The buriall of Martha Widap the 10 1698 The burieall of Jonas Smith the 14 in the 82 year of his age 1699 day of the : 7 month day of the 2 month : The Buriall of Mary Clayton the Wife of Michael Clayton the 21 day of the 2 month in the year of our Lord 1699 the buriall of John Smith the 20 day of May 1699 The Burial of William Clayton the 12: day of th: 4: month 1699 The buriall of William Clayton the 5 day of th 8 month in the year 1700 : : The Buriall of William Pighels the 8 day of th: 9 month in the year 1700 ye Sarah Clayton Widdow to Wm Claton Buried the 16 day of 9th month her husband died in 1699 as above 1700 William Clayton of Stanbury Taken out of ye Body the 2d day of the 8th month and buried the 5th of the same 1700 Sara Clayton Wife of the Same William Clayton Taken out of the Body the 28th of the 9th month and was buried the 3d of the 10 month 1700 Sara Smith Daughter of Jonas Smith of Cold Knowle near Stanbury Taken out of the Body the 23th of the 10th month and buried the 27th of the same at friends burying place in Stanbury 1700 Day of Jonas Turner of Scoles in the Parish of Kighley and County of York Buried in ye Burying place in Stanbury the ye 5th month in the year 1705 John Clayton near Stanbury in the parish of Haworth Departed this Life the 23d day of ye 2d month and was Buryed the 25th of ye same in friends Burying place at Stanbury 1718 LATTER DAY SINNER.'-A gravestone in Idel Churchyard, now turned with inscription out of sight, bears the following: "In memory of Lorenzo de Barnes, who died Dec. 20, 1840--He was a native of the United States, an Elder of the Church of Jesus Christ, of the Latter Day Saints, a Member of the High Priest's Quorum in Zion's Camp in the year 1834. He was one of the first Gospel Messengers from Novou who has found a grave in a foreign land. Sleep on Lorenzo erelong from this The conquered grave shall yield its captive prey, As king and priest to an eternal day." The grave did yield his body, for it was removed one midnight about 1853, by leave of the Home Secretary, we presume, and conveyed to America. E. HUTCHINSON. A YORKSHIRE SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION.-Mr. W. Claridge, M.A., of the Grammar School, Bradford, writes: Will you allow me to call attention to the present administration of a valuable public trust? In doing so I wish to assure those who are concerned that it is far from my wish to comment on the past, or to express dissatisfaction with what is beyond recall, but simply to make such a plain statement of fact as shall lead to an immediate and necessary reform. The Rev. William Akroyd, rector of Marston, near York, in 1518, founded the scholarship in question, and it is now thrown open to competition to boys of Yorkshire schools who are proceeding to the universities. The value and number of the scholarships vacant seem to vary in a remarkable way. This year there was one vacancy. The examination lasted two days. I hope that the following account of the examination will prove the need of an alteration in the system. On the first day three papers were set. The first-from 9.0 to 12.30-was a Latin paper, and consisted of a stiff piece of "prose," four pieces of "unseen," from Livy, Cicero de Amicitia, Catullus, and Lucretius, and several questions on grammar. After only half-anhour's interval a paper was set on elementary mathematics, and lasted from 1.0 to 3.30. In 20 minutes more a third paper, on history and geography, was set, and lasted till six. Here, I maintain, were two errors of judgment. It is preposterous-and in the interests of the candidates we are bound to protest against it-that boys should undergo a severe examination for nine hours together with only two short intervals of thirty and twenty minutes respectively. The other error, and it is one which every classical scholar will join in condemning, consists in including "prose," "unseen" pieces, and grammar in a single paper which was intended as a test of classical scholarship. On the second day there were again three papers. The first consisted of Greek "unseen," and included Demosthenes adv. Leptinem, Thucydides, Eschylus Prometheus vinctus, and Sophocles Edipus Rex; a few grammatical questions and about eight lines of "prose were added. The second paper consisted of French and German. The paper announcing the examination said French or German, but the examiner allowed candidates to do both. This paper, be it remarked, was much below the standard of the Lower Certificate of the Oxford and Cambridge Board. The last paper was in higher mathematics. Finally, candidates were not allowed to bring away with them copies of the questions. I think, Sir, I have proved my case that there is urgent need for reform. The examination as at present conducted gives absolutely no clue to the real abilities of the candidates. I venture to hope that those who have charge of this trust will see that next year the examination is conducted on rational and, I may add, humane principles. ACKROYD'S EXHIBITION, (from the Liber Scholasticus, 1829.) William Ackroyd by his will, bearing date 12th September, 1518, willed and devised that Henry Ackroyd and Edmund, his brother, with Henry Draper, and other feoffees, who then occupied the lands and tenements of him, the said William Ackroyd, should keep one scholar at the University of Oxford or Cambridge, until the end of the world, and that such scholar should be near unto him, the said William Ackroyd. in blood, and of his name; and if there should not be one of his name able or fit, the said Henry Ackroyd and Edmund, his brother, and Henry Draper, should choose one able and fit, near to him in blood, and of another name; and when that scholar should be there beneficed to the value of 10 marks per annum, the feoffees should keep another there out of their expenses, to the value of six marks and one noble by the year, and not above; and if there should be none capable of his blood, the feoffees should choose one out of Marston or Hutton who was able, so that there should be always one. By an inquisition and decree of commissioners of charitable uses, bearing date the 22d May, 1699, after reciting the will, and that it had been found by the jurors that one Richard Nettleton, and others therein named, had acted as trustees of the lands given to the charitable use, lying in Batley, being of the value of 131. 10s. per annum, without any authority, and had nominated a scholar in Cambridge to receive the rents and profits of the said lands in Batley, who was not of the blood of the donor, nor belonging to Marston or Hutton; it was decreed, that Thomas Crofts, and three other persons therein named, with the Rector of Long Marston, for the time being, should be trustees for the said charitable use, and that they, or the greater number of them, should from time to time demise the said lands and tenements to the best advantage of the scholar so to be sent to either of the Universities, and should from thenceforth nominate such scholar, pursuant to the will, and receive the rents and profits of the premises, and pay the same according to the true intent and meaning thereof; and upon every departure or removal of such scholar, should elect another, so as always to keep a scholar at the University; and that when any of the trustees should die, the survivors, or a majority of them, should elect others in their place, so that the same number of trustees, and no more, might continue for ever. The present trustees of the charity are, Thomas Perrott, Esq., of Sandford Park, Oxfordshire, the Rev. Joseph Smith, Vicar of Kirby Moorside, the Rev. Waite Robinson, Rector of Badenham, in Herefordshire, and James Croft, Rector of Saltwood, in the Y.N.Q. C county of Kent, and Alexander Crigan, D.D., the present Rector of Long Marston. From a manuscript account of the charity, of a very early date, in the possession of one of the trustees, it has been supposed that the property comprised in the bequest or devise of the said William Ackroyd, consisted of lands, lying part in the parish of Batley, and part in that of Buerley, in the West Riding of this county; but the only property now held by the trustees, or that can be traced into their possession from the time of the inquisition in 1699, and even before that period, is the estate of Batley therein mentioned, which is situate near Leeds, and consists of four ancient houses, a barn, and sundry inclosures, containing all together 32A. 1R. 18P., in the occupation of several different tenants from year to year, at the annual rent of 108/. 13s. being the full value. The estate is under the management of an agent, who receives and applies the rent, subject to necessary out-goings, to the use of a student at one of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge, who continues to enjoy the same as an exhibition, for the term of three years and a half, when another is appointed to receive the benefit of it. The objects of the charity are selected by the trustees from the founder's kin, and their places are supplied as vacancies arise; but from the distance at which several of the trustees reside from each other, some inconvenience is experienced in the execution of the trust. An account of receipts and disbursements is kept by the agent, Mr. John Moisier, of Huntington, near York, and the account is examined and audited by the trustees from time to time. WILL OF SIR WILLIAM AKEROYD, PRIEST.-In the name of God, Amen. Sep. 12, 1518. I, William Akeroyd, sound in mind, but old and weak in body, do make my will in this manner: First, I bequeath my soul to Almighty God, and the Blessed Virgin Mary, and to All Saints, and my body to be buried in my chancel of Marston, otherwise Hoton-Wandsly, by the body of my mother. Item, I bequeath my best beast to the most reverend Father in Christ, Lord Thomas, Cardinal of Rome, of the title of St. Cecilia, and Archbishop of York, or any other having_canonical possession of that See, as my Mortuary. Item, I bequeath to a fitt Priest, seven marks of good lawful money of England, that he may pray for my soul, and for the souls of my parents, and all my benefactors, for the space of one year in the said church; and one gradual, and two quarters of fine flour, to the four Orders of Brethren in the city of York, to be divided amongst them. Item, I bequeath two quarters of malt, made of barley, to the poor of my parishioners. Excerpta Antiqua. FIRE OF LONDON.-The following is a copy of a letter preserved at Shibden Hall, written by Mrs. Phoebe Lister to her son. Samuell. I need not aquaint you with the lamentable acsedent that hath befalne Londun. I know you haue heard of it and indeed it is a most heuy judgement not only upon them but upon the whole land. John received a leter this day from my cosen Thomas he saith that the Lord hath delt gratiously with them tho their house be burnt yet much of their best goods is safe. Thomas Dicanson hath writ to Mr. Palin that he is now redused to the same condition he was at first and where as he hath been able to releeve others he fears he shall now nede releefe. I suppose you have a great losse with the rest at Blacwell Hall, but we must be content to submit to the wise providence of God, and as we have had a hand in the sin that hath brought this judgement so let us be content to submit to the punishment. I would not have you discouraged, but trust in the Lord, he hath bidden us cast our care upon him, and he will certainly prouide for his in these said prouidences. I have not yet heard anything of Jerimie, whether he be alive or no. Remember my love to Mary, and to all our frends at Shibden Hall and lower brear. Your louing Mother, PHEBE LISTER. Writ whether my bridle came home with the hors or no. For Mr. Samuel Lister, at Upper Brea, nigh Hallifax but bears no mark indicative of the process by which it was conveyed thither. KNIGHTHOOD.-Mr. John Lister, father of the Samuel abovementioned, was fined £10 for declining to be knighted at the coronation of King Charles the First. The receipt for this £10, of which the following is a copy, is preserved to this day, in the family records at Shibden Hall. Sexto die mensis Octobris annoqe Regni Regno Caroli Angliæ etc Sexto 1630. Eboru. Receaved the day and yeare above said of John Lister of North Owram, in the county of York gent: the some of Ten pounds. And it is in discharge of a Composicon by him made with my selfe and others his mat Comissioners for compounding the fynes and forfeitures for not attending and receaveing the order of Knighthood at his mats Coronacon according to the lawe in that case provided. I say receaved the somme of x lb. WENTWORTHE. J.H.T. |