while became the residence 
 of the court. For in the year 1405, king Henry 
 the fourth, being obliged to leave London on 
 account of the plague, which then raged in the 
 Metropolis, retired to this town, where he conti- 
 nued some time with his whole court. 
 
 After the rebellion in the county of York, 
 occasioned by the suppression of the lesser mona- 
 steries ; In compliance with a request from the 
 insurgents, king Henry the eighth erected by a 
 patent, and without the advice or consent of par- 
 liament, a court at York, called "the lord presi- 
 dent's court " vested with the power of Oyer and 
 Terminer, having jurisdiction over the counties 
 of York, Durham, Northumberland, Westmorland 
 and Cumberland, the city of York, and the towns 
 of Kingston-upon-Hull, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 
 
 and 
 
10 THfi HISTORY 
 
 and Berwick upon-Tweed. Innovations on its 
 original design were daily introduced, particularly 
 during the reigns of James the first and Charles 
 the first; and its powers by encroachment, espe- 
 cially under the presidency of Sir Thomas 
 Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, became so exten- 
 sive, that at length it usurped civil jurisdiction, 
 and that in some respects, discretionary and un- 
 limited. 
 
 1604. This court was adjourned to Ripon, in 
 consequence of the plague which then spread itself 
 through the city of York. Here in part were ex- 
 ercised those acts of injustice and oppression, 
 which eventually caused its dissolution. 
 
 1604 'June 24th. The civil constitution of 
 the town was changed, and by the exertions of 
 Mr. Hugh Ripley, a charter was obtained from 
 king James the first, incorporating it under the 
 government of a Mayor, Recorder, and twelve 
 Aldermen, assisted by twenty-four Common 
 Councilmen, and a Town Clerk, with the subor- 
 dinate offices of two Serjeants at mace ; by which 
 charter Hugh Ripley was appointed the first 
 Mayor of Ripon, Henry Skew, Thomas Hebdin, 
 sen. Thomas Watson, Roger Holmes, Thomas 
 Dowgill, William Fawcett, Henry Singleton, 
 
 John 
 
OF riton. 17 
 
 John Green, Thomas Wardropper, Thomas Cun- 
 dale, Anthony Taylor, and William Battie, Al- 
 dermen. Christopher Franks, Richard Rayner, 
 Simon Ascough, Simon Brown, William Newell, 
 Ralph Webster, Thomas Battie, Marmaduke Jen- 
 kinson, Richard Kettlewell, James Thompson, 
 Thomas Ripley, William Cooke, John Hardy, 
 George Pulleyn, John Watson, Richard Atkinson, 
 William Colton, Thomas Millner, Roger Smaith- 
 waite, Ralph Warwick, John Dobby, Richard 
 Horner, Edward Kirby, and Christopher Porter, 
 Assistants. John Priestly, of the Middle 
 Temple, Esq; Recorder ; and Richard Hebdin 
 of Rjpon, Town-Clerk: confirming to them 
 their ancient liberties and privileges. 
 
 A. Z>> 1657. The Lord Protector of England 
 granted to the borough of Ripon, his letters patent 
 for holding a fair every alternate week. 
 
 During the protectorate of Cromwell, many 
 persons inimical to the house of Stuart, were ap- 
 pointed to offices of trust and importance in the 
 several corporations of England ; which on the re- 
 storation, induced the legislature, the better to 
 secure tranquillity to the reigning family, to pass an 
 act of parliament for the regulation of corporate 
 bodies, vesting a power in commissioners, to re~ 
 c move 
 
l8 THE HrSTORY 
 
 move such officers as they, on enquiry, should think 
 expedient, and place others in their stead. 
 
 September 23d. 1662. By virtue of this delegated 
 power, the commissioners sat at Ripon, and remo- 
 ved Henry Braithwaite, Henry Spence, John 
 Spence, Robert Atkinson, Nicholas Kitchen, Tho- 
 mas Braithwaite, Henry Green, and William 
 Bramley, aldermfn; filling up the vacancies 
 with Sir Edward Jennings Kt. Sir Jonathan Jen- 
 nings, Kt. Walter. Strickland, and. Walter Lister, 
 Esqs ; Henry Redshaw, William Gibson, George 
 Catton, and Piers Denton. 
 
 A. D. 1686 King James the second soon after 
 his accession to the throne, demanded the surren- 
 der of the charters of all the cities and corporate 
 towns; those which refused, were treated with 
 coercive measures: The charter of this corporation 
 was then sui rendered, but the king restored and 
 confirmed it the same year ; since which time it 
 has remained in as full force as in the days of its 
 original establishment in the reign of James the 
 'first. 
 
 The Mayor is elected annually on the first 
 Tuesday in January, and enters upon the duties of 
 his office on the second of February following. 
 The better to support his station, he has the toll 
 
 of 
 
OF RIPON- 19 
 
 •f Corn and grain sold in the market, called the. 
 Hand-law* ot mar&et-sweepings, whu h was enjoyed 
 by the wakemen previous to the conquest, and was 
 confirmed to the corporation in the year 1532-3, 
 by king Henry the eighth, during his continuance 
 at York ; also the rent of certain lands given by 
 Mr. Hugh Ripley, Alderman of Ripon, by will, 
 dated 30th. Api il 1637, from which we subjoin 
 an abstract. 
 
 " / give and bequeath unto the mayor , bu~gesses, 
 4t and commonalty oj the town of Ripon , and to their 
 4i successors for ever, two closes with the appurtenances 
 il h' in Z with' 171 the fields of Ripon and Bishopton near 
 " unto a place called Holgate-head and nine roods of 
 " land lying at or near a place ealled Red-bank within 
 il the fields of Ripon and Bondgate zvith all the yearly 
 u rents reserved unto the mayor for the time being to 
 il his own use with power to them so often as there 
 u shall be occasion to demise the same for one andtzuenty 
 41 years and not above for the best benefit of the mayor 
 M as aforesaid" and by the same will, he gave to 
 the mayor and aldermen for the time being and 
 their successors in trust, a parcel of land called 
 Bull-close, lying in the town fields of Ripon, to 
 c 2 pay 
 
 » The two hundredth part of a bushel. 
 
20 THE HISTORY 
 
 pay and apply the rent thereof to and amongst forty 
 poor men of the said town yearly forever; and 
 also the annual sum of twenty pounds for paying 
 and receiving the rental of certain grounds, now 
 inclosed, and here denominated an average rent- § 
 
 The 
 
 § The better to understand whence this patt of the 
 mayor's stipend arises, it seems necessary to explain 
 the origin of this average rent. 
 
 Much of the land in the vicinity of Ripon was anci- 
 ently occupied in common fields ; over which from 
 Michaelmas to the Lady -day following' in every year, 
 the owners or occupiers of houses there, kno,vn by a 
 particular description, had to such houses an appurtenant 
 and accustomed righrof stray t'ov a certain number of 
 cattle; which being attended with much inconvenience 
 and less to the respective land owners, an act of parlia- 
 ment was applied for by them, and obtained in the 
 seventeenth year oi the reign of George the second, by 
 which, commissioners were appointed and authorised to 
 ascertain the value of the rights of each person respec- 
 tively, according to an average or mean proportion, and 
 to impose a yearly rent by such valuation, which to this 
 day is called an Average Rent, upon the land subjecc 
 to such stray, and which rent is directed to be paid to 
 the mayor of Ripon for the time being, who is empow- 
 ered to receive and pav it to the proprietors of the houses 
 to which the right cf stray anciently appertained, in 
 lieu thereof, in the following proportion viz, for every 
 Borough and Messuage in Ripon, ten shillings and five- 
 pence, and for every cottage five shillings and twopence 
 halfpenny ; and for cv?ry messuage in Bondgate and 
 LUtlelKorpe, five shillings and threepence, and forever/ 
 cottage, two dulling* and ssvenpence halfpenny. 
 
OP RIPOtf. at 
 
 The arms of the town are, Gules, a bugle Hora 
 Or, stringed and belted Sable, deemed to be embel- 
 lished Argent, The word Ripon of the last. The 
 letter t in pale, R and P in chief J and O N in 
 
 , /esse The mouth piece of the horn to the dexter. 
 
 Formerly, a horn slung on a belt enriched 
 with the arms of different members of the corpo- 
 ration, was worn by the wakernan for the time 
 being, on five days in the year, called horn days. 
 viz. Candlemas- day, Easter-monday, Wednesday 
 in Rogation week, the Sunday after Lammas-day, 
 here called Wilfrid Sunday, and Saint Stephen's 
 day : It has been repeatedly ornamented of late by 
 the mayors of Ripon, particularly by William 
 Aislabie Esq: and is now worn in procession on 
 those days by the Serjeant at mace. 
 
 To this account of the corpoiation of Ripon, 
 we have added a list of the wakemen and rnavors 
 from the year 1400 to the year 1806 inclusive. 
 
 * 3 WAKEMEN 
 
THE HISTORY 
 
 1400 James Percival 
 
 1 JofcB Lamb 
 
 2 Peter Millbe 
 
 3 William Norton 
 4/Thomas Fountains 
 
 5 Randall Backhouse 
 
 6 Geoffrey Thorpe 
 
 7 John Blowmar 
 
 8 John Blackburne 
 
 9 William Trowlope 
 14.IO Peter Selby, gent* 
 
 x Lawrence Pawl 
 
 2 Adam Green 
 
 3 James Hebdin, gent. 
 
 4 John Davill, gent. 
 
 5 John Selby 
 
 6 Ralph Handiey 
 
 7 Peter Allan 
 
 8 William Weley 
 
 9 Thomas Brock, gent 
 1 (,20 Rowland Gill 
 
 1 Adam Mann, gent. 
 z Francis Scroop, gent 
 3 Richard Hebdin, gt. 
 :. Lawrence Dunning 
 c Hierome Blunt 
 
 WAKEMEN. 
 
 1426 Anthony Day, and 
 John Snow 
 
 7 Abram Bell 
 
 8 John Digby, gent* 
 
 9 William Single 
 1430 John Bland 
 
 1 William Bolkend 
 
 2 Peter Brough 
 
 3 John Pulley 
 
 4 Ralph RatclifFe 
 
 5 William Geldart 
 
 6 John Fairborn 
 
 7 John Bayne and 
 William Wilson 
 
 8 Francis Smith, gent* 
 
 9 Thomas Watson 
 1440 Allan Newton 
 
 1 William Snow 
 
 2 John Wythes 
 
 3 Adam Spence 
 
 4 Lawrence Rawlirc 
 
 5 Peter Webby and 
 John Fiebdie 
 
 6 Thomas Porter 
 
 7 John Stare ley 
 S Peter Cumberland 
 
 n lerkin 
 
DF RIPON. 
 
 23 
 
 144.9 Jen kin Pratt 
 1450 William Fox 
 
 1 Ralph Todd 
 
 2 Lambert Johnson 
 
 3 John Stephens 
 
 4 William Puileyn, gt, 
 
 5 George Pratt 
 
 6 Ralph Clay 
 
 7 Francis Steel 
 
 8 John Spetd 
 
 9 Ralph Tankard 
 1460 James Gloyer 
 
 1 Peter Robinson 
 
 2 John Major 
 
 3 William Staveley gt. 
 
 4 John Grame 
 
 5 Thomas Hebdin gent. 
 
 6 Peter Jenkins 
 
 7 Jonathan Freebodine 
 
 and William Leak 
 
 8 Francis Saunderson 
 
 9 William Shipton 
 1470 Thomas Snow 
 
 1 Randal Piggct 
 
 2 John Whaire 
 
 3 Ralph RatclifFe 
 
 4 Hierome Newby 
 
 WAKEMEN. 
 
 1475 V/illiam Tod J 
 
 6 Piter Welhy 
 
 7 John Fa.vcett 
 
 8 Thomas G!evv, gent. 
 
 9 Janus Hebdin, gent. 
 1480 John Pvipley 
 
 1 Peter Berson 
 
 2 John The tn ten 
 
 3 James Candale 
 
 4 William Thorpe 
 
 5 John Norton, gent. 
 
 6 William Se'lby 
 
 7 Roger Harman 
 
 8 Peter Kitchinman 
 
 9 William Bove, gent. 
 1490 Reginali Stamwcrth 
 
 1 Chiistopher Bailie 
 
 2 Marimduke Barton 
 
 3 Roger Selby 
 
 4 John Peelgrave 
 
 5 Robert Bakehouse 
 
 6 Nicholas Porter 
 
 7 Robert Hatter 
 
 8 Robert Leeds, gent. 
 
 9 Thomas Glew, gent, 
 1500 John TopcliiFe 
 
 1 Michall Casson 
 
 4 John 
 
24 THE HISTORY 
 
 - WAKEMEN. 
 1502 John Ha' man 
 
 3 Richard Goldsbrough 
 
 4 John Sherwood 
 
 5 John Bowland 
 
 6 Stephen Thorpe and 
 
 William Middleton 
 
 7 Hugh Stickbuck and 
 
 Kobeit Kettlewell 
 
 8 George Bellgate and 
 
 Jonathan Pansack. 
 
 9 Roger Nunwic, gent 
 
 and William Steel 
 1 5 10 John Cook 
 
 1 William Batty and 
 
 William Carver 
 
 2 Richard Holmes and 
 
 William Wilson 
 
 3 Simon Blowmond 
 
 4 Thomas Bilton and 
 Lawrence Langhorn 
 
 5 Henry Sedgwick and 
 
 Thomas Fisher 
 I 6 Richard Percival 
 and Willian Steel 
 
 15 17 John Middleton 
 
 8 John Backhouse 
 
 9 William Brigham 
 and Simon Bateman 
 
 1520 Tliomas Gayscar 
 
 1 Thomas Mankin and 
 Thomas Winepenny 
 
 2 William Leeds and 
 Robert Baron 
 
 3 William Hepden and 
 Richard Goulthart 
 
 4 Thomas Hallat and 
 Edmund Ward gent 
 
 5 William Horner and 
 James Cle. k 
 
 6 John Dickinson and 
 Abraham Cumberland 
 
 7 Thomas Kettlewell 
 and Richard Plain 
 
 8 Lawrence Hodgson 
 
 9 Richard Terry 
 1530 Rowland Wilson 
 
 1 Thomas Staveley gent 
 
 2 Richard Bell 
 
 3 William 
 
 f In this year Thomas Duald made the Toll-booth 
 Bell, and presented it to the Wakeman, 
 
OF RIPON. 
 
 WAKEMEtf. 
 
 25 
 
 1533 William Gentleman 
 4 William Kettlewell 
 £ Jonathan Johnson and 
 William Steel 
 
 6 Thomas Benson 
 
 7 Anthony Vickerby 
 
 8 Ralph Cook 
 
 9 Robert Ripley 
 1540 John Middieton 
 
 1 George Younge 
 l Christ. Darnbrcugh 
 
 3 Ralph Bell 
 
 4 Henry Atkinson 
 
 5 Matthew Snow 
 
 6 John Walls 
 
 7 Nicholas Horner and 
 
 Ralph Ripley 
 
 8 James Fletcher 
 
 9 Robert Harrison 
 1550 William Scott 
 
 1 John Thornton 
 
 2 William Wheatley 
 
 3 John Holmes 
 
 4 Hugh Fox 
 
 5 William Thomson 
 
 6 John Smith 
 
 Imund Lockey 
 
 1558 William Rayner 
 
 9 Thomas Rigg 
 1560 Willi an Smith 
 
 1 Robert Ripley 
 
 2 Chris topher Dale 
 
 3 John Sweeting 
 
 4 William Harrison 
 
 5 Thomas Ripley 
 
 6 Richard Monkton 
 
 7 John Rigg 
 
 8 Emery Coates 
 
 9 Robert Kettlewell 
 1570 Thomas Sawyer 
 
 1 John Hodgson 
 
 2 Thomas Newell 
 
 3 Christopher Thornton 
 
 4 Jeffrey Metcalfe 
 
 5 George Batty 
 
 6 Thomas Hebdin 
 
 7 Christopher Gaines 
 
 8 William Watson 
 
 9 John Milner 
 1580 Thomas Grainge 
 
 1 John Dobby 
 
 2 Henry Lockey 
 
 3 Vincent Mstcalf and 
 
 Thomas Ripley 
 
 4 William 
 
26 
 
 THE HISTORY 
 
 WAKEMEN. 
 
 15S4 William Wray 
 
 5 Anthony Holmes 
 
 6 Anthony Vickerby gt 
 
 7 Roger Holmes 
 
 8 Christopher Franke 
 
 9 Richa-rd Cook 
 1590 Ralph Hutchinson 
 
 1 Richard Rayner 
 
 2 Thomas Dowgill 
 
 3 Thomas Barber 
 
 4 William Fawcett 
 
 1595 Simon Browne 
 
 6 Thomas Harland 
 
 7 John Middleton, gent. 
 
 8 Henry Singleton 
 
 9 Francis Helev and 
 Simon. Askew 
 1600 Simon Askew 
 
 1 John Green 
 
 2 Thomas Wardropper 
 
 3 Thomas Candall 
 
 MAYORS. 
 
 1604 Hugh Ripley* the 
 last Wakeman and 
 first Mayor. 
 
 5 Anthony Taylor 
 
 6 Henry Snow § 
 
 7 William Fawcett 
 
 8 George Pulleyn 
 
 1609 William Cook 
 
 1 6 10 Roger Holmes 
 
 1 Thorn? s Cundall 
 
 2 Thomas Wardropper 
 
 3 William Batty 
 
 4 John Green 
 
 5 Francis Theakston 
 
 6 Hugh 
 
 * See page 16, and Appendix No. 2. 
 
 § In the Mayoralty of Henry Snow, was purchased, 
 the Mace, which is now born before the mayor by the 
 serjeant at mace, on public occasions. 
 
2 7 
 
 l6i6 Hugh Ripley 
 
 7 Simon Brown 
 
 8 Joseph Burton 
 
 9 Anthony Taylor 
 162O James Thompson 
 
 1 Edward Kirkby 
 
 2 William Batty, jun; 
 
 3 Ralph Warwick 
 
 4 John Hartley 
 
 5 Miles Moody 
 
 6 Thomas Redshaw 
 
 7 Thomas Topham and 
 
 Miles Moody 
 
 8 Miles Percival 
 
 9 Leonard Thompson 
 1630 Hugh Ripley 
 
 1 William Cook 
 
 2 Thomas Cundall 
 
 3 James Thompson 
 
 4 Ralph Warwick 
 
 5 Edward Wright 
 
 6 Barthclo. Kettlewell 
 
 7 Wilfriu Saunderson 
 
 8 Th< mas Redshaw 
 
 9 William Holmes 
 1640 Richard Mawtus 
 
 1 Thomas Cundail 
 
 OF RIPON. 
 
 MAYORS. 
 
 1642 Leonard Thompson 
 
 3 Miles Moody 
 
 4 Ralph Warwick 
 
 5 Nicholas Kitchen 
 
 6 Sampson Cowper 
 
 7 John Jefferson 
 
 8 William Newell 
 
 9 Thomas Rounthwaite 
 1650 Henry Kirkby 
 
 1 Christopher, Horner 
 
 2 William Bramley 
 
 3 Anthony Braithwaite 
 
 4 Arthur Burton 
 
 5 Henry Spence 
 
 6 Henry Green 
 
 7 William Bramley 
 
 8 Nicholas Kitchin 
 
 9 William Holmes 
 1660 John Spence 
 
 i John Horner 
 
 2 George Rodshaw 
 
 3 Sir Edmund Jennings, 
 Knight 
 
 4 Jonathan Jennings esq, 
 
 5 Walter Strickland esq, 
 
 6 Walter Lister, esq. 
 
 7 Henry Redshaw 
 8 William 
 
28 
 
 THE HISTORY 
 
 MAYORS. 
 
 1 668 William Gibson 
 
 9 Geo:geCatton 
 1670 William Hebdin 
 
 1 William Busneld 
 
 2 John Milner 
 
 3 Henry Craven 
 
 4 Edward Kirkby 
 
 5 Cuthbert Chambers 
 
 6 George Horner 
 
 7 Roger Wright 
 
 8 James Dobby 
 
 9 Thomas Jackson 
 1680 Thomas Craven 
 
 1 John Stroother 
 
 2 Christopher Atkinson 
 
 3 William Myers 
 
 4 Cuthbert Chambers 
 
 5 George Calton 
 
 6 Christopher Hunton 
 
 7 John Dawson 
 
 8 William Chambers 
 
 9 Thomas Charnock 
 1690 Stephen Palliser 
 
 1 William Waterhall 
 
 1692 John Sedgwicke 
 
 3 Cuthbert Chambers 
 
 4 Roger Wright 
 
 5 Thomas Jackson > 
 
 6 Thomas Craven 
 
 7 John Stroother 
 
 8 William Myers 
 
 9 William Chambers 
 1700 Charles Lister 
 
 1 John Sedgwicke 
 
 2 The Right Honorable 
 
 John Aislabie || 
 
 3 Thomas Charnock 
 
 4 Stephen Palliser 
 
 5 George Pinckney 
 
 6 Cuthbert Chambers 
 
 7 Roger Wright 
 
 8 Thomas Jackson 
 
 9 William Chambers 
 1710 John Ripley 
 
 1 Christ. Braith^aite 
 
 2 Johnson Wood 
 
 3 Henry Green 
 
 4 Charles Lister 
 
 5 J°hn 
 
 || He was Chai.cellor of his Majesty's Exchequer &c. &c. 
 
MAYORS. 
 1715 John Sedjwicke 1 I 74 2 Thomas Broadbelt 
 
 6 Thomas Barton 
 
 29 
 
 7 Wiiliam Homer 
 g Christopher Waine 
 9 Christopher Hunton 
 1720 Charles Oxley 
 
 1 Richard Cundali 
 
 2 Joh?' Charnock 
 
 3 Jan cs Jackson 
 
 4 William Aislabie Esq 
 
 5 Stephen Pallis^r 
 
 6 George Pinkney 
 
 7 John Homer 
 
 8 Charles Lister 
 
 9 William Horner 
 1730 Christopher W»ine 
 
 . 1 Charles Oxley 
 
 2 Simon Hutchinson 
 
 3 John Charnock 
 
 4 George Loup 
 
 5 Stephen Palliser 
 
 6 James Jackson 
 
 7 John Wilsoa 
 
 8 Charles Oxley 
 
 9 James Horner 
 
 1740 William Aislabie Esq; 
 1 William Chambers 
 
 3 John Lister 
 
 4 William Theakston 
 
 5 Edward Braithwaitc 
 
 6 John Horner 
 
 7 Simon Hutchinson 
 
 8 George Loup 
 
 9 Henry Kirkby 
 1750 George Charnock 
 
 1 John Wilson 
 
 2 Charles Braithwaite 
 
 3 William Thompson 
 
 4 James Horner 
 
 5 Matthew Bcckwith 
 
 6 John Lister 
 
 ' 7 John Hutchinson 
 
 8 William Askvvith 
 
 9 Richard Grainge 
 1760 Edward Ayiton 
 
 1 Wiiliam Grimston 
 
 2 John Terry 
 
 3 William Theakstoa 
 
 4 Her.ry Kirkby 
 
 5 George Charnock 
 
 6 Christopher Braith- 
 
 wa«te 
 
 7 Matthew Beckwith 
 
 William 
 
3# THE HISTOfcT 
 
 MAYORS. 
 1768 Wm, Lawrence* Esq ; 
 
 9 William Askwith 
 1770 John Hutchinson 
 
 1 Charles Allanson 
 
 2 William Grimston 
 
 3 John Terry 
 
 4 Peter Horner 
 
 5 Thomas Walker 
 
 6 Thomas Horner 
 
 7 William Robinson 
 
 8 Richard Beckwich 
 
 9 Christ. Braithwaite 
 1780 John Hutchinson 
 
 1 Thomas Wilkinson 
 
 2 William Askwith 
 
 3 William Grimston 
 
 4 William Bell 
 
 5 The Hon : Frederick 
 
 Robinson fl 
 
 6 John Terry 
 
 1787 Thomas Walker 
 
 8 Thomas Horner 
 
 9 William Robinson 
 1790 Richard Beck with 
 
 1 John Hutchinson 
 
 2 Thomas Wilkinson 
 
 3 Thomas Terry 
 
 4 John Ewbank 
 
 5 William Grimston 
 
 6 William Bell 
 
 7 John Stevenson 
 
 8 William Atkinson 
 
 9 William Downing 
 1 800 Robert Shaw 
 
 1 John Pearson 
 
 2 Thomas Wilkinson 
 
 3 William Colbeck 
 
 4 John Britain 
 
 5 William Theakston 
 6 
 
 RECORDERS 
 
 * He represented this borough in several parliaments. 
 
 Sf Brother to the late Lord Grantham, who was 
 Ambassador to the court of Spain, and late representative 
 in parliament for this borough, 
 
• F RIPOM, |! 
 
 RECORDERS of RIPON, 
 
 Ffom its first incorporation by King James the first, to 
 the year 1 806, inclusive. 
 
 Appointed by Charter, j 9 ff g 
 
 John Priestley Esq; 24th. June ^04 
 
 Sir William Dawson, knight, 12th. January 1686 
 
 Chosen. 
 
 Sir Richard Hutton,* knight 1 $ lo 
 
 Thomas Proctor, Esq; 8th. April x 6i 7 
 
 John Waistalf, Esq; 5 th. May ^6 
 
 Richard Etherington, Esq; 25th. October 1659 
 
 Christopher Driffield, Esq; 3d. October 1673 
 
 William Dawson, Esq ; 15 th. October 1678 
 
 Rowland Norton, Esq ; 31st. December 1688 
 
 Christopher Driffield, Esq; 1st. January 1706 
 
 Richard Bayne, Esq; 30th. September 1723 
 
 George Hassell, Esq; 30th. October 1767 
 
 William Withers,f Esq; 5th. September 1778 
 
 John Williamson, Esq; 17th. May ^02 
 
 D2 Br 
 
 • Serjeant at Law, Recorder of York; and afterwards 
 •ne of the Juages of the court of Common Pleas. 
 
 t Also Recorder of York. 
 
32 - THE HISTORY 
 
 Br the constitution of this borough, the right 
 of election for burgesses to serve in parliament, 
 is vested inthe burgage tenures, which is a strong 
 proof of its antiquity, * 
 
 Having sent burgesses in the twenty-third 
 year of the reign of Edward the first, and the first 
 of Edward the second, an omission of return took 
 place until the last parliament of Edward the sixth, 
 or the first of queen Mary, when the right was 
 restored ;t and Ripon has ever since continued to 
 return two representatives to parliament, 
 
 "RIPON." 
 
 " This borough is the property of Mrs. Allan* 
 " son, who possesses the burgage tenures, in right 
 u of which she nominates the two members. " 
 
 il It sent members the twenty-third of Edward 
 ft the first, was discontinued the next year, and 
 iC restored in the first of Edward the sixth. " 
 
 €i Corporation consists of a mayor, recorder, 
 " twelve aldermen, and twenty-four assistants. " 
 
 " Right of election in burgage holders. M 
 
 *' Number of voiers— one hundred and forty-six." 
 
 " Returning 
 
 * Blackstotie's Commentaries, vol. 2. p. 82. 
 f History of English Boroughs, vol. 3. \ :(6. 
 
OF RIPON. 33 
 
 w Returning officer — The Mayor." 
 " Proprietor — Mrs. Allanson. 
 
 Oldfidd's History of Parliaments, 390. 
 
 August i6tb. 1617. King James the first was 
 at Ripon, on his way to Scotland, where he stop- 
 ped all night, and lodged at, a Mr. George Daw- 
 son's. After being addressed by Thomas Proctor 
 Esq; the recorder, in a speech adapted to the 
 occasion, he was presented by the mayor, in the 
 name of the corporation, with a gilt bowl, and 
 a pair of Ripon Spurs, § of the value of five pounds, 
 M which" says an apparently contemporary manu- 
 script " gave such contentment to his majesty, that 
 41 his highness did wear the same at his departure 
 44 from the said town the day following. " 
 
 The manufacture of woollen cloth is said to 
 have formerly flourished here to a considerable 
 extent. This however was carried at an early 
 period, to those places where fuel was in greater 
 abundance. Leyland, who wrote in the reign of 
 Henry the eighth, observed " on the farther ripe 
 d 3 " of 
 
 § Ripon spurs were of such repute, that *• As true 
 ■f Steel as Ripon Rowels " became proverbial, when 
 •peaking of a man of iatrepidity, honesty, or ffdelity. 
 
34 THE HISTORY 
 
 *' of the Skell, a grete nombre of tainters for 
 " woollen cloaths wont to be made in the towne 
 li of Rff ort.^ but say$j " that cloihe-making there, 
 " was then almost decayed." 
 
 * To recover this manufacture, the late W. Rich- 
 ardson M. D. bequeathed by will, an annual pre- 
 mium of five guineas for the best, and three guineas 
 for the second best piece of linen or woollen 
 cloth, spun and manufactured in the borough of 
 Ripon,.or within three statute miles; to be deter- 
 mined at the mayor's summer feast in August : we 
 are sorry to observe that this good intention has 
 not had its desired effect, there being seldom more 
 than three or four w r ebs shown for the prizes. 
 
 A. D. 1633 £f? 1644. King Charles the first 
 visited Ripon, and was each time received with 
 that respect and loyalty, which on thus, as well as 
 on every other occasion, have distinguished this 
 town. 
 
 The great national occurrences which took 
 place in the years one thousand six hundred and 
 thirty nine and forty, and produced that fatal rup- 
 ture between the unfortunate Charles the first and 
 his parliament, and terminated in the tragical 
 death of that monarch, can only be mentioned 
 kere, as they eventually led to the congios of Scots 
 
 *u4 
 
OF RIPON. 35 
 
 *tid English Commission r held at this place, in 
 a building now taken down, the scite of which 
 forms a part of the gardens of the Reverend G. 
 Allanson. To enter into an historical detail of 
 the events which occasioned this congress, would 
 be foreign to the design of this work, and would 
 draw us from our original purpose, locality. We 
 must therefore be contented to refer our readers to 
 those who have written on national history. It v ill 
 be necessary however, slightly to mention some 
 particulars, as they are too nearly connected with 
 the history of this borough, to be totally disregarded. 
 J. D. 1640* The king was now reduced to 
 great perplexity: the unfavourable aspect of his 
 affairs at home, in consequence of his late defeats, 
 ma 'e a deep impression on his mind, and the near 
 prospect of a formidable invasion from Scotland, 
 still heightened his distress. The passage of the 
 Tyne had been forced at Newburn ; and a detach- 
 ment of the English army, under the command of 
 Lord Conway, repulsed, and driven southward; 
 and such was the panic with which the English 
 forces were struck, that they fled, with the utmost 
 precipitation from Newcastle to Durham, and 
 from thence continued a hasty march into 
 Yorkshire. 
 
 Thi 
 
36 THE HISTORY 
 
 The Scots wishing to be thought mild and 
 conciliatory, apologized in the royal presence 
 for their late victory, and protested that their only 
 design was to lay their grievances at the foot of 
 the throne, and to procure an amicable adjustment 
 of them. 
 
 The king was now in great distress, the nation 
 in a state of general discontent, and the army be- 
 come so dispirited, that no object was so much to 
 be desired by all parties, as a cessation of hostili- 
 ties In this exigency, his majesty called a council 
 of all the peers of England, to meet and attend 
 him at York, within twenty days. Having met 
 accordingly, he addressed them respecting the pe- 
 rilous state of the kingdom, and the subject of the 
 scots' petition, and desired their advice on the reply 
 which it would be proper for him to make. After 
 much consultation and debate, it was determined, 
 that a treaty should be entered into with the scots; 
 for the negociating of which, it was resolved by 
 the peers, " That certain of themselves should be 
 " sent as commissioners to treat with commission- 
 u ers of theirs, to the number of sixteen. ' The 
 Earls of Bedford, Hertford, Essex, Salisbury, 
 Warwick, Bristol, Holland, and Berkshire, Vis- 
 count Mandeville, and the Lords, Wharton, Paget, 
 
 Brooke, 
 
OF RJPON. 37 
 
 Brooke, Pawlet, Howard, Saville, and Dubs • 
 more, were appointed to this very important 
 negociation; who desired the assistance of others 
 conversant with the laws and affairs of Scotland. 
 The Earls of Traquaire, Morton, and Lanerick, 
 Mr. Secretary Vane, Sir Lewis Steward, and 
 Sir John Buiough, were named by his majesty to 
 assist them : And after much trouble it was 
 determined that Ripon should be the seat of 
 conference. 
 
 We add a short account of this transaction, 
 from the memoirs of Sir Henry Slingsby, who was 
 on the spot ; and who wrote a journal from the year 
 1638, to the >ear 1648, abounding with mat er 
 illustrative of the general history oi those trouble- 
 some times, and more particularly of such occur- 
 rences as took place in the county of York ; of 
 which he was high sheriff in the year 161 1. 
 
 " The 24th. of September, the king and the 
 si lords met together in the great hall at the dean's 
 4< house in York, to consult what answer to give 
 u to the scotch petition, and how the king might 
 " have a supply of money to retain his army, in 
 w the mean while things were in debite. Aid it 
 " was concluded upon the first day, that comrais- 
 " sicners should be appointed, to the number of 
 
 " sixteen, 
 
38 THE HISTORY 
 
 44 sixteen, earls and lords, and the place to be at 
 44 Ripon, to meet such commissioners as the scotck 
 44 lords at Newcastle, should appoint." 
 
 44 And of this their conclusion the scots were 
 " nude acquainted by an especial messenger from 
 44 the king, and my brother Belasyse was appointed 
 44 to carry it ; and for a supply of money, a letter 
 44 was sent by my lord Chamberlain, lord Goring, 
 44 and my lord Privy Seal, unto the city of London, 
 44 in the name of all the lords, to borrow twohun- 
 44 dred thousand pounds, and but fifty thousand 
 €l granted Out of a desire to know how thingi 
 44 would go, I went to Ripon to the parley of the 
 44 English and Scotch lords who met there the last 
 44 of September. After much dilatoriness and 
 44 messages sent to and fro', in three weeks timt 
 44 the parley broke up, our english lords having 
 44 condescended to the demands of the scots, and 
 44 five and twenty thousand pounds a month for 
 44 two months, were granted to maintain their 
 44 army about Newcastle, 'till all things were agreed 
 44 upon by our English parliament." 
 
 44 My lord oi Holland kept his table at Ripon, 
 44 for all the lords, and the scotch commissioners 
 44 were sometimes invited by him, who kepi a 
 44 good correspondence with one another. 'I hey 
 
 44 §<mt 
 
OF ItlPON. 39 
 
 " sent to prison a trooper for abusing the Scotch 
 IC commissioners at their first coming to Ripon, 
 " he being at the inn when they alighted. Mr. 
 " Thuiscrosse was appointed to wait on our eng- 
 " lish lords, who bestowed his pains in preaching 
 " to them, but some of our engllsh lords disliked 
 u the minster service, and refused to come in 
 " that place, better agreeing with the scots." 
 
 A D. 1643. Ripon was taken possession of, 
 and garrisoned by the parliament's troops under 
 the command of Sir Thomas Mauleverer baronet.t 
 During their continuance here, they defaced seve- 
 ral of the monuments and other ornamental parts 
 of the minster, and exercised the most wanton 
 brutality towards the inhabitants, whom, a strict 
 and firm attachment to their sovereign has ever 
 distinguished and rendered worthy of admiration. 
 
 Sir John Mallory of Studley, at the head of a 
 detachment of the king's horse from Skipton castle, 
 put an early period to their insulting and savage 
 depredations. With the ready assistance of the 
 inhabitants of the town, he surprised Sir Thomas 
 
 Mauleverer's 
 
 f He was one of those, who, on the part of parliament, 
 agreed to, and signed the articles of suspension at Kod- 
 well, September 29th. 1642, 
 
40 THI HISTORY 
 
 Mauleverer's main guard, then stationed in the 
 market-place, routed the whole of his troops, 
 took several prisoners, and drove the remainder 
 with precipitation from the town. This is the 
 last of those numerous calamities, which for so 
 long a period had oppressed this borough, and so 
 repeatedly reduced it to the verge of destruction. 
 The catalogue is sufficiently extensive! Its contents 
 shocking to humanity! 
 
 By the unanimous and persevering exertions of 
 its people,. Ripon has become a flourishing well 
 built town. The public streets of late have been 
 newly flagged and paved, additional sewers have 
 been laid, so that the w T ater is effectually drained 
 from them, and they are thereby ren 'ered commo- 
 dious, pleasant and agreeable: The public avenues 
 to the town are by the vigilance of those who hold 
 official situations, kept in extremely good repair ; 
 and the police is made efficient by the diligent 
 exertions of the magistracy. 
 
 An act of parliament for making the river Ure 
 navigable, from its junction with the Swale, was 
 obtained in 1767, which excellent project has 
 since been effected. By this canal, bulky, but 
 necessary merchandise is conveyed to the town 
 with much ease and expedition, and the inhabitants 
 
 have 
 
OF RIPON. 41 
 
 have it consequently at a much lower rate. The 
 market, which is on Thursday, is regularly and 
 plentifully supplied with provisions of every kind; 
 and the numerous fairs,* afford the neighbouring 
 country, a sufficient supply of cattle. 
 
 There are several mills for various purposes, 
 erected upon streams, branching from the rivers 
 Skell and Laver, one of these streams runs through 
 a street called Skellgate, from this, the town is well 
 supplied with excellent water, by means of an en- 
 gine, erected at the expence of W. Askwith, Esq ; 
 by which, water is conveyed into every house at a 
 small annual rent. Before this was constructed, 
 water was carried from house to house in leathern 
 vessels, on horses ; the inconvenience of such a 
 method, suggested to Mr. Askwith the propriety 
 of the present excellent accommodation. 
 
 Numerous springs, in and near the town, add 
 to the many benefits it receives from the nature of 
 its situation , two of these are enclosed for cold 
 baths, and a third of very fine water, is received 
 into a bason> in a kind of alcove- This was erec- 
 e ted 
 
 • See a lift of the fairs at the end of this work. 
 
4* THE HISTORY 
 
 ted at the expence of the late W. Richardson M. D. 
 with this inscription, 
 
 UTILITATI PUBLICiE. 
 A. C. M DCCL VI I I. 
 
 The TOWN HALL 
 
 stands on the south side of the square ; it is an 
 elegant building, designed by Mr. Wyatt of Lon- 
 don, and consists of a handsome suite of assembly 
 rooms, a committee room, for the meetings of the 
 corporation, and for the transaction of justice bu- 
 siness, with other suitable apa.rtmen.ts It was 
 erected in 1801, at the ex pence of Mrs Allanson 
 of Studley. The stone of which it is built was 
 dug from a quarry on her estate, about four miles 
 from Ripon. 
 
 In the centre of the front, is a pediment, support- 
 ed by four three quarters Ionic columns, eighteen 
 feet high. The length of the building is forty- 
 eight feet five inches; height, including the pedi- 
 ment, forty-six feet five inches ; depth, eighty-five 
 feet six inches. The principal room is forty-five 
 feet long, twenty-five feet wide, and twenty feet 
 high, finished in a superior style, and ornamented 
 by a picture of Mrs. Allanson. 
 
 A 
 
OV RI*0». 
 
 43 
 
 A NEW THEATRE, 
 
 built by the late George Hassell, Esq ; was open- 
 ed by Mr. Butler's company of comedians, on the 
 twentieth of August 1792 ; the scenery and deco- 
 rations are excellent, and the manager endeavours 
 to provide a respectable dramatic corps, with the 
 novelties of the day, for the gratification of the 
 publk, during the season. 
 
 8 % 
 
 PUBLIC 
 
44 THE HISTORY 
 
 PUBLIC FOUNDATIONS.* 
 
 The FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 
 
 Is situated in St. Agncsgatc, and consists of a good 
 house and garden for the use of the master, and a 
 commodious school for the scholars: It was en* 
 dovved in 1553, by king Philip and queen Mary.t 
 Its revenues are managed by trustees, who are a 
 body corporate, and have a common seal with this 
 inscription. 
 SIGILLVM PRO SCHOLA DE RIPPON. 
 
 A PUBLIC DISPENSARY. 
 
 For the relief of the sick poor, was founded here 
 in 1790, and is supported by subscriptions and 
 voluntary contributions. It appears by the annual 
 report published Apr! first, 1805, that 3829 pati- 
 ents have been admitted since the commencement 
 of this charity, of whom, 3270 have been cured., 
 170 relieved, and 181 have died. 
 
 The 
 
 • For an account of Hospitals &c. see erd cf the ad part 
 + For the charter, see Appendi* No. |t 
 
OF RIPQN. 
 
 45 
 
 The SUNDAY SCHOOLS a>;d SCHOOL 
 Of INDUSTRY 
 
 Are also supported by charitable donations, and 
 proper conduct both in the masters and scholars, is 
 insured by the frequent visits of several ladies and 
 gentlemen, to whose active benevolence the schools 
 owe their establishment, 
 
 POPULATION of RIPON. 
 Jprii 1801. 
 
 Houses 
 
 529 
 
 Families 
 
 746 
 
 Males 
 
 147c 
 
 Females 
 
 1 741 
 
 Baptisms in i&oo, 194 — Burials, 123 — 
 Marriages, 55. 
 
 E 3 
 
 ANTIQUITIES. 
 
46 THE HISTORY 
 
 ANTIQUITIES- 
 FEAST of St. WILFRID. 
 
 This feast is celebrated annually, and continues 
 nearly a week. On the Saturday after Lammas- 
 day, an effigy of the prelate is brought into the 
 town preceded by music, the people go out to meet 
 it, and with every demonstration of joy, comme- 
 morate the return of their former patron from ex- 
 ile. The next day is dedicated tp him, being 
 bere called, St. Wilfrid's Sunday 
 
 ANCIENT CUSTQM- 
 There are the remains of a very ancient custom* 
 once generally observed here by the inhabitants ; 
 On midsummer eve, every housekeeper, who has 
 in that year changed his residence, into a new 
 neighbourhood, (th^re being certain limited dis- 
 tricts called neighbourhoods) spreads a table before 
 his door in the street, with bread, cheese, and ale, 
 for those that choose to resort to it, where after 
 staying awhile, if. the master is of ability, the 
 company arc invited to supper ; and the evening is 
 
 concluded 
 
OF RIPON. 47 
 
 concluded with mirth and good humour. The 
 introduction of this custom is immemorial, but it 
 seems to have been instituted for the purpose of 
 introducing new comers to an early acquaintance 
 with their neighbours : or it may have been with 
 the more laudable design of settling differences by 
 the meeting and mediation of friends. 
 
 CURIOUS NARRATIVE. 
 
 The archbishops of Yoik, had formerly a very 
 splendid palace near liere, at which they held much 
 of their residence, and a Jioble park ; Leyland says 
 tf as I went from Ripon to West-Tanfield I pas- 
 ■" sed by a great parke, of the archbp's of York, 
 " abt. vi miles in cumpass. 
 
 11 In the year 1234, says Paris, was a great 
 " dearth and scarcity of corn throughout the whole 
 "kingdom, but more .especially in the northern 
 " parts of it. For three years after, a great mor- 
 " tality raged; multitudes died as well of pestilence 
 " as famine; the gre.it men at that time taking 
 *-*< no care to relieve them. Archbishop Walter 
 f< Grey had then, in granaries, and elsewhere, a 
 u stock of corn which if delivered out would have 
 4 * supplied the whole country for five years. But 
 w l iet her they didnot orFer him price enough, or 
 
48 THI HISTORY 
 
 41 for some other reasons, he would not part with 
 44 a grain of it. At length being told that the corn 
 " st xks and great ricks would suffer for want of 
 <4 thrashing, being apt to be consumed by mice, 
 " and other vermin, he ordered it should be de- 
 " livered to the husbandmen, who dwelt in his 
 " manors, upon condition they should pny as much 
 u new corn for it after harvest; accordingly some 
 u of his officers went to Ripon, where his largest 
 " stores were reposited, and coming to a great 
 u stack to take it down, they saw the heads of 
 " many snakes, adders, toads, and other venomous 
 M creatures peeping out at the end of the sheaves, 
 " This being told to the archbishop, he sent his 
 u steward and others of good credit, to enquire 
 «" into the tiuth of it, who finding it true would 
 " nevertheless force some of the countrymen to 
 " mount to th: top with ladders and throw down 
 u some of the sheaves. They had no sooner as- 
 " cended but a thick black smoke seemed toaiisc 
 " from the midst of the corn, which made such 
 " an intolerable stench, that it soon obliged the 
 " husbandmen to come down again, declaring they 
 " never smelt any thing like it before. 
 
 " As they descended they heard a voice say, let 
 " thtCQrn algne } for th$ archbishop and all that belongs 
 
 " him 
 
of ripon. 49 
 
 41 him is the devil's due" * In fine, they were obli- 
 ged to build a wall about the stack, and set it 
 li on fire, lest such a number of venomous crea- 
 " tures should get out and infest the whole country. 
 
 V This is the honest monk of St. Albans' Story .t 
 
 • ** Voeem autem andierunt sibi dicentem, ne ad 
 u bladum manus apponerent, quia archiepiscopus ct 
 * omnia qu«s habebat diuboli possesaio erat. 
 
 MATT. PARI?* 
 
 | Drake's History of York, 246, 
 
5© THE HISTORY 
 
 ELLA's or ALLA's HILL. 
 
 At the east end of the town, and not far from 
 the minster, is a remarkable tumulus, commonly 
 called Ellshaw or Ailcey Hill ; Camden says, in 
 his time it was called Hill-Shaw. Its shape is 
 conical, the circumferance at the base is about 900 
 feet, the length of the side near the road about 
 222 feet. Here is a tradition that it was raised by 
 the Danes, we are however inclined to favo ir the 
 opinion of that very learned antiquarian Mr. 
 Thoresby, who, speaking of the coins of Alia, 
 Osbright, Alfred, Eanred, and iEthclred, found 
 at Ripon, A. D. 1695, and transmitted to him by 
 the archbishop of York, declares that he was not 
 a little pleased on first discovering the coins of 
 Osbright and Alia; a description of two of which 
 we will here give — Alia king of Northumberland 
 An: 867 ALLAE ^ X the first in Sir A. F.'s X 
 Table. 
 
 Another, little different, the reverse of nei- 
 ther legible: He further adds, that the name of 
 the particular place where these venerable though 
 obscure remains of the old Northumbrian kings 
 were dug up, is now called Alice-Hill, no doubt 
 from Alia's Hill, that is, from Alia king or North- 
 umberland, 
 
OF RIFON. 51 
 
 umberland, who, according to the Saxon Chroni- 
 cles, was slain in the year 867 and not in 926, as 
 Speed, and from him Isaacson mistakes. Danish 
 Sticas and other coins are even now frequently 
 found in the minster-yard.' This hill, from its 
 base to the apex, is composed wholly of sand, gra- 
 vel, and human bones. By some it is conjectured 
 to be the rubbish of a monastery, ruined in the 
 contests of the Danes and Saxons; but the vast 
 quantity of human bones found in digging into it, 
 without the least appearance of any mortar or ce- 
 ment, leaves no room to doubt that it was a depo- 
 sitory of the dead. The Danes and other Northern 
 people used, in this manner, to inter those who 
 fell in battle. 
 
 At what time, or on what occasion, this mo- 
 nument was formed, must still remain uncertain; 
 but it is highly probable that the vast number of 
 bodies here deposited, have been of persons who 
 fell in some dreadful conflict near this place, so 
 *>ften the seat of war and calamity. 
 
 END OF THE FIRST PART. 
 
ARMS of RIPON. 
 
THE 
 
 HISTORY OF RIPON, 
 
 ' Part the Second. 
 
 Relating principally to 
 ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS. 
 
THE 
 
 HISTORY OF RIPON, 
 
 A. D. 449. AJJREADFUL was the devasta- 
 tion which followed the arrival of the Saxons, in 
 this island ; a fierce and rapacious people, unre- 
 strained by humanity or religion; whohuiried on 
 by an insatiable thirst after plunder and dominion, 
 in somewhat less than a century and a half after 
 their landing, subdued, and possessed themselves 
 of the whole country, which they divided into se- 
 ven kingdoms. The christian religion, which 
 before this, flourished in Britain, was wholly abo- 
 lished by the Saxons, who professed Paganism. 
 Their own idols were set up, and idolatrous wor- 
 ship established. 
 
 The Britons were plundered, their cities, towns, 
 churches, and public edifices " destroyed, *' as 
 Gildas the historian informs us, " from the east 
 " sea to the west." 
 
 f 2 About 
 
56 THE MISTORV 
 
 About the year 597, Augustin the monk, by his 
 preaching, converted Ethelbert, king of Kent, to 
 Christianity. The example of Etheihert was fol- 
 lowed by several other princes of the Heptarchy \ 
 and in little more than si*ty years, the faith 
 of Christ was established nearly throughout the 
 Saxon states ; with it prevailed the true spirit of 
 humanity, a regard to rational polity, and the wel- 
 fare of the people. Cities and towns were rebuilt, 
 fortresses, and other public edifices erected, and 
 the sees of bishops, and monasteries, were then 
 founded. To each cathedral was allotted its clergy, 
 to many their schools; and monasteries with their 
 monks, received extensive possessions. 
 
 In the reign of Edwin, who married the sister 
 of the king of Kent, the christian religion was 
 introduced into the Northumbrian kingdom ; the 
 king himself being converted by Paulinus, who 
 previous to his going there, was, consecrated bishop 
 of the Northumbrians, and in his favour the see 
 of York was restored by Edwin, which had flou- 
 rished as an archbishopric, in the time of the 
 Romans. 
 
 J. D. 633. Edwin, the protector and encou- 
 tager of the christian religion, beingslain by Penda 
 king of Mercia, who continued to profess paga- 
 
 nism , 
 
@f RiroN« 57 
 
 ttism; Paulinus was obliged to leave his people, 
 and retire again with the queen into Kent, where 
 he settled, in the see of'Rochester. TheNorthum- 
 brian people were fast relapsing into idolatry, 
 when Oswald, the successor of Edwin, a virtuous 
 and well disposed prince, having long embraced 
 the christian tenets, requested the scots to send 
 him fit persons to preach the gospel in his do- 
 minions. 
 
 J. D. 635. Thi sects readily complied with 
 this request, and sent Aldane a bishop and a monk, 
 with several others, on this mission. Oswald gladly 
 received them, and at Aldane's request, fixed his 
 see and fraternity of monks, atLindisfame, a small 
 island on the coast of Northumberland, where he 
 presided fourteen years, and with unwearied dili- 
 gence continued to instruct and convert the 
 people. 
 
 The building of churches and monasteries, de- 
 dicated to the service of God, was found necessary 
 for the better instructing of the people in the duties 
 of the christian religion, and carrying on the pur- 
 poses of devotion. 
 
 J. D. 661. At Ripen, Eata., abbot of Melros$ 
 and Lindisfarnc, first founded a monastery or col- 
 lege of monks, upon a plot of ground, allotted and 
 f 3 give* 
 
58 THE HISTORY 
 
 given to him for that purpose, by Alfred, king of 
 Northumberland, where, it is said by Bede and 
 others, Saint Cuthbert received and entertained an 
 angel.* 
 
 When the monks, after the decision of the 
 long controversy about the time of keeping Easter, 
 left their monastery, rather than submit to the 
 catholic observance of that festival, it, together 
 with thirty tenements, was given by Alfred, to 
 Wilfrid, who, [A. D. 663,) was nominated to the 
 see of York, which then included all the North- 
 umbrian kingdom. 
 
 The histories of those early periods, plainly 
 demonstrate, that monasteries and places of public 
 devotion, were but poor and mean edifices, though 
 calculated to inspire that humility and resignation, 
 which so highly ornament the true christian. Such 
 in all probability Wilfrid, archbishop of York, 
 found the monastery here. The knowledge he 
 had as an architect, and the taste he had acquired 
 in Italj, did not suffer it to remain long in that 
 state after his translation, for he built that stately 
 edifice, which, William of Malmsbury tells us, 
 " was celebrated for its curious arches, its fine 
 
 M pavements, 
 
 * See Sand. History uf the church of Durham, pages 
 119 *nd 127. 
 
OF RIPON. 59 
 
 " pavements and winding entries ; M and thus he 
 may be supposed to have introduced a belter st\le 
 of building, into England. Under his cheering; 
 influence, the town, which is said then to have 
 consisted of but thirty houses, grew up, and gra- 
 dually became large and populous. 
 
 During the heptarchy, the town of Ripon was 
 made an episcopal see, subject to the primacy of 
 York.* Three years after king Egfrid had, by 
 the persuasion of his wife, Ermemburga, expelled 
 bishop Wilfrid from his see, Theodore, archbishop 
 of Canterbury, in concert with Egfrid, made Ead- 
 head, the first bishop of the church of PJpon, 
 which afterwards received many and valuable 
 marks of royal munificence. 
 
 I r will not be improper in this place to give 
 some account of 
 
 Archbishop WILFRID, 
 as to him is owing, in a great measure, the rise 
 and consequence of this ancient town. 
 
 It is a matter of surprise that the place of birth, 
 and the parentage of a man, so eminent in life, 
 
 should 
 
 * William of Malmsbury says. " the bishop c* Ripon 
 was subject to the see of York. '' 
 
 See Drake's Hist, of York, 4c S. 
 
Go THE HISTORY 
 
 should not have been handed down to us whh cer- 
 tainty. By some, Ripon has been marked out as 
 the place of his birth, and most authors agree that 
 his parentage was obscure. 0| But of this, there is 
 much reason to doubt, he being early in life placed 
 in such a situation, that the fame of his superior 
 abilities reached the ears of the court, and courtiers 
 themselves were solicitous to patronise him, even 
 yet a boy, and to assist in his education; his per- 
 son was graceful and engaging and his talents fof 
 learning, so remarkable, as soon to attract the 
 queen's notice, § by her he was sent to receive in- 
 struction from Cudda, who had been chamberlain 
 to the king, but had retired from that situation, 
 and become a monk of Lindisfarne; from him 
 Wilfrid received much instruction and improve- 
 ment. 
 
 He distinguished himself early in life in a con- 
 tention respecting the celebration of the feast of 
 Easter. On this subject the church was much 
 divided, and the people were anxiously looking 
 for an established certainty in the obseivance of 
 
 that 
 
 fl Wilfridus in aquilonari An^K.c parte ex teniae ris 
 sortis pareAtibus naius est. 
 
 Godwin d'Pr^esul. inter Arch. Ebob. 3d. 
 § Eanfle*. 
 
GF R1PON. 6l 
 
 that festival. Wilfrid, at the especial direction 
 of his sovereign, undertook a journey to Rome, to 
 instruct himself from tire heads of the church, in 
 the knowle ge necessary for managing the contro- 
 versy. On his journey he stopped at Lyons, and 
 was detained there by Dalsynus,* archbishop of 
 that see; from whom he received great attention, 
 with an offer of his niece in marriage. After sin- 
 cerely thanking him for his kindness, he set out for 
 Rome, where, on his arrival, he was presented to 
 the Pope and the ecclesiastical council; from 
 them he obtained a perfect knowledge of the gos- 
 pels, with the computation of Easter. Returning 
 through France, he again visited his friend Dal- 
 synus, with whom he had not remained long, 
 when that good and learned man was barbarously 
 murdered, and even he, himself, with difficulty 
 escaped assassination. 
 
 When he arrived in England, the town and 
 monastery of Ripon were presented to him by 
 king Alfred. 
 
 A. D. 663. The dispute concerning Easter 
 had risen to such a height as to create dissensions, 
 even in private society. To end it, a council 
 
 was 
 
 * Drake. Wulsinus, Godwin. 
 
6i 'THE HISTORY 
 
 was called, which met at the monastery of Streau- 
 shall, now called Whitby, at the head of which 
 tat St. Hilda, the Lady Abbess, and Cedda, lord 
 bishop of London. The abbot Wilfrid, and a ce- 
 lebrated priest called Romanus, were the advocates 
 for the Romish ; Coleman, bishop of Holy Island, 
 and divers Scottish and Irish bishops, argued for 
 the Scottish computation. Though Wilfrid could 
 not convince Coleman, and his partisans, yet, the 
 king and queen, with ail the nobility present, 
 were so well satisfied by his arguments and plea- 
 scd with his conduct, that in the midst ot general 
 plaudits he was appointed to the see of York, and 
 in the thirtieth year of his age elected to fill th$ 
 archiepiscopal chair. Either from exultation at 
 his victory and sudden elevation, or pique at 
 the obstinacy and self- sufficiency of the Scottish 
 bishops, he refused consecration from them, 
 and immediately sailed for France to receive it 
 there. He was, with great magnificence and so^r 
 lemnity consecrated by Agilbert, archbishop of 
 Paris, assisted by eleven bishops. With these and 
 other learned men of that country he remained 
 longer than was necessary, and his voyage being 
 lengthened by storms and contrary winds, this de> 
 lav was construed into neglect, -.and another was 
 
 placed 
 
OF RIFON. 63 
 
 placed in his sec. Cedda, abbot of Lestingham 
 was the person appointed to the see of York during 
 his absence. 
 
 When Wilfrid returned from Pai is, on finding 
 his see occupied, he retired to privacy in his mo- 
 nastery at Ripon, whence, he was repeatedly invi- 
 ted, by Wolthere king of Mercia, to the bishopric 
 6f Litchfield: But Cedda, receiving admonition 
 that he wrongfully held the see of York, willingly 
 resigned it, and being made bishop of Litchfield 
 Wilfrid was reinstated in his chair, A. D. 666. 
 
 In the administration of his duty, his conduct 
 was mild, affable, and liberal, which gained him 
 universal esteem and confidence. Many of the 
 Children of the nobles and other rich men of the 
 Country, were placed under his guardianship, and 
 With them he received such liberal donations, that 
 he became extremely wealthy. His attendants 
 Were numerous, his plate, it is said, was of gold, 
 and his furniture surprisingly rich and sumptuous. 
 He completed the building of his cathedral at 
 York, ornamenting and enriching its altar with 
 great magnificence. 
 
 By his splendid establishment he incurred the 
 envy and displeasure of Theodore, archbishop of 
 Canterbury, who, to abridge the power and con- 
 st (jue nee 
 
64 THE HISTORY 
 
 sequence of Wilfrid, applied to the king to con- 
 stitute several suffragan bishops within the province 
 of York ; in this he succeeded, for Egfrid, at his 
 request, divided the northern jurisdiction into four 
 bishoprics, one at York, another at Lind;sfarne, 
 another at Hagulstad or Hexham, these in England, 
 an:l the fourth at Whitehern or Candida-Casa 
 among the Picts. Wilfrid being overborne, left 
 his archbishopric and Bosa was jplaced at York, 
 Eata, at Lindisfarne 5 and Tumbert, at Hagulstad 
 or Hexham in 687. It is said, that the king fur- 
 thered this design of Theodore, on account of a 
 suspicion he entertained of Wilfrid's having en- 
 deavoured to seduce his queen to leave her mo- 
 narch, and pursue a monastic life. 
 
 Wilfrid sailed for Italy with the intention of 
 appealing to the pope, when by a storm, he was 
 driven into Friczland,* where he remained during 
 the winter, preaching and endeavouring to persuade 
 the people of that country to Christianity ; in this 
 he succeeded, and solemnly baptized the king and 
 many of his people. Arriving at Rome he obtained 
 from the pope, an order that the state of his arch- 
 bishopric should remain without alteration unless 
 
 consented 
 
 * Matthew of Westminster, 124, 
 
OF RIPQN. 6^ 
 
 consented to by himself. With this order he re- 
 turned to his native country ; where he found the 
 king, urged by the persuasions of Theodore, still 
 much irritated against him, and the spirit of per- 
 secution towards him raging to such an extent that, 
 to avoid it, he chose a voluntary exile- During 
 this absence from his see, he did not sit idle, or 
 brood over his fate in melancholy, but active ift 
 the discharge of his ministerial duty, he travelled 
 to the north and to the south of the isUnd, preach- 
 ing to, and teaching the people. In Sussex he 
 was well received by the king, who had been con- 
 certed in Mercia, but found the people universally 
 pagans.* 
 
 In his endeavours, to instruct them ia the 
 christian religion, he succeeded beyond his ut- 
 most expectation; the king gave him the district 
 of Selsea, in which were eighty-seven families; he 
 erected a cathedral, and established an episcopal 
 ■see. Many are the miracles ascribed to him, during 
 his residence there ; but he did not continue long, 
 before he was recalled to his see at York. Being 
 again accused of divers crimes by Theodore, he went 
 
 G t© 
 
 # Rapin. Hist, England vol. i. p. 73. Bower. Lives 
 •of the popes vol. 3. p. 74. Eudius, Vu. WiUrid.- 
 
 , 
 
66* . q'HE HISTORY 
 
 to Rome to.purge; himself by oath, before the pops, 
 fj;om r whojri he received let f ers in his behalf, not- 
 wiihstandirig which, it. was with great difficulty 
 he because reinstated By the,death of Theodore* 
 he was released from an unrelenting and powerful 
 enemy, and continued afterwards, m the peaceable 
 possession of his dignity. On the 12th. of Octo- 
 ber Anno 711, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. 
 hp ended his variously chequered life, and was bu- 
 ried by his own particular desire, on the south s;de- 
 of the altar, in his favourite monastery at Ripon ; but 
 the bones of this venerable prelate, after the mo- 
 nastery and church at Ripon had been reduced to 
 a ruinous state by the forces of king Ed red, were, 
 A : D 940, removed toCanterbury, by Odo, arch- 
 bishop of that see. The body rested there until the 
 year 1224, when Walter de Grey, archbishop of 
 York, at the instance of the canons of Ripon, had 
 it removed from the old chest, into a new one, 
 the head he ordered to b»e placed and exposed to 
 public view, that the sight of it, might strengthen 
 the faithful m trusting in the mercies of God. 
 
 The following epitaph, has been preserved, and 
 transmitted to us by Bcde, and others. 
 
 ttriLFRJDUS 
 
OF RIFON. - ; "67 
 
 PFlLPRIDUS hie magnus fequiescit corf ore Prasut, 
 Hanc Domino qui autam, ductus, pietatis &nore } 
 Fecit y et etcimio sacravit nomine Petri , ' 
 Cui claves tdli Christus dedit arbiter orbis i 
 Atque auro ac 7yr% devotus vestut cstro. 
 '0kiirr etiam subhrrie Cruris radiante mctafto 
 Hie posuii trophaum ; nee ncn'quatuor'auro 
 Scribi Evangeln pracepit in ordine Ub'tOs^ 
 Ac tbecam e rutilo his condignam condictit'ctur~c>: 
 PaschaUs qui etlam solcnnia tempora enrsuf 
 4 Caiholici ad justum torrexit dogma 'canonh y 
 Quern stutuere Putres> dubic'qUe errore remotes 
 Certa sua genii ostendit moderamina ritu$ : 
 tnque he is tstis mohachorum examina crebra 
 Colligity ac monitis cavit qua regula patrum 
 Ssdulus instituit ; multisque, domique } forisqtcs 
 Jactatus nimium per tempera longa periclis\ 
 £>uindecies ternos postquam egit episeopus annos } 
 Transuty et gaudens calestia r-eg?;a petivit. « 
 Dona Jesu, ut grtx pastoris calle sequatuf* 
 
 Which has received the following translation, 
 
 g 2 flere 
 
 * Bede zo8. 
 
 i 
 
TO , THE HISTORY 
 
 Here resteth the body of the great prelate 
 
 WILFRID, 
 
 Who out of the love of piety, 
 
 And to the honour of God, 
 
 Founded this monastery; 
 
 Which having religiously beautified With gold 
 
 and purple 
 
 He dedicated to that eminent name St. PETERt, 
 
 To whom, CHRIST the Lord of all, 
 
 Committed the keys of Heaven, 
 
 Besides he erected an high triumphant figure df 
 
 the cross 
 
 Made of fine shining metal ; 
 
 Caused the four books of the Gospel 
 
 To be wut.ten in gold, 
 
 And a golden box to put them in. 
 
 He also regulated the solemn time of Faster, 
 
 By the system of catholic canons, 
 
 Instituted by the fathers ; 
 
 And appointed rites and customs, 
 
 Clear of doubtfulness and error to be a sure rule 
 
 Ot discipline to his country. 
 
 In these parts also 
 
 He greatly increased the number of monks and 
 
 them regulated 
 
 With great exactness, 
 
 According 
 
of ai^oft. % 
 
 According to the constitution of the fathers. 
 
 After 'he Iftd been forty -five years Bishop 
 
 And endured *a long series of extreme difficulties 
 
 Both at hoirle and abroad, 
 
 He departed this life 
 
 In joy, looking for a heavenly kingdotfu. 
 
 Jesus! grant 
 
 That the -flock may follow 
 
 The way of the shepherd. 
 
 His piety gained him a red letter in the calen- 
 dar after his death, and the twelfth of October 
 was .appointed for the annual celebration of . his 
 festival. 
 
 Nicholson's hist. xib. bail, sub. 12 ocx. 
 
 He is depicted in a window of the cathedral 
 church of Durham, in stained glass, with a mitre 
 on his head, and a crosier in his left hand, under 
 his feet is this inscription. 
 
 Sanctus Wilfridus, primo Lindisfarmnsis ?nonachus y 
 post abbas Rlpensis, ultimo archupscopus Eboractnsis\ 
 V?io anno rexit episcopatum Lindisj amen sera. 
 
 SAND, ANTIQ^-aF DUK tfjfc. 
 
 He is also represented in thereat west window 
 •of the church of Yo*k. 
 
 g 3 His 
 
 
JO THE HISTORY 
 
 His arms, or those since assigned to him, Vie. 
 Asure, three stars with divers rays, with the ancient 
 bearing of the see of York, are over the east arch 
 of the great tower of the cathedral church there. 
 
 drake 271. 529. 533. 
 
 Thb same arms, supported by a friar, are car- 
 ved in oak, near the lesson-desk, in Ripon minster. 
 
 It cannot fail to be observed how closely the 
 history of the third archbishop of York connects 
 itself with that of Ripon. Through his means 
 it gained repute and opulence. His monastery 
 which in magnificence, is said to have surpassed 
 all others, was the occasional residence of kings,* 
 and a general retreat for the northern nobility. By 
 them its possessions were encreased, and became 
 extremely extensive. 
 
 The princes of the heptarchy thirsting after 
 power, and excited by envy and ambition became 
 jealous of each other War and desolation were 
 the consequences.— Yet such was the regard they 
 had to religion, that in their various contests mo- 
 nasteries and religious houses were accounted 
 sacred, and the possessions of the church were re- 
 spected. 
 
 W - ■■ . 1 ■ 11 1 m i ■ ■ 1 ■ 1 . ' . ■ » 
 
 • A D. 678. He entertained Egtnd king of North- 
 umberland, witii his whsle cou;t at his monastery at 
 Ripen, 
 
#F RIPON. ' 71 
 
 spected. After various struggles, the heptarchy, 
 at length, partly by conquest and partly by descent, 
 became united into one kingdom, under the go- 
 vernment of Egbert, a descendant from the west 
 Saxon kings. 
 
 Egbert was in*vaded by the Danes He was 
 succeeded by his son Ethelwolf, who repelled the 
 repeated attacks of the invaders, -with success, until 
 his natural inclination for the conversation of 
 monks, and the duties, or rather bigotry of devo- 
 tion, led him wholly to neglect the interest of his 
 kingdom ; which he left exposed to the insults of 
 a rapacious enemy. 
 
 This conduct caused his son Etheibald to en- 
 gage in a conspiracy against him; a reconciliation 
 however took place, on the king's ceding to him 
 the ancient kingdom of Wesscx. 
 
 Ethelwolf survived this reconciliation two 
 years; finding his end approaching, he settled by 
 will, the succession of his dominions. Those thdt 
 he himself possessed were bequeathed to his second 
 son Ethelbert, and failing him, to Ethelred, and 
 afterwards, in default of their male issue, to Alfred. 
 Having made these dispositions, he died in peace, 
 and was succeeded by Eihelbald in Wessex, and 
 "Ethelbert in Kent. 
 
 During 
 
fz TH-E •His^ro^v 
 
 Dit&ing the government of these latter prin£e£, 
 the Danes, whose primary object was plunder,, 
 rather than conquest, over-ran, in marauding par- 
 ties, the whole country, and taking advantage of 
 the weakness and divisions of the Saxons, pro- 
 ceeded with wanton destruction, plundering and 
 destroying cities and othergreat towns, respecting 
 neither sacred houses nor their possessions. 
 
 A D S6o In these various contests the town 
 of Ripon was wholly demolished, the monastery 
 suffered only in pa-t, and for some time, remained 
 almost uninhabited. 
 
 On the death of Ethelbert, his younger brother 
 Ethelred inherited his dominions, by virtue of the 
 father's will- This prince had no sooner ascended 
 the throne than he found it necessary to act in 
 concert.with his brother Alfred, against the com- 
 mon enemy, who were now become so formidable, 
 that nothing but the most perfect union could 
 withstand the power of their invasion. The au- 
 thority which Egbert had reserved over the king- 
 doms ot Mercia and Northumberland, had been 
 lately much diminished by the intrusion of those 
 savage pirates, so that these kingdoms btgan to 
 withdraw themselves by little and little, fiom the 
 supremacy of Egbert's successors. The North- 
 umbrians, as being the most remote, shook off 
 
 their 
 
6? RIPON. 73 
 
 their dependance entirely, and elevated Osbright 
 to the throne. 
 
 The Danes, under a king called Ivar, invaded 
 Osbright's dominions : entering the river Humber, 
 and landing without opposition, they made them- 
 selves masters of the whole country lying to the 
 northward, and then directed their march towards 
 the capital. Osbright sent deputies to Ella, a Nor- 
 thumbrian prince, deslringthat their forces might 
 join against the common enemy ; Ella, though en- 
 gaged at the time in a quarrel withOsbright, agreed 
 to the proposition, from a regard to his own safety. 
 Osbright led forth his troop9 without waiting for 
 Ella, and charged the Danes with such fury* that 
 they could scarcely sustain the shock ; they stood 
 however, until the ardour of the Saxons was abated; 
 and attacking in their turn, obtained a complete 
 victory, Ohbright himself being slain, with many 
 thousands of his follower The Danes after the 
 battle, entered York without further opposition; 
 but understanding that Ella was advancing against 
 them, at the head of a fresh army, Ivar marched 
 out to meet him* and a second engagement easued, 
 as c bstinate as the first, and as fatal to the Nor- 
 thumbrian, who there lost his life.* 
 
 IVAfc 
 
 — ^ 1 ; ' '■ ■ ■■ -- ■ ■ ■" "v 
 
 * See Ella's Hiil* page 5©/ 
 
74 ttfE iii^Tb&Y 
 
 Ivar having subdued NorthumbeHand, ritad 
 East-Anglia, began to form a project for Ynaki'ftg 
 a conquest of the whole island. 
 
 He resolved to turn his arms against Ethel red* 
 and embarking his army, landed on the coast of 
 that monarch's dominions. A Very active war Was 
 maintained with cqiui bravery on both side.s ; atfd 
 With Various success. Ivar having received stropg 
 -reinforcements, hazarded another battle, which 
 -proved fatal to Ethelred, who received a wouml 
 that proved mortal. He was succeeded by Alfred, 
 Deplorable was the situation ef the kingdom, wheh 
 thfis great prince ascended the throne. He prose- 
 cuted his enterprises with so much diligence, arM 
 %is indefatigable endeavours were attended with 
 such Success, that the Danes, dreading his invin- 
 cible Courage and activity, proposed terms of peace, 
 'Which he did not think proper to refuse. The 
 Danes soon broke this treaty, and attacked Alfred 
 in such numbers and with such impetuosity, that 
 finding it impossible to face the enemy, he yielded 
 to the torrent of misfortune, and concealed himself 
 in the most obscure services. Finding his enemies 
 lulled into the most supine security, spending their 
 time in riots and feasting, he took advantage of 
 £hcir situation, and the favourable disposition of 
 
 the 
 
t&e West-Saxons, whose drooping spirits, a victory 
 had lately reanimated. He assembled his trovps. 
 with great alacrity, and in the morning of the 
 third day, was in sight of the enemy, before they 
 knew he had taken the field. Without giving them, 
 time to recover from their surprise, he; fell upon 
 them with such impetuosity, that they were im- 
 mediately routed with great slaughter; and the 
 remains ot them surrendered at discretion. Alfred 
 following up this success by. acts of the greatest 
 policy and wisdom, soon attained the meridian of 
 his power and glory ; he possessed a greater extent 
 of territory than had ever been possessed by any 
 one of his ancestors. Having established his au- 
 thority, hia whole empire enjoyed the most pro- 
 found tranquillity, during along series of years* 
 which he employed in cultivating the arts of peace* 
 and in repairing the mischiefs with which the war 
 Jbad been attended. He rebuilt the monasteries 
 and churches. Ripon, as we have before mentioned, 
 received marks of his royal favour; the rebuilding 
 of the town and monastery soon took place, and in- 
 dustry and perseverance, again brought them into 
 consideration. They did not long continue in a 
 flourishing state, for the town was (A D. 948, ) 
 Wtircly reduced to ashes, by tic army of king 
 
 Edre*, 
 
q6 THE history 
 
 Edred, and in this conflagration, fell also the mo- 
 nastery, and the church, which had been built by 
 St, Wilfrid, A. D. 705. We have no historical 
 account of the fate of this church and monastery 
 during the succeeding reigns ; until the time of 
 Edward the second, when the invading scots burnt 
 the town. It is very probable that the monastery, 
 then one of the bishop's principal seats, suffered 
 greatly, if it was not entirely destroyed. No re- 
 mains of it are now to be traced; some part of the 
 site, was, (A.D 1415, ) by Henry, archbishop of 
 York, with the licence of king Henry the fifth, 
 granted to the vicars of the collegiate church, to 
 build a house upon, which is now the deanery. 
 
 We arc told, that there were two other monas- 
 teries here: the one adjoining Priest-lane, said to 
 have been founded by one of the kings of Scotland ; 
 the other a Benedictine monastery, on the west 
 side of Marygate, dedicated to the blessed Virgin; 
 the ruined walls of which, are stili remaining, 
 and inclose apart of the possessions of the deanery; 
 but what was the origin of .these monasteries, or 
 when their declension, we have not been able to 
 discover, 
 
 OF 
 
OF RIPON. 
 
 77 
 OF THE CHURCH OF RIPON. 
 
 A D 705. The church is collegiate, and was 
 founded by Archbishop Wilfrid, and dedicated 
 to St Peter. 
 
 The persons present at its consecration were 
 numerous and noble ; they gave much to endow it, 
 viz.— Lands near the Ribble, in Hasmund.rnes,* 
 Gindene.t and Duninge.^ 
 
 We have before mentioned the destruction of 
 the town in the year 86c, by the Danes: in all 
 probability, the church in part shared the same 
 fate ; though no ceitain account appears of its mis- 
 fortunes until the year 948, when it was destroyed 
 in the devastations made by king Edred,§ on ac- 
 count of the infidelity of the Northumbrians, when 
 he laid waste the whole of their dominions. Pr& 
 infidelitate, rex AnglorumEdredus totam Northumbt iam 
 devastate in qua devastatione, Monaster 'turn quod diei- 
 tur in Hrypon, a sancto Wiifrido episcofo quondam 
 
 H construe turn. 
 
 * Supposed Aismunderby near Ripon. 
 
 f Supposed Givtndale near Ripon. 
 
 f Dug. M®nas. v. 1. p. 173. Le!. Col. v. 3. p, 169*- 
 
 § Swt page 12. 
 
78 THE HISTORY 
 
 constructum, igne est co?nhustu?n.* But the religious 
 zeal and piety of Qdo, then archbishop of Can- 
 terbury, induced him to procure the rebuilding <»f 
 it, which, in a few years afterwards, by the liberal 
 donations of several persons, he accomplished. It 
 is supposed, upon its re-consecration, to have been 
 dedicated to Saint Wilfrid. 
 
 It now received/ extraordinary marks of royal 
 munificence, the good and virtuous king Athelstan 
 granted to it very great immunities ; it received 
 from him the privilege of sanctuary, with this 
 addition, that whoever infringed its rights, which 
 extended a mile on each side the church, and 
 wee marked and known by metes and bounds, § 
 should forfeit life and estate. And this he granted 
 and confirmed by two charters, one in latin, the 
 Other in old engUsh ver?e.^[ 
 
 Thus franchised and protected, the church of 
 Ripoti continued to flourish and prosper until 
 the Norman conquest, which extended itself with. 
 
 much 
 
 * Dug. Monas. v. i p. 171. Matt, of Westm. 198. 
 
 § The boundaries of the sanctuary of rhe church of 
 Ripon, were named Kangel Coss Sharow Ciqss, still 
 r^uainiwg, arid the Cross of Aibehtan. 
 
 f See Appendix Nos. 4* aad 5. 
 
OF XIPON. f$ 
 
 much devastation into the northern parts of the 
 country; in it fell the town and church of Ripon. 
 After this overthrow, the town remained long in 
 ruins and obscurity, until the public affairs became 
 Settled, and by the clemency and favour of him 
 v/ho destroyed it, and his immediate successors, it 
 recovered and again grew into reputation. The 
 Conqueror gave the town of Ripon to Thomas, 
 archbishop of York, who held it at the taking of 
 the great survey;* and Thurstan, one of his suc- 
 cessors wholly rebuilt the church, in the reign of 
 king Stephen about 1140, and gave to it a carucate 
 of land ; and Roger, archbishop of York, who was 
 preferred to that see J. Z>. 11 54, gave one thou- 
 sand pounds to build the chapter-house. 
 
 Henry the first, granted to thef hurch of Ripon, 
 and to Thomas (the second of that name) arch- 
 bishop of York, the right to hold a fair four days, 
 at the feast of St. Wilfrid; and commanded, that 
 every one Should pafes peaceably there, and return 
 without any molestation-, under a heavy forfeiture. t 
 
 . • See Appendix No. 1. 
 f Sec 'Appendix Nb/6. 
 
 i 
 
So THE HISTORY 
 
 To thi?, another charter* was added by king 
 Stephen, confirming what had already been gran- 
 ted, and addi ig fresh privileges. 
 
 Thus favoured and secured, the church and its 
 liberties remained undisturbed (escaping the mi- 
 Scries of the wars with the barons) until the reign 
 of Elward the second, when the invading scots 
 totally destroyed it by fire, A* D. 1317; after 
 which it laid in ruins until the time of Edward 
 the third. 
 
 A. D. 1329. By the pious exertions of MehoH, 
 archbishop of York, and of other persons of dis- 
 tinction, liberal contributions were made, for re- 
 building the town, which wis soon accomplished, 
 and the church was again raised fr^m its founda- 
 tions ; the three steeples or spires were erected ; the 
 windows were adorned with painted glass, and the 
 whole was magnificently finished. 
 
 A- D. 1331. The same good archbishop gave 
 regulations to the canons and other officers of the 
 c s urch, for their better government. § 
 
 Jn the walls and pillars of the church are the 
 arins of its benefactors, cut in stone, amongs t 
 
 which 
 
 * See Appendix No. 7. 
 § See- Appendix No. 8. 
 
Which nhnh aTe more distinguishable than thosi 
 bf the Picards. 
 
 Th f church now enjoyed a s*ate of tranquillity, 
 and received an additional charter * from Henry 
 the fihh for tht betrer government of its vicars; by 
 v hich s-§ piece of grBtihd was granted to them for 
 Greeting one common dwelling Upon- after creating 
 them a body corporate, with liberty to use one 
 tomrhon seal, and to elect one of them to be head 
 or supieme, who should be called " Advoca*e of 
 "the vicars of Ripon," and to prosveute and de- 
 fend all causes whatsoever in his name. And 
 libeity was given to the archbishop of York, 
 by the same charter, to assign a parcel of land to 
 the " advocate an<! vicais, * on which to erect a 
 convenient dwelling house ; reserving to the k ng 
 and his successors, their accustom. d rights. Whe- 
 ther this dwelling was erected on the place now 
 called " Bedern-Bank^j " or not, we have not been 
 able to learn ; we are told however, that, M near the 
 H 3 ** south-west 
 
 * See Appendix No. 9. 
 * § See page j6. 
 
 % Bedenai, from the Anglo Saxon Bede> a prayer, and 
 
 ietn 0* berm, a cell er hermitage. 
 
 Drake's Hist: of York, 572 
 
82 THE HISTORY 
 
 " south-west end of the church was a bedern, 
 €i \s hereon was built a cloister set apart for a 
 €i number of religious to dwell in, which was 
 4 * destroyed by the scots. 
 
 By the same charter it was granted that the 
 " advocate and vicars" should hold and possess 
 lands and revenues of the yearly value of five 
 pounds; but that it should not interfere with the 
 government of the church, and that the " advocate 
 " and vicars" should still remain subordinate to 
 the " prelates " thereof. 
 
 At this time there belonged to the church seven 
 
 prebends with distinct revenues, named and valued 
 
 as follows. 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 I Thorpe parva 26 13 4 
 
 a Bishop- Monckton 24 o o 
 
 3 Givendale 24 o o 
 
 4 Studley Magna 34 o © 
 
 5 Nunwick 24 o o 
 
 6 Shirow 22 o o 
 
 7 Stanwick 42 o o 
 
 Thfse prebends had also other revenues an- 
 nexed, which were in common to them all ; and 
 were therefore called communities #r the di- 
 vidend. 
 
 There 
 
• * RIfON. 83 
 
 There were also nine chantries within the 
 church; bur where their situations weic, is iiOt f 
 at this time, easy to determine. 
 
 1. The chantry of the Assumption, founded 
 by William Fulfort and Robert Kendal. 
 
 2. The chantry of the holy Trinityj above the 
 altar, founded by Sir Wilham Plumpton, knight. 
 
 3. The chantry of the holy Trinity, beneath 
 the choir, founded by Joan Semball, canon oi St. 
 Peter's in York. 
 
 4. The chantry of St. Thomas tie martyr, 
 supposed Becket, archbishop of Canterbury. The 
 founder is unknown. 
 
 5. The chantry of St. Andrew, founded by 
 Jefferey Larder and David Waller. 
 
 6. The chantry of St. Wilfrid, also founded 
 by Jiffery Larder and David Waller. 
 
 7. The chantry of St. John the evangelist and 
 St. John the baptist, founded by John Sherwood. 
 
 S The chantry of St. James the apostle foun- 
 ded by William Cawoode canon residentary of 
 York, and John De^n, canon of this church, and 
 prebendary of Stanwick. He was buried in the 
 choir of the church. 
 
 9. The < haiitry of St. James the apostle, foun- 
 ded by William Chute, and William Lteds- 
 
 CHAtfTRIES 
 
84 th« HrfSfoftt 
 
 ChAVTRtes were endowed with lands and other 
 yearly revenues for the maintenance of priests^ 
 whose duty it was daily to perform mass at the 
 respective altars, for the souls of the founders, and 
 such others as were by them narried, on a suppo- 
 sition ot their being leleased from purgatory by 
 these means. 
 
 There were also several obits belonging to the 
 church. The (bit was originally a funeral office 
 performed when the coipse was in the church, but 
 aft 1 wards became anniversary, and monev or lands 
 tveie given lowards the maintenance of the priest 
 who performed it. 
 
 The church continued under this governance, 
 until the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Henry 
 the eighth, when it, and many monasteries, col- 
 lege*, &c were dissolved ; and their revenues 
 appropriated to temporal purposes, to enchase the 
 power and gratify the ambition of that prince. 
 
 A, D 1545. The collegiate church of Ripdn, 
 felt his grasp by the almost total deprivation of its 
 revenues; for though the building itself was not 
 demolished, yet there was scarcely a sufficient 
 Stipend left, on which 1 person, qualified to perioim 
 the parochial duties, cou'd subsist. 
 
 Pksviuus te this period, it had the seven pre- 
 
 kendaiies 
 

 OF RIPON. 85 
 
 bendaries whose stipends wc have before enume- 
 rated, and under them six vicars, called vicars 
 choral, who were bound to discharge the preben- 
 daries of all cures and service of the church, for 
 which each of them received the annual stipend of 
 six pounds. The seventh prebendary, viz. the 
 prebendary of Stanwick, was called u the chanter 
 " of the church of Ripon ; " at Stanwick he had a 
 vicar under him, who was to discharge all cures 
 and services there. Two of the prebendaries were 
 enjoined constant residence. 
 
 A. D. 1547. The chantries were not dissolved 
 until the first year of the reign of Edward the sixth, 
 who seized and annexed them to the dutchy of 
 Lancaster. Vv hen after a survey taken, the whole 
 of the revenues both of the prebends and chan- 
 tries were let to farm, leaving an annual stipend 
 of twenty pounds a year only for the support of an 
 officiating minister. There were also belonging 
 to the church three deacons, three sub deacons, six 
 choristers, six treblers, an organist, and a grammar 
 school-master. To the three deacons was allowed 
 an annual stipend of five pounds and ten shillings, 
 to the three sub-deacons four pounds and ten shil- 
 lings, to the six choristers three pounds and eight 
 shillings, to the six treblers two pounds, twelve 
 
 shillings 
 
S6 THE HISTORY* 
 
 shillings and sixpence, and to the school -master 
 two pounds ; all which sums were paid out of the 
 general revenues of the church, 
 
 In the reign of queen Elizabeth, Fdwin, arch- 
 bishop of York, the earl of Huntington, the lords 
 Burlejr and Sheffield, with Mr. Fowler, and some 
 others petitioned her majesty, " to settle *ome more 
 ** means upon the churchy" but their petition was 
 cither wholly neglected or refused. 
 
 The following account of its ultimate settle- 
 ment we give in the words of a manuscript w Inch 
 has accidentally fallen into our hands, and which 
 we have compared wiih the account given by 
 Mr. Gent, 
 
 " In the beginning of king James* reign, somie 
 " petitioners moved his Majesty, who granted to 
 €l the petition, and gave to the church the whole 
 " revenues unsold as they were beiore its dis- 
 4i solution " 
 
 " But the then lord treasurer Buckhurst, by 
 €i means of one Johnson, and Theakston, after 
 €i passage of the great seal, made a s*ay thereof, so 
 ** that the petitioners were glad to petition again, 
 " and by that obtained their desire, the fee farm 
 " rents only reserved to the king; which rents are 
 u enjoyed by the church* and have been ever since 
 
 « the 
 
OF RIPON. 87 
 
 u the first or second of king James, whereof the 
 •■ prebend of Stanwick is a part Test. Chris- 
 M topher Red^haw. Edward Moodie. cum muhis 
 ■« aliis. 
 
 ** Kin© James the first 2 Die August i, 2 Regni 
 11 sui constitutes the late dissolved collegiate church 
 u of Ripon, to be a collegiate church forever ; to 
 " consist of oneZ)*tf# and six Prebendaries ; and, for 
 " their maintenance grants to them dirers lands, 
 M prebends, chantries, and rectories belonging to 
 44 the said church before the dissolution, paying 
 <; to the king and his successors one hundred 
 u pounds, 
 
 " The dean and chapter swrrender all the said 
 €< lands, tithes, prebends, and chantries, 10 his 
 u majesty by deed enrolled, 8 diejanu: 5 Jacobi" 
 
 11 The king's majesty, by his letters patent un- 
 " der his great seal, and dutchy seal, granted an 
 u annuity of three hundred and forty-seven pounds 
 €t issuing out of certain prebends and chantries 
 «< mentioned in letters patent, to be paid by his 
 " receiver general, with a clause for distress upon 
 €l non-payment/' 
 
 " Upon a petition of the dean and chapter to his 
 €i maj sty, setting forth, " That the auditor, and 
 « particular receiver, of the dutchy of Lancaster, had 
 
 < fc not 
 
88 THE HISTOXY 
 
 u not paid the said annuity * but alleged many difficulties 
 u therein Die. 2 Mar : 6 Jacobi" — " His ma- 
 11 jcsty by warrant of privy seal authorised Sir 
 " Thomas Perry kt. then chancellor of the dutchy, 
 44 awd ^ir John Biograve kt. attorney, to determine 
 44 sundry things for the quiet enjoying thereof, as 
 " by their decree under seal appears. " Die 8* 
 44 Feh : ii. Jacobi. " By another decree the said 
 44 chancellor and attorney, with the consent of 
 " Mr. Shillito, the then receiver general of the 
 44 dutchy, ordered and decreed, that the dean and 
 €( chapter forever after should appoint a recei/er 
 44 for themselves, and his majesty's receiver not to 
 " intermeddle therewith, but only to have four 
 46 pounds and five shillings for his fee." 
 
 This decree, amongst many other things awards 
 to the dean and chapter, all such tithes in Ripon, 
 and of and in the several towns and fields cf Ripon, 
 Puteleybridge, and Grantley, or elsewhere, as have 
 been a long time charged, answered, or accomp- 
 ted for, under the title of communities ot the said 
 former collegiate church. 
 
 Soon after this all the old prebends which re- 
 mained unJispcsed of, were sold by the crown. 
 But by i grant 8 Jan . 5 Jac: l ; they were all 
 respectively chaigeu with a fee farm rem, payable 
 
 t# 
 
OF tlFOtf. 89 
 
 to the dean and chapter, which grant was after- 
 wards confirmed by a decree of the court of ihe 
 dutchy of Lancaster, 
 
 The two following copies of the old annual 
 receipts of the church are taken, the first, from 
 Sir Thomas Herbert's account of it, the latter, 
 from the manuscript Jo which we have befor* 
 attended. 
 
 REDDITUS ECCLESIjE. 
 
 L s. d. 
 Olim duo Stipendarii - - - - 40 o o 
 
 Fines quadragesimales -----20 00 
 
 Decimse de Ripon ------ 80 00 
 
 Decimae The^2ur,.rii -----40 00 
 
 Redditus Cantariarum ----- 60 o o 
 
 Pateley Brigs ------- 20 00 
 
 Decimse de Nyd ------ 1000 
 
 Decimae de Grantley ----- 200 
 
 Mortuaria - - - - -'- - - 400 
 
 Liberi Redditus ------ 300 
 
 Alii Redditus -------200 
 
 Decimse Iviolendinorum - - - - JO© 
 
 Pro fabrica ecclesiae redditus - - - 90 o 
 Risaw Wood ------- 20 o o 
 
 REDUCED 
 
Cp THE HISTORY 
 
 REDUCED PREBENDS POST MORTEM. 
 
 I s. J. 
 Prebends and free rents - - - - 198 13 2 
 
 Aismunderby rents -----28122 
 
 Communities -------1^944, 
 
 Several chantries ------ 52 14 2 
 
 Obits - -------- 10 88 
 
 Fabric Rents ------ -19 00 
 
 ANNUAL RENTS OF RIPON CHURCH. 
 
 Fee farm rents and the prebend of Thorp 23 14 10 
 
 Nunwick 26 11 8 
 
 Sharcw 27 8 6 
 
 Monckton 1992 
 
 Skelton alias Givendale . . . • 19 10 of 
 
 Studley 26 11 3 
 
 Aismunderby free rents . . • . 28 12 2 
 House, barn, and garths, of the late 
 
 20© 
 
 Jonathan Jennings, Esq; 
 
 A close in Ripon 034 
 
 Markenfield small tythes • • . . o 13 o 
 
 Obit rents 10 15 3 
 
 Small tithes of several villages . . 30 o o 
 Bi-sidc* .......... 10 o o 
 
 Fabric 
 
 - Tir" - T"* fl"" ' 1 ' J — - 1 1 i_ . 1 " ' " 
 
 * Sapposed for " Bishopside. " 
 
or RiroN. 
 
 
 
 
 9* 
 
 
 /. 
 
 J. 
 
 d. 
 
 Fabric rents . ...... 
 
 • 9 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 Treasury tithe . . • < 
 
 
 
 . . IO 
 
 
 
 
 
 Tithe of town fields . . < 
 
 
 
 . . 46 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 Tithes of Whitcliffc . . 
 
 
 
 . 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 Small tithes 
 
 
 
 • 13 
 
 10 
 
 3 
 
 Westwick small Tithes 
 
 
 
 
 
 '5 
 
 
 
 Chantry of St. Thomas 
 
 
 
 • • 7 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 Chantry of St. Andrew 
 
 
 
 • 5 
 
 t6 
 
 9 
 
 Chantry of the Lady Loft 
 
 
 . . 7 
 
 «4 
 
 7 
 
 Chantry of St. Wilfrid 
 
 
 • « 5 
 
 3 
 
 e 
 
 Chantry of the Holy Trinity 
 
 
 . . 12 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 Chantry of St. Mary, Clotherholrr 
 
 IC . 2 
 
 14 
 
 7 
 
 Chantry of St. Mary, Stammergat 
 
 e . 4 
 
 *9 
 
 4 
 
 Chantry of St. John the Baj 
 
 )tis 
 
 t 
 
 . . 2 
 
 '5 
 
 6 
 
 The valuation according toDugdalc,tisas follows 
 
 /. s. d. 
 " Rypon Ecclesia Collcg . 035 03 08 n 
 
 We beg leave to add a further valuation from 
 Tanner, taken in the 26th. of Henry the eighth. 
 
 " Church of St. Wilfrid, herein are seven 
 41 prebends, 
 
 12 u Thorpe 
 
 I Dug. Monas, 1-046. 
 
9^ THE HISTORY 
 
 /. S. . 
 
 " Thorpe — — — — . 20 o © 
 
 " Stanwyge — — — 4* o 
 
 " Skelion and Jevenhale — 15 10 4 
 
 " Monkton — — — 24 12 £ 
 
 Sharrow — — — 14 5 2 
 
 " Studley ~- — _ — 26 l! 4 
 
 " Nunwike — — — 21 o • 
 
 " And srx Vicars, each worth 600 
 11 The revenues of the com- 
 
 4i munity were valued 
 
 " And the fabric rents at - 12 11 7 
 
 :om- j 
 
 And he adds, " I have been more particular in 
 u putting down the valuation of the prebends, and 
 f * the estates oi this church, becau.e they are not 
 " mentioned in Ecton, or any of the printed vahi- 
 " ers; huving recoveted the same out of a transcr [ 1 
 u from the first fruits office, before the roll for 
 44 York diocese was lost. The guess valuation o 
 44 these prebends, as printed in Stevens's supple- 
 44 ment, vol. 1. p. 58. 
 
 41 Stanwigge - - - 42 
 
 u Thorpe - - - 40 marks 
 
 "Studley ... 34 
 
 „ " Monketen 
 

 CF 
 
 RIPON. 
 
 
 £ 
 
 " Monkcton 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 24 
 
 " Skelton 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 24 
 
 M Nunwicke 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 24 
 
 " Sharrow 
 
 • 
 
 - 
 
 _ 
 
 22 
 
 93 
 
 It appcais also, by the following agreement 
 between the chapter of Ripon and the convent of 
 Fountains, that there was a chapel, now decayed, 
 on Michael- how-Hill, attached to this collegiate 
 thurch; 
 
 "St. MICHAEL'S CHAPEL DE MONTE. 
 
 " In A, D. 1346, it was agreed between the 
 ** chapter of Ripon and the abbot and convent of 
 " Fountains, that the said abbot and successors 
 u should have divine service celebrated in the said 
 " chapel, and receive the oblations there; for 
 4 which the abbot Sec. were annually to pay the 
 " chapter of Ripon ol. 2s. 6d. * 
 
 1 j We 
 
 ^ * Barton's Mon, Ebon p. 198. There was also a 
 
 chapel at Aisaiuiiderby, at Ciotiierholire a and at Huttou- 
 Conyers, as appears by the mor^ ancient records or me 
 ciiaicri ; and the name of Aaptl garth yet remains m the 
 several villages. At Hutcon-Ctayers was an aaciept 
 •seat or the Malories before taey became possessed vf 
 5xudicj/, 
 
94- THE HISTORY 
 
 We 'have been fortunate enough to obtain seve- 
 ral other ancient accounts of the revenues of the 
 church, but thinking those we have already copied, 
 may b^ i ffici.ntly satisfactory to our readers, we 
 have forborne to publish them. 
 
 OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THE 
 CHURCH. 
 
 The following account of the deanery and 
 church of Ripon is, in part, extracted from Bacon's 
 Liber Regis. 
 
 DE RIPON. 
 
 A peculiar jurisdiction, including Masham, 
 under the archbishop of York. It is exempt by 
 Statute of Eliz. i. chap. 4. from the payment of 
 first fruits and tenths, though it stands thus. 
 
 King's Books. Yearly Tenths. 
 
 I s. d. I $i d. 
 
 Boo Dux Cantar. D. Ripon o 16 o 
 
 24 o 7! Hosp. Stae. Mariae Magd 2 8 0$ 
 
 lo 14 4I Hosp. Sti. Johan. Bapt. 1 1 5* 
 
 The king is patron of the deanery. The arch- 
 bishop of York is patron ot the two Hospitals, 
 hey lu ve, of late years been held with the deanery ; 
 
 and 
 
«F RIPON, 95 
 
 a*d the ircome of the deanery and of these mas- 
 terships together, is about £250. per annum. 
 
 The establishment of the ancient church here, 
 was for canons of the order of St. Augustin, and 
 was dissolved by Henry the eighth The chantries 
 were afterwards dissolved by Edward the sixth, 
 James the first, in the second year of his reign, 
 refounded the church, and endowed it with part of 
 its former revenues. 
 
 The collegiate church of Ripon, is dedicated 
 to St. Peter and St. Wilfrid, and consists of a 
 dean, sub-dean, and six prebendaries; out^of these, 
 the dean, upon a vacancy, elects the subdean ; 
 and, as to the prebendaries, the dean and chapter 
 nominate three persons to the archbishop of York* 
 who must collate one of them. 
 
 The sub-deanery, about ^40. per annum. 
 Each prebend, about ^£25. per annum. 
 
 The church of Ripon is proprietor and patroa 
 of the following curacies-, or chapelries, within the 
 parish, viz. 
 
 I s. d, 
 Bishop-Monkton, improved value about 42 o o 
 Bishop-Thornton, iirproved value - 55 o o 
 
 ?ateley- Bridge, (parochial cur; St. Mary)- ™ 
 
 Saw ley, 
 
1 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 49 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 5° 
 
 
 
 
 
 40 
 
 
 
 
 
 96 THE HISTORY 
 
 Sawley, (St. Michael) about — - 
 Skclton, improved value, about 
 Winkslcy, about — — — - 
 
 The curacy of Aldfield cum Studley (St. Law* 
 rence) is likewise in this parish, value about £61 
 per annum; but the patronage, in consequence of 
 benefactions, is vested in the heirs of William 
 Aislabie, Esq, 
 
 The dean and chapter of Ripon are likewise 
 patrons of the curacy of Cleasby, in the diocese 
 of Chester, and of the school founded there by 
 Dr. Robinson late lord bishop of London. 
 
 BENEFACTIONS TO THE CHURCH. 
 
 J. D. 1719. Roger Bayne gent, by will, gave 
 to the dean of Ripon for the time being, and his 
 successors, yearly for ever, twenty shillings for an 
 anniversary sermon, to be preached in the afternoon 
 of the first Sunday in January; and eight shillings 
 for candles to light the church at that time. He 
 also gave twelve shillings yearly, to be laid out in 
 bread, and distributed in the church, to twelv« 
 poor widows, on the first Sunday of every month ; 
 which sums, are payable out of his estate at Ripon, 
 
 J. D. 
 
OF RIPON. qj 
 
 J. D. 1721* Dr. John Robinson, lord bishop 
 of London, by will, gave to the dean and chapter 
 of Ripon, for the time being, and their successors 
 forever, the yearly sum of twelve pounds, payable 
 out of his estate and lands at Hewick in this parish, 
 for a sermon, to be preached in the collegiate 
 church of Ripon, every Sunday afternoon from 
 Lady-day 'till Michaelmas* 
 
 John Lister, Esq; gave by will, two pounds 
 two shillings, for a sermon to be preached in the 
 afternoon,' on the Sunday nearest to St. John** Day. 
 
 «x*tt*A£$K£$ftft**X>« 
 
 The Church upon the first Nomination. 
 2d Aug: 2! Jac : 1 
 
 Dean — — Mo -s J owbr 
 1st Prebendary Ch s;opher Lyndall 
 id Ditto — William Crashavvc 
 ^d Ditto — 'William Barker 
 j^tb Ditto — Robert Cooke 
 5/6 Ditto — George Proctor 
 bth Ditto — William Bewe 
 Sub dean — John Favour, L. L. D. 
 added 8 Jun : $th Jac: 1. 
 
 DEANS 
 
9§ THE HISTORY 
 
 DEANS. 
 
 When nominated 
 
 1604 2d August (idjac: 1) Moses Fowler B D. 
 was master of St Mary Magd : Hosp: in 
 February 1586. In 1590 resigned the rectory 
 of Bransburon. In 1591 was instituted to 
 Silkston: Died 1608 and was buried atRipon. 
 
 1608 Anthony Higgins, B. D. 
 
 1624 JohnWilson, D. D. had been a prebendary ; 
 was head-master of Westminster school, 
 rector of Bedal, vicar of Burneston, and also 
 prebendary of Westminster and Lincoln: 
 he died 19 February 1634. 
 
 1635 23 April, Thomas Dodd, chaplain to king 
 Charles the first, prebendary of Litchfield, 
 and rector of Terrington. 
 
 1660 31 August, Joha Wilkins* S. T. P. a pre- 
 bendary of York, and bishop of Chester in 
 1668, and had the character of a universal 
 scholar: |j He married a sister of O. Crom- 
 well, and in his time was warden of 
 
 When 
 
 • See his epitaph, 
 I See an account ©f hirn in Granger's Eng. v. 3. p. 247* 
 
OF RIPON, gg 
 
 When nominated 
 
 Wadham College, Oxford, and preacher at 
 Gray's Inn: He died 19 November 1672.$ 
 
 1674 30 May, John Neile, D. D. a prebendary 
 of York and Durham, and archdeacon of 
 Cleveland: He was burled at Ripon. 
 
 1675 21 August , Thomas Tullie, D. D. rector 
 of Griggleton, Wilts, where he died. He 
 was the noted adversary of Bishop Bull, but 
 not equal to his opponent in argument. 
 
 1675 1 February ', Thomas Cartwright, D. D. a 
 prebendary of St. Paul's, Durham, and Wells, 
 and bishop of Chester in 1686. He followed 
 the fortunes of king James the second and 
 died in Ireland 15 Jpril 1689, a pompous 
 funeral was bestowed upon him by king 
 James's party in Dublin, but he died a pro- 
 testant: He was chaplain to king Charles 
 the second. £ 
 
 1686 6 November, Christopher Wyvill, D. D. a 
 prebendary of York': He probably succeeded 
 Dr. Hooke, who died 1688, in the master- 
 ship of the hospitals of St. Mary Magdalen 
 
 When 
 
 § Vide Athen : Oxon. yoI. 2. page 505. 
 $ B. Willis's ch« Chester, page 336. 
 
IOO THI HISTOJtY 
 
 When nominated 
 
 and St. John the Baptist. The deans, his 
 successors, lnvc since held these hospitals. 
 He was buried at Ripon. f 
 
 1710 10 March, Heneage Dering, L. L. D. a 
 prebendary of York, archdeacon of the East- 
 Riding, and rector of Scrayingham. § 
 
 1750 16 August, Francis Wanley, D. D. a pre- 
 bendary of York, Southwell, and Hereford, 
 and rector of Stokesley 
 
 1791 2\ January , Robert Darley WaddiloveD. D. 
 had been prebendary and residentiary, now 
 a prebendary of York, and archdeacon of 
 the East-Riding. 
 
 $T Dr. Dering married a daughter of archbi- 
 shop Sharp, and was his chaplain; Dr. Wanley 
 was chaplain to archbishop Hutton ; and the pre- 
 sent dean of Ripon was chaplain to archbishop 
 Drummond, and for several years to the present 
 distinguished prelate Dr. Markham, who has long 
 filled the see of York with the highest credit, and 
 the utmost satisfaction to its extensive diocese, and 
 
 to the province. 
 
 SUB-DEANS. 
 
 <li bee ne inscription ou a b;ass plate witiiin the 
 alu* rails, 
 
 $ See his epitaph. 
 
of *ipon. tor 
 
 SUB-DEANS. 
 
 When elected. 
 
 1607! John Favour L. L D. precentor of York in 
 1617 ; a prebendary of Southwell, and vicar 
 of Halifax and there buried 10 March 1623. 
 
 1624 John Bramhall, A. M. He was some time 
 residentiary ; resigned on being made bishop 
 of Derry \ he had been archdeacon of Meath 
 and treasurer of christ church, Dublin, and 
 was afterwards archbishop of Armagh. He 
 died in 1663. He was master cf St. Mary's 
 and of St. John's Hospitals in 1625, an< * 
 before he went into Ireland, had been rector 
 of South- Kilvington and of St. Martin's, 
 York. 
 
 1634 Matthew Levet A. M. was also residentiary. 
 He was nominated to the sub-deanery bykin_j 
 Charles, upon Bramhall's promotion to the 
 bishoprick of Derry. 
 
 1661 John Drake A. M. a prebendary of York, 
 and rector of Donnington, was also resi- 
 dentiary. 
 
 K When 
 
 f In this year king James directed that a sub- d; an 
 jhould be adc^d to the ctiunhi 
 
102 THE HISTORY 
 
 When elected. 
 
 l68i Henry Gcesswold A. M. He left lands near 
 Ripon now let at £22. per annum, to aug- 
 ment the stipends of the two Vicars and the 
 Organist. He was precentor of Litchfield, 
 rector of Solihull in the county of Warwick, 
 and there buried. 
 
 1700 Francis Pemberton A. M. prebendary of 
 York, and rector of Bedal, and there buried. 
 
 1722 John Blower A. M. a prebendary of York 
 and rector of Kirkby-Underdale. 
 
 1723 William Elsley A. M. (the dean's nephew) . 
 a prebendary of York and rector of Rither. 
 
 1745 Joseph Cookson A. M. vicar of Leeds. 
 
 1746 John Dering A. M. (the dean's son) rector 
 of Hilgay, Norfolk. 
 
 1774 Henry Goodricke A. M. a prebendary of 
 York, rector of Hunsingore, and vicar of 
 Aldborough ; resigned. 
 
 J 792 Fr. Meek A. M. a prebendary of Litchfield. 
 
 1802 Ralph Worsley A. M. rector of Finchley. 
 
 FIRST PREBEND, 
 
 1604 Christopher Lyndall A. M. was master of 
 St. Mary's and St. John's hospitals, and vicar 
 of Kai^csthwaite* 
 
 When 
 
of riton. 103 
 
 When elected. 
 
 1623 John Wilson S.T. P. by lapsef(the third dean) 
 
 1624 John Bramhall A. M. see sub-deans. 
 1624 Michael Wandsford A. M was residentiary. 
 1637 Richard Movie A. M. 
 
 1660 Henry Gresswold A. M. see sub-deans. * 
 1681 George Tullie A. M. sub-dean of York and 
 
 archbishop's chaplain ; rector of Gateshead 
 
 and there buried: resigned. 
 1 69 1 John Blower A» M. see sub-deans. 
 1722 Joseph Cookson A. M. see sub-deans* 
 1743 John Dering A. M. see sub-deans. 
 1746 William Lamplugh A. M. a prebendary 
 
 of York, and vicar of Dewsbury. 
 1776 Thomas Collins A. M. vicar of Knaresbro'. 
 1788 John Preston A. M. a preben lary of York 
 
 and rector of Marston and Foston. 
 
 SECOND PREBEND. 
 
 1604 William Cranshaw B. D. 
 1626 William Ellis A. M. vicar cf St. Mary's 
 Beverley. 
 
 k 2 When 
 
 * The commendara to the archbishop contained like- 
 wise, the names of J. Tillotson, afterwards archbishop 
 of Canterbury, and of Edward Siillingfleet, afterwards 
 bishop of Worcester. 
 
104 *R» HISTORY 
 
 When elected. 
 
 1637 William Forster A. M. vicar of Whenby. 
 
 1639 Thomas Astell B. D. vicar of Thirkleby. 
 
 1661 Peter Vivian A. M. (by the king ) 
 
 1667 Edmund Diggle S.T. P. archdeacon of York 
 and chaplain to the archbishop, treasurer of 
 Litchfield and rector of Slimbridge, Glou- 
 cestershire, and there buried.* 
 
 2668 William Bridges A. M. a prebendary of 
 York and rector of Castleford, 
 
 1696 George Halley A. M. rector ©f St Cuthbert's 
 York. 
 
 1708 James Talbot S. T. P. rector of Spofforth. 
 
 X708 KobertWeelksB. D rector of Goldsborough. 
 
 17 1 7 William Elsley A. M. see sub-deans. 
 
 1723 Rich. Kay A. M. rector of Moor-Monckton, 
 
 1743 Henry Cook A. M. a prebendary of York 
 „ and Southwell, and rector of Stoke 4 ley. 
 
 1750 Henry Goodricke A. M. see sub-deans. 
 
 1774 John Scott A. M. rector of Methley. 
 
 1780 Marm. Lawson A. M. rector of Sproatley. 
 
 THIRD 
 
 ♦See his epitaph in Willis' ch. of Litch. p. 411. 
 The celebrated Archbishop Tillotson was here again an 
 unsuccessful candidate. 
 
 
OP RIPON. t05 
 
 THIRD PREBEND. 
 
 When elected. 
 
 1604 William Barker A. M. 
 
 1606 William Cleyburn A. M. vicar of Nidd. 
 
 1660 William Lloyd S. T. P.* afterwards bishop 
 
 of St. Asaph, next of Litchfield, and lastly of 
 
 Worcester, (by the King.) 
 1680 Francis Pemberton A. M. was nominated 
 
 by the king, upon Lloyd's being made a 
 
 bishop, see sub-deans. 
 1 70 1 Stephen Penton, A. M. rector of Watht 
 
 near Ripon. 
 1706 Cuthbert Chambers B. D. fellow of Magd. 
 
 College Oxford. He was buried at Ripon $ 
 K 3 When 
 
 * See an account of him and his epitaph in Br. Willis's 
 ch. of Worcester, p. 655. 
 
 f Where he is interred and over him is the following 
 curious epitaph. / 
 
 * Here lies what is left of Stephen Penton, rector, 
 who being dead yet speaketh to all my beloved parish- 
 ioners ; since any of you may be next,, let every one 
 prepare to be so. To prepare for death devoutlv, re- 
 ceive the sacred cup often, make your will while you are 
 in good health that you may have leisure to die wisely, 
 and if you hope to die comfortably you must resolve lo 
 live righteously* GOD send us all a happy meeting, " 
 
 % See his epitaph, 
 
I06 THI HISTORY 
 
 When elected. 
 
 1715 Edward Trotter L. L. D. rector of Sigston. 
 1 729 William Thompson A. M. rector of Escrick. 
 1752 Hugh Thomas D. D. He was chancellor of 
 
 the church of York, dean of Ely, and master 
 
 of Christ College, Cambridge, 
 1780 Francis Meeke A. M. see sub-deans. 
 1792 Ralph Worsley A. M. rector of Finchley : 
 
 see sub-dems. 
 1802 John Ellis, A. B. vicar of Strensal and 
 
 prebendary of York. 
 
 FOURTH PREBEND. 
 
 1604 Robert Cook, A M. vicar of Leeds, was 
 master of St. Mary's and St John's hospitals. 
 
 1624 John Favour A. M. rector of Sutton-upon- 
 Derwent, and of Baynton, a prebendary of 
 York and Southwell, and master of the hos- 
 pitals of St Mary and St John: sec* sub-deans. 
 
 166 1 John Drake AM. same day made sub dean. 
 
 1 66 1 Richard Hooke D D was master of the 
 two hospitals at Ripon. 
 
 1688 William Lamplugh A M. 
 
 I7®5 Darcy Dalton, A M rector of Hawksworth 
 and of Lessington in Lincolnshire, and 
 prebendary of York, resigned. 
 
 When 
 
OF RIPON. 1%J 
 
 When elected. 
 
 1 7 13 Valentine Nalson A. M, vicar of St. Mar- 
 tin's, coneystreet > York. 
 
 1733 John Wakefield, A M. rector of Sessay. 
 
 1749 John Fogg D. D. rector of SpofForth. 
 
 1774 CuthbertAllansonD.D. rector of Wath near 
 Ripon,and chaplain tothe house of commons. 
 
 1780 Robert Darley Waddilove A. M. rector ,x>f 
 Cherry-Burton and vicar of Topclifte, was 
 •* elected, and continued residentiary, 'till he 
 succeeded to the deanery. 
 
 1 791 Edward Carne A. M. a prebendary of York 
 and vicar of Aberford. 
 
 1805 Thomas Brand A. M a prebendary of Lin- 
 coln and rector of Wath near Ripon. 
 
 FIFTH PREBEND. 
 
 1604 George Proctor A M. rector of Berwick in 
 Elmet, and master of St Mary's and St John's 
 hospitals; resigned. 
 
 1625 Thomas Walker A. M. 
 
 1661 Tobias Swinden M A prebendary of York. 
 
 1661 John Littleton M. A. 
 
 1681 JohnMilnerB D. vicar of Leeds. In 1688 
 he was deprived of his preferments, for re- 
 fusing the oaths, and died a non-juror. 
 
 When 
 
108 THE HISTORY 
 
 When elected, 
 
 1690 Edward Morris L. L. D. vicar of Aldborough ; 
 
 appointed upon Milner's deprivation. 
 1720 Thomas Perrott A M. curate of Yarm. 
 1 728 Thomas Rudd A M vicar of North- AUerton. 
 1733 J onn Forster, A M. rector of Staveley in the 
 
 diocese of Chester. 
 1742 Thomas Warwick A M rector of Copgrove 
 
 in the diocese of Chester. 
 1755 Christopher Driffield A M. vicar of Fe- 
 
 therston and rector of Burghwales 
 1788 J. Holdsworth A. M. vicar of Normanton* 
 1801 Peter Haddbn A M. vicar of Leeds, 
 
 SIXTH PREBEND. 
 
 1604 William Bewe A M. 
 
 1 61 3 Edward Wright A M. nominated by the 
 king, resigned. 
 
 1615 Matthew Levet A. M. see sub-deans. 
 
 1634 Richard March S. T. P. He was the only 
 surviving prebendary at the restoration in 
 1660, when he was nominated to the dea- 
 nery of York, but not regularly presented 
 'till the 25th July 1660, and was installed 
 
 Whin 
 
OF RIPON. XO9 
 
 When elected. 
 
 20th August ; presented by the king to the 
 
 archdeaconry of the west-riding 1641. 
 1973 George Parish D. D. a prebendary and 
 
 succentor of York, prebendary of Southwell, 
 
 rector of Weldrake, and there buried ; had 
 
 been archbishop's chaplain, and fellow of 
 
 Trinity college, Cambridge. 
 x68S Roger Altham D D. Hebrew professor and 
 
 canon of Christ-church college, Oxon ; and 
 
 prebendary of York. 
 1714. Henry Lodge A.M. minister of St: John's, 
 
 Leeds. 
 171 8 Marmaduke Buck A M. rector of Marston. 
 1759 James Wilkinson A. M. vicar of Sheffield. 
 1805 Thomas Trebeck M. A, vicar of Wath- 
 
 upon-Dearne. 
 
 The present VICARS-CHORAL are, 
 
 The Rev. Richard Browne A. B. rector of 
 Normanby. 
 
 The Rev. Isaac Godmond, vicar of Burton- 
 Leonard. 
 
 The 
 
lid THE HISTORY 
 
 The OFFICERS belonging the church 
 
 Are, an Organist, Clerk, five Song~men y six 
 Choristers or Singing boys, and a Verger* 
 
 The ARMS and SEAL of the CHURCH 
 
 ARE ALIKE, VIZ. 
 
 A representation of the church with its 
 thtee spires ; the Holy Lamb standing upon a 
 book, holding a banner crusaded, for the crest. 
 
 OF 
 
OF RIPON. Ill 
 
 OF THE CHURCH IN ITS PRESENT 
 STATE. 
 
 It is a large and venerable gothic structure, 
 "which has been built and altered at different pe- 
 riods, and in several instances exhibits singular 
 changes from the saxon to the gothic style of 
 building. 
 
 At the west end are two uniform square towers, 
 one hundied and ten feet high, on each of which, 
 at the rebuilding of the church by archbishop 
 Thurstan, was placed a spire of timber, covered 
 with lead, of the height of one hundred and twenty 
 feet ; these, to preserve the uniformity of the fab- 
 ric, after the spire on the middle tower had been 
 destroyed by a storm of wind, or perhaps for want 
 of means sufficient for reparation, were taken down 
 by order of the chapter; and the towers remained 
 in that state, until the year 1797, when the present 
 dean, whose constant attention is directed to repair 
 and adorn the fabric under his care, added open 
 battlements with pinnacles at each corner: In 
 1804 also the inside walls of the church were re- 
 paired and coloured: He has also had, with the 
 aid of subscriptions, the floor of the church entirely 
 
 re-laid; and chieflv new flagged, 
 
 Abost 
 
112 THS HISTORY 
 
 About the time of Richard the third or the be- 
 ginning of the reign of Henry the seventh, the two 
 side aisles, intended to have had stone roofs, (as ap- 
 pears by the supports yet remaining in the walls,) 
 were probably added to the body of the church r 
 The choir was likewise extended to the east, as is 
 observable both within and without, and about the 
 same time also, several windows were lengthened 
 and altered from the round to the gothic arch. Two 
 of the four fine large saxon arches, supporting the 
 great tower (called Wilfrid's; which is one hun- 
 dred and ten feet high, were changed to the gothic. 
 The east and south sides of this tower are cased 
 on the outside, with stone wrought in the gothic 
 style, and two of the pinnacles with part of the 
 raised battlements which were then added, still 
 remain. It is much to be regretted that these alte- 
 rations were never compleated, as the irregularity 
 is very apparent, but it was probably owing to the 
 failure of the funds for effecting the work, or some 
 other similar cause, that prevented its completion. 
 Upon Saint Wilfrid's tower stood also, a noble 
 spire one hundred and twenty feet high, but of 
 much larger'dimensionsthan those before described, 
 which was blown down on the eighth of Decem- 
 ber 1660. By the fall of this spire the arched roof 
 
 of 
 
OF RIPON. irj 
 
 of the choir was entirely broken in ; the fine gothic 
 canopies over several of the stalls were destroyed, 
 and the body of the church received so much injury, 
 that the estimate for rebuilding the steeple, and 
 other necessary repairs, amounted to the sum of 
 six thousand pounds and upwards ; for this a brief 
 was obtained the same year, (12th* Charles second) 
 with the money collected upon it, and other 
 contributions, the church underwent a complete 
 repair. The knots or center blocks of the groined 
 roof, which also was then broken in, are still pre- 
 served in the chapter-house, and exhibit very curi- 
 ous specimens of carving in oak, of figures * 
 foliage &c. 
 
 A considerable part of the present minster, 
 was begun A. D. 133 1 and finished in 1494, as 
 appears from dates in the choir ; so that from the 
 beginning to the end of the work, there was a space 
 of one hundred and sixty-three years. 
 
 On the north -west angle of the great tower is 
 a cupola, in which hangs the prayer-bell, the motto 
 upon it is expressive of its office. # 
 
 L 4 In 
 
 * Voco vera pre care \ 
 
II4. THE HISTORY 
 
 In the north tower hung the great bell, § said to 
 have been brought from Fountains' Abbey, and 
 used here in tolling for the dead. In t^e south tower 
 hung five bells, which were taken down in the year 
 1762, and, together with the fine bell from Foun- 
 tains, were re-cast by Messieurs Listor and Pack 
 of London, into a peal of eight, the expence of 
 re-casting and hanging them was five hundred and 
 fifty-seven pounds eleven shillingsand eleven pence, 
 which was discharged by a public subscription. 
 
 From the west entrance, on each side of the 
 body arc six pillars, including the corner pillars 
 in both numbers, which form five arches; on the 
 second pillar at the west end of the north aisle arc 
 two shields of arms cut in stone, one containing 
 the arms of the town, the other those of the Pi- 
 card family, who were great benefactors to the re- 
 pairs of the fabric in the time of Edward the third ; 
 on the south wall of the choir are also the arms of 
 
 the 
 
 § Its diameter was four feet and three inchei. Tke 
 motto upon it was. 
 
 I. H. S.^ 
 Orate mente pia 
 Pro robis Virgo Maria ! 
 Alexander Episcopus Ebor: 
 Dei gratia &c. 
 
of uroN. 115 
 
 the Picards and some other benefactors; supposed 
 to be of the same date. 
 
 The choir is separated from the other part of 
 the church by a partition or screen of stone, nearly 
 twenty feet high and adorned with curious carved 
 work; in the middle of it is the door into the 
 choir, over which stands + 
 
 The ORGAN; 
 
 Esteemed a very fine one, it was built ty Gerard 
 Smith in 1696, and was repaired and ornamented 
 in the year 1789, by Mr. Donaldson of York, who 
 added one stop to it, at the expence of Dr. Edward 
 Ayrton of his Majesty's chapel-royal. 
 
 On each side of the door, upon the screen are 
 four niches with pedestals, on which were placed 
 statues of those benefactors to the structure in the 
 reign of Edward the third, whose arms are placed 
 on the front of each pedestal, but are now so defa- 
 ced that it is impossible to discover to whom they 
 have belonged. 
 
 On the door are carved the arms of the see of 
 Yoik, of St. Wifrid, and other benefactors. 
 
 At the west entrance into the choir are stalls 
 
 for the dean, sub-dean, and prebendaries, enriched 
 
 L 2 with 
 
Il6 THE HISTORY 
 
 with much carved work, similar to those in the 
 cathedral at York ; of these the dean's stall is on 
 the right, and the sub- dean's on the left hand of the 
 -entrance ; the rest are assigned to the prebendaries 
 by a label over each. They were begun in the year 
 1489, aud finished in the year 1494, at the charge, 
 as is supposed, of archbishop Rotherham, 
 
 There are thirteen other stalls on the north side 
 of the choir appropriated to the use of the mayor 
 and aldermen ; on the south side are the archbishop's 
 throne, and eleven other stalls generally occupied 
 by the common councilmen of this borough, and 
 below on each side of the choir are scats for the 
 vicars. choral, singing-men, chorister?, and inha- 
 bitants. 
 
 The seats in the stalls are all of oak, and when 
 turned up, exhibit different richly carved represen- 
 tations of animals, figures, and foliage ; upon the 
 crocket of the seat next to the dean's stall, is the 
 date 1489. The finials before the stalls, and the 
 crockets to the seats are of exquisite workmanship, 
 particularly those at the deans, sub-deans, and 
 archbishop's seats ; as are also two small canopies, 
 one near the mayor's the other adjoining the arch- 
 bishop's seat. 
 
 On 
 
OP RIPON. 11^ 
 
 On the finial, with the arm* allotted to St. Wil- 
 frid, is the date 1494, and the same date is also on 
 some wood-work in the north aisle of the choir. 
 
 On the south side of the choir are the vestry 
 and chapter-house, which, with the vaults beneath 
 seem by far the most ancient part of the fabric, 
 having the appearance of a distinct building, and 
 were very probably an entire church, as may be con- 
 jectured from the circular end. If any part of the 
 building could be supposed to have escaped the re- 
 peated ravages by which it suffered, these might 
 be taken for some remains of St. Wilfrid's original 
 church. 
 
 It is very propable that the lady-loft and library 
 were built upon the vestry and chapter-house, 
 about the time of Henry the seventh, when the 
 aisles were added to the body of the church. 
 
 In the CHAPTER-HOUSE 
 
 Are several paintings on wooden pannels, well 
 executed, viz. Edward III. Richard II. Henry IV. 
 Henry V. Henry VI James the I. and his wife 
 and prince Henry, eldest brother of Charles L 
 Richaid III. Elizabeth his consort, and Margaret 
 his mother, Henry VIII. Catharine Parr, Ann Bo- 
 kn, Jane Seymour, Edward VI. and queen Mary. 
 l 3 The 
 
lit THE HISTORY 
 
 The LIBRARY 
 
 Is filled principally with ancient books of divinity, 
 a few classics, and some manuscripts ; chiefly 
 the library of Dr. Higgins. 
 
 The ALTAR PIECE 
 
 Is a curious perspective painting, allowed by ar- 
 tists to be an excellent performance, but it is 
 unfortunately of a different order of architecture 
 fiom that of the church, which destroys the effect 
 it would otherwise have of appearing at a distance 
 as a continuation of the same building. 
 
 Under the nave of the church is a chapel, by 
 some supposed to be dedicated to the holy trinity, 
 in which is a place called Saint Wilfrid's needle, 
 that appears to have been used as a confessional: 
 these chapels are called Crypts * and were used for 
 the services of the holy week: Besides the entrance 
 from the body of the church, there was one for 
 the priest from the choir. 
 
 The length of the chapel is ten feet six inches, 
 breadth, seven feet six inches; height, nine feet. 
 
 In the transept to the north, near the entrance 
 
 into the choir stands a stone pulpit oi curious 
 
 workmanship. 
 
 The 
 
 * From their being in concealed or secret places. 
 
OF RIPON. M9 
 
 The IRON GATES, 
 
 At the north and south entrances, were given by 
 Mrs. Kitchingman in 1802. 
 
 DIMENSIONS OF THE CHURCH, 
 
 Height of the choir to the square 63 feet. 
 Height of the aisles in the choir 29 feet 8 inches. 
 Height of the choir to the ridge 79 feet. 
 Height of the nave to the ridge 88 feet 6 inches. 
 Width of St. Wilfrid's steeple from east to west 
 
 33 feet 6 inches, from north to south 32 feet 
 
 5 inches. 
 Length from the choir door to the west door, 
 
 within the walls 171 feet. 
 The whole church, inside, 270 feet long, including 
 
 the choir. 
 The choir is 99 feet long and 67 feet broad, aisles 
 
 included. 
 Body of the church is 87 feet broad. 
 The great spire upon Wilfrid's tower which was 
 
 blown down— -the bans c;Q feet square; height, 
 
 120 feet, and 4 ches wide at the top. 
 
 Breadth 
 
>2Q THE HISTORY 
 
 Breadth of the nave, exclusive of the aisles 40 feci 
 7 inches. Length of the aisles ilo feet 8 in- 
 ches. Breadth 17 feet 10 inches. 
 
 Length of the transept 132 feet. 
 
 Breadth of the transept 36 feet. 
 
 Height of the south arch of St. Wilfrid's steeple 
 22 feet — of the west arch 26 feet 4^ inches. 
 
 Height of the screen 19 feet 3 inches. 
 
 Length of the vestry 28 feet, breadth 18 feet 6 
 inches. 
 
 Length of the chapter-house 34 feet 8 inches, 
 breadth 18 feet 8 inches. 
 
 EAST 
 
t-F.ftlFON. I2X 
 
 EAST WINDOW. 
 
 Thi whole of this window was formerly filled 
 with beautifully stained glass, much of which was 
 destroyed by the soldiers under the command of 
 Sir Thomas Maulevercr, Anno 1643. What parts 
 of the broken glass could be collected, were repla- 
 ced in the window. But by the exertions of the 
 present dean, it has been wholly renewed with 
 painted glass* executed by the late W Peckett 
 
 cf 
 
 * The secret cf painting on glass, was never lost, 
 though much interrupted (see Waipoie'a anecdotes of 
 paintirg vol 2J. page 16.) 
 
 la Mr. Thcresby's mu.eum (see Ducatus Leodiensfe* 
 page 492) was tnc picture of Mr, Henry G, ; cs .vrojght 
 in Mezzotinto by tne eel brated Mr, Francis piacr of 
 York, when that art was knovn to few others, called 
 there, the famous glass painter of York, 
 
 It may not be unwelcome to the curious reader to see 
 some anecdotes of the revival cf taste for painted glass 
 in England. Isaac Oliver, and Henry Giles died aoout 
 ginning of tne last century ; and tor many years 
 ;irds William Price and his son were tue oaiy 
 painters in this style in England. One Rowell, a plum- 
 Reading, did some things, particularly for the 
 ke ; but Rov\eL's colours soon vanished ; 
 he locrA out at las: a very curable beautiful red, but he 
 
 and the secret wiik him. A r 
 name*. a, began the same art at Birmingham in 
 
 
112 THE HISTORY 
 
 of York. In the middle compartment are the 
 arms of king James the first, under which is the 
 following inscription. 
 
 POTENTISS: PRINCEPS 
 JACOBUS MAG: BRITANNLE 
 ET FRANCIS MONARCHA 
 ECCLESIAM COLLEGIATAM 
 DE RIPON RESTAURAVIT 
 ET REGIO ST1PENDIO 
 D1TAV1T II. DIE AUGUST-. 
 
 A. D. 1604. 
 ET A. REGNI ANGLI-ffi 
 ET HIBERNIiE II. 
 
 The arms of William Markham archbishop of 
 York, and of Peter Johnson Esq ; late recorder 
 
 of 
 
 1756 or 1757, and fitted up a window for Lord Lyitleton, 
 in the church ofHagley, Worcestershire. Soon after 
 him Peckett at York began tke same business, and made 
 good proficiency in it. And in later years the cele- 
 brated Jarvia of London brought the art to the highest 
 degree of perfection, both in design and colouring. It 
 was carried en with great success in the neighbourhood 
 of Birmingham by Egington's son, who died in the 
 spring of 1805 ; for a list of his works see Gentleman's 
 Magazine. April 1S05, page 387, May page 482 3, and 
 July page 606. 
 
OF RTFON. 123 
 
 of the city of York, and supreme judge of the 
 dean and chapter's court of Ripon ; and the arms 
 •f the present dean with this inscription 
 
 Rob, Darky JVaddllovs, 
 DECJNUS 
 
 MDCCXCII. 
 
 In the other compartments, are the arms of 
 Beilby Porteus, lord bishop of London; J. Robin- 
 son, late lord bishop of London, and ambassador 
 at the Hague at the peace of Utrecht: of the lords 
 Grantham and Grantley ; cf Blacket and Ingleby 
 baronets ; of Aislabie, Weddell, Wood, Allanson, 
 Oxley, and Dawson, Esquires; of the deans Dering 
 and Wanley; and of Goodricke, Wilkinson, 
 Lawson, Meek, Preston, Holdsworth, Carne, and 
 Worsley, prebendaries of the church ; together with 
 the arms of the church and of the town : Those 
 of Osb : Markham Esq; learned steward of the 
 canon fee manor, and of KadJon, prebendary, 
 have been lately added, and were painted by Mr* 
 C. SwanfelJer of Ripon. 
 
 THE OPPOSITE LARGE 
 
 WEST WINDOW 
 
 Has been entirely repaired* In the centre is a 
 
 small 
 
124 THE HISTORY 
 
 small compartment of stained glass with a crest, 
 and the date, 1789. 
 
 On the wall under this window, is a small 
 marble tablet inscribed* 
 
 REFICI CURAVIT 
 R. D. W. 
 
 Rtiidehilarius 
 
 et 
 
 Decanus 
 
 M, D, C C, XCIL 
 
 MONUMENTS. 
 
• F XIPOM. 125 
 
 MONUMENTS. 
 
 Within the chapter-house is a small monument, 
 (after a design of Bacon's) thus inscribed; 
 
 The Memory of the just is blessed : 
 
 Prov ; ch : X, v. 7. 
 Sacred to those virtues which adorn a christian : 
 This Marble perpetuates the Memory of Ann-Hope 
 
 Darley Waddilove, 
 Wife of The Reverend the Dean of this Coll: Church, 
 
 And Daughter of Sir L : Grant of Grant Bt : 
 After a long and painful Illness supported with singular 
 
 Patience and Resignation 
 
 She departed this Life the 21st. of May 1797 in the 
 
 51st. Year of her Age 
 
 With the fullest Hope of a joyful Resurrection : 
 
 Her gentle and amiable Manners, with every domestic 
 
 Virtue, 
 
 The genuine offspring of a benevolent and religiousMind, 
 
 Procured her, whilst living, universal Attachment and 
 
 Regard, 
 
 And excited at her Death, not less universal Regret, 
 
 Thomas their eldest Son died 2 March 1799 a S e( * l h 
 And lies er f orrb'd beside his mother, 
 Whose amiable Dispositions he inherited 
 Whose Virtues he imitated and equaiFd. 
 
12$ CH? BISTORT 
 
 Mary Catharine their Daughter died 
 
 In her Infancy, and is buried 
 
 at TopclifTe. 
 
 Mrs. Waddilove, and Mr. Thomas D. Waddilove, are 
 deposited in the dean's vault under the chapter-house. 
 
 The remains of the late Mr. Weddell of Newby-Hall, 
 are deposited ia the same vault ; where Mr. Wood's 
 family of Hollin- Close, also have a burial place. 
 
 In a chapel north of the choir door is a very hand- 
 some monument, being a full length representation of 
 Si a Edward Blacket, bart. with a lady on each 
 side, in mournful attitudes. — Mary his first lady, daugh- 
 ter of Thomas Norton of Langthmne Esq ; and Mary 
 his second lady, daughter of Sir John Yorke of Rich- 
 mond. Inscribed. 
 
 Here lieth the Body of Sir EDWARD BLACKET, 
 of Newby, Bart. He was thrice married, first to Mary 
 oaly Child of Thcmas Norton of Langthorne, in the 
 County of York, Esq ; she had issue onl y one Child, 
 named William, who died in his Infancy, she not long 
 surviving. 
 
 Secondly to MARY, Daughter of Sir John Yorkt, of 
 
 Richmond, Kt. who had Issue six Sons, viz William, 
 
 Edward, John, Thomas, Christopher, and Henry j and s X 
 
 Daughters Elizabeth, Henrietta, Maria Akthea, Isabella, 
 
 Ann, and Christiana. 
 
 His 
 
 
or *ipon. 127 
 
 His third Wife was Diana Lady Delaval, Relict of 
 Sir Ralph Delaval ci Seaton Dclaval, Bt. Daughter to 
 Gtergt Lord Delamere, and Sister to Etnry first Earl of 
 Warrington. 
 
 She had Issue by Sir Ralph t)ela<val only one Daugh- 
 ter, named DiaHa i married to William, eldest Son of Sir 
 Etivjard Mlmktn *ha $&& Pinna* died the io;h, of Ja- 
 nuary 1710, Uavlng Issue only om daughter aamsd 
 £ia*«. DIANA Lady BLACKET departed this Lift 
 tht isrenth day of Oeiobsr, 1713, The said Sir 
 EDWARD BLACKET diedAprilthe ztl 1716, Aged 
 %. And the said WILLI A VI BLACKET, a'so depar- 
 ted dii* Life the 23d. of February J»mT)2k* 171 j. Th§ 
 laid ELIZABETH, eldest Daughter to Sir EDWARD 
 BLACKET* who was marrkd t© Jths* Win ©f Rippos, 
 fiq. departed this Life the a ad. of May 1711, 
 
 In the samt chapel is a plain modern flrtftwteat 
 
 inscribed, 
 
 B?»eath lye the refifeim ef 
 
 J04N BLACKETT ESQj 
 
 S^n efSr 1 Ed: BUekete Bar; 
 
 who died the i^rth, April 1750 
 
 Aged 65, 
 
 And likewise of Patience his Wife, who 
 
 Died 16th. January 1 78S. Aged 02, 
 
 M 2 Honours 
 
llZ THE HISTORY 
 
 Honours and riches pass away as we drop 
 into the grave. 
 
 Faith and good works accompany us to heaven. 
 
 Ok a moaument well executed by Bacon. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory 
 ef Sir. EDWARD BLACKET Bart. Sec. Sec. Sec. 
 
 of MsLtfen in Northumberland: 
 
 Who departed this life the 3d. of Feb. 1804. ^Etatis 85. 
 
 after a long and painful illness, 
 
 which he bore with exemplary Patience 
 
 and Christian Resignation. 
 
 If human worth is to be estimated 
 
 by the love, esteem, and respect, acquired 
 
 in the circle of society in which it moved, 
 
 no one could possess it in a higher degree 
 
 than he did, whose remains are deposited here below. 
 
 His nearest Relations 
 
 truly sensible of the irreparable loss they had sustained, 
 
 caused this monument to be erected, 
 
 as a tribute, 
 
 of conjugal, filial, and fraternal affection. 
 
 The motto under the arms 
 
 «* Nous travaillerons dans Esperance. w 
 
 U 
 
I* the same chapel is also a very ancient altar tomb, 
 supposed to be over some of the Burton's of Ingerthorpe, 
 or the Markenfield'sof Markenheld. 
 
 On the windows of this chapel are the arms of Wil- 
 kins, dean ; and of Drake, and Paris, prebendaries. 
 
 In a chapel south of the choir door are mural monu- 
 ments to the Malory's and Aislabies. 
 
 Here lies Sir JOHN MALLORY of Grett Studley, 
 alias Studley Royal, in the County of York, Kt. a loyal 
 Subject to his Prince, who married May one of the 
 Daughters and Co-Heirs of John Moseley, of the City of 
 York, Esq ; and upon the 23d, Day of January 1655* and 
 in the 45 th. Year of his Age, departed this Life. He 
 had seven Children, 6 Daughters and one Son, Wiilimm 
 Mmllory, who dy'd the 9th. Feb. 1666 and in the 20th. 
 Year of his age, and waa buried near this Monument, 
 which the Lady Mallory, in the Year 167S, in Memory 
 of her Husband and Son, caused to be eiected. 
 
 Died. Agtd* 
 
 In the Vault beneath are deposited 
 The Right Honourable John Aislabic 1742 71 
 
 He married Anne the Daughter of Sir 
 William Rawlinson and had Issue 
 William, Mary, and jane 
 
 William Aislabie Esq ; 1781 Si 
 
 m 3 The 
 
J30 THE HISTORY 
 
 Died. Jged. 
 The Right Honourable Lady Eliz :*\ 
 
 Aislabie Daughter of John Earl of f 
 
 Exeter and Wife of William Aisla- f ! 7 3 3 
 
 bie Esquire. j 
 
 Also four of their Children 
 
 John Aislabie . 1765 4* 
 
 William Aislabie 1759 3© 
 
 Jenny Maria, and Judith who dyed ia 
 
 their Infancy. 
 Elizabeth Aislabie Daughter of Sir Charles 
 
 Vernon Knight and Second Wife of 
 
 William Aislabie Esquire .. 178Q 5! 
 
 Also their two Children, Charles Rawlin- 
 
 son and Belinda, who dyed in their Infancy. 
 
 On the windows of this chapel, are the arms of Mrs. 
 Allanson and Miss Lawrence, painted by Mr, C. Swan- 
 felder of Ripon. 
 
 NAVE. 
 
 In the upper north windows are the arms 
 
 Of Sir Stephen Proctor Kt. quartered with Dawsons, 
 
 Of Sir William Ingram of Cattail, 
 
 Of Sir John Wentworth Kt. of Elinshall, 
 
 Of Thomas Burwell, L L. D. and 
 
 Of Wm. Lister Esq ; of Thornton. 
 
 In the upper south windows are the arms 
 
 Df Anne Countess of Pembroke, 
 
 Of 
 
©F RIPON. I3I 
 
 Of the Earl of Bridgwater, 
 
 Of the Earl of Ailesbury and Elgin* 
 
 OfLordD'Arcy* 
 
 On the north-west pillar is a bust of Mr. Hugh Ripley 
 with the following inscription. 
 
 Here lies entombed the body of Hugh Ripley, late 
 Mayor of this town, Merchant, who was the last wake- 
 man, and thrice mayor, by whose good endeavours this 
 Town first became a Majoraltie ; and liv'd to the age 
 of 84 years, and died in the year of our Lord 1637, 
 
 Others seek Titles to their Tombs, 
 Thy deeds to thy Name prove new wombs, 
 
 And 'Scutcheons to deck their Hearse, 
 Which Thou need'st not : Take Tears acd Verse : 
 
 If I should praise thy thriving Wit, 
 Or thy weighed Judgement seasoning it ; 
 
 Thy even and thy like straight Ends, 
 Thy Pietie to GOD and Friends ; 
 
 Thy last should still the greatest be. 
 And yet all joyntly less than Thee. 
 Thou studiest Conscience more than Fame, 
 Still to thy gathered self the same. 
 Thy Gold was not thy Saint, nor Wealth, 
 
 Purchas'd 
 
 * These windows were executed by G. Giles of York 
 soon after the restoration, they have suffered much from 
 length of time and accidents, (see anecdotes of glass 
 painting.) 
 
132 THE HISTORY 
 
 Purchas'd by Rapine, worse than stealth; 
 Nor did'st Thou brooding o'er it sit, 
 Not doing Good 'till death with it. 
 This Men may blush at, when they see, 
 What thy Deeds were, what theirs should be. 
 Thou'rt gone before, and I wait now, 
 T' expect my When, and make my How; 
 Which if my JESUS grant like thine, 
 Who wet's my Grave's no Friend of mine. 
 
 The former Monument having been defaced in the 
 Time of the Civil- Wars, this New one was erected by 
 the CORPORATION Anno Dom. MDCCXXX. 
 
 Opposite the last is a mural monument with the 
 arms of Floyer. 
 
 Sacred 
 
 To the Memory of 
 
 Charles Floyer Esq ; 
 
 who died September 7th. 1766,. 
 
 Aged 51. 
 
 NORTH AISLE OF THE NAVE. 
 
 On the windows, are the arms 
 
 Of Sir John Mallorie, 
 
 Of Peter Vivian, Prebendary. 
 
 Hatchment of Robert Hutton Esq; of Goldsborough, 
 
 Of Sir William Ingleby Bt. of Ripley, 
 
 Of Wetbury Norton Esq ; of Sawley. 
 
 The 
 
or KiroH. 133 
 
 Thi following imcription is on a mural tablet, 
 
 M. S. 
 
 Anns Uxoris amantisszma 
 
 Simonis Hutchinson, dt Ripon, 
 
 Pharmacopola : 
 
 f$ua febilis obit 25 Jul'*, 
 
 C Dom. 1730. 
 Anno < 
 
 I jEtat 39. 
 
 In qualibet—Vit* Condition* 
 
 Esse, quam widen, Pia maluit : 
 
 Arnica, Conjux, Mater, 
 
 Jucunda, Amabilis, Tenerrima, 
 
 Benigna Indigis, Omnibus— 
 
 Spectata. 
 
 On a marble monument. 
 
 Sacred 
 
 To the Memory of 
 
 THOMAS KITCHINGMAN Esq; 
 
 Descended from the Kitchingmans 
 
 Of Carlton Hustwaite, in this County, 
 
 Who Died the 15 Day of February 
 
 i793> A g ed 6 3- 
 
XJ4 **t HISTORY 
 
 A marble monument, with the arms of Hatsell. 
 
 This Monument is erected 
 
 To the Memory of George Hassell Esquire 
 
 Late Recorder of this Town 
 
 Who died the XVII Day of Jul/ 
 
 MOCCLXXVlIt 
 
 A§s4 mm ymm, 
 
 a! §9 
 
 T@ Ai Um& y of his Wiftt 
 
 -Margaret l^on fester Haisdl 
 
 WW Died the XV Day of J au 
 
 MDCCLXKI'I 
 
 Agt d XXVI Ywi, 
 
 On a plain marble* Inserrbfd. 
 
 Near this pUc§ are deposited thg Remains of 
 
 ANN WOOD, 
 
 Eldest Daughter ©fshelalt William Blade, Esquire, 
 
 $he Dkd Stpttmbir the lyX 1797 
 
 Aged 67 Years, 
 
 NORTH CROSS AISLS, 
 
 On the win-ilows. 
 
 Arms of Lindley, Staveley, Burton, Gi ess wold, 
 Cook, and Littleton, 
 
 On 
 
OF Mr ON. I35 
 
 On a marble monument. 
 
 Sacred 
 
 To the Memory 
 
 of Mr. FRANCIS WHITE 
 
 of Ripon 
 
 Register of this Church 
 
 XXXIII Years 
 
 who died the XXIII Day of November 
 
 MDCCLXXVI 
 
 Aged LIII Years. 
 
 Or* a mural tablet. 
 
 Near this place lie 
 
 The remains of George Sinclair 
 
 ■ who died April the VIII MDCCCIV 
 
 Aged XXXI. 
 
 •nly Son of the late Reverend George Sinclair A* M* 
 
 Rector of Wilford in the County of Nottingham 
 
 And of Martha his Wife. 
 
 During his short Pilgrimage on Earth, 
 
 He was exemplary as a dutiful Son, 
 
 An affectionate Brother, 
 
 An Honest Man and a Pious Christian. 
 
 His afflicted Mother has erected this 
 
 As a small tribute to the Memory of so beloved a Son. 
 
 On 
 
I36 THE HIST01Y 
 
 On a marble monument. 
 
 Sacred 
 
 to the Memory of 
 
 EDWARD RIDSDALE Esqj 
 
 Died May XX, MDCCLXXVI. 
 
 Aged LXVI Yean 
 
 Also 
 
 To the Memory of his 
 
 Brother CHRIST: RIDSDALE Esqj 
 
 Died Mar. VII. MDCCLXXXVII. 
 
 Aged LXVIII Year*. 
 
 On a marble monument, with a medallion of John 
 Lister, Esquire. 
 
 Sacred 
 To the Memory of John Lister * Esq; 
 
 Descended from the Listers 
 
 Of Braithwaite-Hali in this County 
 
 He died the first of September 
 
 . MDCCLXXXVIII 
 
 Aged LXXXIV Years. 
 
 Elizabeth his Wife died the first of June 
 
 MDCCLXXII 
 
 Aged LXXII Years. 
 
 On 
 
 # He founded the Evening Lecture upon the Sunday 
 nearest to St. John's Day. 
 
OF RIPOtf. I37 
 
 On a mural monument. 
 Near this Place lieth the Body 
 of ELIZABETH NORTON 
 Widow of Thomas Norton, 
 Of Grantley in this Parish, Esquire. 
 Site was the Eldest Daughter 
 of William Serjeantson 
 of Kirby-Malham-Dale 
 in this County, Esquire ; 
 W&s baptized the 4th. Day cf November 1692 
 and died the 10th. Day of September 1774. 
 
 On a very ancient altar tcmb of free stone, are two 
 whole length figures. There are also upon this monu- 
 ment shields of arms of many ancient families, viz. 
 Neville, Scrope, Stafford, and others, which, as well as 
 the inscription, are so much defaced as not easily to be 
 made out. 
 
 On a mural monument of black and white marble. 
 
 Sacred 
 
 , To the Memory of 
 
 EDWARD RIDSDALE Esq; 
 
 Died May XX, M,DCC,LXXVI 
 
 Aged LXVI Years. 
 
 Also 
 
 To the Memory of his 
 
 Brother CHRIST ; RIDSDALE Esq ; 
 
 w Diecf 
 
J3$ THE HISTORY 
 
 Died Mar. VII. MDCCLXXXVIk 
 Aged LXVIII Years. 
 
 SOUTH AISLE OF THE NAVE. 
 
 O n the windows are the arms 
 
 Of Sir John Goodricke Bart, of Ribston. 
 
 Of Sir William Tancred, Bart. 
 
 Of Sir Solomon Swale, of Swale-Hall, Bart. 
 
 Of Sir Christopher Wandesford of Kirklington, Bart» 
 
 Of Sir John Lewis of Ledstone, Bart. 
 
 On a marble monument. 
 
 Near this Place is interred the Body of HELLEN, 
 the truly sitectionate, and most deservedly beloved Wife 
 of ROGER BAYNE, Gent, by whom she had nine 
 Children ; whereof Hellen, Anne, Richard, and Roger, * 
 survive. She was the only Child of Mr. George Pickers" 
 gill of this Town, by Elizabeth his Wife, Daughter of 
 Mr. Christopher Walker of Grewelthorpe : And departed 
 this Life, March 24 (being Easter-Day) 1694-5, in the 
 34th. Year of her Age. 
 
 Qualis erat. Lector, <vis scire ? erat undiq y Virtus, 
 Hinc et char a Viro, charaq ; facta Deo, 
 Tamineum acccdat Genus hoc ad M armor 5 ut inde 
 
 Disc at 
 
 * He founded the Evening Lecture on the first Sunday 
 
 in January. 
 
 
OF RIPON. I35 
 
 Disc at quid Conjux y quidq ; sit esse Parens : 
 Hsc ejus Pietas posuitne Dolor<v} Mariti ? 
 Ne quaras, Causam hcec, Materiam ille dedit, 
 C. fT. D. D. D. R. 
 
 (i. e.) Christopher Wyvill, D. D. Dean of Ripon, 
 
 On a marble monument with the arms of W&nley, 
 
 Sacred 
 
 To the Memory of the 
 
 Rev. FRANCIS WANLET, D. D, 
 
 many years the justly respected 
 
 Dean of Ripon and Rector of Stokesley. 
 
 He Married 
 
 Jane (one of the Sisters of the 
 
 Right Hon : Sir John Goodricke, Bart, 
 
 late of Ribstone) 
 
 and her remains are deposited in this 
 
 Cathedral, 
 
 near those of her Husband, and their Son 
 
 William. 
 
 F. W. Died in 1791 Aged 82 
 
 J. W 1788 70 
 
 W.W 1786 43 
 
 On a marble monument with a medallion. 
 
 Near this Place are deposited the remains of 
 
 Mrs. Jane Squire 
 
 late of Bondgate in this county, widow, and relict of 
 
 Henry Squire, late of the city of York, Doctor of Laws, 
 
 n 2 hy 
 
14© THE HISTORY 
 
 by whom. he had two Daughter, Jane and Henrietta 
 who died unmarried, and one son* Henry Squire of 
 Bondgate aforesaid Esq; Barrister at Law ; she died the 
 zzd. Day of December in the year of our Lord 1734, 
 and in the 67th* year of her age. To whose memory 
 the said Henry her son t caused this monument to be 
 erected, 
 
 A white marble monument, inscribed 
 
 Sacred 
 
 To the Memory of 
 
 Mrs. GRACE STAINES, 
 
 Daughter of Thomas Staines Esq; 
 
 of Thirsk in the County of York* 
 
 Vf\o departed this Life 
 
 The XXVIII. day of June MDCCLXXL 
 
 Aged LXIII Years. 
 
 On a marble monument with the arms of Oxley, 
 
 Sacred 
 
 To the Memory of 
 
 CHRISTOPHER OXLEY, ESQj 
 
 who departed this Life the tenth day of 
 
 August 1803, in the 74th. Year of his Age, 
 
 He was thrice Married : by his first Wife he 
 
 had Issue, Francis and Juliana ; by his second, 
 
 two Children who died in their Infancy : 
 
 and by his third one Son, Charles. 
 
 His Widow caused this monument to be erected. 
 
 Oa 
 
 
OF RIPON. 141 
 
 On a marble tablet. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of 
 JOHN HODGSON, of COPT-HEWICK, 
 
 who departed this Life April 33, 1803 
 Aged 63 Years. 
 
 On a grey marble altar tomb of very ancient work- 
 manship are represented the figures of a man and a lion 
 in a grove of trees. No legible inscription is at present 
 to be found upon it; but we are told by tradition that 
 it was placed over the body of an Irish prince who died 
 at Ripon when returning from his travels. 
 
 On a blue marble monument 
 
 Here lies the truly pious Margaret, Wife of William 
 Norton of Sawley, Esq : who was Daughter of Ralph 
 Lowther, Esq; of Ackworth-Park in this County, She 
 died the 26th. of November, A. D, 1717, leaving two 
 Daughters, Margaret and Dorothy. William their Son 
 died in the second Year of his Age, and lies also here 
 interred. 
 
 On a brass plate on the ground. 
 
 Subtujjacet quicquid ' mortal e fuit Edvardi Hodgson, de 
 Ripon s qui cum Ix-vii Annis Patrits, Ecclesia, ac Nati<v9 
 Jvlunicipio fidelis at que utilis vixisset, suis bonis que omnibus 
 dtsideratissimus, obiit xvii* die Martij A, D. 1705. 
 
 * 3 SOUTH. 
 
*43 TriE HISTORY 
 
 SOUTH CROSS AISLE. 
 
 On the windows are the arms 
 
 Of Redshaw, 
 
 Of Sir Edward Jennings impaled with BcrkhamX 
 
 Of Walter Strickland Esq ; 
 
 Of Lister's, impaled with Wandesford's. 
 
 Under an elegant bust, executed by Nolekins, pla- 
 ced beneath a canopy, supported by four Corinthian 
 columns, is the following inscription. 
 
 To the Memory 
 
 Of 
 
 WILLIAM WEDDELL ESQj of NEWBY, 
 
 In whom every Virtue 
 
 That ennobles the human Mind 
 
 was united 
 
 With every Elegance that adorns it. 
 
 THIS MONUMENT, 
 
 A faint Emblem of his refined Taste 
 
 Is dedicated by his Widow, 
 
 •' Whom what awaits while yet she strays 
 " Along the lonely vale of days? 
 " A pang to secret sorrow dea*-, 
 " A sigh an unavailing Tear ; 
 €i 'Till time shall every grief remove 
 " With Life, with Memory, and with Love." 
 
 Ths 
 
OP RIPON. I43 
 
 The design of this monument is taken from the re- 
 mains of antiquity at Athens, called the Lantern of 
 Demosthenes, * and the pedestal is a copy of an Antique, 
 in the gallery at Newby. 
 
 On the hatchment, placed over the door of the south 
 aisle of the choir. 
 
 RESURGAM. 
 
 Wm. Weddell Esq; Died XXVIII. of April, 
 
 MDCCLXXXIX. 
 
 On a brass plate on the ground. 
 
 D. O. M. 
 
 JORDANUS CROSLAND de Nubic 
 
 Miles 
 
 Const abzdarius de Scarborough. 
 
 & 
 
 Custos ejusdem Castri, 
 
 Cbiliarchus a CAROLO Primo 13 Secundt, 
 
 Magna cum Laude e vixzt 9 
 
 & 
 
 Pari cum Gloria obiit 
 
 XX Augusti, An : a Partu Virghis 
 
 MDCLXX. 
 
 jEtatis sua L1IL 
 
 Dee 
 
 • See Stuart's iuins of Athens. 
 
144 THE HISTORY 
 
 Deo plus, Regi fidelis, Patria fidus. 
 Firmior ad Patriam nullus, velfortior Armis 
 
 Ad sacra Regalis jura tuenda domus. 
 Sape Rebellantis media inter Pralia Gentis 
 
 Intrepidum exposuit Regis Amore latus. 
 Nemo mage in Bello tonuit, mage Pace quievit, 
 
 Jerri bills Galea, mitis Eff ille Toga. 
 Integer is Vita fama, charumq £ perenni 
 
 Illustris dec or at Mortis Honor e Rogum, 
 
 On another brass plate. 
 
 Hicjacet Guliclmus Gibson de Ripon, Aldermanus, & 
 semel F rat or, Deo isf Regi fidelis, Antiquis Moribus, Reli- 
 gioni y Allegiantia addictissimus fuit, P atria amans Eff 
 Zeld erga Bonum Publicum sincero ajfectus, nemini Pr obit ate 
 secundus , t5f Amicus (si quisquam) fidus. Obiit 4 die 
 Odobtis, iff 6 sepultus, Anno JEtatis 47, Anno Domini 1680. 
 
 NORTH AISLE OF THE CHOIR. 
 
 On a brass plate on the ground. 
 
 Johannes Wayt, A. M. et Ecclesia ColJegiata de Ripon 
 Vicarius Choralis, Succentor s Vir Probus, Sacrorum Fa- 
 mulus diligens et devotus, ABgris char us et necessarius, 
 Ammo leni et erga Super lores morigero, et in Liber is (qui bus 
 Deus providebitj Educandis so. licit us Pater, Sexagenarius 
 obiit, Jan. 16, Anno Domini, 1678. Superfiuum Anitn* 
 bit Reco/tdttur* 
 
 On 
 
OF JUPOtf* i^e 
 
 On a handsome marble monument railed in fiont. 
 
 H. S. 
 Heneagius Dering L. L. D. 
 Filius naiu maximus 
 Christopheri Dering de Charing* 
 In Com. Cant, Arm* 
 
 R mo. patri Johanni Sharp 
 Eboracensi Archiepiscopo 
 Per Viginti annos 
 A Secretis et a Sacris Domesticis* 
 Hujus Ecclesiae Collegiatse 
 Per Annos fere Quadraginta 
 Decanus & Residentiarius, 
 
 Ex Anna Uxore, dicti Archiepi : Filia, 
 
 Liberos reliquit Superstites 
 
 Elizabethans, Johannem, Annam, Heneagium, 
 
 Mariam, Philadelphiam, Juditham, 
 
 Obijt 8th. Apr. 1750. iEtat. $6. 
 
 At the bottom of the monument, on a small black 
 Sarcophagus, inscribed, 
 
 RESURGAM. 
 
 SOUTH AISLE OF THE CHOIR. 
 
 On the windows are the arms 
 
 Of Driffield, inscribed, " Christopher DrifReld, Recorder 
 " of Ripon, Obit 1733, Ann his wife Obit 175S. " 
 
 O* 
 
I46 THE HISTORY 
 
 On a white marble talkt is inscribed, 
 
 Near this Place 
 
 are deposited the Remains of 
 
 ROBERT PORTEUS ESQUIRE 
 
 a Native of Virginia, and a Member of His Majesty's 
 
 Council or upper House of Legislature in that Province, 
 
 From thence he removed to England, 
 
 And resided first at York, afterwards in this Town, 
 
 where he died August 8, 1758. 
 
 Aged 79 Years. 
 
 Posuit B. P. Ep. Lond. 
 
 Mr. Porteus was father to the present bishop of London. 
 
 On a stone near the door. 
 
 Here lieth Mary, wife of Cuthbert Chambers, Alder- 
 man* who departed this life, February 9th. 1701. 
 
 Here lieth the body of Cuthbert Chambers, B. D. 
 Fellow of Magdalen College Oxon, prebendary of this 
 church and rector of Hurworth in the county of Durham, 
 who departed this life, December 17th. 1741. aged 37. 
 
 On a much defaced mural monument. 
 
 M. S. 
 MOYSIS FOWLER Sacra Theologi* Baccalaurel 
 bujus Ecclesia Collegiate Sancti Wilfridi de Ripon, ac 
 Serenissimt Principe Jacobo Restaurata, Decani Primi, Nee- 
 
 wn 
 
OF RIPOW. I47 
 
 ##» Danielis Fowler in Artibus Magistri, Moysis Fi/ii, mc 
 *u# Uxorh Jar.2e Fowler, Danielis officium sacrum esse kn 
 Mur urnenium Testamento suo <voluit refici. 
 
 Bfci.ow the monument, on a black stone, in gilt 
 
 letters, is inscribed. 
 Gtelum, Terra, Homines, de re rixantur eadem y 
 
 Fowl E rum quisquis vendicat esse sunm, 
 Nuncius e Calo, tandem componere Lifts, 
 
 Fati, descendens, ultima Jussa refert. 
 Turn moriens Animam Ca!o, corf usque Sepulchre, 
 
 Nobis In genii clara Trophaa dedit. 
 
 On a mural tablet with the arms of Dawson and Proctor. 
 
 Deo Optimo Maximo Sff Memorise Priscillae Dawson, unius 
 
 Tiliarum £sf Coharedum Domini Stephani Proctor, Mi litis : 
 
 F&minte multis ^variisq ; et Animi et Corporis Dotibus in- 
 
 signis, qu<e pulchram charissimo Marito fuo Georgio Daw- 
 
 eieroso utriusque Sexus prolem enixa scilicet Robertum, 
 
 Johannera, Stephanum, Gilbertum, Franciscam, et Do- 
 
 am. Annos nata XXXIV placide in dominum obdor- 
 
 mlvit, Februarii 25 A. D. 1662. Cui communi Sepulcbro 
 
 conjuncti sunt Robertus Dawson Filius primogenitus, qui 
 
 obiit 13 Septembris Anno Domini 1 6 14. W Beatrix Pudsey, 
 
 $oror dicloe Priscillx Dawson, et Uxor Stephani Pudsey. 
 
 Generosi, quae obiit 5 Die Mart is, Anne Dom. 1622. ^ 
 
 .Gilbertus Dawson Frater dicli Georgii Dawson, qui obiit 
 
 21 Die Marti s, Anno Dcm. 1622. 
 
 Dormiunt, non mortui sunt, 
 
 Epitaphium 
 
143 THE HISTORY 
 
 Epitapliiiim PRISCXLLiE DAWSON. 
 
 Firma Fides, Candor, Pi etas, Moresque benignt 
 Prise ill a, hie tecum condita car a jaccnt. 
 Quid dixi hie ? Terra terrena mole relicta, 
 Ad Super as secum te rapuere Domos. 
 
 CHURCH-YARD. 
 
 Amongst a variety of other inscriptions are the two 
 following. 
 
 Hie jacet Zacharias Jepson 
 
 Cujus jEtas fuit 49. 
 
 Per paucos a7inos tantum <vixit. 
 
 €l Here lieth the body of Margaret Lupton, late wife 
 of Mr. Sampson Lupton, of Braisty- Woods, in Nether- 
 dale, who departed this life the 2d. of November, 1718, 
 in the 74th. year of her age ; and lived to be mother 
 and grandmother to above one hundred and fifty chil- 
 dren; and at the baptizing of her first grandchild, the 
 child had ten grandfathers and grandmothers then 
 present. M 
 
 The 
 
OF RIPON. 149 
 
 MANOR of RIPON. 
 
 The manor* of Ripon was given by king Athel- 
 stan (who succeeded to the throne A. D. 929) to 
 Wulston, archbishop of York, and his successors ; 
 but archbishop Holgate, in a short time after his 
 translation from Landaff to York, by indenture 
 inrolled in chancery, date*! the sixth day of Febru- 
 ary in the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Henry 
 the eighth, alienated it and nine others belonging 
 to the church, viz. Bishopside, Monketon prope 
 Ripon, Netherdale, Newbv, Sharow juxta Ripon p 
 Stainley juxta Ripon, Thorp prope Ripoo, Thorn- 
 ton, and Whitcliffe, together with many other 
 manors belonging to his see, to the king, his heirs 
 and successors, in lieu of which he obtained to his 
 see, thirty-three impropriations and advowsons, 
 which had come to the crown by the dissolution of 
 monasteries. This indenture was acknowledged 
 by the archbishop before the king in chancery, on 
 the second day of April in the following year, and 
 was on the same day confirmed at York, by the 
 dean and chapter. But queen Mary on the twentieth 
 day of February in the third year of her reign, at 
 the instance of archbishop Heath restored the manor 
 o of 
 
 * £ee Appendix No 
 
15O THE HISTORY 
 
 of Ripon, together with seven others, to the see of 
 York, to which they have ever since belonged. 
 
 The archbishop of York has a criminal court 
 and his prison for the liberty of Ripon ; the court 
 house and prison stand on the north side of the 
 church, on the site of the palace ; the archbishop of 
 ©f York is lord, and Custos Rotulorum of this li- 
 berty, and on the nomination of the archbishop, 
 and by his majesty's commission, justices of the 
 peace are appointed, who in conjunction with the 
 mayor and recorder, hold sessions here, and act in 
 as judicial a manner for the towns and districts 
 within the liberty, as the justices for the several 
 ridings within the county. Besides the sessions, 
 there is a court of pleas called the court military, 
 held here on the Monday in every third week, fop 
 the trial of all civil causesarising within the liberty, 
 in which the archbishop's learned steward, ap- 
 pointed by patent, presides as judge. 
 Gaoler's Salary — none. 
 Fees. — Debtors 10s. 6d. — Felons 3s. ^d. 
 
 When a surgeon is wanted, he is ordered by 
 the mayor, and paid by the liberty. There are 
 four good rooms for debtors in the keeper's house, 
 and two cells for felons. 
 
 Allowance to Debtors— none. — To felons 6d a day. 
 
 The 
 
OF RIPON. 151 
 
 The court-yardin front of the prison is open and 
 airy, being eighty yards by fifty: Felons have not 
 the privilege of walking in it, the wall which en- 
 closes it being only six feet high. 
 
 The dean and chapter have also a prison, and 
 hold a court of pleas here, called the canon fee 
 court, on the Tuesday in every thiid week, for the 
 recovery of debts and the trial of civil causes ari- 
 sing within their manor, which extends over some 
 parts of the town, and likewise includes the town- 
 ships of Aismunderby with Bondgate, Skelton, 
 Markington with Walierthwaite, and Nunwick 
 with Howgrave. Osborne Markham Esq ; is judge 
 and learned steward of this court ; Mr. P. Taylor 
 chapter clerk. 
 
 Gaoler's Salary — Twenty Guineas. 
 
 Fees — Debtors 5s. 4c! — Criminals 6d. 
 
 Allowance to debtors, --none. — To criminals 6d 
 
 a day, which the gaoler receives, and also their 
 
 earnings, for which he maintains them. 
 
 This is not only a gaol for the court, but a 
 house of correction for the liberty of Ripon. There 
 are three upper rooms for debtors, and two cells on 
 the ground floor for felons. A good garden in 
 which debtors are allowed to walk. 
 
 o % HOSPITALS. 
 
*5* THE HlSTORr 
 
 HOSPITALS. 
 
 Hospitals were originally designed for the 
 relief and entertainment of travellers, particularly 
 pilgrims, and were generally built by the way-side. 
 Near this town are three of very ancient founda- 
 tion viz. the hospital of St. Mary Magdalen, of 
 St. John and St. Ann; a fourth was founded by 
 Mr. Zacharias Jepson, Anno 1672; of each of 
 these we will give a distinct account. 
 
 The hospital of St. MARY MAGDALEN 
 
 Is in Stammergate, and was founded and endowed 
 by Thurstan, archbishop of York, in the time of 
 Henry the first ; Leprosy being then prevalent in 
 this country; this hospital was at its institution 
 under the government of sisters, assisted by a chap- 
 lain,; and appropriated for the relief of persons 
 afflicted with this loathsome disease, and to prevent 
 the contagion from reaching the inhabitants of the 
 town, this building was erected about two furlongs 
 from it. But when leprosy became less frequent, 
 it was converted to the use of sisters and bre- 
 thren, 
 
OF RIPOtf. 153 
 
 thren, under the governance of a master, who Was 
 bound to relieve distressed clergy and the poor. 
 
 In process of time the original institution was 
 materially injured by some of its masters, and par- 
 ticularly by Nicholas de Molyns, who was accused 
 of having converted to his own private use, a great 
 part of the revenues, which w T ere designed by the 
 founder for pious and charitable uses. This abuse 
 became so enormous that in the tenth year of the 
 reign of Edward the second, a commission was is- 
 sued forenquiringintothestateof the hospital, when 
 *n inquisition was taken on the LordVday in the 
 octaves of the blessed virgin Mary, at Ribston, 
 before the king's escheator, on this side the Trent, 
 by virtue of the king's writ, and on the oath of 
 jurors who say, that in the hospital of the blessed 
 Mary Magdalen mentioned in the said wiit, there 
 ought to be daily for ever, according to the form 
 of the foundation of the same hospital, two chap- 
 lains to celebrate divine service, from which the 
 chantry of one chaplain, during the whole time 
 that Nicholas de Molyns was master, had been bv 
 him withdrawn. Likewise in respect to hospita- 
 lities, they say, that if strangers, or begging clergy, 
 or other indigent, by chance came to the said hos- 
 pital, or wayfaring men, they should in the same 
 o 3 hospital 
 
154 THE HISTORY 
 
 hospital have one night's lodging and entertainment* 
 that is, victuals and a bed ; so that they might go 
 on their way in the morning* Whereas no one had 
 relief, victuals, or a bed, but went away empty. 
 As to alms giving, they say, that one loaf of bread 
 of the value of a farthing, with a quarter of corn, 
 of five shillings value ; and one herring, (halec) 
 ought, on the day of the blessed Mary Magdalen, 
 yearly for ever, to be distributed to every poor bro- 
 ther coming to the said hospital, whereas for the 
 whole time of the said Nicholas, this alms had 
 been withheld, but instead thereof, he gave to the 
 poor coming on the said day of Magdalen, one sack 
 of beans or coarse meal, but the greater part of the 
 poor obtained nothing ; they say also, that the les- 
 ser charities, which ought to flow from such a 
 kind of hospital, and especially from this, have not 
 been distributed by reason of his absence, because 
 he seldom resided there, and that, when he did re- 
 side, all these by the said Niclolas de Molyns, 
 master, during the whole of his time had been 
 withdrawn and annihilated. What was the issue 
 of this enquiry does not appear. Dugdale y voL 3, 
 page 89. 
 
 The endowments of this hospital, in addition 
 4o what was given by the founder, were consider- 
 ably 
 
OF RIPON. I55 
 
 ably increased by other pious donations, as may be 
 seen from the following inquisition taken in the 
 fifteenth year of the reign of Edward the third, by 
 virtue of a writ from the king When the jurors 
 found that an archbishop of York, whose name 
 they knew not, founded the said hospital, and that 
 the archbishop of York for the time being, and 
 the king on a vacancy of the archiepiscopal see, 
 are patrons thereof, and that the archbishop, the 
 founder of the said hospital, gave to it one plot of 
 ground, and a wood at Ripon, which was called 
 Dunscewith, inclosed with trenches, upon which 
 the aforesaid hospital is built, and was then worth 
 by the vear one hundred shillings, and that he also 
 gave to the same hospital, one cart- load (carectatam) 
 or two cart loads (carectatas) of the wood of North- 
 scogh, for fuel, to be procured every week, and 
 pasture in the park of Northscagh for eight oxen, 
 ten cows, one bull, and five swine with their young, 
 but of the value of the said pasture they say nothing* 
 They likewise found that the same hospital was 
 endowed by the said archbishop, with the right of 
 reaping from every carucate of arable land in Rip- 
 scire, one trace of every kind of corn, and was 
 worth by the year twenty shillings, all which were 
 at the first bestowed on sisters living religiously m 
 
 the 
 
156 THE HISTORY 
 
 the said hospital, 10 find a chaplain to celebrate 
 divine service in the same hospital, and to maintain 
 all leprous persons born in Ripscire, coming to 
 the said hospital, and to provide for every leprous 
 person one garment, called a frock, and two pair 
 of shoes every year, and one loaf of bread every 
 day, sufficient for the maintenance of one man, 
 half a flagon of beer, one (nocium) of flesh on a 
 flesh day, and three herrings on every fish day. 
 And afterwards, for the augmentation of the said 
 alms, there were given by divers persons to the said 
 hospital, twenty-four acres of land in the open 
 fields of Ripon, which were worth, by the year, 
 thirty-five shillings, and an annual rent of six 
 marks in the towns of Ripon and Newby. Also 
 that the third part of the village of Ukton, with 
 its appurtenances, was given to the said hospital, 
 to find a chaplain to celebrate there for the soul of 
 William de Hemelyn, which part was worth by 
 the year four pounds: Also that the manor of 
 Mullewaithe with its appurtenances, was appro- 
 priated to the said hospital, which was worth by 
 the year twelve marks: Also they say that before 
 the chapel of the said hospital was dedicated, they 
 did not know whether the burial of men, dying in 
 the said hospital, had, or had not be-n used with- 
 out 
 
OF RIPO!*. I57 
 
 out leave of the chapter of Ripon, but since its 
 dedication this privilege had always been used 
 without the consent of the said chapter: Also they 
 say that John de Waryner gave to the same hos- 
 pital, in the time of the then lord the king, the 
 manor of Studley-Roger, to find two chaplains to 
 celebrate in the same hospital, during his life, and 
 after his death, three chaplains, but the said hos- 
 pital was charged to the said John in twelve marks 
 yearly during his life : Also they say that the mas- 
 ter of the said hospital, for the time being, doth 
 not pay tythe of the flat nor of the wood of Dun- 
 scewith. Dugdakj vol. 2, page 380. 
 
 By a charter without date, Matilda, daughter of 
 Robert son of Godic, gave to Richard son of Hu- 
 eldi de Skelton, two ox gangs of land in the teri- 
 tory of Skelton, with one toft and appurtenances 
 in the same town, paying therefore yearly to Ma- 
 tilda daughter of Richard son of Walter twelve- 
 pence, and to the hospital of the blessed Mary 
 Magdalen, of Ripon two shillings yearly, to wit, 
 one moiety at penticost, and the other moiety at 
 the feast of St. Martin. 
 
 Ecton in his Thesaurus says this hospital is 
 charged in the king's books twenty- four pounds 
 and sevenpence halfpenny, tenths two pounds and 
 
 eight 
 
I58 THE HISTORY 
 
 eightpence three farthings per annum, but is ex- 
 empt by Statute of Elizabeth from the payment of 
 first fruits and tenths. This hospital consists of a 
 range of building, divided into six separate dwel- 
 lings and is now inhabited by six poor women 
 (widows) who have their situation, together with 
 the yearly allowance of three pounds each for life, 
 together with the rent of the field adjoining to 
 the hospital. The chapel is on the east side of the 
 road. The hospital was rebuilt by Doctor Hooke, 
 and has the following inscription over the door. 
 
 JEDES HasCE RV1TVRAS 
 
 A Solo restitvit 
 R. Hooke s. t. p. Hospit: 
 S: Mar Magdal Magister 
 JEt Ecclesije Coll: RIPON 
 Prebendarivs A. D. 1674 
 Hospitii Patronus Revers: 
 Dom : Archiep: Eborac: 
 
 Divine service is still performed in the chapel 
 on the Sunday after the twenty-second of July, and 
 on the feasts of St, John and St. Thomas. 
 
 The mastership of it is in the gift of the arch- 
 bishop of York > to which, the dean of Ripon for 
 the time being, has of late years been appointed. 
 
 MASTERS. 
 
OF RIPON. I^q 
 
 MASTERS. 
 
 Nicholas de Molyns, was master of this hos- 
 pital in the tenth year of Edward the second. 
 
 Nicholas Clark sub-dean of York, was master 
 in 1440. 
 
 Moses Fowler, dean, was master in 1586. 
 
 John Favour L L. D. sub dean and vicar of 
 Hallifax, was master in 1608. 
 
 Robert Cook was master in 1624: resigned. 
 
 Richard Hooke D-D. prebendary of Ripon, re- 
 built the hospital, and was master in 1674. 
 
 Thf deans, Wyvill, Dering, Wanley, and 
 Wacidilove, have held this mastership with the 
 deanery. 
 
 Mrs. Wilson, widow of Mr. Alderman Wil- 
 son, left by will, ten pounds, and directed that the 
 interest of it should be distributed annually at 
 xhristmas by the master. 
 
 The 
 
l6o THE HISTORY 
 
 The HOSPITAL of St. JOHN BAPTIST, 
 
 Is in Bondgate and was founded by one of the 
 archbishops of York, early in the reign of king 
 John ; but for what number of poor, does not 
 now appear. The building is small, and at 
 present appropriated to the habitation of two poor 
 sisters who have each an annual allowance of one 
 pound seven shillings and sixpence. Near the 
 hospital is a chapel dedicated to St. John Baptist, 
 in which it is said divine service was usually 
 celebrated every Sunday until the year 1722 In 
 it was a chantry, supposed to be founded by John 
 Sherwood who founded a chantry in Ripon church, 
 and is said to be buried here, near the steps to the 
 altar, under an old uninscribed gravestone. The 
 archbishop of York is patron of this hospital which 
 is styled the hospital of St John the Baptist, in 
 Bondgate, in the parish of Ripon. 
 
 Valuation in the king's books. 
 
 /. s. d. 
 "St. Joh. Bapt. juxta Rypon Hosp. 010 14 o4f" 
 
 Tenths 1 1 5* 
 
 From 
 
OF RIPOK. l6l 
 
 From first fruits and tenths, this hospital is ex- 
 empt by Statute of Elizabeth. 
 
 MASTERS, 
 
 1604 Christopher Lyndall, 
 
 1624 George Procter 
 
 1625 John Bramhall 
 1660 John Wilkins, dean, 
 1672 Richard Hooke 
 
 The deans Wyvill, Dering, Wanley, and 
 Waddilove, have held this mastership with the 
 deanerv. 
 
 The HOSPITAL of St. ANN, 
 
 In Agnesgale, sometimes called i Malso?i de Dieu, 9 
 was founded, as is supposed, by some of the Nevills 
 in the reign of Edward the fourth ; and the arms 
 of that family found there, may be presumed to afford 
 some reason for the supposition. On the outside of 
 of the building are the arms of Sir Solomon Swale, 
 with initial letters and a date, " S. S. 1654." 
 
 The mayor and corporation aie masters of it. 
 
 The iever.uesof this hospital arise from land 
 
 near Ripon, and are applied to the relief of eight 
 
 poor women, who have each a residence and an al- 
 
 lowanceof three pounds fifteen shillings per annum. 
 
 P JEPSON 
 
l62 THE HISTORY 
 
 J£PSON's HOSPITAL. 
 
 This hospital is situated in Low-Skellgate, 
 and was founded and endowed in the year 1672, 
 by Zacharias Jepson of the city of York, apothe- 
 cary, a native of this town, who, by will, dated 
 the ninth day of March A. D. 1672, gave his house 
 in Skellgate to feoffees therein named, in trust, to 
 be made into a convenient hospital, such as the 
 feoffees, or four of them should think fit, at the 
 expence of his executrix, not exceeding one hun- 
 dred pounds, for twenty orphan boy s> or very poor 
 tradesmen's sens, born in Ripon, who are by the 
 said will to be admitted at the age of seven years, 
 and are to be elected by the feoffees or four of 
 them, twice in the year, viz. on the Tuesday next 
 after Lady day, and Michaelmas-day, in the most 
 convenient chamber of the said hospital; and 
 twenty shillings are allowed for a dinner on each 
 feoffee* day. If the master of the free school in 
 Ripon, should judge any two of the boys, who have 
 been four years and upwards in the said hospital, 
 fit to be sent to Cambridge, they are to continue 
 in the said hospital 'till they be sixteen years and 
 a half old, and then to have twenty pounds a year 
 
 allowed* 
 
OF RIPON. l6^ 
 
 allowed, for seven years, to support them at that 
 university; and if one or both of the said boys 
 should, during any part of that time, discontinue 
 from the said University, then his or their twenty 
 pounds are to cease, and others being qualified as 
 aforesaid are to be elected in his or their places, the 
 next half year's day, and to enjoy the like sum, from 
 time to time, forever. And the master of the said 
 school is to have forty shillings for every boy so 
 elected and admitted into the said University. 
 That the usher of the said free school, being a 
 bachelor of arts, and elected by the said feoffees 
 ©r four of them in the chamber aforesaid, paying 
 the rents, observing the customs due to the lord of 
 the manor, and performing the injunctions by him 
 enjoined, shall be master of the said dwelling or 
 hospital, and his successors for ever. The master 
 to provide every boy with a blue coat lined with 
 yellow, a blue cap, breeches, and doublet, blue 
 stockings, shoes, shirts, and bands ; their coats 
 must be of good blue cloth, and only faced with 
 ytllow, such as the said feoftees or four of them 
 showld think fit : they are likewise to have break- 
 fasts, dinners, and suppers of good and wholesome 
 meat, and convenient lodging in the said hospital ; 
 together with washing and all Qther conveniences ; 
 p 2 for 
 
164 THE HISTORY 
 
 for which he shall be allowed the annual sum of 
 six pounds each. The said master is to lave 
 ten pounds a year for his care in teaching the said 
 boys, and a poor tradesman's widow is to have 
 three pounds a year and a gown for washing their 
 linen, and mending their clothes. 
 
 He gave by the said will the sum of three thousand 
 pounds to the said feoffees, in trust, to buy freehold 
 land, the rents of which should be by them applied 
 as before directed ; and if the annual rents amount 
 to more than before given, then every boy, having 
 been above four years and a half in the hospital, 
 and his years of fifteen and a half being expired, 
 is by the said will to have fire pounds to bind him 
 an apprentice to a trade in Ripon, and not else- 
 where, which sum must be paid to his master six 
 months after he shall have been bound, or to have 
 more or less as the income shall afford, at the dis- 
 cretion of the feoffees or four of them. The mayor 
 of Ripon for the time being, George Aislabie of 
 Studley-Hall, Esq : and the heirs male of his body 
 for ever. The dean or sub-dean, which ever of 
 them shall be resident in Ripon on the days of 
 election, the two senior aldermen, the master of 
 the free school, the senior four-and-twentieth man, 
 and the constable of Skellgate for the time being, 
 
 are 
 
OF KIPON. 165 
 
 are appointed feoffees; the mayor (who is to have 
 the casting vote,) the senior alderman and th& 
 master of the free school, to be always three of 
 them, which three, are empowered by the said 
 will to buy lands for the use of the said hospital. 
 
 He gave his other house (which was his fa- 
 thers) adjoining the hospital, to his brother 
 Matthias Jepson for his life, and then to his sister 
 Elizabeth Nelson and her heirs, on paying the sum 
 of forty shillings a year for ever to the said feoffees 
 in trust, for the use of the said hospital. But the tes- 
 tator, at the time ot his death in the year 1672, 
 being a free man of the city of York, and married, 
 his widow, (notwithstanding his will; became by 
 the custom of that city, entitled to a reasonable 
 part and proportion of his personal estate, and she 
 claiming the same, his trustees for the said charity 
 recovered only two thousand pounds of the above 
 legacy, which they afterw r ards laul out in purchase 
 of lands and fee farm rents, viz. 
 
 a. 
 
 Land within the townships of Ripon 
 andLittletborpe, now occupied by the 
 master, the Reverend Isaac Godmond, 
 at the rent of ... - 12 
 
 o 
 
 *3 A 
 
l66 THE HISTORY 
 
 /. 5. d. 
 
 A fee farm rent - - --70 2 7 
 
 Ditto 70 2 7 
 
 £• 152 5 a 
 
 The fee farm rents are a kind of property 
 •which admits of no advance, and it has been found 
 necessary to reduce the number of boys from twenty 
 to twelve. It is remarkable that no charitable 
 addition has been made to this hospital since its 
 first foundation. 
 
 Six boys have been sent to Cambridge and one 
 to Oxford. 
 
 CAMBRIDGE. 
 
 1682 March 28, Jefferey, son of Anthony Burtoj* 
 1682 September 20, John, son of James Simpson 
 1692 March 29, George, son of Richard Sweeting 
 1700 March 26, Robert, son of John Durham 
 1706 March y John, son of George Batchelor 
 1726 Marchy Richard, son of Henry Sweeting. * 
 
 OXFORD. 
 
 1718 Jpril, Francis, son of Francis Walbran. 
 
 Over 
 
OF RIPON. ,g 7 
 
 Over the door of the hospital is the following 
 inscription, 
 
 Stips Pauperum 
 Thesaurns Divitum 
 
 Over the door of the master's house, 
 
 Merita mea 
 
 Miseratio Domini 
 
 Zacharias Jepson 
 
 1672. 
 
 END OF THE SECOND PART. 
 
THE 
 
 HISTORY OF RIPON, 
 
 Part the Third, 
 
 containing a descriptive account of 
 
 FOUNTAINS' ABBEY, STUDLEY, 
 HACKFALL, NEWBY, 
 
 And other Places /* tht Neighbourhood. 
 
««9eeaoeoeoo«ao«d09see«oee 
 
 FOUNTAINS* ABBEY, 
 
 JL HIS celebrated abbey was for monks of th& 
 Cistercian order, and may be conjectured to have 
 taken the iiame of Fountains* from Fontaines in 
 Burgundy, the birth place of St. Bernard, abbot 
 ofCtairvaux. tt owed its origin to the piety of 
 some monks from the benedictine monastery of 
 St. Mary in York. Before the circumstances at- 
 tending its foundation are related, it may be requU 
 site to prerhisfe a few remarks On the cisterciari 
 order, and of St; Bernard, their saint arid patron* 
 In the first place* the regular benedictine abbey 
 of St. Mary itl York was founded by Alan earl of 
 Richmond A. D. xo8B. Several churches in Rich- 
 iTiondshire being of course attached to it by him 
 
lya THE HISTORY 
 
 or his successors. In the beginning of the next 
 century rose the distinguished race of cistercian 
 monks ; a reformed part of the benedictines. 
 
 jt* D. 1098. Robert, abbot of Molesme in 
 Burgundy, withdrew to Citeaux or Cisteaux (Cis- 
 tertium) a desert place in the diocese of Challons, 
 five leagues from the city of Dijon in that province, 
 and founded there the first abbey of cistercian 
 monks. # 
 
 St. Bernard was born (says Du Pin cent xii. 
 ch. vii.) in A. D 1091, at Fontaines* a town of 
 Burgundy, of which his father Tescelin was lord. 
 Patria Burgundus, ortu nobilis, in Fontanenst 
 castro, juxta Divioncm natus anno 1091. \wA.D* 
 
 II 13 
 
 * It is observable, that all the monasteries of the cu- 
 tercians were in the same manner founded in desert and 
 solitary places. Of which the five or six cistercian abbiej 
 in Yorkshire, Rivaux, Fountains', Byland* Kirkstal, 
 Roche abbey, and Jervaux, afford very beautiful 
 and striking examples. Another peculiar distinction 
 highly to the credit of this order, is, that they were 
 more anxious to promote the elegant construction of 
 their fabrics, than the increase of their revenues. And 
 this also is strikingly exemplified in this county. The 
 revenues of Fountains were indeed ample ; but those 
 attached to the beautiful structures of Rivaux or Kirk- 
 §tal, or to any other of the abbies above mentioned, 
 amounted not at the dissolution to more than three hum* 
 dred pounds per annum. 
 
OF RIPON. I73 
 
 1 1 13 he, with thirty of his companions, took the 
 monastic habit in the abbey of Citeaux ; Stephen 
 Harding, an englishman, being at that time the 
 abbot. Two years after this event, he was sent 
 to found, or to regulate an abbey of cistercians 
 (lately established) at Clairvaux in the diocese of 
 Langres in Champagne, on the river Aube near 
 its source; where he fixed, and became as it were 
 the head of the cistercians, called from him also 
 Bernardines; left at his decease seven hundred 
 monks in his abbey of Clairvaux; and saw one 
 hundred and sixty monasteries planted un^er his 
 auspices, in different parts of Europe. OiMfte 
 superior influence which he possessed over kings, 
 popes, and councils, see Mosheim cent xii. civ. ii. 
 § xvi. 
 
 In A. D. 1131 Walter d'Espec, a baron of ver? 
 high rank and ample possessions introduced the 
 cistercians into the north of England, by founding 
 the abbey of Rivaux near Helmsley, which he peo- 
 pled with monks from Clairvaux. The next year 
 A. D. 1 1 32, ten or twelve monks separated from 
 St Mary's at York, embraced the rule of cister- 
 cians and established themselves at Fountains'. 
 The monks coming off from an old benedictinc 
 abbey, might be desirous to shew, by assuming the 
 0^2 name 
 
fj4 THE HISTORY 
 
 name of Fontanensis, dc Fontibus, Fountains' or 
 Fountaines, that their monastery was fully Cister- 
 cian or bernardine ; and that they were under Saint 
 Bernard's guidance, a circumstance thatjwould give 
 them high repute in that age. 
 
 At the same time it should be mentioned, that 
 whilst these pages were preparing for the press, 
 the history of Craven has been published ; in which 
 the learned author has obliged the public with a 
 derivation of the name of the abbey of Fountains*, 
 that much deserves their attention. 
 
 He acquaints us, in an explanation of Spencer's 
 celebrated distich (Fairy Queen, B. iv. c. xi. st. 37) 
 on six rivers of the north. 
 
 *' Still Are, swift Wharf, with Oze the most of might, 
 " High Swale, unquiet Nydd, and troublous Skell, " 
 
 That the derivation of the Are and Wharf 
 are fixed by Camden, — the Are, — like the french 
 Saoneox Arar (described by Caesar to flow incredibili 
 lenitate) being from the Celtic, Ara, mild or tran- 
 quil ; and the Wharf, Sax. Guerf, from the british, 
 Guer, swift or rapid; that Ure and Ouse are the 
 same word, signifying water; that Skell is simply a 
 fountain ; that Swale is derived from the Anglo- 
 Saxon Swalan, torrerc, a flame, from its rapidity, 
 
 thus 
 
OF RIPON. *75 
 
 thus the latin torrens ; and that Nidd, originally 
 Nidur, hence Nidderdale, is from the danish Nid- 
 dur, Susurrus, a murmuring stream. History of 
 Craving page 16. 
 
 So again, page 178, mentioning Skeilands he 
 observes, that like many places in Craven* -as 
 Skeldhow, Thruskell, &c. it is named from the 
 saxon, Skel, a fountain. 
 
 He has afterwards, page 189, this passage. 
 
 11 The word Fountains has never been account- 
 " ed for. No remarkable springs break out upon 
 " the spot, which can have given origin to the 
 " appellation. But the first name assigned to this 
 u house was the abbey of Skeldale; and the mean- 
 " ing of Skell not being then entirely obsolete, 
 " the monks, who always wrote in latin, translated 
 " it de Fontibus; afterwards the original name 
 " was forgotten, and the wordFontes was re-trans*- 
 u lated, for popular use, Fountains." 
 
 Such is the ingenious conjecture of the author 
 of the history of Craven ; which is here submitted 
 with the preceding one to the judgment aad con- 
 sideration of the reader. 
 
 Note, Camden, speaking of the castle of Hil- 
 
 derskill near Sfceiiff-Hutton, north-riding Com: 
 
 Ebor: writes it Hinderskell j obseives that it was 
 
 Q_3 built 
 
1^6 THI HISTORY 
 
 built by the barons de Greystock, and adds M •Ills 
 a fontium elullientium multitudint , Hundredsk*ll> 
 dictum. Cam. Brit* Edit. Lat. 1607, page 589. 
 
 11 Hinderskill castle, built by the barons 
 " Greystoke, and called by some, from the number 
 €i of springs, Hundred-Skell. " Gougk's BritennU 
 vtl. 3. page 20. 
 
 »««U**ftRW««A**=-- 
 
 The ruins of this once famed monastery cannot 
 fail to attract the attention of every one who has 
 an opportunity of visiting them, and even strike 
 the mind with icveiential awe. They are, perhaps, 
 more perfect and retain more evident marks of the 
 original structure than those of any other such 
 edifice in England. Some idea of the former 
 splendour and magnificence of Fountains' abbey, 
 may be formed from the account which we will 
 now give. 
 
 The monks of the cistercian abbey at Rievaux 
 were so famed for the sanctity of their lives, and 
 their strict observance of the cistercian discipline, 
 that Richard the prior, the sub-prior, and other re- 
 ligious of the abbey of St. Mary at York, were 
 resolutely determined to leave their monastery 
 
 and 
 
OF RIFON, I77 
 
 and adopt that order: But this was opposed by 
 Galfrid their abbot, who held it a reflection on his 
 government. They therefore preferred a complaint 
 against him to Thurstan, archbishop of York, re- 
 questing him to visit their monastery, and assist 
 them in their separation. A day was appointed 
 for the purpose, (October 6, 1132) when the abbot 
 and a vast concourse of monks assembled from dif- 
 ferent parts of the country, and opposed the entranct 
 of the archbishop and his attendants, in conse- 
 quence of which, he interdicted both the church and 
 the monks. After which Richard the prior, the 
 sub prior, and eleven monks, withdrew themselves 
 to the archbishop's house, where they remained 
 some time; here they were joined by Robert, a 
 monk from Whitby abbey. 
 
 The archbishop being at Ripon the succeeding 
 Christmas, assigned to them certain lands about 
 three miles west of that place, in the patrimony 
 of St. Peter, whereon to erect a cistercian mo- 
 nastery. The place was called Skell-dale, from 
 the river which runs through it, and is represented 
 to have been at that time, more suited to the re- 
 treat of wild beasts, than the reception of man; no 
 marks of cultivation were to be found near it, and 
 its surface was wholly covered with stone and wood. 
 
 "A 
 
I78 THE HISTORY 
 
 " A barren and detested vale it was. 
 
 " The trees, the summer, yet forlorn and lean, 
 
 " O'ercome with moss, and baleful misselto. " 
 
 To this gift he afterwards added the village of 
 Sutton. Richard, the prior of St. Mary's, was 
 elected their abbot; with him they retired to this 
 desert in the depth of winter, without any previ- 
 ously formed shelter or provision, relying on the 
 watchful attention of providence, and the bentfi- 
 cence of those piously disposed. 
 
 They took up their abode under the shade of 
 a large elm tree, 
 
 « ■ Whose boughs were moss/d with age, 
 
 " And high top bald with dry antiquity ; " 
 
 that stood in the midst of the vale ; the branches 
 of which being thatched with straw, afforded them 
 some shelter , under it they ate, slept, and prayed; 
 the archbishop occasionally furnished them with 
 bread, and the adjacent stream with drink. During 
 the day, some endeavoured to clear an J cultivate a 
 small piece of giound for a garden, whilst others 
 were employed in forming, with wattles, a little 
 oratory, and in erecting cells and offices. It is 
 
 supposed, 
 
Of RIPOH. j>jg 
 
 supposed, that they soon changed their elm, for a 
 shelter of seven yew trees growing on the south 
 side of the abbey, all yet (1806) standing, except 
 the largest, which was blown down some years 
 ago. They are of immense bulk, the trunk of one 
 of them being, at three feet from the ground, 
 twenty-six feet and six inches in circumference, 
 and are so near each other as to form an excellent 
 cover nearly equal to that of a thatched roof. " Un- 
 H der these trees," says Doctor Burton* " we are 
 " told by tradition, the monks resided 'till they 
 " built their monastery which seems to me to be 
 * 4 probable, if we consider how little a yew tree 
 44 increases in a year, and to what an amazing 
 •■ bulk these arc grown. And as the hill side was 
 44 covered with wood, which is now almost cut 
 " down, except these trees, it seems as if they 
 44 were left standing, to perpetuate the memory of 
 44 the monks habitation there, during the first 
 44 winter of their residence. " 
 
 The winter being ended, they dispatched a 
 messenger to St. Bernard at Clairvaux, with letters 
 testifying their determination to pursue the rigid 
 order followed by cistercian monks \ to enable them 
 
 to 
 
 • Monai. Ebor. p. 141. 
 
l8o THE HISTORY 
 
 to effect their purpose, St. Bernard sent back with 
 their messenger, Geoffry, a monk of his monas- 
 tery, who instructed them in the cistercian disci- 
 pline. About this time their number was increased 
 by the addition of ten priests and laymen, which 
 added so much to the difficulty of their subsistence; 
 that we are told,* they were obliged to eat the 
 leaves of trees and such wild herbs as the desert 
 afforded, boiled up with a little salt. 
 
 In their greatest distress, a cart load of bread 
 was sent them by Eustace Fitz-John, owner of 
 Knaresborough castle. For the two succeeding 
 years they laboured under very great hardships, 
 when Hugh, dean of York, in a severe illness or- 
 dered himself and his possessions to be carried to 
 the monastery of Fountains'. This donation was 
 quickly followed by others; Serlo and Tosti, two 
 canons of York, gave up themselves and their 
 wealth to it. Soon after which, its possessions 
 were much increased by the donation of Serlo de 
 Pembroke, who gave the village ofCayton; and 
 the benefactions of Robert de Sartis, a knight, and 
 Rajalinda his wife, who gave the town of Harles- 
 hows and its adjacent fields, with the forest of 
 
 Warkesale j 
 
 * V.ctisls. Ebor.— — Gro. Antiq. 
 
of RiroN. iSr 
 
 Warkesale; and to these was added the grange of 
 Aldeburgh with its appurtenances. 
 
 William archbishop of York being deposed 
 about the year 1 140, the soldiers who favoured him* 
 having endeavoured without success to find Henry 
 Murdock, the abbot, [whom they considered as 
 principally accessory to that event,] in revenge set 
 lire to the monastery, which, with half of the ora* 
 tory was consumed. 
 
 The monastery was refounded about the year 
 1 143, and the foundations of the church were laid, 
 and some pillars raised by the abbot John de Ebon 
 1204. John de Pherd, their next abbot, car- 
 ried on the work with great expedition, which was 
 finished by John de Cancia, who instituted nine 
 altars therein, added the painted pavement, the new 
 cloisters, the infirmary, and a house for the enter- 
 tainment of the poor, and died in the thirty-first 
 year of Henry the third, A. D. 1245. 
 
 During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries 
 the characters of the cistercian monks were com- 
 pounded of real Christianity, of superstition, and 
 fanaticism. They were bred in the school of St. 
 Bernard, and until they were corrupted by wealth 
 and indolence, certainly retained much of that 
 evangelical spirit which their master had imbibed 
 
 from 
 
182 THE HIlTOJtY 
 
 from St. Augustine. — of their superstition it will 
 be needless to speak, — of their fanaticism there can 
 be no doubt. See Mon: Ang : vol. i 9 p. 750 0*^795. 
 
 A. D, 1204.. John de Romaine arbhbishop of 
 York, certified to the visitors of the cistercian or- 
 der sent from Clairvaux, the extreme poverty of 
 these monks ; whether this arose from the expences 
 of their building, or from other extravagances \% 
 not sufficiently clear; probably it was owing to 
 both circumstances* 
 
 They suffered much by the depredations oi the 
 scots, whoNat that time pervading the north of Eng- 
 land, destroyed the produce of their lands, and 
 burnt many of their houses. This occasioned king 
 Edward the Secbhrt, to remit them their taxes, and 
 in the thirteenth year of his reign he granted them 
 ft free exemption. By an inquisition taken A. D. 
 1 363, it was found, that divers of their granges 
 were so ruinous that they could not be repaired. 
 
 This was not of long continuance. The monks 
 of Fountains Were in such repute for their sanctity 
 as to claim the attention of the first men in the 
 realm, and many of the great northern barons, with 
 immense donations, purchased here a sepulture* 
 Amongst these was the most ancient ahd noble 
 family of Percy. Two of the most illustrious of 
 
 whom* 
 
OF RIPON. 183 
 
 whom, although the monasteries of Whitby, Sal- 
 lay,* and Handal, had been founded by their family, 
 were here interred. Lord Richard de Percy, one 
 of those barons who were chiefly accessory to the 
 obtaining of the great charter from king John, and 
 who was appointed one of the twenty guardians to 
 see to the due observance of it, is expressly said to 
 have been buried in the wall of Fountains' abbey. § 
 And lord Richard's great nephew, lord Henry de 
 Pcrcy> who held a principal command under Ed- 
 ward the first in his wars in Scotland, and was 
 made governor of Gal way and Aire in 1296, and 
 invested by that king with the earldom of Carrick* 
 forfeited by Robert Bruce, was brought into York- 
 shire for sepulture and buried at Fountains' abbey 
 before the high altar, A. D* 1 3 15. This last men- 
 tioned nobleman, lord Henry de Percy, had great 
 and numerous grants assigned to him in North- 
 umberland, which brought the Percies connected 
 w4th that county, of which his great grandson was 
 first earl. 
 
 " The lake of Malhamwaler was given byWiU 
 
 Ham de Percy, (the founder of the abbey of Saliay); 
 
 r about 
 
 * Saliay abbey inCiaven, belonging to the Right 
 
 Hcwiourabl e Lord Gi^mham. 
 
 § G:ose*5 Aptiq. T : t, Fountains abb:y* 
 
1?4 THE HISTORY 
 
 about the beginning of the reign of Stephen, and 
 though at the distance of near thirty miles, the in- 
 exhaustable store of excellent trout and perch with 
 which this lake has always abounded, must, at one 
 season of the year, have converted the fasts of that 
 house into the most delicious of all repasts. " 
 
 " The original grant of this lake is to be found 
 in DodsSvortlvs MSS. and a confirmation of it 
 in the Townley MSS. Anno 1 175-t " 
 
 The Percies were considered as hereditary be- 
 nefactors and patrons of this foundation, and were- 
 applied to when an emergency made it necessary, as 
 appears by the following letter, written in the reign 
 of Henry the eighth, on a complaint from the 
 monks against their abbot. It was written by 
 Henry Percy, sixth earl of Northumberland, to 
 Thomas Arundel Esq ; one of the gentlemen of the 
 privy chamber to the lord legate Wolsey. 
 
 <c Mine entirely wel beloved and assured frend 
 in right harty maner I signifye unto you that thef 
 is credible informacion maid unto me upon the 
 suteand behalf of the convent and bretherne of the 
 monestary of Fountaince in the county of Yorke 
 that the abbot there doith not indeavour hymself 
 
 lykc 
 
 i Hist: oi Craven, art: Fou a tains' abbey. 
 
Of RIPON. I05 
 
 lyke a discrete father towards the said convent and 
 the profet of the hous but haith against the same 
 as well solde and wastyd the great parte or all theyre 
 store in Cataill as alsoo theyre wooddis in dyverse 
 contries beying in lyke manner as I am informed 
 in his owne conversation after such sorte r as the 
 quyet of the said hous which shoulde depende anemt 
 theyme is moch tedews and uncharitable | whereby 
 the service of Godd shuld not be maynteyned like 
 to the ancient custome there | And for that mine 
 ancestors and I are bentfactours to the said mones- 
 tary { the informacion w r as more inforced to be 
 maid upon me at this my beying here to the intent 
 uppon the premises I might cause advertesement 
 to be maid unto my singuler good lord legate that 
 his grace wd ponder the premises by his power 
 and auctoritc of commission to some discrete fa- 
 thers in that countrey of religious howses J thereby 
 to authoryse theyme that if matter of depryvacyon 
 may be founde to have the same in execution with 
 a free election to be grountyd by his grace to the 
 said convent before the said religious persons com- 
 missioners I And the said convent havying especial! 
 respect to the great comoditie and profet that may 
 inscwe upon the same, and the better mayntein- 
 ment of Goddis service | And perceyving in the 
 k a contrary 
 
x86 
 
 THE HISTORY 
 
 contrary they re great impoveryshment would for 
 the increase a^ayn of the said hous | gyf towards 
 the advancement of hys gracious lege, 500 marks 
 to have lyke comyssion to be addrcssyd into the 
 contrey desyring you most hartely for that I cannot 
 by reason of my diseases attend my lord myself 
 according to my bounden dutie | that ye wolde be 
 meane unto his grace upon the contents with effect 
 which 2s I perceyve shal be a right charitable act 
 to be executed accordingly | And thus hartely fare 
 ye well j at* besids Elsington 
 
 Yours assury'd 
 
 H. Northumberland/' 
 
 this xxvj day of June t 
 
 To my bedfellowe Arrondell. 
 
 It is extremely probable that this letter was 
 written some time between the years 1527, when 
 this earl succeeded to the title, and 1537, the year 
 in which the northern religious houses were visited 
 t>y order of king Henry the eighth; when the 
 
 following 
 
 ir — *r— ■ ■ ■■ 
 
 # This blank is in the original. 
 
 f Thus far is in the hand writing of the earl's secre- 
 tary ; it is subscribed &c. by himself. 
 
OF RIFON. 187 
 
 following letter was transmitted by Layton, one 
 of the visitors. 
 
 To obtain the visitation, the monks of this abbey 
 paid a fine of one hundred marks. 
 
 4< Please your worship to understand that the 
 abbot of Fountayns hath so greatly dilapidate his 
 house, wasted ye woods, notoriously keeping six 
 whores, and six days before our coming he com- 
 mitted theft and sacrilege confessing the same; for 
 at midnight he caused his chapleyn to stele rhe keys 
 of the sexton and took out a jewel, a cross of gold 
 with stones, one Warren a goldsmyth of the chepe 
 was with him in his chambre at the hour, and there 
 they stole out a great emerode with a rubye, the 
 sayde Warren made the abbot believe the rubye 
 was a garnet, and so for that he paid nothing, for 
 the emerode but ^20. He sold him also plate 
 without weight or ounces, 
 
 yours &c. 
 
 Subscribed R. Layto^. 
 
 From Richmont (in Com. cbor.) 
 the 20th. Jan. 
 
 This abbot's name was Thirskc ; he was accu- 
 sed of theft and sacrilege, and of wasting the wood, 
 R 3 cattle, 
 
l88 THE HISTORY 
 
 cattle, and profits belonging to the house. He was 
 expelled, and afterwards hanged at Tyburn. 
 
 He was succeeded by Marmaduke Bradley, who 
 had been suffragan bishop of Hull, and chaplain 
 to the king. He surrendered the whole profits of 
 the monastery, November the 26th. 1540. The 
 building when complete, is said to have covered ten 
 acres of ground. 
 
 GRANTS and CONFIRMATIONS of PRI- 
 VILEGES to the ABBEY of FOUNTAINS* 
 
 The monks of this abbey enjoyed the sam# 
 privileges with, others of the cistercian order in 
 being exempt from payment of tythes of all such 
 ground as they kept in their own hands, or occu- 
 pied at their own expence, which was very exten- 
 sive ; we are told by Doctor Whitaker that " the 
 possessions of this wealthy house stretched from 
 the foot of Pcnnigent to the boundaries of Saint 
 Wilfrid ofRipon, without interruption. Fountains' 
 fell still retains the name of its ancient possessors; 
 all the high pastures from thence to Kilnsey were 
 
 ranged 
 
 _. ~ j , .... « ■ — ■ — ■ —? 
 
 * Monas: Ebor ; 147. 
 
OF RIPON. 189 
 
 ranged by their flocks and herds: Kilnsey and 
 Conistone were their property, the commons of 
 the latter joined uponNetherdale, and all this val- 
 ley (tota Netherdale are the sweeping words of 
 Mowbray's charter) had been early bestowed 
 upon them down to Brimham, which touched up- 
 on the immediate demesnes of the house. 
 
 The lands in Craven contained in a ring fence, 
 upon a very moderate computation, one hundred 
 square miles, or sixty four thousand acres. 
 
 Kilnsey was the place to which the immense 
 flocks of the abbey were driven from the surrounding 
 hills for their annual sheep-shearing, a scene of 
 primitive festivity. From the name of the chapel- 
 house there, it seems probable that the monks either 
 had a small cell, or a grange with a chapel annexed, 
 (in a picturesque and interesting situation) where 
 an excellent house was built by the late John Ten- 
 nant Esq ; whose ancestor, Jeffrey Tennant of 
 Bordeley, purchased the estate from the Gr»sham 
 family, the grantees of Fountains 1 abbey, in the 
 fourteenth of Elizabeth. " 
 
 u At Kilnsey, 'as the most accessible part of their 
 domains, courts were kept for all the Craven manors 
 belonging to Fountains' abbey, (except Litton and 
 Longstrother, which last weic holden at Litton) 
 
 The 
 
1$0 THE HISTORY 
 
 The walls of their court house were remaining at 
 Kilnsey, in the forty- first of Elizabeth, when it 
 was remembered that a pasture had been assigned 
 for the horses of all the Jurors and Homagers in 
 summer, and hay in winter, at the expence of the 
 house. w See Hist : of Craven p. 385-6. 
 
 Pope Innocent the fourth, (who was elected 
 A. D. 1241) on the 6th. kal, Feb. (27th. January} 
 in the first year of his pontificate, confirmed to this 
 abbot and convent, the former exemption from 
 payment of tythes; also further granted to them 
 the exemption from paying tythes of wool, lamb, 
 and milk, in whatsoever parish their sheep might 
 be fed. And 
 
 Pope Alex, the fourth (elected A. D. 1254) up- 
 on the demise of Innocent IV, by his bull, dated 
 pridie Id. Aug. (12 August) in the fourth year of 
 his pontificate ; at the request of cardinal J. Titul. 
 St. Lawrence, in Lucina, granted that such lands, 
 whether cultivated or uncultivated, as had not paid 
 tythes, although afterwards they should be let to 
 others to cultivate, should yet be exempt from 
 payment of tythes. 
 
 Pope Boniface the ninth, in the eighth year of 
 his pontificate, exempted those religious of the 
 cisteician order from payment of tythes, for such 
 
 lands 
 
OF RIPON. ig r 
 
 lands belonging to them, as were let to others. 
 This exemption, in the twelfth year of his pontifi- 
 cate he further confirmed, but king Henry IV. 
 would not suffer them to enjoy it, as appears by his 
 order dated 24th. May, in the first year of his reign, 
 upon a complaint of the prebends &c. of St. Wil- 
 frid's church at Ripon. 
 
 King Henry I. granted that the monks of Foun- 
 tains, their horses, men, and effect should be ex- 
 empt from payment of tolls, for passage and pon- 
 tage, and be duty free wheresoever they w T ent by 
 land or by water, and especially to and from 
 Boroughbridge. 
 
 King Stephen confirmed all the grants made to 
 them by Thurstan, archbishop of York, Henry 
 his successor, Alan, earl of Britain, and others, and 
 exempted their lands from all service. 
 
 Henry II. by his letters patent, confirmed 
 their possessions to them, with sac, soc, team, and 
 infangtheof ; and exempted them from themanelith, 
 and danegeld, and of assize, and of aid of county 
 or hundred. 
 
 Richard I. confirmed his father's (king Henry 
 II.) grants, together with those of their possessions 
 therein specified, by letters patent, dated the 1 6th 
 «f September, in the first year of his reign, A* D. 
 
 uSo ? 
 
i()1 THK HISTORY 
 
 1 189, and these were renewed again on the ninth 
 of November, in the tenth year of his reign. 
 
 Henry III. also confirmed the same at York, 
 on the 23d* of February* 
 
 King Edward I. on the eighteenth of September, 
 in the eighth year of his reign, A. D. 1280, grant- 
 ed to them free warren in their demesnes in Mor- 
 kar, Somewith, Aldeburgh,Sleningford, and Sutton, 
 provided those lands were not in the king's forests. 
 And by other letters patent, dated sixteenth Octo- 
 ber, in the twentieth year of his reign, he confirm- 
 ed to them free warren in their demesnes in Bal- 
 dersby, Marton-super-Moram,Thorpe-sub-Bosco, 
 Kilnsey in Craven, Bordeley in Craven, and 
 Bradeley. 
 
 King Richard the II. by letters patent, dated 
 ninth of November, in the tenth year of his reign, 
 jf. D 1387 confirmed to them all their possessions 
 as specified in the charter, granting unto them sac, 
 soc, toll, team, and infangenetheof, with the courts 
 of all their tenants, and the cognizance of all trans- 
 gressions on their lands, with the assize of bread 
 and ale; and the nomination or removal of their 
 own bailiffs and servants, with all fines and for- 
 feitures within the said premises; likewise the 
 ,same liberties which the church of St. Peter's at 
 
 York, 
 
Of RIPON. I93 
 
 York, enjoyed. He also exempted them from as- 
 size of the county, riding-, and wapentake, from 
 danegeld, aids, scutage, pontage, pedage, carriage, 
 tolls for repairing castles, clearing fosses, stallage, 
 and taillage; forbidding every man from arresting 
 any person within their premises, without the ab- 
 bot and convent's licence. 
 
 King Henry VI. by the consent of the lords 
 spiritual and temporal in parliament, confirmed 
 the above said privileges in the first year of his 
 reign, A. D. 1422. 
 
 Thurstan archbishop of York, the founder* 
 who sat from A. D. 11 14, to fiiteenth January 
 A D. 1 143, gave to them part of his wood de Her- 
 leso, with the land near the wood, which Wallef, 
 son of Archil, the archbishop's man gave to them. 
 
 Henry Murdoc, his immediate successor, (who 
 $at ixomA.D. 1 147 to 1153) confirmed what Thur- 
 stan and others had given, viz. the church of Foun- 
 tains' Sutton-grange, Herleso, the grange of Warth- 
 sal, with other lands* 
 
 Roger of Bishop-bridge* archbishop of York, 
 (who sat from A. D, 1154 to A D. 1181) confir- 
 med the same, as did Robert dean, and the chapter 
 of York. 
 
 From 
 
T-94 THE HISTORY 
 
 From an official copy it appears that William 
 Knight, archdeacon of Richmond, and others, by 
 virtue of a commission, under the great seal of 
 Henry the eighth, estimated the abbey of Fountains, 
 its site, with the gardens, orchards, park, and in- 
 cisures, together with the mill, all in their own 
 occupation, to be of the yearly value of twenty-sis 
 pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence. 
 
 Its revenues at the dissolution, amounted 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 According to Speed to ♦ *... 1073 o 7 
 
 ■ ■ Dugdale 998 6 8 
 
 ^ Burton ....♦ .* 1I25 18 if 
 
 There were lands in two hundred and forty 
 lordships belonging to it. 
 
 blMENSlO 
 
OF RIPON, 195 
 
 DIMENSIONS &c. OF THE RUIN. 
 
 The GREAT TOWER 
 
 Is one hundred and sixty-six feet, six inches high, 
 and twenty-four feet square. It is placed at the 
 north end of the transept, and is probably, from the 
 appearance of the windows, and angular ornamen- 
 tal buttresses, of which there are none attached to 
 the church, of a somewhat later <era than the rest 
 of the building, or of the time of Edward the third, 
 when York minster was erected. It merits the 
 attention of the spectator as very perfect and lofty, 
 and of noble proportions; and as giving by its pe- 
 culiar situation, an uncommon degree of pictur- 
 esque dignity to every view of the ruin in which 
 it is included. 
 
 Immediately behind the altar is 
 
 The SANCTUM SANCTORUM, 
 
 One hundred and thirty- two feet long, and thirty- 
 six broad; where only the principal or heads ot 
 the order were admitted. Adjoining is 
 
 The ALTARc 
 
 WiThin a few yards of the tessellated pavement 
 
 of the altar lies a stone-coffin, in which, it is said., 
 
 s lerd 
 
I96 THE HISTORY 
 
 lord Henry de Percy was buried, in the year 1315. 
 In a chapel to the left, is a broken stone-figure, 
 said to be of the earl of Mowbray in full armour, 
 with the arms of Mowbray on his shield. 
 
 The TRANSEPT 
 
 Is one hundred and eighty-six feet wide. At the 
 top of the north corner window is the figure of an* 
 angel holding a scroll, with the date 1283. 
 
 The NAVE 
 
 Or body of the church, presents a majestic speci- 
 men of the early gothic style of architecture of the 
 time of Henry the third, being completed by abbot 
 John de Cancia, who died A. D. 1245; whilst the 
 eastern part of it exhibits instances of great light- 
 ness and elegance in the choir and columns of the 
 sanctum, and especially in the magnificent arch of 
 the great east window. If this superb and lofty 
 arch has not been added since the date on the west 
 window (1292) it is, perhaps the first example of 
 one of that magnitude in the kingdom; and the 
 whole church may be esteemed one of the purest 
 models now extant, of the nimple and majestic 
 style of building which prevailed in the reign of 
 Edward the first. The nave is sixty-five feet 
 
 wide. 
 
OF *IPON. J97 
 
 wide. — The whole length of the edifice from east 
 "to west is three hundred and fifty-one feet. 
 
 The CLOISTER GARDEN 
 
 Is one hundred and twenty feet square And now 
 planted with shrubs and evergreens. 
 
 The CHAPTER HOUSE 
 Is eighty-four feet by forty-two; the rubbish with- 
 in it was cleared away about the year 1791, when 
 several tombstones of the abbots interred here were 
 discovered* the floor has been a tessellated pavement 
 of various designs, fragments of which still remain,, 
 The tombstones are much broken, and the inscrip- 
 tions so defaced, that two only remain legible, viz* 
 
 Hie requiescit dominus Joannes X. 
 Abbas de Fontibus qui obiit vnj. DIE. 
 Decembris. 
 s 2 Hie 
 
 * For this discovery we are indebted to a very respect- 
 able antiquarian, Mr. John Martin, late ofRipon. After 
 perusing the nutes in Doctor Burton's Monasticon, 
 wherein he mentions the places of interment of many of 
 the abbots ; he prevailed upon the head gardener at Stud- 
 ley, to suffer him to make the search, in which, being 
 successful, he communicated the result, and the chapter- 
 house was soon aftervsards cleared of the rubbish,, 
 
I98 THE HISTORY 
 
 Hie requiescit dominus Johannes xn, Abbas de 
 Font i bus. 
 
 The SCRIPTORIUM 
 
 Was over the chapter house, and of the same di- 
 mensions, it appears to have been supported by tea 
 pillars of grey marble, the basements of which are 
 now remaining. 
 
 The KITCHEN 
 
 Which is divided, is very small when compared 
 with the other apartments, and is remarkable for 
 a curious arched fire-place. 
 
 The REFECTORY 
 
 Is one hundred and eight feet by forty-five ; with 
 a gallery on one side, probably for disputations. 
 
 The CLOISTERS 
 
 Are three hundred feet long and forty-two feet 
 wide ; the roof is arched and supported by twenty- 
 One stone pillars. Near to one end is a large stone 
 bason, two yards in diameter. Over the cloisters is 
 
 The DORMITORY, 
 
 Of the same dimensions. Under the steps leading 
 to which is a PORTER's LODGE. 
 
OF RIPON. X99 
 
 A few yards distant are the ruins of the apart- 
 ments occupied by the abbots. 
 
 Over the principal west window, on the 
 outside, is a thrush standing upon a tun, carved in 
 stone, supposed to denote the name of the founder, 
 with a scroll bearing the date 1292; the same 
 hieroglyphic is placed over the window at the ex- 
 tremity of the south side, On each side of the 
 towei are the following inscriptions, in large saxo- 
 monastic character*. 
 
 EAST SIDE, 
 Soli deo Ihu. xto, honor et glia. in scla. sclor, 
 
 WEST SIDE. 
 
 Agno. dei Ihu. xto. honor et glia. in scla. sclor 
 
 NORTH SIDE. 
 
 Et virtus et fortitudo deo nostro in secula seculorum, 
 
 Amen. 
 
 Soli deo honor et glia. in secula seculorum% 
 
 SOUTH SIDE. 
 Soli deo honor et glia. in secula seculorum, Amen. 
 
 ABBOTS 
 
20# THE HISTORY 
 
 ABEOTS OF FOUNTAINS'. 
 
 TFhen created. Allots names. Vacated ly 
 
 1132 1 RICHARD Mort. 
 
 H39 2 RICHARD the 2d M. 
 
 1 143 3 HENRY MURDOCH Resig. 
 
 1 146 4 MAURICIUS R. 
 
 1 146 5 THORALD R. 
 
 6 RICHARD the 3d Mort. 
 
 1 1 70 7 ROBERT, abbot of Pipewell M. 
 
 1 179 8 WILLIAM M. 
 
 1190 9 RALPH HAGETT M. 
 
 1203 10 JOHN M. 
 
 1209 11 JOHN PHERD Resig. 
 
 1219 12 JOHN DE CANCIA (of Kent) .... Mort/ 
 
 1246 13 STEPHEN DE ESTON M. 
 
 1252 14 WILLIAM DE ALLERTON M. 
 
 1258 15 ADAM M. 
 
 1259 * 6 ALEXANDER M. 
 
 1265 17 REGINALD .„. M, 
 
 1274 18 PETER AILING Depos. 
 
 1279 19 NICHOLAS Mort. 
 
 3280 20 ADAM M. 
 
 1284 21 HENRY DE OTELY M. 
 
 1290 22 ROBERT BISHOPTON M. 
 
 131 1 23 WILLIAM RYGTON M. 
 
 1316 24 WALTER COKEWALD Resig. 
 
 133S 25 ROBERT COPEGYRIE Mort. 
 
 When 
 
OF RIPON. 201 
 
 When created. Abbots names. Vacated by 
 
 1346 26 ROB : MOULTON, or MONKTON M. 
 
 1369 27 WILLIAM GOWER Resig, 
 
 1384 28 ROBERT BURLEY Mort. 
 
 1410 29 ROGER FRAUNK ... Expul. 
 
 30 JOHN RIPON Mort. 
 
 1434 3 1 THOMAS PASSELEW Resig. 
 
 1442 32 JOHN MARTIN Mort. 
 
 1442 33 JOHN GRENEWELL, S. T. P. ... M. 
 
 1471 34 THOMAS SWINTON Resig> 
 
 1478 35 JOHN DARNETON .'. 
 
 1494 36 MARMADUKE HUBY 
 
 1526 37 WILLIAM THIRSKE, B D. Oxon. 
 1537 38 MARMADUKE BRODELAY, or 
 BRADLEY, Suffragan bishop of Hull. 
 
 STORES 
 
202 THE HISTORY 
 
 STORES FOUND AT THE DISSOLUTION 
 OF THE ABBEY. * 
 
 /. /. d. 
 
 Plate in the church 519 15 5 
 
 Ditto — custody of my Lord Abbot 147 13 7I 
 
 Ditto — Buttery - 30 8 7 
 
 Ditto — Frater --«- 3 3 4 
 
 Ditto at Brimham 7 410 
 
 £ 708 5 i 
 
 Horned cattle - 2356 
 
 Sheep- 1326 
 
 Horses 86 
 
 Swine — — 79 
 
 CORN IN THE DOMAINS. 
 Wheat 117 quarters 
 Rye - 12 ditto 
 Oats 134 ditto 
 Hay 392 loads. 
 
 CORN IN THE GRANARIES. 
 
 Wheat - — 18 quarters 
 
 Rye 18 ditto 
 
 Barley Malt 90 ditto 
 Oats 2 ditto 
 
 # Monas; Ebor: 
 
OF RIPOKF. 203 
 
 The church, bells, site of the abbey, and most 
 part of its estates, were granted by letters patent, 
 under the great seal of Henry the eighth, dated 
 first October A. R. 32. to Sir Richard Gresham, 
 knight, and his heirs for ever, subject to certain 
 reserved rents payable to the crown. 
 f From the Compotus of Sir Richard Gresham 
 for the thirty-third year of Henry the eighth it ap- 
 pears that the annual income of the estates of this 
 abbey, had then been advanced very little above the 
 former estimate ; either because cheap purchases 
 afforded at that time no excuse for racking of rents, 
 or that in the general discontent which prevailed 
 in the north, on account of the dissolution ©f reli- 
 gious houses, such a measure would have been 
 impolitic and dangerous Hist: of Craven, p. 389. 
 
 The estates and abbey were sold by Sir Richard 
 Gresham to Sir Stephen Proctor, whose daughter 
 and heiress brought them to John Messenger Esq; 
 of one of whose descendants, the abbey was pur« 
 chased by the late William Aislabie Esq; who 
 annexed it to his pleasure grounds. 
 
 FOUNTAINS' 
 
*0+ THI HISTORY 
 
 FOUNTAINS' HALL, 
 
 STANDS about two hundred yards west of the 
 abbey, and was built otit of its ruins by Sir Stephen 
 Proctor, Over the chief entrance is this inscrip- 
 tion cut in stone. 
 
 S. P. I. RIEN TROVANT GAINER AY 
 TOVT. I. M. P. 
 
 A stone, placed in onje of the pillars of the court- 
 gate is also inscribed, 
 
 BENEDICITE FONTES DOMINO 1677. 
 
 The building does not boast of any thing par- 
 ticular, or worthy observation, except the chapel, 
 in which is a curiously ornamented chimney-piece, 
 representing the judgment of Solomon: The win- 
 dows are beautifully ornamented with stained glass, 
 containing a variety of armorial bearings. 
 
 FIRST 
 
OP RITQN. 
 
 FIRST WINDOW. 
 
 205 
 
 ARMS OP 
 
 Clifford and St. John 
 Clifford and Flint 
 Clifford and Hughes 
 Aske and Clifford 
 Bromeflet and Alton 
 Bromeflet and Viponte 
 Lord Clifford 
 Derbee and Oxenford 
 Urie and Atton 
 
 Clifford and Calthrope 
 Wharton and Clifford 
 Chalmslay and Clifford 
 Atton and Fitz-John 
 Clifford and Bohunn 
 Boynton and Clifford 
 Derby and Spencer 
 Fitz-Arden and Du 
 Cornwall, 
 
 CIRCULAR WINDOW. 
 
 Argent a cross or a chief charged with three 
 bezants, — Gules three cinquefoils. 
 
 THIRD WINDOW. 
 An otter with a fish in its mouth. 
 
 Proctor and Greene 
 Langdale and Miwray 
 Greene and Wake 
 Greene and Pollington 
 Greene and Foliad 
 Proctor and Finche 
 Proctor and Winterborrt 
 
 Miwray and - ■ » 
 
 Miwray and Kemp 
 Proctor and Lamberde 
 Miwray and Flemy nge 
 Clapham and Proctor 
 Thirkeid and Huddle- 
 ston 
 
 Middletort 
 
5o5 
 
 TBI HISTORY 
 
 MidcHeton and Proctor 
 Thirkeld and Aston 
 
 Pickering and Lowther 
 Greene and Broughton 
 Miwray and Crimpcs 
 Miwray and Nowel 
 Bancke and Proctor 
 Flemynge and Thirkeld 
 Pickering and Lasscells 
 Miwray and Durell 
 Pioctor and Ellis 
 
 Thirkeld and Engilby 
 Dudley and Thirkeld 
 Huddleston andCleburn 
 Bedenham and Miwray 
 Ratcliffe andHuddleston 
 Thirkeld and Lumley 
 
 Miwray and — 
 
 Proctor and Hammerton 
 Therognel and Miwray 
 Huddleston and Curwen 
 Huddleston & Fenwick, 
 
 p», 
 
 . STUDLEY. 
 
STUDLEY.* 
 
 JL HIS enchanting spot was formerly the pro- 
 perty of Sir John Mallorie, knight, who died about 
 the middle of the sixteenth century, and lies buried 
 within the minster at Ripon. It afterwards came 
 into t^e possession of the family of the Aislabies, 
 by a marriage with one of the daughters of Sir John 
 Mallorie, and is now the property of Mrs. Allanson, 
 daughter of the late William Aislabie Esq. 
 
 Its distance from Ripon is about two miles, 
 which, from the goodness of the road and the beauty 
 
 of the country, is a most agreeable drive. 
 
 t The 
 
 * Studley was possessed, prior to its coming to the 
 Mallories, by that branch of the ancient family of the 
 Tempests, which afterwards settled at Stella, on the 
 southern bank of the river Tyne, in the parish of Ryton 
 and county of Durham* 
 
208 THE HISTORY 
 
 The grounds, which naturally swell with much 
 elegance, have been laid out with refined taste, the 
 artificial embellishments have been so judiciously 
 and happily blended with the simplicity of nature y 
 that the shade which discriminates between them, 
 is, with difficulty, perceptible* The native genius 
 of the place has been consulted on every occasion 
 with a minuteness which nothing but a reverence 
 for its dictates could inspire; and this attention 
 alone, has, in the estimation of some, not only ren- 
 dered these gardens superior to any in the northern 
 part of this kingdom, but in some measure to vie with 
 
 €l The sweets of Hagley, and the pride of Stowe." 
 
 On entering the park, through the grand gate- 
 way, the first idea which is excited is highly 
 pleasureable ; and such, perhaps as the poet 
 Thomson felt when, in the gardens at Richmond* 
 he rapturously exclaimed^ 
 
 Welcome ! ye shades, ye bowery thickets hail, 
 Ye lofty pines, ye venerable oaks ! 
 Ye ashes wild, resounding o'er the steep ! 
 Delicious is your shelter to the soul. 
 
 The vista, which opens, is about three quarters 
 of a mile in length, shaded on each side with 
 
 beeches 
 
OF RIPON. 209 
 
 beeches of stately growth. The view is terminated 
 by an obelisk, from whence the town and minster 
 of Ripon present themselves. Various objects in 
 the gardens are also seea from hence, in different 
 directions. Amongst these the White-Hall, at a 
 considerable distance, and the Octagon-Tower are 
 not the least conspicuous. On the left is a most 
 delicious and wide spreading lawn, that by a gra- 
 dual and equal declination, stretches to 
 
 The HOUSE, 
 
 Sheltered by luxuriant timber-trees, which con- 
 stitute one of the finest back grounds that imagi- 
 nation can con ceive. This edifice, though it may 
 not be thought to correspond entirely either in 
 grandeur or dimensions, with the objects around 
 it, has nevertheless been remarked for the commo- 
 dious disposition and excellent finishing of the 
 apartments it contains, which are ornamented with 
 a numerous selection of pictures by the most dis^ 
 tinguished masters. 
 
 The HALL 
 
 Is forty eight feet by twenty seven. In this room 
 
 among many others are the following portraits, 
 
 T 2 viz* 
 
$10 THE HISTORY 
 
 viz* John Aislabie Esq; and his two wives. A 
 Groupe, William Aislabie Esq; and his family? 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wallers Rubens, by himself: and 
 Lord Exeter. 
 
 The LIBRARY 
 
 Is thirty one feet by twenty one, and contains a 
 large and well chosen collection of books in rich 
 and elegant bindings, amor.gtt the book cases, in 
 appropriate disposition, are busts of the most 
 eminent greek and latin authors. 
 
 The DRAWING ROOM 
 
 Is twenty five feet by twenty four, hung with blue 
 damask with a gilt bonier, Here is a good portrait 
 of Mrs. Aislabie, with eight other paintings. 
 
 PARLOUR 
 
 twenty feet by sixteen, In this room are several 
 valuable portraits, amongst which are lord Bacon, 
 lady "Jane Grey (line) Mrs. Aislabie, Mis Lawrence 
 &c besides some exquisitely finished drawings. In 
 
 The BILLIARD ROOM 
 
 are also a Groupe, Sir John Mallorie and family: 
 the Czar Peter of Russia: Charles XII. of Sweden: 
 and six, views of Raneleigh and Vauxhall. 
 
 TAPESTRY 
 
OF RIFON. 211 
 
 TAPESTRY ROOM, 
 
 Sixteen feet by thirteen. This little room excites 
 much admiration. The tapestry is so excellent 
 that the figures and subjects it exhibits, almost 
 equal the the f nest efforts of the pencil in softness 
 and relief. Passing from hence by the great stair 
 case, the organ-room and lodging-rooms may be 
 seen. 
 
 The ALCOVE LODGING ROOM 
 
 Is furnished with a number of drawings taken from 
 different points and the most interesting situations 
 in the gardens of Sludley and Hackfall. 
 
 Adjoining the house is 
 The MENAGERIE, 
 In a neat garden, planted with a choice collection 
 of flowers^and odoriferous shrubs ; it has a handsome 
 green-house, and three aviaries, in which turtle- 
 doves, canaries, and other birds are kept. There 
 is also a small, but elegant building, which has been 
 sometimes used as a breakfast-room. 
 
 The prospects from the house are varied, and 
 
 highly gratifying. The gently rising and declining 
 
 irregularities of hill and dale, in the park, are 
 
 charmingly enlivened by herds of deer. Btyorrl 
 
 t 3 -the 
 
212 THE HISTORY 
 
 the woods and plantations, which lie thus beauti- 
 fully disposed and expanded, Ripon minster with 
 part of the town may be seen in the distance ; and 
 at another point, Mackershaw-wood with the lodge 
 &c. The Belvedere, a building so called in the 
 park, also forms a conspicuous object. These all 
 united form a picture, peculiarly attracting and I 
 impressive. 
 
 At a short distance towards the south-west lie 
 
 The PLEASURE GARDENS. 
 
 In front is a large lake, supplied from the canal 
 above by a cascade, on each side of which is a small 
 pavilion. This has a bad effect and gives a mo- 
 mentary shock by its formality, your pleasure is 
 heightened however, on a little farther progress. 
 
 Passing through the gates, several fine trees 
 meet the eye, crowned with the profusest charms 
 of luxuriant nature, giving a majestic grandeur to 
 the entrance. 
 
 " Are not these wcods 
 
 •* More free from peril, than the envious court? 
 
 " Here we feel but the penalty of Adam, 
 
 •• The season's difference : 
 
 •« — ~_» exempt fiom public haunt 
 
 t( Find ton guts in trees, bucks in the running brooks 
 M Sermons in scones, and good in every thing. M 
 
 Leaving 
 
OF RIPON. 2 I J 
 
 Leaving a rising ground, which opens with 
 very pleasing scenery to the right; the road winds 
 up a gradual ascent to an enclosed 
 
 COLD BATH, 
 
 which is constantly supplied by a spring of the 
 purest water; advancing a few yards further, near 
 the figure of a dying Gladiator, the prospect is really 
 charming; the Tower, Temple of Piety, and 
 Rotunda, are all happily dispersed in the wood, 
 which here forms an amphitheatre. Proceeding 
 en, a fine rustic bridge opens to the view, with the 
 river rushing through it, and the back ground so 
 darkened by trees, as to give the idea of a cascade 
 foaming through a cavern. Near this is the statue 
 of Hercules destroying Anteus. 
 
 From the rustic bridge, venerably covered 
 with ivy 
 
 " O'er canopy'd with luscious woodbine, 
 
 " With sweet musk roses, and the eglantine, * 
 
 the view opens with a beautiful assemblage of new 
 objects, most elegantly diversified, the statues, cold 
 bath, rotunda, and banqueting-house appear among 
 the trees, and various shrubs arc scattered on the 
 rising banks. The hanging wood that overshadows 
 the canal is beautiful. 
 
 At 
 
214 THE HiSTORY 
 
 At a few paces distant stands a large yew tree, 
 said to have been growing here, when the gardens 
 were first laid out. 
 
 u This stately yew, which has for ages stood, 
 " The gloomy monarch of its native wood; 
 " Its aged branches still their sable shew, 
 f « And frown upon the verdant scenes below. ? 
 
 From a little grotto adjoining, a fine and exten- 
 sive sheet of water is seen, which winds at the 
 foot of Tent-hill, and is encircled by a noble am- 
 phitheatre of hanging wood, of large growth, 
 u attired with verdure, various as the evening sky, 
 t€ ting'd with the setting sun, " whilst the river 
 meanders at your feet, and steals silently into the 
 canal below. 
 
 Turning through a shady walk, to the left, 
 you enter 
 
 The LAWN, 
 
 which is laid out with exquisite taste, and where 
 the water divides itself into several beautiful forms, 
 embellished at different points by the statues of 
 Eacchus, Neptune, Galen, a dying Gladiator, and 
 Roman Wrestlers. Passing along a gravel walk, 
 by the side of a bank decorated with trees and 
 flowering shrubs, you come to 
 
 Thi 
 
The TEMPLE OF PIETY. 
 
 Thi front of this building is a portico, supported 
 by six tuscan pillars. Within are bronze busts 
 of Titus Vespasian and Nero, and a fine bass-relief 
 of the Grecian daughter. From this place the 
 views around are highly picturesque and varied ; 
 the opposite hill is beautifully screened with trees, 
 through which the banqueting-housa, with its sur- 
 rounding verdant scerery is iesn with good effect. 
 A little further on, the walk rises hastily, and is 
 embowered with trees, several of them growing on 
 the bare rocks. At the top is a subterraneous 
 cavern leading to 
 
 The OCTAGON TOWER, 
 
 situated on a charming eminence, commanding a 
 variety'of extensive and enchanting views. From 
 the entrance are seen a Chinese-temple and other 
 objects in the park ; on the rightMackershaw-lodge, 
 and from the windows a noble bank, finely diver- 
 sified with wood — the house and circumjacent 
 grqimds, with an infinity of groupes of planting, 
 and whatever could enrich this most correct and 
 finished picture. Adjoining is a cave with stoves 
 for dressing victuals. Passing along to the right, 
 
 at 
 
aid THE HISTORY 
 
 at every step opening on new objects, through 
 artless vistas, you come to 
 
 The ROTUNDA; or, TEMPLE OF FAME. 
 
 This building is finely placed amidst, and is 
 almost covered with hanging wood. Here the 
 banqueting-house, and the other beauties of the 
 place, crowned with trees, are seen in an excellent 
 point of view. At the end of this walk How-hill 
 is discovered in front, with its lofty brow thickly 
 clothed with a variety of wood. Continuing the 
 same walk, you reach a seat, where the lake below 
 is discovered winding through the valley, with 
 the beautiful wooded cone, called Tent-hill, jut- 
 ting itself into its bosom. It is at the base of this 
 hill (within a dark arch) that the water of the lake 
 is conducted into the canal below. 
 
 The walk continues, on the edge of the hill, to 
 
 A GOTHIC SEAT, 
 
 from which the venerable ruins of Fountains' 
 abbey * appear directly in front, and form one of 
 the finest views imagination can conceive. A mo- 
 dest river gently glides along its side, tufted with 
 
 oak 
 
 * For the history and an ichnographical description 
 of this building, see Fountains' abbey, page 171. 
 
jor riton. 217 
 
 oak and evergreen ; on the right, rocks, woods, and 
 hills, romantically shew themselves in natural 
 wildness ; while in front a fine lawn extends itself 
 .to where the abbey rears its awful head, in all th« 
 pride and dignity of age. 
 
 " These are the haunts of meditation, these 
 
 w The scenes where ancient bards th* inspiring breath 
 
 €f Ecstatic felt; and from this world retir'd, 
 
 " Convers'd with angels, and immortal forms, 
 
 u On gracious errands bent ■ " 
 
 Descending the hill, you proceed along the 
 margin of the water, the abbey still appearing 
 with additional beauty as you approach it, 'till 
 coming to the mouldering arches of a bridge, which 
 you cross, you find yourself at the entrance of this 
 most beautiful ruin. It is scarcely possible to con- 
 ceive that tottering walls should appear so lovely : It 
 must fascinate the enthusiastic. Built in the most 
 beautiful style of gothic or saracenic architecture; 
 the tower and all the walls are still lemaining, the 
 roof alone being gone to ruin. Entering the door, 
 instead of a chancel, you find yourself in a grove ; 
 nature having sportively scattered through it an 
 enchanting assemblage of shrubbery and trees. 
 
 The 
 
ai8 THE HISTORY 
 
 The sod, too, through which they shoot is exqui- 
 sitely green. No depredation has been wantonly 
 committed on it; time and age alone, have brought 
 it to its present state, it has fallen in peace, and 
 without a harsh convuhion. Leaving this charm- 
 ing spot, you return by a porter's lodge, which, at 
 a distance, very much resembles a ruined chapel, 
 and re-entering the gardens, turn through an ele- 
 gantly winding walk, leaving Tent-hill, on the 
 right ; you soon reach a seat which yields a number 
 of picturesque and novel scenes; and thence to an 
 elegant building called 
 
 The BANQUETING HOUSE, 
 
 ornamented and furnished in a superb style. Here 
 is a grand dining-room, having a recess at each 
 end. In one of th:se stands a bronze cast of the 
 Venus de Medicis, 
 
 ** The very life seems warm upon her lip, 
 " The fixture of her eye has motion in it. " 
 
 Over a chimney-piece of most exquisite marble, 
 is a picture of the governor of Surat, taking the 
 diversion of hawking ; here is also an elegant room 
 adjoining, in which is a sopha-bed. Here you 
 may court 
 
 " That 
 
Ot RIPON. 21$ 
 
 14 That silent power whose welcome sway 
 *• Charms every anxious thought away, 
 " In whose divine oblivion drown'd 
 " Sore pain and weary toil grow mild. " 
 
 From one end of this edifice a stone urn is seen t 
 through the verdant foliage of the trees on the op- 
 posite hill. Towards the left you reach the verge 
 of the gardens, where, from an elevated situation, 
 a fine view is caught of the tower of the abbey, the 
 building on the summit of How-hill, together with 
 an extensive range of country, diversified with va- 
 rious objects. A little further, you look down on 
 a fine valley, the banks immediately below delight- 
 fully screened with laureL From hence the statue 
 of Pan, in the park, may be seen. Proceeding by 
 the side of the lawn, the temple of piety, with its 
 surrounding scenery, exhibits itself in full view. 
 Leaving this delightful spot, you descend gradually 
 to the first entrance. 
 
 ■ Mean while the mum'nno; waters fall 
 
 " Down the slope hills ; dispersed, or in a lake, 
 *' That to the fringed bank, with myrtle crown'd 
 ** Her crystal mirror holds, unite their streams. 
 M The birds their choir apply ; airs vernal airs, 
 *•' -Breathing the smell of field and gr vve, attune 
 
 u si Their 
 
24Q THE HISTORY 
 
 " Their trembling leaves, while universal Pan, 
 " Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, 
 " Lead on th' eternal Spring 
 
 The BELVEDERE 
 
 Is a building erected upon Gillet-hill in the park, 
 from whence is a delightful prosp-ct of the house, 
 and the town of Ripon with its fine gothic minster, 
 in the centre of a richly cultivated vale, where 
 villages, houses, and other objects are profusely 
 scattered. At a short distance from hence is 
 
 The CHINESE TEMPLE. 
 
 This building is situated on a romantic emi- 
 nence, not far from the entrance into a part of the 
 grounds called Mackershaw. The valley here is 
 seen in one of its highest points of beauty. The 
 river, winding through it, forms several beautiful 
 falls, the Octagon-tower, and other objects appear 
 with peculiar prominence and advantage amongst 
 the surrounding scenery ; but the most striking 
 views from hence are formed by the locks and 
 woods on each side of the dell. Upon the whole, 
 this walk, though seldom shewn to strangers, is 
 equally beautiful and romantic, and may with the 
 
 greatest 
 
OF *IPOH. 
 
 fl2t 
 
 greatest propriety, be included amongst the many 
 justly admired and beautiful scenes in the park 
 of Studley. 
 
 << . These unfrequented woods 
 
 " I better brook than flourishing peopled towns, 
 
 " Here can I sit alone unseen of any, 
 
 '* And listen to the nightingale's complaining notes." 
 
 tC/^^r&^fa 
 
 **&* 
 
 
 *r~ 
 
 V 2 
 
 ANALYSIS 
 
ANALYSIS OF 
 
 ALDFIELD SPAW. 
 
 OKELLDALE continues for several miles above 
 Fountains' abbey without losing any of its romantic 
 beauties ; the village of Aldfield is seated about a 
 mile higher up, and deserves to be more known 
 for the virtues of its medicinal waters. The springs 
 are situated on the southern side #f the vale, which 
 is richly clothed with wood; a fine trout stream 
 runs between them, and a charming spring of fresh 
 water issues w 7 ithin a few yards. Here the vale- 
 tudinarian may enjoy the luxuriance of the valley 
 sheltered from every ungenial breeze, and seek for 
 a restoration of health in the very seat of Hygeia* 
 
 ExERCISt 
 
OF HIFON. 223 
 
 Exercise has been uniformly recommended to 
 those who visit watering places for the benefit of 
 their health: and riding is found to be most salu- 
 tary, as it requires but little exertion, and conse- 
 quently produces very little fatigue. This neigh- 
 bourhood affords every inducement to exercise, and 
 the rides in the vicinity are so varied that new 
 objects may be daily visited. 
 
 It is not our intention to give more than a brief 
 account of the result of this analysis; as the facts 
 • hat occurred in the course of the investigation, can 
 all be explained by the well known chemical prin- 
 ciples, it is not necessary to elucidate the subject 
 by any experiments particularly adapted to the 
 purpose; and as many analyses of sulphureous waters 
 have b^en already presented to the public, distin- 
 guished by the skill and accuracy with which they 
 have been conducted, However as the subject is of 
 so much consequence to the physician, and so close- 
 ly related to the general interests of humanity, our 
 labour may not be entirely unacceptable, and we 
 shall be happy if by our efforts we can call the at- 
 on of the possessors to the improvement of 
 this valuable gift of nature. 
 
 1 his spaw is visited in summer by great num- 
 bers of country people, who never fail to receive 
 u 3 relief 
 
224 THfi HISTORY 
 
 relief in ail cases where the use of sulphureeus 
 
 waters has been found beneficial. 
 
 As the saline contents are small, where an active 
 purge is lequired, half an ounce of Sulphate of 
 Magnesia should be taken in the first glassful of 
 water. 
 
 The springs do not differ in strength, and both 
 throw up very large quantities of water. This is 
 a great advantage to persons whose complaints 
 render warm bathing necessary, as a great number 
 of baths can be supplied with the water in a short 
 time. 
 
 The water is perfectly limpid, and sparkles 
 when poured into a glass ; it has a saline taste and 
 an offensive smell; by exposure to the air it loses 
 this odour, becoming turbid and depositing a white 
 powder, with which it encrusts leaves and pieces 
 of stick, in its passage from the well. The un- 
 pleasant smell which the water exhales, and the 
 property it has of blackening silver or lead, shew 
 that it contains sulphureted hydrogen Gas. 
 
 Tut temperature is 54°. & fresh water spring 
 •within a few yards 48 . 
 
 The sulphureous springs are never frozen. 
 
 Specific 
 
OJ RIPON. 225 
 
 SOLID CONTENTS in a WINE GALLON 
 OF THE WATER. 
 
 Grains. 
 
 Carbonate of Lime 12,5 
 
 Carbonate of Magnesia 3,5 
 
 Sulphate of Magnesia . . 5 
 
 Muriate of Soda 208 
 
 Muriate of Magnesia 96 
 
 3 2 5 
 
 GASEOUS CONTENTS. 
 
 Cubic Inches, 
 
 Carbonic acid Gas 6 
 
 Azotic Gas *'.»... 4 
 
 Sulphurated Hydrogen Gas 2.1 
 
 3* 
 
 Very pure Azotic Gas in a free state is 
 emitted at intervals, it was collected at the rate of 
 a gallon in fifty- six minutes, though several bubbles 
 escaped. 
 
 Dr. Oahnett, whose analysis of Harrogate 
 water evinces so much skill, and such an extent of 
 chemical k nowledge, has made Muriate <}f Lime one 
 
 «f its component parts, Since f he publication of 
 
 sj it Mr, 
 
226 OF RIPON. 
 
 Mr. Kirwan's essay on the analysis of mineral 
 waters, it is known that Muriate of Lime cannot 
 ^xist in a water that contains sulphate or carbonate 
 of magnesia. The doctor's error was occasioned 
 by the manner in which analyses were then con- 
 ducted. This is mentioned to account for the 
 quantity of Carbonate of Lime found in this water* 
 which appears much greater in proportion to the 
 saline contents than in Harrogate water, but if the 
 thirteen grams of Miu late of Lime be placed to the 
 quantify of Carbonate, the disproportion vanishes, 
 and one hundred parts of Muriate of Lime are 
 composed of forty-two acid, fifty lime, eight water ; 
 one hundred parts of Carbonate of Lime, of fifty 
 lime, fifty acid and water. 
 
 BRIMH 
 
BRIMHAM CRAGS. 
 
 JL H& scene which opens to the vieto on tr e 
 approach to these rocks excites the greatest asto- 
 nishment* We -imagine ourselves just entering the 
 apparent ruins of a large city. The gloomy frag- 
 file tits strike us with horror, and fancy might 
 readily place before us the massy form and surly 
 looks of its ancient gigantic inhabitants. 
 
 This extraordinary work of nature covers the 
 astonishing space of forty acres, and "presents us 
 3vith objects in all her rude and uncultivated gran- 
 deur. From the towering summit of these rocks 
 immense fragments appear to nave been precipitated 
 and hurled to a considerable distance, other* hang 
 by trifling points, and projecting considerably over 
 the base, threaten to cai \\ the ttiemhting visitant* 
 Two rocks, each above ten yards square have been 
 completely disunited, leaving an area at Last four 
 
228 THE HISTORY 
 
 feet wide, they exhibit so exact a correspondence 
 of parts as to convince the observer that they once 
 formed a solid mass, and can only have been left 
 in their present state by some violent and tremen- 
 dous convulsion of nature* 
 
 The ROCKING STONES 
 
 constitute one of the most striking svibjects of this 
 surprising scene, they are formed by a rock worn 
 ky the attacks of wind and rain to an obtuse point at 
 the centre, which rests on the plane surface of ano- 
 ther; of these, the two largest are calculated to 
 weigh above one hundred tons each, and can be put 
 in motion with ease by the hand, time will pro- 
 bably give to other detached masses, the same sur- 
 prising power of rocking, as they are Composed of 
 a very friable .kind of grit. 
 
 The CANNON ROCKS. 
 
 Perforations in these grim crags are very 
 common, but the most remarkable are those dis- 
 tinguished by the name of cannon rocks, one of 
 them is a cylinder of about twelve inches in dia- 
 meter, which runs through a large body of rock, 
 and is easily accessible at one point, but the other 
 extremity terminates on the side where the craggy 
 
 ridge 
 
OP It IF ! j 
 
 ridge rises to a terrific height. It has been con- 
 jectured that the Druids made u?e of this to deliver 
 their delusive oracles to the credulous Pagans, and 
 certainly no place could be more suitable to the 
 performance of their mysteries and deceptions ; and 
 sounds issuing from the centre of the cliff might 
 be so modulated as to occasion sensations of fear 
 and amazement in the listening attendants. The 
 forms of the detached rocks and the rude figures 
 some of them exhibit are however to be attributed 
 solely to the hand of nature. The supposed druid- 
 ical circles exist only in imagination and there 
 appear few grounds of belief that this scene of 
 grandeur and sublimity has ever been dedicated to 
 the celebration of religious rites. 
 
 No description can do justice to a spectacle so 
 awfully magnificent, nor can an idea of its unpa- 
 ralled majestic grandeur be formed by those who- 
 have not seen the place. In the year 1792, the 
 Ri^ht Honourable Lord Grantley built a house, 
 with suitable cutoffices, for the accommodation of 
 company, prompted by a laudable curiosity to visit 
 this chaotic wonder of nature. 
 
 LORD 
 
LORD GRANTLEY's LAKE. 
 
 .ETURNING fromBrimham-crags and pur- 
 suing the road about a mile and a half, this lake 
 lies on the left hand, in a long, and deep vale, in- 
 closed with high ridges of iocky mountains ; woods 
 rise on each side in irregular swells, until the rocky 
 declivity of the mountains precludes all cultivation ; 
 here wild plants find support and climb even to 
 the summit of the craggy precipices. The dale 
 expan ds a little towards the head of the lake, the 
 rocks then become eminently conspicuous, and a 
 cascade pours over the precipice ; the beauty of this 
 scene is greatly augmented after falls of rain. 
 
 A foot w^alk continues along the margin, but 
 sometimes leading into the wood, shuts out the view 1 
 of the lake, when an opening again admits a full 
 prospect of its beauties. 
 
 HACKFALL, 
 
HACKFALL 
 
 Nature here 
 
 Wanton'd as in her prime, and play'd at will 
 
 her virgin fancies. 
 Wild above rule or art (and beauteous form'd) 
 A happy rural seat of various vfew # 
 
 Parabise Lost. 
 
 .ACKFALL, the property of Mrs. Allanson, 
 is seven miles distant from Ripon. Its beauties 
 are admirably calculated to attract the attention of 
 those who are delighted with the romantic scenery 
 of rural landscape. Never was there seen a finer 
 assemblage of wild and variegated nature. 
 
 Here 
 
 •"•" How long soe'er the wanderer roves, each step 
 ** Shall wake fresh beauties ; each short point present 
 fi A different picture, " 
 
 The; 
 
232 THE HISTO*r 
 
 The entrance into the grounds is pleasant, 
 though not grand ; near the first gate a small rill 
 forms itself into a reservoir, from whence the wa- 
 ter falls down a precipice, and is seen as you walk, 
 gently gliding along, 'till checked by rocks and 
 stones, which in several places obstruct its passage ; 
 it forms a chain of beautiful falls half a mile in 
 length. 
 
 At a short distance, two springs issuing from 
 the rock, fall gently down its side. Des:er.ding 
 to a covered seat, you have one of the sweetest 
 landscapes in nature, in front the water forms a 
 double cascade, and rushing over rocks and beds of 
 stone, joins the rill below. 
 
 A little lower, another stream runs down the 
 rock in a similar direction. Descending still fur- 
 ther to another seat, you come suddenly in front 
 of an artificial ruin, called 
 
 MOWBRAY CASTLE. 
 A winding walk leads to the bottom of the 
 vale, through a woody dingle to 
 
 FISHERS HALL, 
 A small octagon room, built of petrifactions, * 
 
 upon 
 
 * These petrifactions are formed by several springs 
 in the grouuds, and particularly by one called the alum 
 spring. 
 
of RiroK. 133 
 
 upon a beautiful swelling hill near the river Ure, 
 and surrounded with hanging wood ; by varying 
 your station near it, you are amused with a char- 
 ming variety of rural scenery. Here are two cas- 
 cades divided by a grove of fine trees ; that on the 
 left impetuously forces its way over a slaty rock, 
 overhung with the spreading branches of the ad- 
 joining wood, which rises in noble sweeps, dar- 
 kened with the shade, but sweetly contrasted by 
 the sparkling brightness of the water. The other 
 foams in a continued declension from a great dis- 
 tance, and is broken here and there with artless 
 simplicity. It then descends through a fine wood 
 that screens the rising hill, on the brow of which 
 stands a building called Mowbray Point. From 
 another part you observe the river which forms a 
 noble bend at your feet; the stream is rapid, and 
 rushes impetuously along its course, confined on 
 each side by rocks elegantly clothed with trees, that 
 rise progressively over each other, and form a grand 
 and sublime scene. 
 
 You next enter an ascending walk, where your 
 attention is soon fixed upon a cascade, gushing in 
 appearance from a cavern in the rock, sweetly 
 overhung with thick wood, and falling from rock 
 
 to 
 
234 *HI HISTORY 
 
 to rock until its stream is lost in the adjoining 
 Coppice. 
 
 At a short distance on the same walk, you reach 
 
 A GROTTO, 
 
 so situated as to face the last mentioned cascade, 
 which falls from a height of forty feet. The wa- 
 ter is clear and transparent, and from its peculiar 
 situation adds much to the beauty of every object. 
 A little further in the same walk, your notice is 
 attracted by an opening in the wood, which dis- 
 covers the river winding round the foot of a rocky 
 hill, covered with a profusion of wood, and giving 
 a romantic variety to the scene. 
 
 The path now turns to the right, and leads t© 
 
 A RUSTIC TEMPLE. 
 
 near the edge of a pond, in the centre of which, is 
 a fountain that throws the water twenty feet high, 
 It must be confessed, that this is too formal for the 
 place, and the sheet of seemingly stagnated water 
 at the bottom, is far from either elegant or pleasing* 
 The plain is bounded by a noble amphitheatre 
 of very tall spreading trees, " whose nodding tops 
 c< wave with every wind, and shade the scene 
 " below. " Continuing the same path, you are 
 ted to a lit* * building, called 
 
 The 
 
OF RIPON, 235 
 
 The HUT, 
 
 where the river, embrowned by the extended 
 branches of the neighbouring oaks, winds rapidly 
 at your feet. Here, through a large cleft in an 
 aged tree, a small cascade is seen trickling clown 
 the hill ; Fishers Hall and Mowbray Castle, are 
 also included in the prospect ; the grounds swell 
 picturesquely and the murmuring of the water 
 produces a charming effect. At a short distance, 
 a cascade is seen falling from a high rock, called 
 
 The WEEPING ROCK. 
 
 By an irregular walk you come to a small 
 building situated on a little knoll, called 
 
 LLMEHOUSE HILL. 
 
 From hence, over a fine bend of the river, the 
 steeple of Masham church and part of the town 
 appear; whilst a rapid stream attracts your atten- 
 tion, and is seen through the scattered trees which 
 overhang the hill ; Mowbray-castle on one side of 
 the valley appears above the lofty trees, and Mow- 
 bray-point on the other seems to rise from the 
 wood which surrounds it. 
 
 The path now becomes winding and rocky- 
 "To climb steep Kills require? slow pace at first. " 
 
 X :endrnp 
 
23& THE HISTORY 
 
 Ascending through a thick grove of trees, from aa 
 opening, you command Pishers-hall, and from 
 another place Mowbray-castle. Proceeding still 
 further you arrive at 
 
 The NEW MOUNT, 
 
 ■where the valley and woody scenery appear in great 
 perfection with the hills and rocks adorned by all 
 their native beauties. Continuing your walk up 
 the hill, from a green seat in the High-walk, you 
 have a different view of the town and church of 
 Masham. A little further, from a more elevated 
 situation, the river appears broken into four sheets 
 of water divided by rocks and trees. From hence, 
 York minster, at the distance of thirty miles, fs 
 distinctly seen ; also the tower of Tanfjeld church 
 and part of the town. 
 
 The next object which claims your attention is 
 
 MOWBRAY POINT, 
 
 built with rough stones on the summit of a rock, to 
 
 represent a ruin. In this building are a handsome 
 
 dining room, a small drawing room, and a kitchen* 
 
 From the area in front the prospects ar*e grand and 
 
 extensive, 
 
 " Here 
 
OF RIPON- 237 
 
 " Here hills and vales the woodland and the plaitt* 
 
 €€ Here earth and water seem to meet again, 
 
 «' Not chaos like* together crush'd and bruis'd, 
 
 * r But as the world, harmoniously confused : 
 
 u Where order in variety we see, 
 
 '* And where, tho' all things differ, all agree. n 
 
 Looking over the valley the river appears bro- 
 ken into various forms by the impending hills 
 and rocky banks, in some places calm and smooth, 
 in others raging impetuously over masses of stone, 
 torn by its fury when swollen with rain, from the 
 adjoining rocks ; Fishers-hall, and towards the left, 
 Limehouse-hill, raise their heads from the woods, 
 by which they are almost buried. The distant 
 objects form as charming a bird's-eye view as any 
 of which the kingdom can boast. In front are 
 seen the whole range of Hambleton -hills, and the 
 town of Thirsk, with an extensive, fertile, and 
 variegated country. Towards the right York min- 
 ster, the Yorkshire Wolds, Gilling, the seat of 
 
 Fairfax Esq ; and Craike-castle. Towards 
 
 the left, the mountain called Roseberry-toppin near 
 
 the mouth of the Tees, at the distance of forty- five 
 
 miles; and within a nearer circle, the villages of 
 
 x % Tanfield, 
 
238 THE HISTORY 
 
 Tanfield, Kirklington, Topcliffe, Masham, &c. 
 with numerous farm-houses, and here and there 
 
 " A spiry dome 
 M Sacred to heaven, around whose hallow'd walls 
 " Our fathers slumber in the narrow house. " 
 
 By an agreeably shaded walk you are led to a 
 building used as a servants-hall ; near to it your 
 attention is caught by the beauty of a cascade, 
 running rapidly from the opposite rock. And here 
 you bid adieu to the naturally romantic curiosities 
 and pleading prospects which are displayed through 
 the whole of this place. We have only attempted 
 to give a brief sketch, nor are we able to do justice 
 to it in description. We leave it to the contem- 
 plation of those, who enjoy the beauties of nature* 
 
 O, thou goddess 
 
 " Thou divine nature ! how thys.If thou blazon'st." 
 
 NEWBY HALL, 
 
NEWBY HALL, 
 
 Tkc Seat of the Right Honourable Lord Grantham, 
 
 JL HIS mansion is situated on the northern 
 bank of the river Ure, about four miles from Ripon> 
 and commands a charming and extensive view over 
 the country; it was designed, and the excellent 
 situation chosen, by Sir Christopher Wren, about 
 the year 1705. 
 
 The dogs, one on each side of the portico, are 
 copies, well executed, in Portland-stone, of the 
 statue at Duncornbe-park, commonly called Alci- 
 biades' dog. 
 
 I* the ENTRANCE HALL 
 
 Is an excellent organ, handsomely cased with ma- 
 hogany, said to be after a design of the late Mi. 
 Mason; on the front is the figure of a faun hold- 
 ing a Syrinx ; and on the top, that of a lion with 
 a cupid seated on his back, playing on a lyre. 
 This room is also ornamented with a picture of 
 St. Margaret by Annibal Carracci \ a fine-landscape 
 x is with 
 
240 THE HISTORY 
 
 with a groupe of Cattle by Rosa D'Tivoli ; and a 
 
 large inlaid table, exhibiting one hundred and 
 Seventy-one specimens of ancient and modern mar- 
 ble; also two other tables of Egyptian granite. 
 
 The PARLOUR, 
 
 Is twenty feet square, decorated with a chimney- 
 piece and table of Egyptian granite, over the for- 
 mer of which is placed, a full length picture by 
 BaptistaBattoni,of the late William Weddell Esq; 
 when at Rome, pointing to a statue of Cleopatra; 
 here are also pictures of Sir Thomas Robinson, 
 the first Lord Grantham and his lady, painted at 
 Vienna ; and the late Lord Grantham. 
 
 The LIBRARY, 
 
 Is twenty feet square, and contains a valuable 
 collection of books Over the chimney-piece is a 
 picture of Apollo rewarding poetry ; and above a 
 mosaic table, is a portrait of the late Wm. Wed- 
 dell Esq ; by Staveley. 
 
 The DRAWING ROOM, 
 
 Is forty feet by twenty- six, hung with tapestr) of 
 the famous Gobelin's* manufactory, which for 
 
 richness 
 
 ♦ Gilies Gobelin a famous French dyer, in the reign 
 of Francis the first, whose name has been given ever since 
 
OF RIPON. 241 
 
 richness and beauty cannot be excelled. The sight 
 of this exact and highly finished copy of nature 
 excites the admiration of every beholder. The 
 figures and flowers formed upon it, are extremely 
 rich and grand, and delineated so accurately, as 
 scarcely to be surpassed by the pencil of the most 
 eminent artist. The subjects in the compartments 
 are, Venus rising from the sea; Venus requesting 
 Vulcan to complete the arms of Eneas ; Vertumnus 
 and Pomona ; and Diana and Endymion. On gilt 
 frames of excellent workmanship are two large 
 tables of the most beautiful verd antique marble, 
 over each of which are two pier glasses, eight feet 
 long and five broad. The ceiling is also divided 
 into compartments, enriched by gilt mouldings; 
 in the divisions are the four seasons, the figures of 
 Diana and nymphs, Venus and the graces, and 
 Phaeton attended by the hours, all finely painted 
 by Zucci. 
 
 The ANTEROOM, 
 exhibits a rich display of ornamental stucco work 
 with decorations, painted by Williamson of Ripon. 
 
 Thi 
 
 to the finest French Scarlets : his house and the small 
 river he made use of at Paris, are still called the Gobe- 
 lins; an academy for drawing, and a manufactory of fine 
 tapestries were erected in 1666, and for this reason the 
 tapestries are called, Of the Gobelin's. 
 
2-42 THE HISTORY 
 
 The GREAT STAIR-CASE, 
 
 Is adorned with two very fine columns of the most 
 beautiful Cipollini marble, with pilasters of the 
 same, behind which stands, upon a richly carved 
 and gilt frame, a table of jasper, of large dimen- 
 sions, and over it is a picture of Judith shewing 
 Holofernes' head to the people, by Calabresi ; and 
 over each door, a bas-relief, one representing 
 Antoninus Pius, and the other the triumph of 
 Aurelian. 
 
 The STATE BED ROOM, 
 
 Is twenty-four feet square, and hung with most 
 beautifully figured Indian paper. On each side is 
 a dressing room, furnished in the same elegant 
 manner. 
 
 The DINING ROOM, 
 
 Is sixty feet by twenty, and is highly esteemed 
 for the rich display of painting. Figures and sub- 
 jects from ancient mythology, by Zucci, are re- 
 presented on the enriched panncls and ceiling. 
 Four elegant pillars with corinthian capitals, sup- 
 port the ceiling. The pannels on each side of the 
 fire-place are beautifully ornamented with stucco 
 work. 
 
 STATUE 
 
OF RIPON. - 243 
 
 STATUE GALLERY. 
 
 Much refined taste is displayed throughout the 
 whole of this gallery. The statues are so arranged 
 as to produce the best effect when viewed either 
 separately or collectively. The gallery is painted 
 in a style well suited to its contents ; the centre 
 apartment is lighted from the dome. 
 
 This collection is probably the best in the pos- 
 session of any one nobleman in these kingdoms; 
 we subjoin a list, as no description of ours can do 
 justice to such exquisite specimens of ancient 
 sculpture. 
 
 FIRST APARTMENT. 
 
 Silenus wi'h a skin of wine. 
 
 Amuse, and agirlciyingwithabird's nest [modern] 
 
 Tripod, with bas-reliefs, on which is a bust of 
 
 Hercules: 
 A boy laughing, [modern] over which stands a 
 
 Dacian king, 
 
 Epicurus Geta 
 
 Galatea Septimus Severus 
 
 An Urn An Urn 
 
 Carracalla Ganimede 
 
 Three circular bas-reliefs in Roso d'Egitto, 
 
 Five 
 
*44 
 
 THE HISTORY 
 
 Five bas-reliefs, casts after the antique; 
 Urns in the niches. 
 
 SECOND APARTMENT. 
 
 Bust — Jupiter 
 
 Faustina 
 
 Minerva 
 
 Bust — unknown 
 
 Caligula 
 
 Venus 
 
 A Muse 
 
 Brutus 
 
 Bust — unknown 
 
 In the niches, a boy playing on a pipe and a 
 Terminus. 
 
 THIRD APARTMENT. 
 
 Young Brutus, 
 
 Lucilla, 
 
 A Sarcophagus with bacchanals and satyrs, on 
 which is a small Hermaphrodite by Nolekens, 
 
 Mercury in bronze, 
 
 An antique tripod with a bust of the late Wm. 
 Weddell Esq ; by Nolekens, 
 
 A dog's bead, 
 
 A tripod, on which is a Stork with a Snake in 
 its beak, 
 
 An 
 
OF RIPON. 245 
 
 An antique Bath of variegated marble, which 
 will contain upwards of two hundred gallons, 
 Bacchus and satyr, 
 
 Minerva, 
 
 Apollo 
 
 Alexander, 
 
 A Faun 
 Augustus, 
 
 A Sarcophagus with bacchanals and satyrs, on 
 which is a smaller Sarcophagus. 
 A Negro's head in basalt. 
 Three circular bas-reliefs, in Roso d'Egitto. 
 Five bas-reliefs, casts after the antique. 
 
 KNARESBOROUGH. 
 
KNARESBOROUGH. 
 
 K< 
 
 .NARESBOROUGH is a flourishing market 
 town, eleven miles from Ripon. It has sent mem- 
 bers to parliament ever since the year 1 1 53. An 
 extensive linen and cotton manufactory is carried 
 on, and several other establishments of a similar 
 nature, the first of these has of late years been ex- 
 tended to a scale of considerable magnitude. The 
 country around is well wooded, and most charmingly 
 ihterspersed with gentlemen's seats and good vil- 
 lages \ the neighbourhood has to boast of Harrogate, 
 Plumpton, Harwood, &c. within a circle of a few 
 miles. 
 
 This place has repeatedly been the seat of war- 
 fare, and is by nature well situated to resist the 
 attacks of a hostile army. It does not form a part 
 of our design to give a history of the town, but wc 
 shall notice such places as are worthy of observa- 
 tion and remark. 
 
 The 
 
OF RIPON. ^47 
 
 The CHURCH, 
 
 Is dedicated to St. John the Baptist; Lord Lough- 
 borough is patron, its present annual value is 
 three hundred pounds and upwards. The steeple 
 is supported by four large pillars, composed of 
 clusters of round columns, supporting four beau- 
 tiful arches, much superior in point of elegance to 
 those in the body of the church, and in appearance, 
 considerably more ancient. 
 
 This edifice has a peal of eight very musical 
 bells, a large and excellent organ, a screen that 
 separates the choir from the body of the church, 
 which is pierced with figures of a lighted torch, a 
 rose, and a trefoil, and several fine monuments, 
 the most distinguished of which are those that 
 perpetuate th: memory of the family of Slingsby. 
 
 The CASTLE, 
 
 Was built by Serlo de Burgh, a norman baron, who 
 with his brother John, came under the standard of 
 the conqueror in his expedition to England. 
 
 About the year 1400 this bulwark formed the 
 receptacle of the unfortunate Richard the second, 
 when seduced from his retreat in the castle of 
 Conway by Henry Lord de Percy. That the ho- 
 nour done this building by the imprisonment of 
 
 fallen 
 
248 THE HISTORY 
 
 fallen greatness might not perish in oblivion, the 
 place of the king's confinement, is still called the 
 king's chamber. 
 
 In 1643 the foraging parties from this castle, so 
 formidable for its strength, became the terror of the 
 surrounding neighbourhood, and every succeeding 
 day conveyed information to parliament of the inju- 
 ries that marked their desolating steps. In the fol- 
 lowing year, Lord Fairfax proved successful in his 
 investiture of the castle, which was surrendered 
 to him upon honourable terms. Soon after this, 
 the house of commons gave orders that this, and 
 other inland castles should be dismantled and ren- 
 dered untenable. 
 
 The lapse of one hundred and sixty years has 
 awfully wasted its lofty towers; nothing now re- 
 mains but a bare vestige of its former strength and 
 magnificence. The venerable ruin, not the warlike 
 castle, meets the eye, yet this monument of martial 
 glory appears majestic, though in ruins. 
 
 The DROPPING WELL, . 
 
 Is situated in a beautiful walk, laid out and plan- 
 
 ted on each side with oaks about the year 1740, by 
 
 Sir Kenry Slingsby, and is now called the long 
 
 . The spring rises at the foot of a limestone 
 
 rock, 
 
SF EIPOK. 249 
 
 rock, about forty yards from the river Nidd, and 
 after running near twenty yards, its silver stream 
 spreads over the vertex of a rosk, from whence 
 innumerable liquid drops precipitate themselves 
 into a semicircular bason, apparently hollowed on 
 purpose, creating by their fall a tinkling sound. 
 
 This rock, about a century ago, started from 
 the adjoining cliff and left a chasm, the width of 
 which, in some places, is nearly three yards : An 
 aqueduct conveys the water over this chasm to the 
 edge of the precipice. T*he whole rock is adorned 
 with verdure, and particularly with a species of 
 moss that readily detains the calcareous deposit, 
 this increases so rapidly that the people who shew 
 the place are obliged frequently to scrape it off, 
 which for a short time injures its picturesque ap- 
 pearance. 
 
 The spring is supposed to throw up twenty 
 gallons in a minute : Doctor Short observes that 
 its water abounds with fine particles of a nitrous 
 earth, which it deposits only when in a languid 
 state, leaving its incrustations on the leaves and 
 moss it meets with in trickling slowly through the 
 cavities of the rock, and the vulgar notion is that 
 the water receives its petrifying quality by coming 
 upon and passing through the rock : But the dis- 
 y 2 coveries 
 
2$* THE HISTORY 
 
 covcries of Dr. Black have led to a more accurate 
 knowledge of the nature and properties of petri- 
 fying springs. It is now well known that they 
 owe this quality to a superabundance of carbonic 
 acid Gas or fixed air, which renders the limestone 
 soluble, this, when the water becomes exposed to 
 the air, flies off, and the calcareous earth is depo- 
 sited; it will be easily perceived that the more the 
 "water is divided, the more rapidly will this depo- 
 sition take place. 
 
 The people who shew this curious rock exhibit 
 pieces of moss, bird's-ncs.s with their eggs, and a 
 variety of other things which have been incrusted 
 by its waters. 
 
 FORT MONTAGUE, 
 
 Stands near the summit of a perpendicular lime- 
 stone rock, out of which the house has been ex- 
 cavated by the industry of a poor weaver and his 
 son, who after sixteen year's laborious perseverance, 
 compleated this singular mansion. The fort with 
 its walls, its cannon, and its waving flag, exhibits 
 a very martial appearance, and gives a lively finish 
 to this highly gratifying and romantic scene. 
 
 In addition to the house, this ingenious mechanic 
 has cut the solid rock, so as to form a garden, with 
 
 its 
 
%F JUFON. 35t 
 
 its terraces on the stupendous cliff. These v/alks 
 formed by the labour of years, are ornamented 
 with a pleasing variety of shrubs and flowers, here 
 is a small green-house and a tea-room, which is 
 frequently used by company visiting the place. 
 As a memorial of his gratitude, he has named the 
 fort after his benevolent patroness the dutchess of 
 Buccleugh, nor is he less grateful for the encou- 
 ragement and assistance he has received from Sir 
 Thomas Turner Slingsby, bart. the proprietor of 
 the estate. Just below this is 
 
 St. ROBERT'S CHAPEL. 
 
 Thi porch of this sacred spot is covered with 
 spreading ivy, under whose branches the figure of 
 a knight templar, cut in the rock, appears draw- 
 ing his sword, as if to defend the consecrated pile 
 from the violence of intruders. The chapel is cut 
 out of the solid rock, and well calculated to inspire 
 ideas peculiarly solemn. The altar and the roof 
 which shades this hallowed place are covered with 
 gothic ornaments: behind the altar is a niche for 
 an image, and on each a bason for holy water. 
 There are the figures also of three heads, supposed 
 to represent the order of the monks of a once 
 neighbouring priory, as they were stiled Sancta 
 y 3 Triaitatis. 
 
252 THE HISTORY 
 
 Trinitatis. There is another head supposed to 
 represent St. John the Baptist, to whom this cha- 
 pel was dedicated. In the floor is a carity which 
 in all probability was the depository of some an- 
 cient relick. Saint Robert, the reputed founder 
 of this place, spent his early years in the monas- 
 teries of Strenshal and Fountains', where he dis- 
 tinguished himself by extent of learning and 
 austerity of manners. From these sequestered 
 abodes he was made abbot of New-Minster, Nor- 
 thumberland, which dignity he soon after relin- 
 quished to seek retirement amongst the rocks at 
 Knaresborough. Tradition attributes to him mi- 
 raculous powers, in the taming of wild beasts, and 
 superstition actually believed that an oil of medi- 
 cinal quality flowed from the tomb that enshiined 
 his ashes. 
 
 Before we take our leave of Knaresborough, 
 we must add a short account of 
 
 St. ROBERTA CAVE, 
 
 Situated near Grimbald crag and bridge. The 
 entrance of this solitary retreat is now much ob- 
 structed by rubbish. The roof of this dreary cell 
 is marked with the initials of names, and some 
 
 crosses; 
 
OF RIPON. 253 
 
 crossesj; in the interior is a recess, in which pro- 
 bably was kept the simple food that supported the 
 life of its rigid inhabitant. In this gloomy cave 
 the body of Daniel Clark was deposited, after the 
 perpetration of his horrid murder by Eugene Aram. 
 A workman digging near the place discovered some 
 human bones, in consequence of which and a 
 curious scries of circumstantial evidence the crimi- 
 nal met his deserved fate. 
 
A LIST 
 
 of tit 
 
 RARE PLANTS, 
 
 IN 
 
 STUD LET GRQ UNDS. 
 
 BOTANISTS will find the grounds of Stodfey rica 
 
 in curious plants ; the following list contains some of the 
 rarer indigenous ones that have been found there. 
 
 Carex strigosa, nearQuebec 
 pilulifera, o 
 
 Chlora perfoliata, o, and 
 
 at Studley lime kiiRs, 
 Chrysosplenium alternifo- 
 lium, 
 
 oppositifolium, 
 
 Colchicum autumnale, 
 meadows in the carriage 
 road to Studley, 
 Convallaria majalis, o 
 
 — multiiloia, 
 
 Daphne Laureoia, 
 DianthusCaryophyllus. \ 
 the walls of Fount : ? : 
 
 r 
 
 t LLIUM oleraceum, o 
 Anagaltis tenetla, among 
 
 the grass near the rus r ic 
 
 bridge, 
 Aquilegia vulgaris, o 
 Atropa Belladonna, among 
 
 the rocks near Fountains' 
 
 abbey, 
 Avena pratensis, o 
 
 pubescens, o 
 
 Campanula glomcrata, o, 
 
 and at Studley lime kilns, 
 Cardamine amara, 
 Carex lemota, 
 
Dlpsacus pilosus, under the 
 
 rocks at Fountains' abbey, 
 Elymus europaeus, 
 Euonymus europa^us, o 
 Erigeron acre, on old walls 
 
 near Fountains' abbey, 
 Festuca elatior, o, on a dry 
 
 bank, 
 Fumaria lutea, walls near 
 
 Fountains' hall # 
 Galanthus nivalis, o, and 
 
 banks of the Skell. 
 Galeobdolon luteum, 
 Gentiana Amarella, o, and 
 
 at Studley lime kilns. 
 Geranium lucidum, walls 
 
 of Fountains* abbey, 
 Geum rivale (rlore luteo) 
 Helleborus viridis, 
 Hieracium murorum, o 
 
 - paludosum, o 
 Hypericum montanum, o 
 Impatiens noli me tangere, 
 Lactuca virosa, walls of 
 
 Fountains' abbey, 
 Lathraea squamaria, under 
 
 the trees near the entrance 
 
 OF RIPON. 
 
 of the gardens, 
 Melica unifiora, 
 nutans, o 
 
 *55 
 
 Milium eiFusum, 
 Orchis pyramidalis, o, and 
 at Studley lime kilns, 
 
 ustulata, ditto, 
 
 Ophrys Nidus avis, 
 ■ ■ muscifera, o 
 
 Paris quadrifoiia, 
 Parnajsia palustris, 
 Pimpinella magna, 
 Primula farinosa o, 
 Polygonum Bistorta, o 
 Rhamnus cathartic us, o 
 
 Frangula, o 
 
 Ribes alpinum, 
 Rubus idasus, 
 
 caesius, 
 
 saxatilis o 
 
 Satyrium viride, o 
 Sesleria C3£rulea o 
 Steilaria nemo;um, 
 Serapias latifolia, o 
 
 var : o 
 
 Thalictrum minus, o 
 Thymus Calamintha o, 
 
 Veronica 
 
256 
 
 Veronica montana, 
 
 Viola hirta, o 
 
 Asplenium Adiantum ni- 
 grum, lane leading to 
 Aldfield from Fountains' 
 hall, 
 
 THE HISTORY 
 
 Asplenium Ruta muraria, 
 
 Fountains' abbey, 
 ■ Trichomanes, 
 
 Aspidium lobatum, 
 Cyathea fragiiis, in Robin 
 
 Hood's well. 
 
 These woods abound with mosses and lichens, parti- 
 cularly that part called Mackershaw, which, though 
 more picturesque than any other, is rarely pointed out 
 to strangers. The plants peculiar to this wood, are 
 marked with a cypher. 
 
 PLANTS at BRIMHAM ROCKS. 
 
 F« 
 
 UMARIA claviculata, 
 
 Genista anglica, 
 Ophrya cordata, 
 Vaccinium Vitis Idasa, 
 
 Lycopodium Selago, 
 ■■ alpinum, 
 
 Hymenophyllum tun- 
 
 bridgense, 
 Polypodium Dryopteris. 
 
 These rocks will prove highly interesting to the 
 student of the class Crvptogamia. 
 
 Between this place and Lord Grantley'i lake. 
 
 Q* 
 
OF RlfON, 
 SAWLEY MOOR are found 
 
 257 
 
 Care>; bmeivis, 
 Narthecium ossifragum, 
 Scirpus mukicaulis, 
 
 Viola palustris, 
 Lycopodium alpinuni. 
 
 At LORD GRANTLEY's LAKE. 
 
 Car. fix curta, 
 
 - binervis, 
 
 m (Ederi, 
 
 Empetrum nigrum, 
 Fumaria claviculata, 
 Ophrys cordata, 
 
 Orchis conopsea, 
 Prunus Padus, 
 Vaccinium Vitls Idsea, 
 Aspidium Oreopteris, 
 Asplenium Adiantum ni- 
 grum. 
 
 The muscologist will here find his time well employed. 
 
 A LIST OF RARE PLANTS FOUND IN 
 HACKFALL. 
 
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 /GOPODIUM Po- 
 dagraria, 
 Astragalus glycyphyllos, 
 Carex pendula, 
 — — strigosa, 
 
 . remota, 
 
 - pilulifera, 
 Campanula latifolia, 
 Convallaria maja^is, 
 
 Elymus europseus., 
 
 Hieracium murorum, 
 
 — subaudurn, 
 
 — - paludosum, 
 
 Ophrys Nidus avis, 
 
 ■ ' — ■ muscifera, 
 Prunus Padus 
 
 Paris quadrifolia, 
 
 Pyrola minor, 
 
 Ribes alpinum, 
 
 Rumc« 
 
2$% THE HISTORY 
 
 Rumex sanguineus, 1 Veronica montana, 
 
 Salix pentandra, 
 Scandix odorata, 
 Scirpus sylvaticus* 
 Sedum Telephium, 
 Serapias latifolia, 
 
 Cyathea fragilis, 
 Polypodium Dryopteris, 
 Aspidium dilatatum, 
 » lobatum. 
 
 The cryptogamic botanist will find his time well em- 
 ployed in co 1 lecting thenumeious species of rai e mosses 
 and lichens that are here produced in rich profussion. 
 
 A CATALOGUE OF RARE PLANTS FOUND 
 IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF RIPON. 
 
 A, 
 
 cRUNDO epigejos, in a field near the east end of 
 Monkton moor, in a farm now occupied by Henry 
 Belwood. 
 
 Arundo Calamagrostis, pond in a field near a bleach- 
 ground, up a green lane, about five hundred yards 
 from the road to Burton-Leonard. 
 
 Astragalus glycyphyllos, on a bank nea- a pond in the 
 road to Clark's at Little-Numvick. 
 
 Allium arenarium, ditto. 
 
 ■ oler.iceum, ditto. 
 
 Bidens cerr.ua, on Ripon common. 
 
 Bupleurum 
 
of ripon. 259 
 
 Bupleurum rotundifolium, in a corn-field up a lane on 
 the right of Thieves gill, road to Hackfall and lead- 
 ing to Newfieid. 
 
 Buiomus umbellatus, on Ripon common and in die pond 
 on the Bull-close. 
 
 Carduus Marianus, on the hill at Bishopton. 
 
 Cerastium arvense, on Ellshaw hill. 
 
 ■ semidecandrum, ditto. 
 
 Eriophorum polystachion, in the same field with Arundo 
 Calamagrostis. 
 
 Carex axillaris, on the cage of a pond near Ripoi park, 
 
 . teretiuscula, bogs behind Sharow, on the left of 
 
 the road to Kutton-moor. 
 
 — fulva, ditto. 
 
 — — filiformis, ditto. 
 
 vesicaria, in the bogs rear the low-mill. 
 
 — ampullacea, ponds in the Ox-close. 
 Geranium columbinum, on Ellshaw hill. 
 
 Hieracium subaudum, in a stone quarry called Blind-pitj 
 near Hutton. 
 
 - umbellatum, ditto. 
 Hypericum dubium, ditto. 
 Jasione montana, ditto. 
 
 Hippuris vulgaris, banks of the Ure near Hutton. 
 Iberis nudtcaulis, near an old quarry by the road side 
 
 in that rart of Hutton-moor called Cana. 
 las fcetidissima, on a bank behind Clark's house at 
 
 Little- Nunwick, 
 
 z v Leoauius 
 
260 THE HISTORY 
 
 Leoaurus Cardiaca, in a lane at Melmerby. 
 Lysimachia Nummularia, ditches on Ripon common, 
 Mentha viridis. ditches near the Low-mill. 
 
 — • piperita, ditto near Little- Nunwick, 
 
 ■ rubra, ditto ditto. 
 
 Nymphsea lutea, on Fisher's-green. 
 Ornithopus perpusillus, with Iberis nudicaulis. 
 Ornithogalumluteum, on Hungry-hill and at the bottom 
 
 of a stony place in Red- bank. 
 — — — - umbellatum, in meadows leading to the 
 
 Red-bank pasture. 
 Poa comprcssa, on a wall at the east end of Ripon minster 
 Radiola milkgrana, on Hutton-moor. 
 Scirpus pauciflorus, near the hedge in the field where 
 
 Arundo Calamagrostis grows. 
 Silene noctifiora, in corn-fields leading to Whitcliffe 
 
 lime-kilns on the foot ro?d to Mackershaw. 
 Salvia verbenaca, near Nunwick and on Skell-bank. 
 Spiraea Filipendula, on the inclosures of Thornborough 
 
 moor, and in a field near Tanfield- bridge. 
 Stellaria glatica, in Sharow mires. 
 Thymus Acincs, by the road side near the bridge at 
 
 Nunwick, on Walkingham warren. 
 Trifolium scabrum, on E lshaw-hill. 
 Trollius europaeus, in wet meadows near Nunwick in the 
 
 foot read to Meimerby. 
 Turritis hirsuta, walls of Ripon minster. This ia 
 
 Merrct's Cardamine bcliidifolia. 
 
 Turritis 
 
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 Turritis glabra, bank of the Ure above Ox-close. 
 Tuisilago hybrida, in Robin Hood's close. 
 Utricularia vulgaris, pond in the Bull-close. 
 Verbascum nigrum, under a semicircular wall near 
 
 Robin Hocd's close, 
 Vinca minor, in a hedge on a bank near Tanfield at the 
 
 turn of the road to Masham. 
 Littorella lacustris, wet places on Hutton-moor. 
 Myriophyllum verticillatum, in ponds in the Ox-close, 
 
 and near Little-Nunwick. 
 Quercus sessiliflora, in Ripley park. 
 S-ilix purpurea, near Nunwick. 
 — Russelliana, near the North-bridge. 
 Hydrocharis Morsus Ranse, pond in the Bull-close. 
 Equisetum sylvaticum, meadows near Aldlield Spaw. 
 ■■ hyemale, banks of the Skell near Mack- 
 
 ershaw. 
 Ophioglossum vulgatum, in a meadow above Fountains 
 
 on the foot road to Sawley. 
 Osmunda Lunaria, second field on the foot road to Stud- 
 ley near the old path. 
 Polypodium Phegopteris, in the wood leading from the 
 
 second spaw at Aldlield to Grantley-lodge. 
 Asplenium Ruta muraria, on an old wall near Ripon 
 
 minster. 
 Asplenium Adiantum nigrum, in a lane near Fountains 
 
 hall. 
 
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 THE HISTOK.Y 
 
 Blschnum barealc, near Aldfield spaw. 
 Pilularia globulifera, on Button moor, 
 
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APPENDIX 
 
 No. 2. 
 See page 18. 
 
 An abstract of the charter # to the Corporation of 
 Ripon, granted by king James. 
 
 L\.ING James the second by this charter dated 
 the twelfth day of January in the second year of 
 his reign, incorporated tbe borough ot Ripon by 
 the name of the Mayor, Burgesses and Com* 
 monalty, of the borough of Ripon, in the county 
 of York. And ordained that by that name they 
 should have perpetual succession. And that by 
 that name they should be for ever personable in 
 law to hold as a body corporate and politic ; and 
 to have, acquire, take, possess, and retain lands, 
 
 tenements, 
 
 * The original charter remains upon record in the 
 chapel of the roils, Duodec : far: patent: dz anno regal 
 y&cobi sec undo. 
 
268 THE HISTORY 
 
 tenements, liberties, privileges, jurisdictions, 
 franchises, hereditaments, goods, and chattels, of 
 whatsoever kind, name, nature, quality, or species 
 they might be, to themselves and successors. And 
 by that name to plead and be impleaded. And 
 that they should have for ever one common seal, 
 with liberty to alter the same at pleasure. And 
 that there should be within the borough of Ripon 
 one of the burgesses or inhabitants of the borough 
 aforesaid, called the Mayor af the borough of 
 Ripon, and twelve of the burgesses or inhabitants 
 of the said borough called Aldermen of the said 
 borough, and twenty-four of the burgesses or in- 
 habitants of the said borough called Assistants 
 of the said borough. And that the Mayor, Alder- 
 men, and Assistants for the time being, or the 
 greater part of them, whereof the Mayor to be one, 
 should have full power and authority to appoint, 
 constitute, ordain,- and make, from time to time, 
 reasonable laws, statutes, constitutions, decrees, 
 and ordinances, so as the same should be used for 
 no other than the public good, and so as the same 
 should not be contrary or repugnant to the laws, 
 statutes, customs, or rights of the kingdom of 
 England. And by the same charter assigned, 
 named, created, and made, Christopher Hunton, 
 
 gentleman, 
 
OF RIPON. 269 
 
 gentleman, Mayor of the said borough ; Cuthbert 
 Chambers, gentleman, Sir Jonathan Jennings, knt: 
 Roger Wright, James Dobby, Thomas Jackson, 
 Thomas Craven, Christopher Atkinson, John 
 Shooter, William Myres, William Chambers, John 
 Dawson, and Thomas Charnock, jun: gentlemen, 
 Aldermen: Thomas Burton, gentleman, George 
 Garbutt, Peter Johnson, George Topham, Francis 
 Spence, Francis Walker, Richard Tireman, Leo- 
 nard Pickersgill, Galfred Shaw, Henry Clark, 
 George Moore, John Sedgwick, Thomas Watson, 
 Stephen Palliser, Michael Plaine, Edward Harri- 
 son, William Waterhall, Roger Wright, junior, 
 Edward Kirkby, Richard Hammond, Charles 
 Lister, Ralph Wrightson, Thomas Horner, and 
 Jonathan Parving, Assistants: Sir William 
 Dawson, knt: Recorder: and Edward Hodgson, 
 gentleman, Common-Clerk. And granted to 
 the Mayor, Burgesses, and Commonalty, of the 
 borough aforesaid, and their successors, liberty to 
 hold within the said borough one Court of Record, 
 annually, upon what day in the second week of 
 March they should think fit, before the Mayor and 
 Recorder for the time being, or his sufficient de- 
 puty Recorder, by plaint, pleas to the amount 0^50. 
 And granted to the said Mayor, Burgesses, and 
 
 Commonalty, 
 
2J0 THE HISTORY 
 
 Commonalty, and their successors, the appointment 
 of two Serjeants at Mace. ANDgranted and ordained 
 that the Mayor for the time being, the Recorder, and 
 two of the last predecessors of the Mayor for the 
 time being, who have served that office, should be 
 keepers and Justices of the Peace in and for the said 
 borough. And ordained that all persons serving in 
 the said Corporation, should first duly qualify them- 
 selves as is required by the statute of all officers ser- 
 ving in civil and military capacities. Reserving to 
 the Crown the power of removing any of its officers 
 bv precept under the privy seal. And granted to 
 the said Mayor, Burgesses, and Commonalty, the 
 power of election on the demise of any of the of- 
 ficers of the said Corporation, in such manner as 
 had been used for ten years then last past. And 
 of holding within the said borough, annually, two 
 fairs or marts for buying and selling horses, and 
 all manner of beasts and cattle, the one on the 
 Monday next before the twentieth of March, and 
 the three succeeding days, and the other on the 
 Monday next after the first of August, and the three 
 following days, with a court of Pie-poudre * to 
 
 be 
 
 * Sir William B'ackstcne, speaking of this court, in 
 his Commentaries en the laws of England, says '• Th« 
 
OF RIPON. 271 
 
 be holden before the Mayor for the time being. 
 
 Reserving unto the Archbishop of York for the 
 
 A a time 
 
 lowest, and at the same time the most expeditious com t 
 of justice known to the law of England is the court of 
 piepoudre, curia pedis pulverizati : so called from the dusty 
 feet of the suitors; or according to Sir Edward Coke, * 
 because justice is done as speedily as dust can fall from 
 the foot. Upon the same principle that justice among 
 the jews was administered in the gate of the city, qj that 
 the proceedings might be more speedy as well as public. 
 But the etymology given us by a learned modern wri- 
 ter § is much more ingenious and satisfactory ; it being 
 derived, according to him, from pied puldreaux, (a ped- 
 ler, in old French,) and therefore signifying the court 
 of such petty chapmen as resort to fairs and mafkets. 
 It is a court of record, incident to every fair and mar- 
 ket. Of which the steward of him who owns or has the 
 toll of the market, is the judge: and its jurisdiction ex- 
 tends to administer justice tor all commercial injuries 
 done in that very fair or market, and not in any pre- 
 ceding one. So that the injury must be done, complained 
 of, heard, and determined, within the compass of one 
 and the same day, unless the fair continues longer. The 
 court hath cognizance of all matters of contract that can 
 possibly arise within the precinct of that fair or market ; 
 and the plaintiff must make oath that the cause of action 
 arose there, f From this court a writ of error lies, in 
 the nature of an appeal, to the courts at Westminster ; £ 
 which are now also bound by the statute 19 Geo: III. 
 c. 70. to issue writs of execution in aid of its process, 
 after judgement, where the person or effects of the de- 
 fendant are not within the limits of this inferior ju- 
 risdiction. " 
 
 * Inst: 272. f[ Ruth. c. 4, 
 
 § Barrington's observat. on the stat. 337, 
 
 f Stat. 17 Edw. IV, c. 2. t Cro. Eliz. 773, 
 
37& THE HISTORY 
 
 time being and his successors, his and their proper 
 tolls, picage, stallage, and other profits to the same 
 fairs or marts belonging or of right appertaining. 
 And granted, restored, and confirmed unto the 
 said Mayor, Burgesses, and Commonalty, of the 
 borough of Ripon aforesaid, and their successors, 
 all liberties, franchises, jurisdictions, exemptions, 
 easements, lands, tenements, hereditaments, and 
 privileges whatsoever, held or enjoyed by the May- 
 or, Burgesses, and Commonalty of the said borough 
 at any time heretofore, by virtue of any charter or 
 pretended charter whatsoever. Saving unto the 
 Archbishop of York for the time being, and his 
 successors in like manner, all rights, powers, cus- 
 toms, jurisdictions, and privileges whatsoever. 
 which in right of the See of York, any Archbishop 
 of York at any time had or ought to have had, 
 enjoyed, or used within the said borough of Ripon, 
 #r the limits or precincts of the same. 
 
 APPENDIX 
 
APPENDIX 
 No. 3. 
 
 See page 44. 
 
 An abstract of the charter granted by king Philip and 
 queen Mary to the Free Grammar School in Ripon. 
 
 K, 
 
 .ING Philip and Queen Mary, who did upon 
 the petition, as well of Anthony Frankish, gentle- 
 man, as of the inhabitants of the town and neigh- 
 bourhood of Ripon, by their letters patent, 
 under the broad seal and the seal of the dutchy of 
 Lancaster, bearing date at Westminster the aad. 
 of June in the secondhand third years of their reign, 
 found, ordain, and erect a Free Grammar School 
 in Ripon, at all times hereafter to endure and to 
 be called, " The Free Grammar School of <j$ueen 
 " Mary> " having one master and one usher, for 
 the instruction of children and young men. And 
 that their intent might have the better effect, and 
 the lands, tenements, rents, revenues, and profits, 
 
 AAA tO 
 
2^4 THE HISTORY 
 
 to be granted and appointed for the support of the 
 said school, might be better governed and applied, 
 from thenceforth there should be ten men of the 
 town and parish of Ripon who should be called 
 the Governors of the possessions, revenues 1 and 
 goods of the said School, and elected and named 
 John Norton of Norton in the county of York, 
 Thomas Mark infield, William Mallorie, and Rich- 
 ard Arthington, Esqs; Ninian Staveley, Robert 
 Walworth, Anthony Frankish, Miles Newton, 
 Marmaduke Middleton, and Ninian Parnell, gen- 
 tlemen, to be the first Governors, and the same 
 governors and their successors are thereby incor- 
 porated and erected corporate and politic of 
 themselves for ever, by the name of the Governors 
 of the possessions, revenues, and goods of the Free 
 Grammar School of que^n Mary in the town of 
 Ripon, with power to receive and purchase to 
 themselves and their successors of the said kins 
 and queen, and the heirs and successors of the 
 said queen, the lands, tenements, meadows, pas- 
 tures, rents, reversions, and hereditaments there- 
 under specifyed and any other lands, tenements, 
 and hereditaments of the said king and queen, her 
 heirs or successors, or of any other person or per- 
 sons whatsoever, or of any other body or bodies 
 
 corporate 
 
OF RIPON. %J$ 
 
 corporate or politic. And that when one or 
 any of the said ten goverors shall happen to dic^ 
 that then and at all times thereafter, it shall be 
 lawful for the others of the said governors survi- 
 ving, or the major part of them, to elect and name 
 another convenient person dwelling and having 
 his family for the most part in the said town and 
 parish of Ripon, into the place of the person, or 
 persons so dying, to succeed in the said office of 
 governor or governors. And the said king and 
 queen, to bring their intent and purpose into effect 
 did give and grant for them and the heirs and suc- 
 cessors of the said queen, to the said governors and 
 their successors, all their messuages, lands, tene- 
 ments, cottages, houses, buildings, barns, stables, 
 gardens, shops, meadows, feedings, and pastures 
 in the occupation of cei tain persons therein named^ 
 situate, lying,, and being in North-Stainley, Stud- 
 ley-Roger, Allhallowgate, Crosgate, Skellgate, 
 Westgate, and Ripon, in the said county, to the 
 then late Chanrry of the Assumption of the blessed 
 virgin Mary in Ripon belonging. Also all their 
 messuages, cottages, houses, buildings, barns, sta- 
 bles, garden^ shops, lands, meadows, and pastures, 
 in the occupation of certain persons therein named, 
 situate, lying, and being in Skellgate, Allhallow- 
 A a 3 gate* 
 
276 THE HISTORY 
 
 gate, Horsefair, Finklestreet, Blossomgate, £ond- 
 gate, Norton, Durton, Speltriggs, Longfurlong, 
 Fishergn'e, and Ripon, to the then la<e Chantry of 
 St James the apostle in Ripon aforesaid, belonging. 
 Also all their messuages, tofts, cottages, houses, 
 buildings, lands, meadows, and pastures, in the 
 occupation of certain persons therein named, situ- 
 ated in FJpon, Bondgate, Thorpe, Sharow, Wal- 
 lerthwaite, Markington, and Helsey Ings, to the 
 then late Chantry of St John the evangelist in Ri- 
 pon, belonging: And six messuages and tenements 
 and all their lands, meadows, and pastures, in the 
 occupation of the persons therein named, situated 
 in Allhallowgafe, and Kirkgate, in Ripon, to 
 the then late Chantry of the blessed virgin 
 Mary, in the manor of the Hall-Garth in Ri- 
 pon belonging : And also all other messuages, 
 cottages, lands, tenements, meadows, and pastures, 
 in the several places before named and elsewhere, 
 which to the then late Chantries did belong or 
 appertain, in as ample a manner as they came or 
 ought to have come to their hands, or to the hands 
 of their brother Edwaid the sixth, then late king 
 of England, by force of an act of divers chantries, 
 colleges, gilds, fraternities, and free chapels, dis- 
 solved and determined in the Parliament of their 
 
 said 
 
cf ripom. 277 
 
 said brother, holden at Westminster in the first 
 year of his reign, which said messuages, lands and 
 tenements then extended to the yearly value of 
 sixteen pounds, fourteen shillings, and ninepence* 
 To hold the same to the said governors and their 
 successors for ever, to be holden of the said king 
 and queen, their heirs and successors as of their 
 manor of East- Greenwich in the county of Kent, 
 by fealty only. And the said king and queen 
 thereby ordained that the said governors and their 
 successors, should disburse, dispose, and convert 
 all the rents and profits from time to time arising 
 from the said lands, tenements, and possessions, 
 to the maintenance and support of the School- 
 master and Usher of the said school-; and to the 
 other necessaries touching and concerning the 
 ■school, and the supporting, repairing, and main- 
 taining thereof, and no other way, nor to any other 
 use or intent. And they further granted to the 
 said governors and their successors, that from 
 thenceforth they might have one common Seal, to 
 serve their business and other things concerning 
 the premises, in the said letters patent expressed. 
 And that the same governors and their successors, 
 may plead and be impleaded, defend and be defen- 
 ded, answer and be answered, in all courts and 
 
 places 
 
2]% THE HISTORY 
 
 places, touching or concerning any thing in the 
 said letters patent specified. And that the same 
 governors for the time being, and their successors, 
 or the greater part of them, of which the said 
 Anthony Frankish, during his life, should be one, 
 should have full power and authority to nominate 
 and appoint a School-master and an Usher of the 
 said school, as often and whensoever the sam£ 
 should want either master or usher. And the go- 
 vernors and their successors, with the advice of 
 the Archbishop of York for the time being, may 
 make and cause to be made, lawful and wholesome 
 statutes and ordinances in writing, touching and 
 concerning the order, government and direction 
 of the master and usher, and of the scholars of the 
 school aforesaid, and of the possessions, revenues, 
 lands, and tenements of the said school, and of 
 the stipend and salary of the same master and u^her, 
 and to appoint and set down all other things con- 
 cerning the ordering, governing, preserving, and 
 disposing of the rents and revenues and to the 
 maintenance of the same school,, all which statutes 
 and ordinances to be made shall be inviolably ob- 
 served from time to time for ever. And they 
 furtber granted to the said governors and their 
 successors, free licence and authority to have, re- 
 ceive 
 
GF RIPON. 279 
 
 ceive, and purchase of them and their successors, 
 as well of the said king and queen, as of the heirs 
 and successors of the said queen, or of any other 
 person or persons, or body corporate or politic, 
 any manors, messuages, lands, tenements, parson- 
 ages, tenths, and other hereditaments whatsoever, 
 within the realm of England, so that they do not 
 exceed the clear yearly value of twenty pounds, 
 besides the premises above granted, the statute of 
 Mortmain, or any other statute to the contrary 
 thereof notwithstanding. 
 
 APPENDIX 
 
APPENDIX 
 
 No. 4. 
 See page 78. 
 
 N nomine sanctze ct individual Trinitatis Adel- 
 stanus Rex Dei gratia regni Anglia omnibus 
 hominibus suis Eboraci, et per totam Angliam sa- 
 lutem. Sciatis quod ego confirmo ecclesix et ca- 
 pitulo Ripon, pacem suam et omnes libertates et 
 consuetudines suas, et concedo eis curiam suam de 
 omnibus querelis et in omnibus curiis de homini- 
 bus S. Wilfridi, pro ipsis et hominibus suis, vel 
 contra ipsos, vel inter se adinvicem, vel quae fieri 
 possunt, et judicium suum pro Frodmortell\ et quod 
 homines sint credendi per suum ya> et per suum na f 
 ct omnes suas terras habitas, et habendas, et homi- 
 nes suos ita liberos, quod nee Rex Angli* y nee 
 ministri ejus, nee archiepiscopus Eboreci, nee mi- 
 nistri ejus, aliquid faciant vel habeant quod est ad 
 terras suas vel ad socam capltuW. TestibusG. Arch- 
 iepiscopo Eboracenci, et P. Praeposito Beverlaci. 
 
 Translation 
 
OF RIPON. 28l 
 
 Translation of the charter of king Atbelstan. 
 
 In the Name of the Holy and Indivisible 
 Trinity, Athehtan, by the Grace of God, King of 
 England, To all his subjects of Yorkshire and 
 throughout England. Know ye, THAT I con- 
 firm to the collegiate Church of Ripon, its Peace, 
 Liberties, and Customs: And I grant, that those 
 within the liberty of St. Wilfrid may have their 
 courts, wherein all actions of trespass, and actions 
 of all other kinds, that shall happen within the 
 said Liberty, be they for them or against them, 
 may be tried. With judgment of Life and Death * ; 
 and that they may be credited by affirming with 
 Tea, and denying with Nay, both amongst them- 
 selves and throughout the habitable world. And 
 that they may be so free, that neither the king of 
 England, nor his subjects, nor the archbishop of 
 York, nor his ministers, shall either do or have any 
 thing which is of their possessions, or of the soke 
 of the church, t 
 
 APPENDIX 
 
 # t( frodmortell " see Blount's Diet sub verb., 
 f Dug.. Monas. vol, i* p. 172* 
 
APPENDIX 
 
 No. 5. 
 
 See page 78. 
 
 Carta Adehtani Regis sancto Wiifrido de Ripon 
 concessa. 
 
 w- 
 
 YT all that es and es gan 
 Yat ik king Atheist an 
 As gyven als frelith as I may 
 And to ye capitell of Seint Wilfral y 
 Of my free devotion 
 Yair pees at Ripon 
 On ilke side ye kyrke a mile 
 For all ill deedes and ylke agyle 
 And within yair kirk yate 
 At ye stan yat Grith stole hate. 
 Within ye kirke dore and ye square 
 Yair have pees for les and mare. 
 Ilkan of yis stedes sal have pees 
 Of frodfnortcll and i! deedes 
 Yat yair don is, Tol Tern, 
 
 With 
 
OP RIPOtf, 283 
 
 With i/en and with water demc 
 
 Ami yet ye land of seint Wilfrai 
 
 Of alkyn geld fre sal be ay. 
 
 At na nan at langes me to 
 
 In yair Herpsac* sal have at do 
 
 And for ik will at yai be sade 
 
 I will at yai alkin fredome have : 
 
 And in al thinges be als free 
 
 As hert may thynke or eygn may se 
 
 At te power of a kinge 
 
 Masts make free any thynge 
 
 And my seale have i satt yerto 
 
 Fo I will at na man it undo. 
 
 B B 
 
 APPENDIX 
 
 * ¥ ™ frith soke (i. e.) immunltatis Locus, 
 pacis jumdictio. CoweJ. Kel. D. 200. 
 
APPENDIX 
 No. 6. 
 
 See page 79. 
 
 Charter of King Henry the first. 
 
 H 
 
 .ENRICUS Rex Anglize vicecomitibus et 
 ministris et omnibus baronibus Francis et Anglis 
 de Eboraciscira etNorthumberlandia salute?n. Sci- 
 atis me concessisse S. Wilfrido de Ripon et Thomae 
 Archiepisco Eboracensi habeie feriam per qiiatuor 
 dies ad Festum S. Wilfridi de Aprili decobus di- 
 cbus ante festum etdie festi ct incrastino; et pre- 
 sipio quod omnes illuc euntes et inde rcdeuntes 
 cum omnibus mercatis suis habeant meam firmam 
 pacerri ne eis injuria vel contumelia fiat, nequc 
 disturbentur, super decern librarum fori sfactu ram. 
 Testes Nigellus de Albineo, etGaufridus filius 
 Paganis, et Gaudridus de Clynton apud Wood- 
 stokam. 
 
 APPENDIX 
 
APPENDIX 
 
 No. 7. 
 See page 80. 
 
 Confirmatio Regis Step ham de ^liberiatibus infra 
 Leucam. 
 
 s- 
 
 ^TEPHANUS Rex Anglix Archiepiscopis, 
 Episcopis, Abbatibus, Baronibus, Vicecomitibus 
 et omnibus Ministris suis fidelibus Francis et An- 
 glis totius Anglice saiutetn. Prassentis charts tes- 
 timonies confirmo ecclesb? S. Wilfrid! de Ripon, 
 pacem suam infra leucam suam et ejusdem pacis 
 violatas emendationem sicut est ab aliquo predeces-* 
 sorum meorum melius ipsi Ecclesias collata, et a 
 me cum eisdem regibus confirmata. Privilcgia 
 quoque et donationes quas a regibus Edwardo sci- 
 licet a avo meo Willielmo consecuta est, et liber- 
 tates omnes et dignitates et consuitudines et recti- 
 tudines suas, tarn in aquif quam in terris, et in 
 b b 2 omnibus 
 
286 THE HISTORY 
 
 omnibus pcssessionibus in Saca et Socca, ct in his 
 quse ad illam ubique pertinent. Ferias etiam suas 
 quinque diebus omnibus illuc venientibus et illinc 
 redeuntibus, cum omnibus rebus suis cum mea pace 
 concedo et volo et firmiter praecipio, quod ipso 
 Ecclesia ita teneat bene et in pace et honorifice in 
 omnibus rebus in bosco et piano, in pratis et pas- 
 furis in terris et aquis, in n'avibus et portubus et 
 in omnibus aliis rebus sicut ipsa unquam melius 
 et plenius et honorabilius tenuit tempore regis 
 Edwardi et tempore Willielmi avi mei et tempore 
 avunculorum meorum Willielmi regis et Henrici 
 regis, et sicut chartae prsedeccssorum meorum tes- 
 tificant Testibus Alexandre episcopo Lincoln** 
 ensi, et Nigello episcopo Elensi, et episcopo 
 Eboracensi, et Adelpho episcopo Carliensi et Ro- 
 berto de Vere, apud Eboracum. 
 
 Translation 
 
Of R1VOU, 2^7 
 
 Translation of the charter of foV/g Stephen. 
 
 STEPHEN, King of England, to the archbish- 
 ops, bishops, abbots, barons, sheriffs, and to all 
 his faithful ministers, as well French as English , 
 throughout all England, SENDETH Greeting, 
 I confirm by the testimony of this present charter,. 
 Peace to the church of St. Wilfrid at Ripon within 
 its liberty, and amendment of its peace violated, 
 and of what has been done contrary to the privi- 
 leges granted by any of my predecessors, and con- 
 firmed by me and them. And also the privileges 
 and grants, which it received from King Edward, 
 as well as from my grandfather King William \ 
 And all the liberties, dignities, rights, and customs, 
 as well by land as water, and in all its possessions 
 in Sac and Soc^ And in every thing which any 
 where belong to it. And also I grant, that fairs 
 may be held for five days, in peace, and that all 
 persons may come and go with their goods, and 
 buy and sell, without molestation. And I further 
 will, and strictly command, that the said church 
 may as peaceably, honourably, and fully enjoy all 
 things, in woods and plains, in pastures and mea- 
 dows, by land and water, by sea and in port, and 
 in all other things, as it held them in the time of 
 b b 3 King 
 
a88 THE HISTORY 
 
 King Edward^ in the time of my grandfather King 
 William, and m the times of my uncles King Wil- 
 liam and King Henry, and as is testified by the 
 charters of my predecessors* 
 
 Witnesses. — Alexander bishop of Lincoln, 
 Nigel bishop of Ely, and bishop of lotk, Jdelphus 
 bishop of Carlisle, and Robert de Verde^ at York. 
 
 APPENDIX 
 
APPENDIX 
 
 No. 8. 
 See page 80 
 
 N the name of God, Amen. Whereas ir 
 hath been decreed, by the authority of the holy 
 Fathers that the Clergy ought to reside upon their 
 own livings, and like careful shepherds be ready 
 in their stations to shew good examples of charity, 
 hospitality, and piety to others, as becometh cler- 
 gymen ; they ought to visit the sick, and with 
 good and spiritual advice should encourage and 
 chear up the minds of doubtful and desponding 
 persons 
 
 We William, by divine permission, archbishop 
 of York, primate of England, holding a visitation 
 at the collegiate church at Ripon, found (with 
 sorrow be it spoken) our said church almost quite 
 
 desolate 
 
Q.gO THE HISTORY 
 
 desolate of Residentiary Canons, notwithstanding 
 the parish is very large and populous; tbe non- 
 residing prebendaries going away with the Salaries, 
 which are very considerable, and ought rather to 
 be given to those who keep residence: At the re- 
 quest of skilful men, and with the express consent 
 of Mr. Robert de Baldock, and Mr. Robert de 
 Bridlington, the Dean and Prebendaries of the * 
 said Church, and all other canonical persons so- t 
 lemnly summoned together by persons in authority ' 
 under us, to a convocation held in the said Church ; 
 handling, treating of, and fully discussing the 
 cause of our order, which was approved of, and 
 received by us and all whom it concerned; and 
 and calling together according to law, all those 
 whom it may concern, who have any business 
 therein, or who were usually called; and all con- 
 curring in a due observation of the laws, and ar- 
 ticles necessary to be observed in this matter, 
 invoking the grace of the Holy Spirit, with the 
 express consent of the said Dean and Proctors; 
 we order, appoint, determine, and finally declare, 
 by our present order, constitution, or perpetual 
 statute. 
 
 That the yearly salary as mentioned below, 
 shall be allowed to the present residing prebenda- 
 ries, 
 
OP RI?ON. 201 
 
 ries, and those that shall think fit to keep residence 
 for the future at the Collegiate Church at Ripon; 
 and that it be assigned them, as we agree it should 
 be assigned to those who keep residence, according 
 to the form as shall be mentioned hereafter. 
 
 To wit, the lands, meadows, products, and ser- 
 vices, with their appurtenances ; the tythe of corn 
 and iron of Nidd and Grantl'ey, with the pension 
 of twenty shillings owing bj the Vicar of Nidd, 
 and the spiritual jurisdiction, with its profits, 
 which used yearly to be equally divided amongst 
 the above mentioned Prebendaries. Also the whole 
 altarage, or surplice-fees belonging to the said pa- 
 rish and Church of Ripon, excepting the tythe of 
 wool and lamb, either in money or in kind, which 
 shall continue due to the prebendaries as before ; 
 reserving only, and excepting, the dues belor^ging 
 to the prebendary of the prebend of Monkton ; the 
 prebendary of which shall receive his usual salary, 
 upon the account of his being treasurer of the 
 church, and having other offices anciently incum- 
 bent upon him. 
 
 We also order, that all and every thing belong- 
 ing to the common pasture, be free and exempted 
 from paying tythe, or any other burden, excepting 
 only the dues which were usually paid to minis- 
 ters 
 
1<)2 THE HISTORY 
 
 ters of the church ; the rest continuing due to the 
 prebendaries as before. 
 
 , We reserve also to ourselves and our successors, 
 power to augment the salary which the said pre- 
 bendary of Monkton acknowledges and receives, 
 or is known to acknowledge and receive on account 
 of the above mentioned offices incumbent upon 
 him, when it is made lawfully to appear either to 
 us, or our successors, that his income is not a va^ 
 luable consideration for his trouble. 
 
 We further order, that the salaries and wages 
 of the Vicars and other Ministers of the church 
 aforesaid, be paid yearly out of the common pas- 
 ture, and that the prebendaries keep residence twelve 
 weeks every year successively, or by turns as they 
 please; and that they be present at Divine Service 
 at the canonical hours, as at the collegiate churches 
 of Southwell, and Beverley; and that tHs order 
 begin at the feast of the annunciation of the bles- 
 sed virgin Miry next ensuing, and to continue 
 forever: Reserving to ourselves, and our succes- 
 sors, liberty to change, augment, declare, explain, 
 or alter this our present order, constitution, or 
 decree, as often as we please, and when we think 
 convenient. In witness whereof we have set our 
 
 seal, 
 
OF RIPON. 293 
 
 seal, and the seal of the Church of Ripon to these 
 presents. 
 
 Dated at Ripon on the twenty-third of March, 
 in the year of Grace one thousand three hundred 
 and thirty-one, and in the fifteenth of our arch- 
 bishoprick, 
 
 Gent, p. 197, 
 
 APPENDIX 
 
APPENDIX 
 
 No. 9. 
 
 See page 81. 
 
 tnr% 
 
 A. HE King &c. Know ye, That whereas six 
 rs have formerly been appointed to attend and 
 perform divine service at the Collegiate Church 
 ei St. Peter at Ripon, and want a convenient house 
 to dwell in near the said church; our reverend fa- 
 ther Henry, archbishop of York, considering that 
 it would be much more convenient and proper for 
 them to dwell together, than to live separately; 
 through a pious and good design proposes to give 
 and assign a parcel of ground to erect a Dwelling 
 house upon, that may be large enough for the said 
 vicars to dwell in and inhabit all together, and 
 that they may receive the charitable contributions 
 of faithful christians, if their own inability or in- 
 capacity doth not render them incapable of recei- 
 ving the same. 
 
 We. 
 
OF RIPON. 295 
 
 We therefore, willing to encourage the honest 
 conversation and constant devotion of the said vi- 
 cars, who bear the burden and heat of the day in 
 attending the above mentioned church, and willing 
 to encourage the charity of the said archbishop and 
 ©ther pious and well designing persons, through 
 pure and sincere love and affection which we bear 
 to the memory of St. Wilfrid, who lies buried L\i 
 the said church, of our special grace have granted 
 for ourselves and cur posterity, as much as in us 
 lay*, that the said six vicars, and the Succeeding 
 vicars of the said church, make choice of one of 
 the six, whom they please, to be their advocate ; 
 and he shall be called the Advocate of the Vicars 
 of the Church of St. Peter at Ripon, and they 
 amongst themselves shall have free liberty to choose 
 him, without either requesting the royal consent, 
 or any other person's whatever. 
 - And that the said Advocate, Vicars, <tnd their 
 successors, keep one common Seal to serve for the 
 dispatching of their business; and that they be 
 men capable to request, receive, and take, in the 
 name of the Advocate and Vicais of the collegiate 
 Church of the blessed St. Peter at Ripon, lands, 
 tenements, possessions, spiritual and temporal 
 profits whatever; and from any person, as well the 
 c c laifV 
 
09S THE HISTORY 
 
 laity as clergy, having first obtained our royal as- 
 sent, although it belong to us, or our heirs, we give 
 liberty to the said Advocate and Vicars, and their 
 successors, to possess and enjoy it for ever \ and 
 that they may prosecute in their own name, all 
 sorts of causes and real action?, whether single or 
 mixed, or of what sort or nature soever they be; 
 and to answer and defend the same before any se- 
 cular or ecclesiastical judge whatever. 
 
 And further, we out of our more abundant 
 grace, have given and assigned liberty to the above 
 mentioned Archbishop, that he, with the consent 
 of the chapter of the Church of St, Feter at York, 
 may assign ever a parcel of land with its appurte- 
 nances at Rigqn, containing one hundred and forty 
 feet in length, and sixty-seven in breadth, upon 
 which they may erect a convenient dwelling-house 
 for them and their successors for ever* And that 
 the said Advocate and Vicars may receive and hold 
 of the above named Archbishop the abovesaid land, 
 with all its appurtenances, to themselves and their 
 successors for ever , and that they and their suc- 
 cessors may peaceably possess the same, rese 
 only the services due to us and our heirs. 
 Furthermore, we grant and give libertj 
 
 i and posteriry, to the said Advocate and 
 
 Vicars, 
 
OF RI?ON T . 297 
 
 ars, that they hold and possess the lands, rents, 
 and revenues, to the value of five pounds yearly, 
 as well that which is within our liberty, as those 
 that are not, for their maintenance for ever ; the 
 aforesaid statute* continuing in force so long as it 
 shall appear either by our inquisition or court of 
 chancery, to be no ways injurious to us and our 
 successors, or any other person whatever; It is 
 not our intention herein, to prevent, or hinder the 
 prelates of the said Church, to make choice of fit 
 and able persons to be canonically ordained, and 
 succeed the Vicars as their places are Vacant, ac- 
 cording to the ancient statutes, orders, and customs 
 of their church, this present assent not hindering, 
 but that the Vicars of the said church be subject 
 to, and observe the above mentioned prelates and 
 their successors, in all things lawful and canonical, 
 according to their former customs, orders, and sta- 
 tutes. Witness the Kinp at Westminster, the 
 twenty-second Day of July. 
 
 Gent, p. 1 io. 
 
 c c 2 APPENDIX 
 
 # These statutes were revoked at the dissolution of 
 the church; see page 84, 
 
APPENDIX 
 
 Verdict urn juratorum super statu Hospitalis de Ripon 
 jfnno decimc Regis Edwardi Secundi. 
 
 i 
 
 NOUISITIO capta die Dominica in Octabis 
 Be at as Marias Virginis apud Ribstan coram Escce- 
 tore Domini Regis citra Trentam, anno regni 
 Regis- Edwdrdi filii Regis Edwardi decimo, juxta 
 formam brevis et huic inquisitioni annexam, per 
 Henricum Blome, Robcrium de Haltone, &c. j urates; 
 qui dicunt super sacramentum suum, quod in Hos- 
 pitali beatas Maria Magdalence in Brevi contento, 
 debent esse inperpetuum, secundum formam fun- 
 dationis ejusdem Hospitalis cod i die duo capellani 
 divina celeb rantes ; unde per totum tempus Nicho- 
 lai de Molyns custodis ibidem subtrahitur Cantaria 
 unius Capellani per eundem NichGlaum. 
 
 Item quoad Hospitalitates dicunt, quod si pere- 
 grini, vel Clerici mendici, ceu caeteri indigentcs, 
 per idem Hospitale forte itinerarent seu vagi mi- 
 
 gxare nt, 
 
OF RIPON-. 299 
 
 grarent, in eodem Hospitali per unam n'octem ha- 
 berent refugium, ct hospitium, ut de victu et lecto, 
 ita quod mane prsetereant, unde nullus ibi babet 
 refugium, victum nee lectum, sed vacua manu 2e- 
 cedunt. Quoad Elemosinas faciendas, dicunt, 
 quod die beatas Maries Magdalena annnatim in- 
 perpetuum, cuilibet pauperi venienti, debet, dis- 
 tribui unus panis fratri, valens obolum, quarterio 
 frumentl valente quinque solidos; et unum allec, 
 unde per totum tempus dicti Nicholat Elemosina 
 haec per eundem Nicholaum subtrahitur \ sed loco 
 hujus dat pauperibus dicto die Magdalene venien- 
 tibus, unum Salsarium Fabarum, seu farinas ple- 
 num, sed major pars pauperum nihil inde possi- 
 debunt: Dicunt etiam, quod mimita opera caritativa, 
 quae ab hujus modi Hospitali, et praecipuO ab hoc 
 deberent ernanare nulla inde Fuerint, occasione 
 absentia suae, quia iaro ibi residet; cum tamen 
 icsidere tene-atur, omnia haec per Nicholaum de 
 Molyris Custodem ibidem, per tempus suum inte- 
 grum subtrahuntur, et adnihilantur- 
 
 2 Dug Men, Ang. 89^ 
 
 c c 3 APPENDIX 
 
 I 
 
APPENDIX 
 
 No. ii. 
 See page 149. 
 
 Manor ofRiporio 
 
 >Y the charter of~King Athelstan, which was 
 afterwards confirmed by charters of other kings, 
 the manor of Ripok was granted to the archbis- 
 hops of York. In it, they enjoyed sac, soc, toll, 
 tem, merchet, bloodwit, assize of bread, and of 
 weights andmeasures, pillory, tumbril, infangtheof, 
 outfangtheof, judgment of iron and water, gallows, 
 gibbet, prison, goal delivery, his own coroners f 
 goods and chattels of felons and fugitives, with 
 return of writs and pleas of withernam, fairs twice 
 in the year, and a market every Thursday. 
 
 In the reign of king Edward the first, a writ of 
 ^uo Warranto was issued at the suit of the crown, 
 demanding of the archbishop of York to shew, by 
 what authority he claimed to have the punishment 
 of felons, of return of writs and estreats, and pleas 
 
OF RIPON. 30i 
 
 of forbidden distress, his own proper coroners, 
 amendment of assize of bread and beer, free war- 
 ren, and why he claimed to have his park, free 
 warren and lands in Rinon, Beverley, Otley, and 
 elsewhere in the county of York, quietly from 
 suit, without licence and will of the lord the king, 
 an 1 hii: predecessors kings of England, 
 
 The archbishop comes and as to jurisdiction 
 of punishing felons, says, that he claims to have 
 the jurisdiction of punishing felons at Ripon, Be- 
 verley, &c. That king Athelstan before the con- 
 quest of England gave the said manors to the arch- 
 bishop of York and his successors, from which 
 lime the archbishops of York hitherto have stood 
 seized of the said liberty. And afterwards king 
 Henry the first, son of the conqueror, amongst 
 other liberties, granted to the archbishops of 
 York; — The liberty of judging thieves, taken 
 within the lands aforesaid, by his charter, which 
 he brings into court, and which attests the same. 
 And claims to have the return of writs, pleas of 
 forbidden distress, estreats, &c. within the manors 
 of Ripon and Beverley time immemorial. — And 
 claims to have his own proper coroners at Ripon, 
 within his own proper lands and proper tenures, 
 and these before the conquest of England; from 
 
 ir ; ragr 
 
302 THE HISTORY 
 
 king Athelstan, who gave to the churches of Be- 
 verley and Ripon his lands so freely that none of 
 the kings officers should enter there, to exercise 
 any office belonging to the king. Which was af- 
 terwards confirmed by the charter of king Edward, 
 And afterwards fr<*m the time, from which coro- 
 ners were first appointed in England, all his pre- 
 decessors until now have had their proper coroners 
 in the lands aforesaid and by them exercised ail 
 things which belonged to their office as coroners.— - 
 And he claims to have the assize of bread and beer 
 from the conquest of England and so forth. And 
 claims to have free warren in all his lordships and 
 lands in the county of York, except in Thorpe,, 
 from time immemorial. And says, that the lord 
 the king, Henry, father of the lord the now king, 
 granted to one Sewall his predecessor, that he and 
 all his successors should have free warren in all 
 his lordships, by his charter dated at Westminster 
 in the fourth year of the reign of the said king, 
 which he brings into court, and which attests the 
 same. And as to being free of suit, says, that he 
 claims to have his manor of Beverley with its 
 members, and his manor of Ripon with its mem- 
 bers, and his manor of Patrington, quietly from 
 suit, from the conquest of England. And he claims 
 
 to 
 
OF RIPON. ^bS 
 
 to have the parks of Beverley, Ripon, and Shirburn 
 from time immemorial, and that he and all his 
 predecessors have had a warren in all his lands, 
 have inclosed his woods and thereof made a park, 
 and that he and they have used the aforesaid liber- 
 ties as he claims them. And puts himself upon 
 the country. 
 
 And the jurors, to wit, — William Lavell, James 
 of Tryvell, Thomas of Cunnaby, John of Balle, 
 William of Holtbv, Robert of Holme, Thomas of 
 Lutton, Ralph Salvayn, William of Hertlington, 
 Hugh of Linton, William of Stabler, John of 
 Milford, Nicholas of Oglesthorp, John of Sutton, 
 and Richard of Bruntley, say upon their oaths, — • 
 That the aforesaid archbishop and all his prede- 
 cessors from time immemorial have fully used all 
 the liberties which the aforesaid archbishop now 
 claims, and therefore it is adjudged, — That the 
 aforesaid archbishop should from thenceforth be 
 quiet with his liberties, and the king take nothing 
 by his writ. Exemplification of letters patent, of 
 H. 8. B. B D. 3. A 2. No 2. 
 
 ADDENDA. 
 
ADDENDA. 
 
 'N a wall, in a place called the kings, 
 whhtn the church of Chichester, there is a paint- 
 ing still in good preservation, representing an 
 interview between Saint Wilfrid, attended by his 
 clergy; and Ceadwalla, king of Sussex, attended 
 by his nobles: Wilfrid addresses the king, on a 
 scroll, l< Da Servis Dei Locum Habitationis 
 " propter Deurn." — Ceadwalla answers, " Fiat 
 " sicut petitur. " 
 
 This painting was executed by Theodore Ber- 
 nard!, an Italian master, about the year 1496. 
 
 See Heys History of Chichester. 
 
 Note 
 
OF RIPON. 305 
 
 Note — On FOUNTAINS' ABBEY. 
 ( see note,, page 172 ) 
 
 The two most complete and magnificent re- 
 mains of monastic aichitecture in Great-Britain, 
 s re this abbey of Fountains', and the beautiful 
 abbey of Melrose in Scotland. And it is remark- 
 able that they were both of the Cistercian order, 
 and founded the same year, and both had their 
 origin from, or were under the direction of the 
 same Cistercian monastery, Rivaux in Yorkshire. 
 
 The abbey of Melrose is here mentioned, chief- 
 ly to introduce to the notice of the public, the 
 effect of moon-light on these venerable structures. 
 
 The desciiption of this effect by Mr. Walter 
 Scott, in his late Poem of " The Lay of the last 
 V Minstrel y " is touched w 7 ith the most delicate and 
 appropriate colouring. But before it is given, it 
 is proper to obs:rve, that a very judicious critic, 
 Mr. Dallaway, in his essay on English architecture, 
 has in various instances been struck with a sensible 
 impression of the effect, and has also given the 
 theory, whence it may be supposed to arise. 
 
 On Gloucester cathedral, page 64, he observes, 
 " The extremely beautiful effect of large masses 
 " of architecture by moon-light, may be considered 
 " as a kind of optical deception, and nearly the 
 
 a same 
 
jOO THE HISTORY 
 
 u same as that produced by statuary when strongly 
 " illuminated. Thus seen, the tower of this 
 u cathedral acquires a degree of lightness, so su- 
 41 perior to that which it shews undqr the meridian 
 €i sun, that it no longer appears to be of human 
 " construction. " Again, page 154, 
 
 " If seen by moon-light, the Radcliffe library 
 " (Oxford) loses much of the heavy, depressed 
 " appearance, it shews under the meridian sun. 
 " I have frequently surveyed St. Paul's, London, 
 " under a similar point of view, and have been 
 4i surprised by the fine proportions of tfye colonnade 
 " surrounding the dome, which an atmosphere of 
 " thick smoke had positively obscured in the 
 " day-time. " 
 
 There can be no doubt, but that the longaisle-s, 
 the majestic tower, the lofty arches, and bold pro- 
 jections of Fountains', will exhibit masses of light 
 and shade not inferior to those of the celebrated 
 pile on the banks of the Tweed. 
 
 <c If thcu would'st view fair Melrose aright, 
 
 " Go visit it by pale moon-light; 
 
 " For the gay beams of lightsome day 
 
 " Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. 
 
 " When the broken arches are black in night, 
 
 €i And each shafted oriel glimmers white; 
 
 « When 
 
OF RIPON, 
 
 3°7 
 
 When the cold light's uncertain shower, 
 
 Streams on the ruined central tower; 
 
 When buttress and buttress alternately* 
 : Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; 
 
 When silver edges the imagery, 
 
 And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; 
 
 When distant Tweed is heard to rave, 
 ' And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave ; 
 
 Then go — but go alone the while — 
 
 Then view St. David's ruined pile ; 
 ' And home returning, soothly swear, 
 
 Was never scene so sad and fair ! n 
 
 Lay of the last Minstrel Cants, II. Stanza. L 
 
 15 t> 
 
 ROADS' 
 
OADS. 
 
 MILES. 
 
 IPON to Aldfield spaw .......... 4 
 
 Aldborough 7 
 
 Boroughbridge 6 
 
 Bridlington by York 63 
 
 Bath by Birmingham 232 
 
 ; Ditto by London 317 
 
 L~ Birmingham 131 
 
 Buxton 84 
 
 — Bristol 218 
 
 ~ Brimham-Crags 9 
 
 Carlisle . . . 94 
 
 — Castle-Howard by Easingwold 32 
 
 Duncombe-Park by Thir^k . 25 
 
 Edinburgh 191 
 
 Fountains' Abbey 3 
 
 _~~ Hackfati 7 
 
 Harrogate • . I* 
 
 ^_ Harevvood house 17 
 
 RIPON 
 
OF RIPOK. 309 
 MILES. 
 
 R I P O N to Keswick 94 
 
 Kendal 78 
 
 ■ ■ Knaresborough 11 
 
 1 London by Lee\?5 219 
 
 Ditto by Borougbbridge - - 208 
 
 — — Leeds ---'-* 27 
 
 * . Liverpool by Leeds « - » lot 
 
 Manchester ditto 62 
 
 « Matlock-Eath 104 
 
 — Nevvby Hall 4 
 
 - Penrith ~6 
 
 Redcar by Thirsk 4^ 
 
 - Ditto by Northallerton - - - 49 
 
 ■ Studley-Reyal 2 
 
 Seaton-Carew - - - 47 
 
 ■ Sheffield 60 
 
 Scarborough by York - 63 
 
 -Ditto by Thirsk - - - 58 
 York ,....,».♦..,..# 
 
 
 d © 2 FAIRS. 
 
¥ A I R S. 
 
 JL HURSDAY after January 13th. — Horned 
 Cattle, Leather, and Cloth. 
 
 May 13 and 14 — Horned Cattle, Horses, Sheep, 
 
 Cloth, Sec. 
 
 First Thursday and Friday in June — Horned 
 Cattle, Sheep, Cloth, &c. 
 
 First Thursday after August the 2 2d. — Horned 
 Cattle, &c. 
 
 November 23d. — Horned Cattle, Cloth, &c. 
 The general hiring day for Servants* 
 
 INDE X, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Page. 
 
 .VE'RAGE Rent 20 
 Arms of Ripon .... 21 
 
 Ald&ell spaw 222 
 
 Arms of the church . no 
 
 Altar piece 118 
 
 Antiquities 46 
 
 Ancient custom .... a6 
 
 AHa's-hill 50, 73 
 
 Appendix No. 1. 
 
 Domesday . . 263. 
 No. 2 Corpora- 
 tion charter . 267 
 — — No. 3 School do. 273 
 — — No. 4 Athelstan's 
 
 ditto ...... 2S0 
 
 « No. 5 do, verse 282- 
 
 t No. 6 Henry's 
 
 charter .... 284 
 — No. 7 Stephen's 
 
 charter , , , . 285 
 
 Appendix No 8 Regu- 
 
 
 lations for the church 
 
 289 
 
 — — No. 9 Htnry 
 
 
 the fifth's charter 
 
 290 
 
 No. IO Inquisi- 
 
 
 tion taken . . 
 
 298 ' 
 
 — — No. 1 1 Manor 
 
 
 of Ripon . . . 
 
 300 
 
 Addenda' 
 
 304 
 
 Bridges . . 
 
 S 
 
 Burghs 
 
 9 
 
 Burgh-motes ...... 
 
 10 
 
 Bedern bank 
 
 Si 
 
 Benefactions 
 
 9 6 
 
 Botany at Studiey . . 
 
 2 54 
 
 Brimham Rocks 
 
 256 
 
 — **- Sawley moor . 
 
 257 
 
 — — Lord Grantley's 
 
 
 Lake 
 
 257 
 
 -. Hackfkll .... 
 
 257 
 
 Ripon . 
 
 258 
 
 Pag** 
 
 1289 
 
 r 290 
 
 . 298 
 
 r 
 
 . 300 
 
 • 304 
 
 • 5 
 
 • 9 
 . 10 
 . fi 
 
 . 9-6 
 
 • 254 
 s 256 
 
 • 257 
 5 
 
 • 257 
 
 • 257 
 . 258 
 
 Brimliam 
 
3** 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Page. 
 Brimham Rocks . , . 227 
 Conqueror's survey . 14 
 Constitution of the 
 
 Borough .... 16 
 Corporation, members 
 
 removed , . . . 17 
 ■ new charter 1 8, 267 
 
 Charles the first .... 34 
 
 Coroner . . .. . 301 
 
 Curious narrative . . 47 
 
 Church 77 
 
 ■ ^ - rebuilt by 
 
 Thu-sran. ... 79 
 l . destroyed by 
 
 ***« a — *. o- 
 
 — - dissolved ... 84 
 Ciapter-house . . 79, 1 17 
 Church, state of . . . 94 
 * -present state of 1 1 1 
 
 * Revenues . 89, 95 
 
 ■- dimensions of 119 
 
 . East Window 1.21 
 
 Chapel on How-hiil . 93 
 Cleasby school . c . . 96 
 
 Chantries 2$, 85 
 
 Dispensary 44 
 
 Deansj list of 98 
 
 Page. 
 
 Deanery 76, 95 
 
 Etymology 5 
 
 Ecclesiastical account 55 
 Easter, disputations 
 
 on "58, 61 
 
 Fountains' abbey 172, 305 
 Fountains' hal! .... 204 
 
 Fairs 310 
 
 Grammar school ... 44 
 
 Glass painting 121 
 
 Horn blown 11 
 
 Henry the fouhh ... 15 
 
 Hand-law 19 
 
 Horn and belt 21 
 
 noipitaU .....*.. 152 
 
 — ~ — ofSt. Mary 
 
 Magdalen. . . 152 
 of St John 160 
 
 of St. Ann 161 
 
 — Jepson's . . 162 
 
 Hackfall 231 
 
 Incorporation by 
 
 Alfred 10 
 
 Iron Gftes 119 
 
 James the iiist 33 
 
 Knaresborough .... 246 
 
 library of the Church 118 
 
 Linen 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Page. 
 Linen Manufactory . 34 
 Lord Giamley's Lake 230 
 Manufactories ... 33, 34 
 
 Market-place 6 
 
 Monasteries suppressed 18 
 Mayor elected ..... 18 
 Mayors, lis c of ... . 36 
 Members of Parliament 32 
 
 Moon -light 305 
 
 Mills 41 
 
 Monastery founded . 57 
 
 Monasteries 76 
 
 Monuments 125 
 
 Manor cf Ripon . . . 149 
 
 Navigation 40 
 
 Ncwby-hall 239 
 
 Obelisk • • 6 
 
 Origin of the town . 7 
 
 Obiis 84 
 
 Organ 115 
 
 Qihcers of the church no 
 President's court .15 16 
 Parliament's Troops . 39 
 
 ^Plants, list of 254 
 
 Population . . 45 
 
 Prebends ...... 82, ioz 
 
 3*5 
 
 Prebendary- of Stan- 
 
 wicli .,..,. Sc 
 
 Premium 34 
 
 Prisons 150, 15 x 
 
 Roman Road 7 
 
 Ripon destroyed 8, n, 13, 
 
 H> 72, 75 
 
 Ripley's (Hugh) will 19 
 
 Recorders, list of . . 31 
 
 Ripon Arms 20 
 
 Ripoa Rowels, (in a 
 
 ncte ) 33 
 
 Roads 308 
 
 Scots and English 
 
 Commissioners 35 
 
 Springs of Water ... 41 
 
 Sunday School ..... 4c 
 
 School of Industry „ „ 45 
 
 Sub-deans ....... 10 1 
 
 Studley ......... 207 
 
 Town-hall ....... 42 
 
 Town rebuilt . , , 15, 80 
 
 Theatre ....*.. 7. 43 
 
 Vicars. 109 
 
 Wakemen ....<».. £© 
 
 — — - - list of . . . zz 
 
 Woollen 
 
* INDEX 
 
 3H 
 
 FAge. 
 
 Woollen cloth 3 1 
 
 Water Engine .... 36 
 Wil§id'$ Feast .... 44 
 
 Wilfrid, St. \3$~ $1, 304 
 Wilfrid's Arps . . . / 7° 
 
 THE END, 
 
 Farrsr, Printer, Ri?gk. 
 
 ERRATA. 
 
 Page 9 note, for D minis read Dominio. 
 
 — — 10 line 20, for erroniously, read erroneously, 
 
 — 18 — 19, aid an asterisk, and see Appendix 
 
 No. 2. 
 
 - 34. — 24, for and, read which. 
 
 — — 50 — 6, for c : rcumferance, read circumference, 
 
 102 — 11. dele, the dean's nephew. 
 
 '■ 3°5 ■"*' $* for founded the same year, read foun- 
 ded about the same period. 
 
 ■ 306— 22, for pale moon-light, read the pale 
 
 moon-light, 
 
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