[41]Letter from Jo. Saville, to W. Camden,Illus. Viro Epis.1691.[42]Collectanea, i. 54. Fuller's Worthies of Eng. 330.[43]In a work entitled, "Sepulchrorum inscriptiones: or a curious collection of 900 of the most remarkable epitaphs," Westminster, 1727; this epitaph is not inelegantly paraphrased:—"Here, underneath this little stone,Through death's assaults, now lieth one,Known by the name of Robin Hood,Who was a thief, and archer good;Full thirteen (thirty?) years, and something more,He robb'd the rich to feed the poor;Therefore, his grave bedew with tears.And offer for his soul your prayers."In the "Travels of Tom Thumb over England and Wales," is another version, though inferior:—"Here, under this memorial stone,Lies Robert earl of Huntingdon;As he, no archer e'er was good,And people call'd him Robin Hood;Such outlaws as his men and heAgain may England never see."See the anecdote respecting the removal of Robin Hood's tombstone in Gent's "Ancient and Modern History of the Famous City of York," 1730, 12mo. p. 234.[44]Burnt. This stanza is omitted in one edition.[45]Son of sir Thomas de Eland, of Eland hall in the parish of Halifax, knight of the shire for Yorkshire, 14 Edward III. and sheriff of Yorkshire, 15 Edward III., in which year it is supposed the quarrel took place. Sir John married, 1st, Alice, daughter of sir Robert Lathom, (who bore, or, on a chief daucette, az. three plates,) by whom he had issue sir John Eland, who had a son, name unknown, and Isabel. Thomas, Henry, Margery, Isabel, and Dionysia; 2ndly, Ann, daughter of —— Rygate, by whom he had no issue; and 3rdly, Olive —— by whom he had Robert, who married Alice, daughter of Fitz-Eustace, and James, who died young. In the quire of the church of Eland, in a window, are painted the arms of Eland, viz. Gules, two barrulets between eight martlets argent, three, two and three.[46]Son of William de Beaumout, of Whitley, in the parish of Kirkeaton. He married,circa20 Edward II., Grace, daughter and heiress of sir Edward Crossland, of Crossland, co. Yorkshire, knight, by whom he had Adam, named hereafter Thomas, who dieds. p., and John, who married Alice, daughter of John Soothill, esq., by whom he had Richard, from whom descended a race who lived in splendour to the reign of Charles I.[47]The market appears to have been granted by charter, 10 Edward II. (Harl MS. No. 797.), and for some time held a rivalship with Halifax; but for many ages the market has been discontinued.[48]Lockwood appears to have been a quarrelsome person, for in the court rolls at Wakefield, 35 Edward I., John de Lockwood, of Lockwood, was presented and afterwards found guilty of having forcibly ejected one Matthew de Linthwaite from his free tenement, and when the earl's grave and bailiff came to take possession thereof, he made an attempt, with others unknown, to have slain them, so that they barely escaped with their lives.[49]"The remains of a wet ditch surrounding Crossland hall are visible to this day; but neither Quarmby nor Lockwood houses had the same advantage."—Watson'sHist. of Halifax.[50]It is stated in Hopkinson's MSS. "that when sir John Eland gave bread to Adam Beaumont, he threw it at him with disdain; on which sir John said he would weed out the offspring of his blood, as they weed out the weed from corn;" but this threatening was so far from being verified that sir John's male issue were entirely cut off, whilst that of Beaumont continued in John the third son. The preceding verse mentions only "two boys;" but the pedigree of the family gives a third, who probably was an infant at the time, and therefore too young to be noticed. Adam appears to have only been about five years of age; this may account for the different behaviour of the two boys.[51]Some copies read Cromwelbottom hall; the residence of Lacy.[52]"This verse," says Watson, "cannot be explained, for no authority which I have seen shows the name of sir John's son and heir."[53]The half brother mentioned was a son of sir John's lady, who was daughter of Gilbert Umfravile, and widow of Robert Coniers of Sockburn, in the county of Durham.[54]After the death of sir John Eland, and his son and heir, sir John Savile of Tankersley, purchased, in 1350, the wardship of Isabel Eland, daughter of the said sir John, from the lord of the honour of Pontefract, for 200l.SeeComput. Seneschall honoris de Pontfrete, p. 17. After this purchase he married her, and in her right became possessed of the estates belonging to that family.[55]Hopkinson's MSS. says "that the town and neighbourhood were raised by sound of horn, and ringing the bells backways."[56]"In an ivy tree, with an intent to have been saved."—Hopkinson'sMSS.[57]The subsequent history of these gentlemen is given in "A relation of the lives and deaths of Wilkin (or William) Lockwood, and Adam Beaumont, esqrs. and what adventures happened to them after the battle with the Eland men, in Anely wood;" from which we learn that Lockwood retired to a solitary place called Camel hall, near Cawthorn (now Cannon hall), where he was subsequently taken by the sheriff and his men, after a desperate resistance, and cruelly put to death, to the utter extirpation of the ancient family of Lockwood, of Lockwood, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.Adam Beaumont, upon hearing of the death of Lockwood, and that precepts were sent from London to the sheriff to arrest him, resolved to leave the country; and having landed in France, by some means or other got into the service of the knights of Rhodes. Some years after, his friends received an account of his life and death; from which it appears he resided sometimes at Rhodes, amongst the knights there, and sometimes in Hungary, where, in one of the engagements against the Turks, he honourably ended his life.[58]This incident has called forth the poetical effusions of Wordsworth and Rogers. See their respective works; also Wordsworth'sHart Leap Well, the scene of which is laid near Richmond, andWhite Doe of Rylstone.[59]Both the MS. and Dr. Whitaker's copy readancestors, evidently a corruption ofaunters, adventures, as corrected by Mr. Evans.[60]A Saxon word for many. Seefellin Glossary.[61]A corruption of quell, to kill.[62]Alive.[63]Along the side of the river Greta.[64]Dr. Whitaker reads Raphe, which is undoubtedly the ancient form.[65]To.[66]Make.[67]Fierce as a bear. Dr. Whitaker's copy reads, perhaps in consequence of mistaking the MS., "T'other was Bryan of Bear."[68]Need were. Whitaker readsmusters.[69]A fierce countenance or manner.[70]Brave. The Rokeby MS. readsincounters, and Dr. Whitaker,auncestors.[71]Watling-street, the Roman way from Catterick to Bowes.[72]Dare.[73]Rushed.[74]Leave it.[75]Pulls.[76]This line is wanting in Dr. Whitaker's copy, whence it has been conjectured that something is wanting after this stanza, which now there is no occasion to suppose.[77]Evil device.[78]Blessed.[79]Lost his colour.[80]Some copies have the letters I.H.S., but both Whitaker and Scott write Jesus.[81]Sheltered himself.[82]The MS. reads,to labour weere. The text seems to mean that all their labour to obtain their intended meat was of no use to them. Dr. Whitaker reads:—"She was brim as any boar.And gave a grisly hideous roar,To them it was no boot."Besides the want of connection between the last line and the two former, the second has a very modern sound, and the reading in the Rokeby MS., with the slight alteration in the text, is much better.[83]Mad.[84]Torn, pulled.[85]Combat, perilous fight.[86]This stanza, with the two following, and a fragment of a fourth, are not in Dr. Whitaker's edition.[87]The residence of this facetious baron. Leland says, that "Mr. Rokeby hath a place called Mortham, a little beneath Grentey-bridge, almost on the mouth of Grentey." "This place and Rokeby," says Hutchinson, "were, in very distant ages, in the possession of the Rokebies; Robert de Rokeby lived in the time of the Conqueror. By the arms and date on Mortham tower, it appears that it was built in 1166 by the Rokebies."[88]The rope about the sow's neck.[89]Ralph Rokeby married Margery, eldest daughter and co-heir of Robert Danby, esq., of Yafforth near Northallerton, by a daughter of sir Richard Conyers, knt. Her will is dated 27 Sep. 1540.—See Richmond Wills by Surtees Soc.[90]This line is illegible according to Scott; but Bell in his Ballads gives the verse:—Scho gav her meete upon the flower[Scho made a bed beneath a bower,With moss and broom besprent;The sewe was gentle as mote be,Ne rage ne ire flashed fra her e'e,Scho seemèd wele content.][91]Each one.[92]Since then, after that.[93]The above lines are wanting in Dr. Whitaker's copy.[94]Cease, stop.[95]Run.[96]Warlock, or wizard.[97]Harm.[98]Need.[99]Dr. Whitaker's copy reads, perhaps better:—"The fiend would ding you down ilk one."
[41]Letter from Jo. Saville, to W. Camden,Illus. Viro Epis.1691.
[41]Letter from Jo. Saville, to W. Camden,Illus. Viro Epis.1691.
[42]Collectanea, i. 54. Fuller's Worthies of Eng. 330.
[42]Collectanea, i. 54. Fuller's Worthies of Eng. 330.
[43]In a work entitled, "Sepulchrorum inscriptiones: or a curious collection of 900 of the most remarkable epitaphs," Westminster, 1727; this epitaph is not inelegantly paraphrased:—"Here, underneath this little stone,Through death's assaults, now lieth one,Known by the name of Robin Hood,Who was a thief, and archer good;Full thirteen (thirty?) years, and something more,He robb'd the rich to feed the poor;Therefore, his grave bedew with tears.And offer for his soul your prayers."In the "Travels of Tom Thumb over England and Wales," is another version, though inferior:—"Here, under this memorial stone,Lies Robert earl of Huntingdon;As he, no archer e'er was good,And people call'd him Robin Hood;Such outlaws as his men and heAgain may England never see."See the anecdote respecting the removal of Robin Hood's tombstone in Gent's "Ancient and Modern History of the Famous City of York," 1730, 12mo. p. 234.
[43]In a work entitled, "Sepulchrorum inscriptiones: or a curious collection of 900 of the most remarkable epitaphs," Westminster, 1727; this epitaph is not inelegantly paraphrased:—
"Here, underneath this little stone,Through death's assaults, now lieth one,Known by the name of Robin Hood,Who was a thief, and archer good;Full thirteen (thirty?) years, and something more,He robb'd the rich to feed the poor;Therefore, his grave bedew with tears.And offer for his soul your prayers."
"Here, underneath this little stone,Through death's assaults, now lieth one,Known by the name of Robin Hood,Who was a thief, and archer good;Full thirteen (thirty?) years, and something more,He robb'd the rich to feed the poor;Therefore, his grave bedew with tears.And offer for his soul your prayers."
"Here, underneath this little stone,Through death's assaults, now lieth one,Known by the name of Robin Hood,Who was a thief, and archer good;Full thirteen (thirty?) years, and something more,He robb'd the rich to feed the poor;Therefore, his grave bedew with tears.And offer for his soul your prayers."
"Here, underneath this little stone,
Through death's assaults, now lieth one,
Known by the name of Robin Hood,
Who was a thief, and archer good;
Full thirteen (thirty?) years, and something more,
He robb'd the rich to feed the poor;
Therefore, his grave bedew with tears.
And offer for his soul your prayers."
In the "Travels of Tom Thumb over England and Wales," is another version, though inferior:—
"Here, under this memorial stone,Lies Robert earl of Huntingdon;As he, no archer e'er was good,And people call'd him Robin Hood;Such outlaws as his men and heAgain may England never see."
"Here, under this memorial stone,Lies Robert earl of Huntingdon;As he, no archer e'er was good,And people call'd him Robin Hood;Such outlaws as his men and heAgain may England never see."
"Here, under this memorial stone,Lies Robert earl of Huntingdon;As he, no archer e'er was good,And people call'd him Robin Hood;Such outlaws as his men and heAgain may England never see."
"Here, under this memorial stone,
Lies Robert earl of Huntingdon;
As he, no archer e'er was good,
And people call'd him Robin Hood;
Such outlaws as his men and he
Again may England never see."
See the anecdote respecting the removal of Robin Hood's tombstone in Gent's "Ancient and Modern History of the Famous City of York," 1730, 12mo. p. 234.
[44]Burnt. This stanza is omitted in one edition.
[44]Burnt. This stanza is omitted in one edition.
[45]Son of sir Thomas de Eland, of Eland hall in the parish of Halifax, knight of the shire for Yorkshire, 14 Edward III. and sheriff of Yorkshire, 15 Edward III., in which year it is supposed the quarrel took place. Sir John married, 1st, Alice, daughter of sir Robert Lathom, (who bore, or, on a chief daucette, az. three plates,) by whom he had issue sir John Eland, who had a son, name unknown, and Isabel. Thomas, Henry, Margery, Isabel, and Dionysia; 2ndly, Ann, daughter of —— Rygate, by whom he had no issue; and 3rdly, Olive —— by whom he had Robert, who married Alice, daughter of Fitz-Eustace, and James, who died young. In the quire of the church of Eland, in a window, are painted the arms of Eland, viz. Gules, two barrulets between eight martlets argent, three, two and three.
[45]Son of sir Thomas de Eland, of Eland hall in the parish of Halifax, knight of the shire for Yorkshire, 14 Edward III. and sheriff of Yorkshire, 15 Edward III., in which year it is supposed the quarrel took place. Sir John married, 1st, Alice, daughter of sir Robert Lathom, (who bore, or, on a chief daucette, az. three plates,) by whom he had issue sir John Eland, who had a son, name unknown, and Isabel. Thomas, Henry, Margery, Isabel, and Dionysia; 2ndly, Ann, daughter of —— Rygate, by whom he had no issue; and 3rdly, Olive —— by whom he had Robert, who married Alice, daughter of Fitz-Eustace, and James, who died young. In the quire of the church of Eland, in a window, are painted the arms of Eland, viz. Gules, two barrulets between eight martlets argent, three, two and three.
[46]Son of William de Beaumout, of Whitley, in the parish of Kirkeaton. He married,circa20 Edward II., Grace, daughter and heiress of sir Edward Crossland, of Crossland, co. Yorkshire, knight, by whom he had Adam, named hereafter Thomas, who dieds. p., and John, who married Alice, daughter of John Soothill, esq., by whom he had Richard, from whom descended a race who lived in splendour to the reign of Charles I.
[46]Son of William de Beaumout, of Whitley, in the parish of Kirkeaton. He married,circa20 Edward II., Grace, daughter and heiress of sir Edward Crossland, of Crossland, co. Yorkshire, knight, by whom he had Adam, named hereafter Thomas, who dieds. p., and John, who married Alice, daughter of John Soothill, esq., by whom he had Richard, from whom descended a race who lived in splendour to the reign of Charles I.
[47]The market appears to have been granted by charter, 10 Edward II. (Harl MS. No. 797.), and for some time held a rivalship with Halifax; but for many ages the market has been discontinued.
[47]The market appears to have been granted by charter, 10 Edward II. (Harl MS. No. 797.), and for some time held a rivalship with Halifax; but for many ages the market has been discontinued.
[48]Lockwood appears to have been a quarrelsome person, for in the court rolls at Wakefield, 35 Edward I., John de Lockwood, of Lockwood, was presented and afterwards found guilty of having forcibly ejected one Matthew de Linthwaite from his free tenement, and when the earl's grave and bailiff came to take possession thereof, he made an attempt, with others unknown, to have slain them, so that they barely escaped with their lives.
[48]Lockwood appears to have been a quarrelsome person, for in the court rolls at Wakefield, 35 Edward I., John de Lockwood, of Lockwood, was presented and afterwards found guilty of having forcibly ejected one Matthew de Linthwaite from his free tenement, and when the earl's grave and bailiff came to take possession thereof, he made an attempt, with others unknown, to have slain them, so that they barely escaped with their lives.
[49]"The remains of a wet ditch surrounding Crossland hall are visible to this day; but neither Quarmby nor Lockwood houses had the same advantage."—Watson'sHist. of Halifax.
[49]"The remains of a wet ditch surrounding Crossland hall are visible to this day; but neither Quarmby nor Lockwood houses had the same advantage."—Watson'sHist. of Halifax.
[50]It is stated in Hopkinson's MSS. "that when sir John Eland gave bread to Adam Beaumont, he threw it at him with disdain; on which sir John said he would weed out the offspring of his blood, as they weed out the weed from corn;" but this threatening was so far from being verified that sir John's male issue were entirely cut off, whilst that of Beaumont continued in John the third son. The preceding verse mentions only "two boys;" but the pedigree of the family gives a third, who probably was an infant at the time, and therefore too young to be noticed. Adam appears to have only been about five years of age; this may account for the different behaviour of the two boys.
[50]It is stated in Hopkinson's MSS. "that when sir John Eland gave bread to Adam Beaumont, he threw it at him with disdain; on which sir John said he would weed out the offspring of his blood, as they weed out the weed from corn;" but this threatening was so far from being verified that sir John's male issue were entirely cut off, whilst that of Beaumont continued in John the third son. The preceding verse mentions only "two boys;" but the pedigree of the family gives a third, who probably was an infant at the time, and therefore too young to be noticed. Adam appears to have only been about five years of age; this may account for the different behaviour of the two boys.
[51]Some copies read Cromwelbottom hall; the residence of Lacy.
[51]Some copies read Cromwelbottom hall; the residence of Lacy.
[52]"This verse," says Watson, "cannot be explained, for no authority which I have seen shows the name of sir John's son and heir."
[52]"This verse," says Watson, "cannot be explained, for no authority which I have seen shows the name of sir John's son and heir."
[53]The half brother mentioned was a son of sir John's lady, who was daughter of Gilbert Umfravile, and widow of Robert Coniers of Sockburn, in the county of Durham.
[53]The half brother mentioned was a son of sir John's lady, who was daughter of Gilbert Umfravile, and widow of Robert Coniers of Sockburn, in the county of Durham.
[54]After the death of sir John Eland, and his son and heir, sir John Savile of Tankersley, purchased, in 1350, the wardship of Isabel Eland, daughter of the said sir John, from the lord of the honour of Pontefract, for 200l.SeeComput. Seneschall honoris de Pontfrete, p. 17. After this purchase he married her, and in her right became possessed of the estates belonging to that family.
[54]After the death of sir John Eland, and his son and heir, sir John Savile of Tankersley, purchased, in 1350, the wardship of Isabel Eland, daughter of the said sir John, from the lord of the honour of Pontefract, for 200l.SeeComput. Seneschall honoris de Pontfrete, p. 17. After this purchase he married her, and in her right became possessed of the estates belonging to that family.
[55]Hopkinson's MSS. says "that the town and neighbourhood were raised by sound of horn, and ringing the bells backways."
[55]Hopkinson's MSS. says "that the town and neighbourhood were raised by sound of horn, and ringing the bells backways."
[56]"In an ivy tree, with an intent to have been saved."—Hopkinson'sMSS.
[56]"In an ivy tree, with an intent to have been saved."—Hopkinson'sMSS.
[57]The subsequent history of these gentlemen is given in "A relation of the lives and deaths of Wilkin (or William) Lockwood, and Adam Beaumont, esqrs. and what adventures happened to them after the battle with the Eland men, in Anely wood;" from which we learn that Lockwood retired to a solitary place called Camel hall, near Cawthorn (now Cannon hall), where he was subsequently taken by the sheriff and his men, after a desperate resistance, and cruelly put to death, to the utter extirpation of the ancient family of Lockwood, of Lockwood, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.Adam Beaumont, upon hearing of the death of Lockwood, and that precepts were sent from London to the sheriff to arrest him, resolved to leave the country; and having landed in France, by some means or other got into the service of the knights of Rhodes. Some years after, his friends received an account of his life and death; from which it appears he resided sometimes at Rhodes, amongst the knights there, and sometimes in Hungary, where, in one of the engagements against the Turks, he honourably ended his life.
[57]The subsequent history of these gentlemen is given in "A relation of the lives and deaths of Wilkin (or William) Lockwood, and Adam Beaumont, esqrs. and what adventures happened to them after the battle with the Eland men, in Anely wood;" from which we learn that Lockwood retired to a solitary place called Camel hall, near Cawthorn (now Cannon hall), where he was subsequently taken by the sheriff and his men, after a desperate resistance, and cruelly put to death, to the utter extirpation of the ancient family of Lockwood, of Lockwood, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Adam Beaumont, upon hearing of the death of Lockwood, and that precepts were sent from London to the sheriff to arrest him, resolved to leave the country; and having landed in France, by some means or other got into the service of the knights of Rhodes. Some years after, his friends received an account of his life and death; from which it appears he resided sometimes at Rhodes, amongst the knights there, and sometimes in Hungary, where, in one of the engagements against the Turks, he honourably ended his life.
[58]This incident has called forth the poetical effusions of Wordsworth and Rogers. See their respective works; also Wordsworth'sHart Leap Well, the scene of which is laid near Richmond, andWhite Doe of Rylstone.
[58]This incident has called forth the poetical effusions of Wordsworth and Rogers. See their respective works; also Wordsworth'sHart Leap Well, the scene of which is laid near Richmond, andWhite Doe of Rylstone.
[59]Both the MS. and Dr. Whitaker's copy readancestors, evidently a corruption ofaunters, adventures, as corrected by Mr. Evans.
[59]Both the MS. and Dr. Whitaker's copy readancestors, evidently a corruption ofaunters, adventures, as corrected by Mr. Evans.
[60]A Saxon word for many. Seefellin Glossary.
[60]A Saxon word for many. Seefellin Glossary.
[61]A corruption of quell, to kill.
[61]A corruption of quell, to kill.
[62]Alive.
[62]Alive.
[63]Along the side of the river Greta.
[63]Along the side of the river Greta.
[64]Dr. Whitaker reads Raphe, which is undoubtedly the ancient form.
[64]Dr. Whitaker reads Raphe, which is undoubtedly the ancient form.
[65]To.
[65]To.
[66]Make.
[66]Make.
[67]Fierce as a bear. Dr. Whitaker's copy reads, perhaps in consequence of mistaking the MS., "T'other was Bryan of Bear."
[67]Fierce as a bear. Dr. Whitaker's copy reads, perhaps in consequence of mistaking the MS., "T'other was Bryan of Bear."
[68]Need were. Whitaker readsmusters.
[68]Need were. Whitaker readsmusters.
[69]A fierce countenance or manner.
[69]A fierce countenance or manner.
[70]Brave. The Rokeby MS. readsincounters, and Dr. Whitaker,auncestors.
[70]Brave. The Rokeby MS. readsincounters, and Dr. Whitaker,auncestors.
[71]Watling-street, the Roman way from Catterick to Bowes.
[71]Watling-street, the Roman way from Catterick to Bowes.
[72]Dare.
[72]Dare.
[73]Rushed.
[73]Rushed.
[74]Leave it.
[74]Leave it.
[75]Pulls.
[75]Pulls.
[76]This line is wanting in Dr. Whitaker's copy, whence it has been conjectured that something is wanting after this stanza, which now there is no occasion to suppose.
[76]This line is wanting in Dr. Whitaker's copy, whence it has been conjectured that something is wanting after this stanza, which now there is no occasion to suppose.
[77]Evil device.
[77]Evil device.
[78]Blessed.
[78]Blessed.
[79]Lost his colour.
[79]Lost his colour.
[80]Some copies have the letters I.H.S., but both Whitaker and Scott write Jesus.
[80]Some copies have the letters I.H.S., but both Whitaker and Scott write Jesus.
[81]Sheltered himself.
[81]Sheltered himself.
[82]The MS. reads,to labour weere. The text seems to mean that all their labour to obtain their intended meat was of no use to them. Dr. Whitaker reads:—"She was brim as any boar.And gave a grisly hideous roar,To them it was no boot."Besides the want of connection between the last line and the two former, the second has a very modern sound, and the reading in the Rokeby MS., with the slight alteration in the text, is much better.
[82]The MS. reads,to labour weere. The text seems to mean that all their labour to obtain their intended meat was of no use to them. Dr. Whitaker reads:—
"She was brim as any boar.And gave a grisly hideous roar,To them it was no boot."
"She was brim as any boar.And gave a grisly hideous roar,To them it was no boot."
"She was brim as any boar.And gave a grisly hideous roar,To them it was no boot."
"She was brim as any boar.
And gave a grisly hideous roar,
To them it was no boot."
Besides the want of connection between the last line and the two former, the second has a very modern sound, and the reading in the Rokeby MS., with the slight alteration in the text, is much better.
[83]Mad.
[83]Mad.
[84]Torn, pulled.
[84]Torn, pulled.
[85]Combat, perilous fight.
[85]Combat, perilous fight.
[86]This stanza, with the two following, and a fragment of a fourth, are not in Dr. Whitaker's edition.
[86]This stanza, with the two following, and a fragment of a fourth, are not in Dr. Whitaker's edition.
[87]The residence of this facetious baron. Leland says, that "Mr. Rokeby hath a place called Mortham, a little beneath Grentey-bridge, almost on the mouth of Grentey." "This place and Rokeby," says Hutchinson, "were, in very distant ages, in the possession of the Rokebies; Robert de Rokeby lived in the time of the Conqueror. By the arms and date on Mortham tower, it appears that it was built in 1166 by the Rokebies."
[87]The residence of this facetious baron. Leland says, that "Mr. Rokeby hath a place called Mortham, a little beneath Grentey-bridge, almost on the mouth of Grentey." "This place and Rokeby," says Hutchinson, "were, in very distant ages, in the possession of the Rokebies; Robert de Rokeby lived in the time of the Conqueror. By the arms and date on Mortham tower, it appears that it was built in 1166 by the Rokebies."
[88]The rope about the sow's neck.
[88]The rope about the sow's neck.
[89]Ralph Rokeby married Margery, eldest daughter and co-heir of Robert Danby, esq., of Yafforth near Northallerton, by a daughter of sir Richard Conyers, knt. Her will is dated 27 Sep. 1540.—See Richmond Wills by Surtees Soc.
[89]Ralph Rokeby married Margery, eldest daughter and co-heir of Robert Danby, esq., of Yafforth near Northallerton, by a daughter of sir Richard Conyers, knt. Her will is dated 27 Sep. 1540.—See Richmond Wills by Surtees Soc.
[90]This line is illegible according to Scott; but Bell in his Ballads gives the verse:—Scho gav her meete upon the flower[Scho made a bed beneath a bower,With moss and broom besprent;The sewe was gentle as mote be,Ne rage ne ire flashed fra her e'e,Scho seemèd wele content.]
[90]This line is illegible according to Scott; but Bell in his Ballads gives the verse:—
Scho gav her meete upon the flower[Scho made a bed beneath a bower,With moss and broom besprent;The sewe was gentle as mote be,Ne rage ne ire flashed fra her e'e,Scho seemèd wele content.]
Scho gav her meete upon the flower[Scho made a bed beneath a bower,With moss and broom besprent;The sewe was gentle as mote be,Ne rage ne ire flashed fra her e'e,Scho seemèd wele content.]
Scho gav her meete upon the flower[Scho made a bed beneath a bower,With moss and broom besprent;The sewe was gentle as mote be,Ne rage ne ire flashed fra her e'e,Scho seemèd wele content.]
Scho gav her meete upon the flower
[Scho made a bed beneath a bower,
With moss and broom besprent;
The sewe was gentle as mote be,
Ne rage ne ire flashed fra her e'e,
Scho seemèd wele content.]
[91]Each one.
[91]Each one.
[92]Since then, after that.
[92]Since then, after that.
[93]The above lines are wanting in Dr. Whitaker's copy.
[93]The above lines are wanting in Dr. Whitaker's copy.
[94]Cease, stop.
[94]Cease, stop.
[95]Run.
[95]Run.
[96]Warlock, or wizard.
[96]Warlock, or wizard.
[97]Harm.
[97]Harm.
[98]Need.
[98]Need.
[99]Dr. Whitaker's copy reads, perhaps better:—"The fiend would ding you down ilk one."
[99]Dr. Whitaker's copy reads, perhaps better:—
"The fiend would ding you down ilk one."
"The fiend would ding you down ilk one."
"The fiend would ding you down ilk one."