your fathers evidence": Whereuppon search beeing made by him, hee found the booke, and delivered itt unto him: whereby W: Comis D: conveys over lande and goodes ejus Comitis: reserveing onely Bidst and 1000 per annum: In this provisio facta pro Dom: R: 5: This booke delivered in loco predicto to P: W: with this chardge, and commaund: that the same should bee most carefully kept, and laid uppe against his comeing that summer ad L: where was then D: de T: This was receaved by P: W: and itt was promised: butt att his comeing ad L: and that hee was desired to peruse the evidence in Eagl: Tow: Soe soone as hee came thereinto: hee spoake thus to P: W: "Lett us begin where wee last left: Where is that booke I gave you att Lond: in loco predicto?" Hee answered in such a box; where searching, noe such thing was to bee found: every box, till and corner searched, butt itt was nott to be found in that house: Quare utrum nil negatur super sacramentum P: W:

This man the most understanding, able, and industrious justice of peace in this kingdome.

Noe warrant graunted out butt he takes notice thereof in a booke: and att sessions an account demaunded of all those warrants sent out which if the constables to whom they are delivered, doe not exequute nor returne, and give an account: they are called uppon att the sessions: or if those that require and procure the warrants keepe them in their hands, and make use of them for their owne ends and doe nott deliver them to bee served they are bound over to the sessions.

This day a widdow by him ordered to bee committed, because shee refused to pay the money, which was five pound, committed to hir husband as overseer of the poor of the pareish whose stocke this was shee beeing his exequutor: this hee said might bee justified, and that the law thus directs.

To cure a straine of the back sinewes: Ralph Hungate's1 receipt practised uppon old, cripple, and many other horses with good succes:

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Receave of euphorsion 10a three pennieworth: as much cantharides: Lett these bee bruised and mingled with Oile de Bay, 3 pennieworth or for want thereof with swine's grease rendred: whereof you make an ointment or salve, if it bee a great or an old straine you must add unto itt 1: or 2: pennieworth of white mercurie (more or less to bee used as in discretion you thinke fitt and according to the straine). This beeing mingled with the former to bee applied thus:-When all the haire is clipt of where the swelling and straine is: then allsoe shave itt with a sharpe razeor and afterwards with a penknife sharpe and well whetted, launce itt downe the backe and swelled and strained part of the legg in 3 or 4 long razes: and the ointment with your hand is to bee rubbed and chafed uppon the place shaved and launced: if your horse be unruely hee must bee cast: then take a fire-shovell, red hott, or a red hott iron plate and hold before the

10 Probably Ralph Hungate of Sandhutton, third son of William Hungate of Saxton.

10a Euphorbia or Euphorbium.

place thus anointed untill the ointment sinke and drench into the skin : These cautions to bee observed:

1. First, the horse is to be tied soe short as that hee cannott reach itt with his mouth, least hee gnaw when itt smarts, and bee poisoned, after 24 hours thus tied you may turne him out of doores, for he must not stand still in the stable: This beeing thus anointed will blister within half an houre or an houre:

2. Observe whether itt swell upwards and towards the bodye which if you discerne speediely with milke anoint and with your hand stroake the swelling downewards twixt his briskett and his knee. He must (sic) diligently watched and attended and after 5 or 6 dayes you must anoint the same with fresh butter.

[1635] Junii 10. I went from Allerstone11 to Ellenthorpella in 5 houres. Where discourseing about the great storme I was there credibly informed that uppon Ribstone Moore (which is neere Sir Henn: Gooderickes 12 in Yorkesh :) there perished 7 persons in the storme nott 12 score from their habitations: and a woeman neere Goolesborrow, Judg Huttons,13 that attained to the doore of hir husbands house beeing shutt: one of hir maides saw hir att the doore thorow the window: butt shee beeing spent, sate downe uppon a blocke before the doore. They went unto and opened the doore in all hast and found hir quite dead. Sea fish uppon the coast of Lanckashire perished in the storme 50 cart loade together.

Great complaint here att Failkirk in Scottl: as of the last winters extremitie of cold, frost and snow: wherein perished many in their houses for want of releefe: divers and many houses, beeing buried in the snow, and could nott bee found, butt by the smoake of the chimneyes: many sheepe and cattle perished in this storme. Soe now, they are mightiely punished with extreme drought; which as itt keepes downe their summer, soe allsoe doth itt hinder the winter

11 Thomas Egerton of Allerston in Pickering Lythe was second son of Sir Richard Egerton of Ridley in Cheshire, knight, and brother of Richard Egerton of Ridley, who married the Diarist's sister.

lla Ellenthorpe, near Boroughbridge.

12 Sir Henry Goodrick of Ribston, eldest son of Richard Goodrick of the same place, was educated at Queen's College, Oxford, where he matriculated 23rd July, 1596, being then 18 years of age. He was admitted to Gray's Inn 22nd November, 1598; knighted 11th May, 1603, and was subsequently appointed Vice-President of the Council of the North. Dying 22nd July, 1641, he was buried at Ribston, where there is a monumental inscription. Cf. Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, ed. Clay, vol. i, p. 55.

13 Sir Richard Hutton of Goldsborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, son of Anthony Hutton of Hutton, near Penrith, was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, admitted to Gray's Inn 26th October, 1580, called to the bar 16th June, 1586, sergeant at law 1603, recorder of York 1608, recorder of Ripon 1610, puisne judge, 1617, being knighted 13th April, 1617, and keeper of the Great Seal of Durham, 1631. He was one of the judges in the trial of Hampden on his refusal to pay Ship Money and was one of five judges who gave judgment in his favour. Dying 26th February, 1638/9, he was buried at St. Dunstan in the West.

corne from shooteing freely.

A most extreme winter allsoe hath here been in Ireland: and such drought, and extreme heate here att Ennerscoffie14 and Washford,1 15 as doth burne uppe all their corne and grass: These heates began Julye 7: and itt was as extreme violent hott weather as ever I felt in my life from this day. Itt did exceedingly distemper us to travell in the heate of the day, or indeed any time of the day; except there were some cooleing refreshing wind: dureing this time the wind stood most easterly: This extreme hott scortching weather did continue in Ireland untill about 21 Julii : uppon which day was much raine and itt continued dropping weather untill wee left Ireland Jul 25. In all high field grounds much want of hay and grass: which is burnt uppe insoemuch as Mr. Ward mine host att Waterford affirmed that where hee had two loade of hay last yeare, hee had scarce one this yeare: Here allsoe they had extreme stormes of frost, and snow: And when I came into Engl: Julii 26 I found the like wants and complaints in Engl: I paid att Bristoll 12d. day and night hay: and att Bath 10d. a night for hay: and a minister affirmed unto mee, comeing twixt Bath and Bristoll, that where they had 20 loade of hay last yeare they had nott 4 loade this yeare. About this time here was much dropping weather. Mightiely punished in this countrie by drought and much more in the south: Here they are constrained to putt their melch kine into their meadowes: noe raine to speake of hath fallen here since the storme: and in the Bishopricke noe grasse allmost to bee found, nor any low meadowes.

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Ju: 19. Wee left Ellenthorpe: whence to Catericke Brig is 12 miles faire way: Leemeing Lane 7 long: as straight levell way as is Wattling-streete from the Cross16 twixt Hintley17 and Lutterworth to Adderstone.18 From Caterig-brigg19 to Piers-brig20 7 miles a straight way allsoe: thence to Bishoppe Auckland 7 mile. lodged att Newton 2 miles out of the roade, and from Peires Brig, with generous Mr. Henerye Blackstone,1 younger brother to Sir W: Blackst of Gibsett, whose eldest son married my cosin Mary Eggert: Here I was kindly and neately entertained and this gent: brought mee (sic) Aukeland: invited mee to his brother's and his nephew Wrens,-Mr. Linsley Wren who married Sir W: Blackst: daughter a fine gentl: very livelye, and of a free cariage etc.,

Here hee lodged all night, and (uppon his returne to Auckland next morne :) staide with mee untill evening.

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Query Enniscorthy or Enniscoffey, co. Westmeath.
Query Waterford.

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19 Catterick-bridge.

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Henry Blakiston of Archdeacon Newton, brother of Sir William Blakiston of Gibside, died in 1641. His son Sir William Blakiston, a colonel in the service of Charles I., married the Diarist's kinswoman, Mary, daughter of Sir Richard Egerton of Ridley in Cheshire. See Surtees, Durham, vol. II, p. 255.

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Junii 20. Wee went from this good famielye uppon Sat: 20: Ju and by the way in his grounds hee showed good marle; he breedes about 20 calves yeerely: I saw hansome wellikeing stirkes of his about 20: This morneing I tasted pure white honey out of the last yeares combe. Here bees prosper well, though itt bee soe much north; here is about 18 hives: none perished last winter: The mouthes stopped in winter close uppe: onely to admitt fire, butt a little hole bee made with a stick: The hives were onely covered on the top with a clod of earth, and are indeed verye strong and substantiall: In some places in this countrey they remoove their hives in winter into their houses: They yeeld most profitt, and purest honey, if they live nott above 2 or 3 yeeres: and then may bee drowned: A good hive worth 17. 10s. 0. or 27. per annum. Soe much were their bees worth: Here I saw the most and best purest honey that I ever met withall: One great pott worth 5 or 61. Greater profitt herein than in any other commoditie, and with least trouble and chardge:

This day att Bishoppe-Auckland with Dr. Moreton,2 Bishopp of Durham, who maintaines great hospitalitie, in an orderly well governed house, and is a very worthy reverend bishoppe: whose importunitie I could nott resist who when I offered to take leave, brought mee into my chamber:

This castle as itt is a stately, pleasaunt seate, of great receipt, soe is itt of great strength, compassed with a thicke stone wall seated uppon the side of an hill, uppon a rocke: a river running below: and good store of wood (though little timber) encompassing above.

Here is a verye faire, neate hall, as I have found in any bishopps palace3 in Engl: Two chapples belong hereunto: the one over the

2 Thomas Morton, born at York 20 March, 1564, being son of Richard Morton of that city, mercer and alderman, was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, of which society he was elected scholar in 1584, B.A. 1586, M.A. 1590, B.D. 1598, D.D. 1606. He was successively rector of Long Marston, chaplain to Ralph, Lord Eure when ambassador extraordinary to the Emperor, in which office he not only became acquainted with many learned men but had an opportunity of furnishing his library by judicious purchases at Frankfort. He was made dean of Gloucester in 1607, dean of Winchester in 1609, prebendary of York in 1610, bishop of Chester 1616, bishop of Lichfield 1618, and bishop of Durham in 1632. When in 1641 it was resolved that cathedral establishments should be suppressed, Dr. Morton with other of his brethren protested and was impeached and his revenues sequestrated. The proceedings against him were allowed to drop, but in 1645 he again came into conflict with the Government of the day and in the following year he was deprived of the revenues of the see. A considerable annual allowance was promised him though apparently never paid. He died in retirement 22 September, 1659, aged 94. There is an engraved portrait of Bp. Morton in Hutchinson, History of Durham, vol. 1, p. 495.

3A full account of the Bishop of Durham's house at Auckland, may be found in Raine, Auckland Castle, Durham, 1852. For notices of the original chapels built by Bishop Bek in 1308, described by the Diarist, and for an exhaustive description of the present magnificent chapel, see a paper by the Rev. J. F. Hodgson in Arch. Ael., 2 ser., vol. xvii, pp. 113-240.

other the higher a most daintie, neate, light, pleasaunt place: butt the voice is soe drowned, and swallowed by the echo, as few wordes can bee understoode. The tower is made use of uppon Sabbathdayes: where 21 Ju: Dr. Dod1 now Deane of Rippon made an excellent sermon: great resort hither on Sab: by the neighbourhood: one sermon in mor: and praiers in aftern: Here are 3 dineing roomes: a faire matted gallerye: wherein there was placed on both sides these pictures: Jo: Huss: Hierom of Prauge: Luther: Zuinglius Cranmer: Latymer: Whittakers: Wickcliffe: Calvin : Beza: Perkins: Bullinger: Jewell: Fagius: Ridley: Bradford: Zanchius: Bucer: etc. and none butt of this straine.5

A daintie, stately parke, wherein I saw wild bulls and kine which had 2 calves runners: There are about 20 wild beasts all white: will nott endure your approach; butt if they bee enraged or distressed, very violent and furious: their calves will bee wondrous fatt.6

Apud Prandium, this 20 Junii: A discourse per ipsum episcopum of a petition or supplication presented to the Queen Eliz: by a girle of 12 or 14 yeares of age: whose father was injuriously committed to prison by the meanes and greatness of my L: Hunsdon then L: Chamb: who beeing committed sends for a daughter, a child of pregnant witt and parts: and gives hir money to pay for hir fraught8 : directs hir to take presently a paire of oares to Greenwitch: and to goe directly to the Queen and nott to impart unto any hir errand : onely shee was by hir father directed to answer all that questioned hir: I have a supplication hir Mtie. Shee was brought uppe into the

4 Thomas Dod, D.D., dean of Ripon, is mentioned in Six North Country Diaries, p. 30n. He died in February, 1647-8.

5 John Huss, the Bohemian reformer and martyr, born 1370, died 1415. Jerome of Prague, the friend and disciple of John Huss, born circa 1365, burnt 1416. Luther, the reformer, born 1483, died 1546. Zuinglius, the Swiss reformer, born 1484, died 1531. Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury and reformer, born 1489, burnt 1556, to whose wisdom the Book of Common Prayer owes much. Latimer, bishop of Worcester and a Marian martyr, died 1555. William Whittaker, Master of St. John's College and protestant controversialist, born 1547; died 1595. Wickliffe, the reformer, born 1324, died 1384. Calvin, the Swiss reformer, born 1509, died 1564. Beza, protestant theologian, born 1519, died 1605. William Perkins, fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, and protestant controversialist, born 1558, died 1602. Bullinger, a Swiss reformer, born 1504, died 1575. Jewell, bishop of Salisbury, a protestant apologist, born 1522, died 1571. Fagius, a German protestant, died at Cambridge in 1550, aged 44. Ridley, bishop of London, one of the Marian martyrs, died 1555. John Bradford, a Marian martyr, died 1555. Zanchius, otherwise Zanchi, an Italian protestant, born 1516, died at Heidelburg, 1590. Bucer, the reformer, born 1491, died 1551.

The wild cattle at Auckland remained until the Civil War.

Sir Henry Carey, first cousin of Q. Elizabeth, was created Baron Hunsdon in 1559, and held many important public offices. He was Lord Chamberlain of the Household from 1585 to his death in 1596.

Fraught the hire of a boat for the transportation of a freight or cargo, New English Dictionary.