The History and Antiquities of Selby, ... containing its ancient and present state, ecclesiastical and civil; ... with notices of ... Brayton, and the townships of Thorpe Willoughby, Burn, Barlow, Hambleton, and Gateforth

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THE MARKET PLACE. SELBY J THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBY, %n the West Hiding of the County of f ut*, CONTAINING ITS ANCIENT AND PRESENT STATE, ECCLESIASTICAL AND CIVIL, COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS PUBLIC RECORDS, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC EVIDENCES ; WITH NOTICES OF THE NEIGHBOUKING PARISH OF BRAYTON AND THE TOWNSHIPS OF THORPE WILLOUGHBY, BURN, BARLOW, HAMBLETON, AND GATEFORTH. BY WILBERFORCE MORRELL. w. Subscribers' Coptt. SELBY : W. B. BELLERBY. LONDON : WHITTAKER AND CO 1867. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM HENRY FORESTER DENISON, BARON LONDESBOROUGH, LORD OF THE MANOR OF SELBY, etc., etc., THIS WORK, (BY HIS LORDSHIP'S MOST GRACIOUS PERMISSION,) IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, BY HIS LORDSHIP'S OBEDIENT AND HUMBLE SERVANT, W. WILBERFORCE MORRELL. V PKEFACE. The history of a particular Town, though it cannot, in the variety of the events it comprehends, or the grandeur of the subject it handles, be compared with that of a nation or empire, yet connects with it importance and utility.

However uneventful it may appear, there will be found some incidents which well deserve to be recorded, and, being peculiarly interesting to natives, they furnish an appropriate introduction to the study of general history. Such a history is united with that of the kingdom to which it belongs, and of the ages through which it has stood, and pub lications of this kind, founded on authentic records, and executed with accuracy and fidelity, have therefore a natural claim on the attention ofthe particular place or district of which they treat, and they who, by birth, residence, or any other circumstance, are connected with it, feel a peculiar concern in a review of those actions of which it has been the theatre. For these reasons the History of Selby may claim attention. Ecclesiastically considered it has attractions of great interest, and, as the site of one of the most famous Monasteries of the North of England, founded by William the Conqueror, and of which the abbat possessed the high distinction of a Lord of Parliament, it admirably illustrates the early religious history of our country.

To the researches of intelligent antiquaries we owe the preservation of valuable and authentic documents by which we are enabled to investigate the institutions and events of early times, and trace the manners of our ancestors. A recent in stance of this is found in the light which the Master of the Rolls Commission, by the publication of extract* from the National Records, is throwing upon the monuments and fountains of our history, making them to become brighter and brighter as the years roll away. A succession of works has gradually appeared for the elucidation of our past, the very existence of which was VI

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. unknown to the generality of English readers of the last generation, and they have been edited with a care, assiduity, and fervour of scholarship that has done much to increase the efficiency of all such efforts as the present. Our own County is especially rich in materials of this kind. Roger Dodsworth, Dr. Burton, Dr. Johnson, Torre, and Archp. Sharp have left MSS. which will ever be the wonder and ad miration of historical students, whilst Thoresby, Dr. Whitaker, and Drake are as yet unsurpassed as local historians ; and still, Mr. George Lawton, in 1840, describing the portions of York shire, the history of which was as yet unwritten, mentions the town and district of Selby as the most important. It has not, however, been wholly overlooked. In the year 1800, "The History of Selby, Ancient and Modern," was pub lished by Mr. James Mountain, who carried on business as a watchmaker and bookseller in the Wide -street.

He wisely availed himself of the labours of Dr. Burton, and thus brought within the reach of his neighbours the valuable information which had been published about forty years before. His father followed what was then the principal calling of Selby men, that of a sailor, and was drowned in its pursuit. All the family were brought up to the same occupation, but James, the youngest son, gave it up for a more congenial life. He died on the 29th of March, 1815, and is buried in Selby Church-yard, though there is no stone to mark the spot. Among his papers he left a MS. history of Pontefract, which was half completed at his death. He left a son and daughter, and the latter still resides in Ousegate, Selby. The remaining copies of his work were dispersed at the time of his death. In the year 1820, Barnard Clarkson, esq., of Selby, banker, a gentleman of considerable literary attainments, devoted much time and money to the preparation of a more complete history of the town.

For this purpose he is said to have visited Paris in search of the original MS. of the Legendary History referred to in the following pages, and, taking the new edition of the Monasticon for his guide, he copied most of the charters and other illustrative documents in the British Museum. He also had executed engravings, by Fowler, of Lincoln, of the stained glass

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. VII in the east window of the Abbey Church, and of the tomb of one of the abbats. It is much to be regretted that his work was never completed. The MS. is stated by Mr. Lawton to have been taken by Mr. Thomas Clarkson to the Swan River, in Australia, and the impressions of the plates passed into the hands of the late Edward Parker, esq., of Selby and Alkincoats. Nothing further was attempted until the year 1835, when, shortly after the opening of the Leeds and Selby Railway, a hand-book was published, entitled ■' The Tourist's Companion, or the History of the Scenes and Places on the route by the Railroad and Steam-packet from Leeds and Selby to Hull." It was written by Mr. Edward Parsons, of Leeds, whose history of that place may serve as a model for similar works. The town of Selby was fortunate in having identified with it one who worthily bore a name so deservedly honoured in the religious history of the county.

Within the compass of eighty pages, Mr. Parsons most graphically describes the noticeable features in the history of Selby. But the work shared the fate of its predeces sor, and has long been out of print. Lastly, the late Dr. Bateman had at one time intended publish ing a new edition of Mountain's History, an undertaking for which he was admirably fitted, alike by his varied accomplish ments, as by the strong interest he always took in the place of his birth. His lamented death, however, took place before it could be undertaken. The writer, therefore, has presumed to hope that a further attempt would be acceptable to the public. The work must speak for itself as to how it has been accomplished. The reader is reminded that in works of this character it is impossible to make each portion equally interesting, as many particulars which cannot be passed over, must always be limited in their interest to a special class of readers.

In one of its most important chapters, viz., the notices of the religious societies in the town, it has been his aim to treat the subject strictly as a matter of history, avoiding on the one hand the charge of bigotry, and on the other the affectation of libe rality, being, so far as this work is concerned, neither an apolo gist nor a partisan. Greater care has been bestowed upon the

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. notices of the different Nonconformist societies than is usual in works of this description, in the hope that the memory of the self-denying labours of many inhabitants of Selby may thus be preserved, when all earthly record of them would otherwise have passed away. A wholesome taste is growing among us for the study of bio graphy. We are learning to feel with Milton, that a good record of a good man's history is " the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." Besides the men great enough to be spoken of in separate and lengthy volumes, the history of every thriving town abounds in names well worth remembering. So in like manner it has given the writer pleasure to endeavour to preserve a record of the labours of those, who have in any respect, rendered public services to the town of Selby, and which it has been his aim to do with candour and impartiality.

The interest with which the work has been expected since its preparation was announced, and the uniform kindness with which applications for information have been responded to, has been most encouraging to the writer. The difficulties in its suc cessful accomplishment have been neither few nor slight, and were scarcely realized at the commencement of his labours, and its publication would have been gladly deferred for some time longer, had it been possible, in order that, when accomplished, it might have been more worthy the acceptance of his readers. It is the first essay of the kind from his pen, his pretensions to the character of an antiquary are very small, and, as its preparation could only be undertaken at intervals of leisure from other duties, it has been found to be a work which required more industry in collecting, and more labour in composing, than he at first conceived would be necessary.

The task has, however, always been an agreeable one, and no toil has been spared in its completion. In the various Public Libraries many detached notices of the transactions of the abbey are to be found, but their contents afford more information upon the civil than the domestic con cerns of the monastery, consisting of charters, grants, and privileges, records of great value to the original proprietors, but

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. IX presenting no view behind the monastic curtain. These, to gether with widely scattered notices, sifted from the numerous printed books which have been consulted, but of which the greater number are mere transcripts one from another, contain the materials from which the sketch of the monastic history has been compiled. The invaluable collections relating to the subject at the British Museum have been carefully examined, and also those at the Bodleian Library, the Record Office, and the library of the Dean and Chapter of York, as far as possible. The Right Hon. Lord Londesborough not only did the writer the honour of accepting the dedication of the work, but most generously placed at his disposal the collection of Compoti and Fabric Rolls, and other MSS. relating to the Abbey, in his possession, which illustrate the history of the manor in more recent times.

This favour has been greatly increased in value by the gener ous aid given to the writer by the Rev. Canon Raine, M.A, to whom has descended not merely a name honoured in all the North of England for devotion to historical and topographical studies, but also the same talents and pursuits. What was done by the late Dr. Raine for the neighbouring county of Durham, the Rev. Canon Raine, by his invaluable works edited for the Surtees Society, (a mine of wealth for all topographical students,) and his other contributions for the history of the county, is doing for Yorkshire. Duties so arduous and important would have been a sufficient reason for declining any assist ance in the preparation of these pages, and the author is there fore unable adequately to express his sense of the kindness thus bestowed on him.

The geological map of Selby has been obligingly completed by direction of Sir Roderick I. Murchison, K.C.B., the director general of the Geological Survey of Great Britan, that of a por tion of the parish only having been as yet published by the department ; and the valuable remarks on the geology of Selby have been kindly communicated by Professor Phillips, D.C.L. To the Rev. F. W. Harper, and the Rev. Henry Greeves, the writer is indebted for permission to examine the registers and other documents in their charge, and the same obligation ex- X

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. tends to Mr. George Lowther, who, as the vestry clerk of Selby, has the custody of the parish books extending over 200 years, and who, when all others were indifferent, has ever laboured to preserve in the town the love of antiquarian and local facts, of which he has been long a most dilligent collector. To Mr William Wheater, a fellow native of Selby, and the talented author of " The History of Cawood and Sherburn" — his first, but it is to be hoped not his last, attempt to illustrate our local topography, the writer is indebted for the communication of much interesting information. He will ever entertain a very respectful and grateful sense of the readiness with which many facts have been furnished by other gentlemen to whom the pages of the work do not give him an opportunity to refer, whilst to name them here, might have the appearance of seeking to share a responsibility that after all devolves on the writer.

In one department, that of the photographic illustrations, the writer congratulates his subscribers on the skill with which they have been executed by his friend, Mr. William Monkhouse, of York ; he would also acknowledge how much the interest of the work is enhanced by the generous contributions of the Artist whose productions grace its pages ; and, however unusual it may be to refer to it here, he cannot help stating how much it is owing to the liberality of the publisher, in having readily ac ceded to every suggestion to increase the attractions of the work, that the following pages are furnished to the subscribers at a price so nearly approaching the cost of their production ; the joint aim of the author and publisher having been to foster a spirit of intelligent interest and enquiry among the inhabitants of Selby into the history of their town and neigh bourhood.

In conclusion, this attempt to place on record the past history and present state of the writer's native town, is made in the hope that at some future day it may fall to another to describe the still increasing prosperity and importance of the Town of Selby. W. W. M. York, 28th Dec., 1866. G. LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury His Grace the Lord Archbishop of York.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, K.G. The Most Noble His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K The Right Hon. the Earl Percy, M.P. The Right Hon. the Earl de Grey and Ripon The Right Hon. the Earl Halifax The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Durham The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lincoln The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Ripon The Right Hon. Lord Londesborough, (1 copies) The Right Hon. Lord Wharncliffe The Right Hon. Lord Feversham The Right Hon. Lord Houghton The Right Hon. T. H. Sotheron Estcourt, (2 copies) The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of York The Sheriff of York Audus, James, esq., Selby, (5 copies) Art Library, South Kensington Museum Akroyd, Edward, esq., M.P., Halifax Abbey, Mr. John B., Darlington Adams, Mr. John, Selby Armstrong, Mr. William, Selby Armstrong, Mr. William, Brayton Armstrong, Mr. James, Selby Andrews, Mr. Nathaniel, Selby Allison, Mr. William, Selby Aldam, W., esq., Frickley Hall, Doncaster Abbot, Mr. Serjeant, Selby Ayre, Mrs., Northallerton Bateman, Mrs. Walthamstow, 4 copies Bannister, Anthony, esq., Hull Beecroft, George S., esq., M.P., Leeds Benbow, John Henry, esq, Lincoln's-inn, London Beilby, Rev. D., M.A, Incumbent of St. Peter's, Forsbrook Buckler, J. C, esq., Oxford Brooke, Mr. G., Regent-square, Doncaster Brooke, Rev. R, Gateforth House Burch, Mr. W. P., London Burton, Thomas, esq., Turnham Hall Bantoft, Alfred, esq., Selby Burkitt, John, esq., Selby Burton, Mrs., Abbey-place, Selby Bradley, Mr. John, Ousegate, Selby Burtt, Jonathan, esq, Heworth, York Brookes, E., esq, Bradford Bennett, Mr.

William, Selby Carr, Mrs., Carr Lodge, Wakefield, (2 copies) Clarke, Thomas, esq., M.A., Knedlington Manor Clark, Richard Audus, esq., York Cheesman, Mr. George, Selby Conway, Mr. George, Selby Crosskill, William, esq., Beverley Chaplin, Mr. R. L., Menthorpe Cutting, Mr. Thomas J., Selby Cumberland, Mr. George E, Selby [copies) Cusworth, Mr. W., Mechanics' Institute, Rotherham, (3 Clough, Thomas, esq., Howden Clough, Mr. Thomas, Goole Crookes, St. John, esq., Penshaw, Fence Houses Child, Mr. Nehemiah, Hillam, South Milford Denison, E. Beckett, esq., Q.C., London Dickinson, Mr. John, Selby Duncombe, Hon. and Very Rev. Aug., Dean of York Dunn, Mr. Jon., Kelfield Dunn, Mrs., Selby Dyson, William, esq., Clifton Cottage, York Ellison, Christ., esq., Adelphi Bank, Liverpool, (2 copies) Ellison, Mr. John, Liverpool Eyre, Mrs. Jane, Easingwold Farrow, Rev. J. R., B.A., Riccall, Forrest, Mr. Charles, Rotherham Fothergill, John, esq., Selby Foster, Mr. John, Selby, (2 copies) Fleeman, Mr. James, Selby Fox, W. J., esq., Hatfield Faulding, Mr. Jos., 340, Euston-road, London, (2 copies) Foster, Mr. William, Selby Fisher, Mr. Henry, Bank, Wolverhampton Frank, F. B., esq., Campsall Hall, Doncaster Greenwell, Rev. William, M.A., Durham Gallsworthy, Mr. Richard, B arrogate Green, Mr. Thomas, London Grainge, Mr. William, Harrogate Graham, Mrs., Wistow Lordship Green, Mr. Thomas, Selby Gilliam, Mr. J., Barlow Hall Garside, Mr., Wide-street, Selby Hailstone, Edward, esq., Horton Hall, Bradford Hartas, Isaac, esq., Ravenswyke Hall, Kirby-moorside Hardisty, Mr.

Thomas, Selby Harper, Edward, esq., Brunswick Terrace, Brighton Harper, Rev. F. W., M.A., Selby Harris, Mr. John, York Harrison, Rev. J., Aughton Vicarage Haigh, John L., esq., Selby, (5 copies) Haigh, Mr. J. C, Selby Hawdon, Thomas, esq , Selby, (2 copies) Hutchinson, Jon., esq., Finsbury Circus, London Hutchinson, Mr. Charles, Selby Hemsworth, Benjamin, esq, Monk Fryston Hall Helm, Mr., Rest Park Hodgson, William, esq, Grimston Hodgson, Mr. Arthur, Selby Hepper, W. E., esq., Mount Pleasant, Leeds Hepper, Mr. Joseph, Leeds Horner, Mrs. W., Hartlepool Holdsworth, Mr. David, Selby Hutchinson, Mr. William, Gunby Hutchinson, Mr. Francis, Cheltenham Hull Subscription Library Hunter, Miss, Bubwith Hepton, John A., esq., Bubwith Hood, Mrs. John, Selby Hiss, Rev. Dr., Gateforth Jackson, Miss, Crescent, Selby Jackson, Miss, Gowthorpe, Selby Jones, Rev. G., Selby Johnson, Mr. J., Garforth Lodge, Malton Killick, H. F., esq, Bradford Lawley, the Hon. and Rev. S. W, Escrick Rectory Longstaffe, Mr. J. W., Stratford, Essex Lowther, Mr. George, Selby Leethem, Miss Mary, Selby Liversidge, Mr, Selby Liversidge, Mr. Henry, Selby Liversidge, Lieut, Selby, (2 copies) Liversidge, Mr. Thomas, Selby Leng, Mr. J. W, Hull Luden, Mr. C. M, York Milner, Sir W. M. E, Nunappleton Meek, James, esq, Middlethorpe Lodge, York Meek, Mr. Joseph, Wigan Morton, Mr. Edward, Malton Morton, Mrs. Harcourt, Masham Matthewman, Mr. Wistow Millington, Mr. J, Otley Morley, Mr. John, Owsthorpe [Matlock Morrall, Michael Thomas, esq, F.S.A, Balmoral House, Moss, Mr.

Benjamin, Selby Maister, John, esq, Camblesforth Hall McGachen, Rev. J. D, St. Bartholomew's Parish, London Mawson, Mr. William, Boston Spa Nicholson, Mr. W. H, Malton Norwood, Rev. Thomas, Cheltenham Newenham, Rev. B. B, Bilton Oldridge, Mr. J, Selby Organ, Mr. Richard, Cawood Parker, the late Mrs. Alkincoats, (4 copies) Parker, T. G, esq, Browsholme, (2 copies) Parker, Capt. R. J, Gowthorpe House, Selby, (2 copies) Paver, Mr. W , Peckfield Padbury, Mrs, Elf Hole Phillips, Professor, D.C.L, F.R.S', Oxford Pearson, Matthew, esq, Selby Pearson, Mrs. George, Thornhill, Stourbridge Pick, Mrs, Bubwith, (2 copies) Procter, Miss, Selby Quaritch, Mr. Bernard, 15, Piccadilly, London Ramsden, Sir J. Bart, Byram Hall Reed, Charles, esq, F.A.S, London, for the Library of the Corporation of London, Guildhall Raine, Rev. Canon, M.A, York Richardson, Mrs. H, Langbargh Hall, Great Ay ton Richardson, Mrs, Brooke-street, Selby Richardson, Mr. George Burton, Bradford Richardson, Mr. George, Ashgrove, Bradford Rawson, Miss L. H, Abbey-place Seminary, Selby Robinson, Mr. Thomas, Ship-yard, Selby Rockett, Mr. John H, Goole Roundell, Rev. D. R, M.A, Gledstone, near Skipton Smale, Mr. J. C, Ripon Sykes, Dr, Doncaster Sykes, Christopher, esq, M.P, Sledmere Shaw, Rev. Edward, Selby, (2 copies) Staniland, William, esq, Brayton, (2 copies) Shillito, Mr. William, Selby Smallwood, Edward, esq, (Sheriff of York) Sneyd, C. B, esq, Selby Sherwood, Mr. Robert, Selby Shipston, Mrs, Ousegate, Selby Standering, Mrs, Portholme House, Selby Sykes, Mr, Millgate, Selby Scott, Mr. James, Rokeby Grove, Barnard Castle Sikes, Charles W, esq, Huddersfield Smith, Mr. Charles, Portland-street, York Smith, Mr. David, F.G.S , Birmingham Scott, Mr. Mark, Selby Smithson, Mr. Joseph, Halifax Swain, Mr. E, Selby Stephenson, Thomas, esq, Bradford Storey, Mr. John, Leeds Simpson, Mr, Selby Thompson, Col. G H, Greenhammerton Twist, Mr, Selby Twist, Mr. Christopher, Selby Twist, Mr. T. P., Liverpool Twist, Mr. Joseph, jun, Selby Taylor, Mr. Richard, Selby Todd, Joseph, esq, Selby Todd, Miss, Selby Todd, Miss H, Selby Turner, Mrs, Crescent, Selby Townsley, Mr. T, Kelfield Vickers, Benjamin R, esq. Willow House, Leeds Vise, Mrs, Spalding Walton, Rev. J. L, M.A, Silkstone Wheler, Sir Trevor, Bart, Leamington Warburton, Mr. J. S, Selby Wombwell, Sir George, Bart, Newburgh Park Walker, James, esq, Sandhutton Walker, Rev. Canon, St. Peter's Catholic Church, Scarbrough Wilson, Miss, Masham, (2 copies) Winders, Mr. J, Selby Whitehead, Mrs, Park House, Selby Weddall, Thomas M, esq, Selby, (2 copies) Weddall, Chas. M, esq. West Bank, Carlton.

Weddall, John G, esq. North Hall, Howden, (2 copies) Wood, Mr. Godfrey, Leeds Wheatley, Mrs, Myrtle Villa, Wolverton Whitehead, George, esq, J.P, Riccall Hall Wardell, James, esq, Leeds Wilson, Mr. J, Selby Yarburgh, G. J, esq, Heslington Hall Yates, Robert, esq, Bradford Young, Thomas, esq, Londesborough. A LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PhotograpJis by W. MonJchouse, York. The Market-place, Selby. . . . . . . to face page 17 The Abbey Church, from the North-East, . . . . „ 27 „ from the South-West, . . . . ,,41 „ The Chapter-House, . . . . „ 51 „ from the North, .. .. ,,191 „ The Nave, .. .. .. ,,197 „ The West Doorway, . . . . ,,203 The North Porch, .. .. ,,211 Illustrations. The Abbey Church, from the S.-East, from a drawing by T. Burton, esq. Frontispiece Arms of Selby, . . . . . . . . vignette and page 278 Arms of Lord Londesborough, .. .. .. dedication and page 277 Map of the Town of Selby, (from the Ordnance Survey,) . . page X Letter of Robert Aske to the Sub-prior and Lady Prioress of Wotton, written from Selby, 1536, . . . . . . to face page 110 Signatures of the King's Commissioners to their Letter announcing the dissolution of Selby Abbey, 8th Dec. 1537, . . to face page 112 The Great Gateway, Selby Abbey, a.d. 1783, facing the North, from a drawing in the Bodleian Library, copied by J. A. Morrell, to face page 117 Ditto, from the South, a.d. 1777, ditto . . „ 121 Selby Abbey Church, circa 1800, showing the remains of the Abbey, now destroyed, copied by J. A. Morrell . . . . to face page 131 Selby Autographs, Lords of the Manor, &c. . . .. .. ,, 13S 1.

Sir Ralph Sadler, from MS. in the British Museum. 2. Sir Ralph Sadler, from a letter in the Bodleian Library. 3. Sir Leonard Beckwith, from a deed dated March 10th, 1553. 4. Alice Beckwith, wife of Roger Beckwith, appended to a deed of assignment of lease of Staynor, 1st Dec. 1580. 5. Roger Beckwith, appended to a deed dated 23rd June, 1582. 6. George, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, appended to a deed dated 28th July, 1582. 7. Thomas Hardwick, appended to a deed dated 20th June, 1582. 8. Charles Walmsley, esq, appended to a deed appointing bailiff of Selby, dated 18th Oct. 165*1. 9. Richard Walmsley, esq, appended to a lease dated 14th Oct. 1678. 10. Barth. Walmsley, esq, appended to a deed dated 3rd Feb. 1700. ILLUSTRATIONS. XIX 11. Robert Edward, 9th Lord Petre, appended to a lease of land in Selby, to John Audus, dated 1st Dec. 1792. 12.

Lady Catherine Petre, appended to a deed dated 2nd Feb. 1721. 13. The Hon. E. R. Petre, appended to a deed dated 4th April, 1840. Seals of the Abbey, A.D. 1282, from the original in the Brit. Museum, to face page 166 Selby Tradesmen's Tokens, .. .. .. ,,166 Selby Abbey Church, circa 1660, showing the original Tower, engraved by O. Jewitt .. .. .. .. page 191 Ground Plan of Selby Abbey Church, with part of the Monastic Buildings now destroyed . . . . . . . . „ 193 Selby Abbey Church. Capitals, engraved by O. Jewitt, to face page 195 The Sedilia, do. „ 206 Three compartments of the Altar Screen, do. ,, 206 *»•■ Arms of Parker, . . . . . . . . . . page 252 Arms of Audus, . . . . . . . . . . „ 255 St. James' Church, Selby, built and endowed by James Audus, esq. to face page 258 Selby Autographs, No. 2, .. .. .. .. ,, 27^3 1.

Thomas Cromwell, Secretary of State to Henry VIII. from Harleian MSS. 2. George Lord D'Arcy, 3. George D'Arcy, father and son, from a deed assigning lands in Brayton to Richard Watson, dated 20th Dec. 1558. (see page 316.) 4. Sir Thos. Fairfax, the distinguished Parliamentary General, afterwards 3rd Lord Fairfax, (see p. 153.) From Bishop Tanner's MSS. at the Bodleian Library. 5. The late Lord Londesborough, died 15th Jan. 1860, (see p. 275.) 6. Lord Londesborough, the present peer, (see p. 277.) 7. John Audus, died 29th Jan. 1809. 8. James Audus, (see p. 255.) 9. Edward Parker, died 22nd May, 1865, (see p. 252.) 10. Thomas Wade, died 30th August, 1862, (see p. 267.) 11. Joseph Bateman, died 10th Nov. 1863, (see p. 252.) Selby Rifle Armoury, . . . . * • • • to £ace Pa&e 286 Brayton Church, from the South-East, drawn by J. A. Morrell, „ 301 page 328 Geological Map of the Parishes of Selby and Brayton Arms of Brooke Pasb 27 CONTENTS.

Chapter I. — Introductory — Situation — Etymology — Traces of the Danes and Saxons — The Norman Conquest — Military Events in the Neighbourhood — Birth of Henry I. — Authorities — Domesday Book ... 17

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Selby under the Lord Abbats, a.d. 1069 — 1540. Chapter II. — Rise of Monastic Institutions and their advantages — Copy of the Original Charter of the Abbey, and Translation — Possessions of the Abbey Chapter HI. — History of the Monastery under each of the Abbats — St. Germain, the patron Saint— The call of Benedict, the first Abbat — His mistaking Salisbury for Selby — Description of Selby, a.d. 1070— Visit of the Commander of the York Garrison — Builds a Church — Character of Benedict — Troubles in the Monastery — Reputed Miracles — Hugh, the Second Abbat — Building of the present Church by him — Lives of the succeeding Abbats — Their ser vices to the State, with Notices of the Events affecting the Monastery whilst under their care — Gradual completion of the Abbey Church — Details of the Expenditure of the Abbey, a.d. 1413-14 and following years — Notices of Natives of Selby who attained to distinguished positions in public life — Downfall of Monastic Institutions — The Yorkshire Rebellion of 1536— Letter of Robert Aske from Selby — Visit of the King's Commissioners, a.d. 1537— Their Report— Surrender of the Abbey — List of the Abbats of Selby contents.

XXI 150 Chapter IV. — Description ofthe Monastic Buildings— Valuation by the Commissioners — Arms and Seals of the Abbey 116 PART n. Selby under Sir R. Sadler, the Beckwiths, the Earls of Shrewsbury — the Walmsleys, and the Petres, a.d. 1540—1854. Chapter V. — Biographical Notices of the Lay Lords, and successive transfers of the Manor — Pedigrees of Walmsley and Petre 133 Chapter VI. — The Events of the Great Civil War — Assembling of the Yeomanry at Selby, 1640 — Successive Oc cupation of the Town by the Parliamentary and Royal Forces — Engagements in 1642 and 1643 — List of Prisoners taken — National Thanksgiving ordered by the Parliament — Great Plague of 1604 — Local Coinage — Sessions Records and Con stables' Accounts — Great Floods — -Enclosure of Selby Common — New Turnpike Roads — Aire and Calder Canal — Selby Bridge — Railway Extension .

Chapter VH. — Parochial Endowments — Estate of the Feoffees of of Selby, a.d. 1664 — Its present condition — Chamberlain's, Hudson's, aad Procter's Charities -Blue Coat School 180 Chapter VIH. — The Abbey Church. Parish Church formerly situated on the Church Hill — The Abbey Church made Parochial 1618 — Architectural description — Fall of the Tower, 1690 — Subscribers to its re building — The Bells, Clock, and Organ — Succes sive Improvements to the fabric — List of the In cumbents of Selby — National Schools — Ejected Ministers in Selby and the neighbourhood, a.d. 1662 THE HISTORY OF SELBY. XXII 238 275 Chapter IX. — Arms in the Church, past and present, with notices of the Families — Testamentary Burials — Epitaphs destroyed and those now existing 216 Chapter X. — Parish Registers — Their Introduction — Curious Entries in the Early Registers — Traces of the Civil War — Distinguished Natives of Selby — Thomas Johnson, the botanist — Smithson Tennant — Dr. Bateman, Parker, Audus, and others Chapter XI. — History of the Nonconformist Denominations: Society of Friends.

Criminal Prosecution for Dis turbances at Church, a.d. 1652. — Unitarians. Notice of the Millgate Chapel and Trust Estate, from a.d. 1699; Mrs. Bacon's Bequest. — Wesleyan Methodists. Mr. Wesley's Visits to Selby, a.d. 1759 and 1788. Progress in Chapel Building. Names of early Wesleyans and Trustees. — Inde pendents. Introduction in 1808. Building of Chapels. Names of Pastors and present Trustees. — Primitive Methodists. When introduced. Erection of present Chapel, and names of Trustees. — Roman Catholics. Early History in Selby. Rev. C. Forestier and Rev. G. Best. The Petre Family. Erectiou of the present Church by Mrs. Petre, and Description 259 PART IH. Selby under Lord Londesborough, from a.d. 1854. Chapter XH. — The late Lord Londesborough — Geology — Survey of the Town, Ancient and Modern — Public Institu tions, Local Government, Sanitary Works, and Burial Board. — Political Notices — Trade — Chari table Societies — Peace Rejoicings — Great Floods