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A History of the County of York East Riding
… patrons, and the mildness of religious cross-currents in Beverley may also partly account for the almost complete absence of electoral contests. Beverley thus follows the pattern observed elsewhere in which … Warton (d. 1645), a member of the leading family in Beverley. In the election for the second parliament of 1640 …
A History of the County of York
… expeditions— one to Hull on 23 April, the other to Beverley at the end of July; soon after the latter he …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… made worse by proximity to the busy town and port of Hull. Beverley experienced a severe outbreak in 1604 and 1605. … an outbreak in Hull gave rise to stringent precautions in Beverley: townspeople were forbidden to go to Hull without … or christenings. Those measures were successful, for Beverley was not affected. 63 Precautions, again apparently …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… some of his hearers, and from the 1650s Quakers met in Beverley. 52 In addition to issuing occasional Sabbatarian … Hessle. 55 Among well known puritan clergy who preached in Beverley during the period were three masters of the grammar … until his death in 1658 but had taught and preached in Beverley since the 1620s. James Burney, incumbent at the …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… The seventeenth century Religious Life to 1642 BEVERLEY IN THE 17TH CENTURY Religious Life to 1642 The … and Thomas Percy, together with some of the Warton family, Beverley was not a centre of recusancy. 11 In other respects … provision of altar rails were peacefully accomplished in Beverley, 13 and there was nothing in the restrained …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… charters in 1684, Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys visited Beverley, probably early in July, and shortly afterwards the … which had been surrendered unless, as in the case of Beverley, the surrenders had already been enrolled. 97 The … will was £800. 6 Many other governors owned property in Beverley and beyond. 7 The wealth of members of the governing …
A History of the County of York
… in 1705 for St. Olave's Church; between 1717 and 1720 for Beverley Minster; and about 1736 for the landing stage of …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… led Leland to remark that 'there was good cloth making at Beverley but that is now much decayed'. 37 The decline was … by the suppression of St. John's college. When in 1599 Beverley was discharged from payment of the fifteenth and … maintained at the town's expense. The former wealth of Beverley was said to have depended on the traffic of …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… set his arms in the guildhall. 58 Unlike Hull, 59 Beverley showed little independence in its choice of … Burton. 64 Six representatives had closer connexions with Beverley. Thrice the town was represented by local gentlemen, … Paler, whom a town account names as the other member for Beverley in 1571, 66 was probably the governors' choice. Then …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… seen as desirable, and in November 1542 the lordship of Beverley was acquired by the Crown. Control of Beverley also facilitated the Crown's development of Hull as … a gift of £10 and rewards to his actors and officers. 22 Beverley was already involved in the military arrangements at …