: companied him but this the lord Hastings slighted as a mere conceit, though the next day it was but too faithfully verified by the lamentable occurrence which took place. The other circumstance is this; -lord Hastings coming that day towards the tower, and meeting with one Hastings, a pursuivant, on the Tower-wharf, put him in mind that when he met him last in that place, he was in some danger of the king's displeasure, (Edward IV.) having some ill office done him by the lord Rivers, the queen's brother, saying, when I met thee here before it was with an heavy heart. Yea, answered the pursuivant, but thanked be God they got no good, nor you no harm. Thou would'st say so indeed, replied the lord Hastings, if thou knewest what I know; what few else know yet, and more shall shortly. Meaning that Rivers and Gray should that very day be beheaded at Pomfret: little dreaming of the signal vengeance that was about to overtake himself; and that his own fate hung upon the same hour. For as they without any trial, lost their lives upon the very same day, and, as some say, the very same hour, by his privity and counsel, so himself was taken away by the tyranny of the very person with whom he had unworthily complied in their murder. So fell the great lord Hastings, a rare example * Vide. Dugdale's Baronetage I. p. 579 et passim. Hume's History of England. Reigns of Edward IV and V. These incidents in the life of Lord Hastings are finely dramatized by our immortal Shakespeare, in his inimitable Tragedy of Richard III. From the family are descended the present marquis of Hastings, late governor general of India, and earl of Huntingdon, governor of Demarara. in those turbulent and ever-varying times, of fidelity to his master. Though by no means a perfect character, yet he exhibited virtues which would have done honour to a more civilized period. According to his own appointment, he was buried in the north aisle of the royal chapel of St. George, within the castle of Windsor; near the tomb of his royal master, Edward IV.; where, observes Dugdale, his monument is still (1675) to be seen. At his decease, amongst his other immense possessions, he died seized of the castle and manor of Slingsby, with the manors of Allerston, Bewyke, Formonby, and Wodehall, in the county of York. He left Edward his son and heir: whose son, George, was advanced to the title of earl of Huntingdon, in 21 of Henry VIII.; and in this family the castle appears to have continued till about the year 1600. For Dodsworth, who visited Slingsby in 1619, speaking of the castle, observes: "there is engraven on stone a maunche, over the castle gate; "which castle, manor, and park, was the ancient "possession of the Hastings, earls of Huntingdon : "now sold to Sir Charles Cavendish. There hath "been a church in the castle." From the following inscription, which was engraven on a stone, formerly in the front wall of the castle of Slingsby, it appears that Sir Charles Cavendish, son of the above Sir Charles, removed the former building i and erected upon its scite the present castle.— "This house was built by Sir Charles Cavendish, "son of Sir Charles Cavendish, and brother to William duke of Newcastle. He was a man of "great virtue and learning. Died in February 1653, "and this is placed here by order of his nephew "Henry duke of Newcastle, in the year 1691." Thiss tone was taken down by Nicholas Manners, late bailiff to the earl of Carlisle, for the purpose of being converted into a hearth-stone, and is now supposed to be demolished. Sic transit gloria mundi. The Cavendishes are a younger branch of the Cavendishes earl of Devonshire. William, son of Sir Charles, was made a knight of the Bath 8 of James I., 1610; and for his faithful attachment to the Stuarts, and his long and tried services during the reigns of James I., Charles I., the Commonwealth, and Charles II., was, after being previously advanced to the dignities of a baron of the realm, by the title of lord Ogle, and also viscount Mansfield, 18 of James I., 1620: baron Cavendish, and earl of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 3 of Charles I. marquis of Newcastle, 19 of Charles I., finally created duke of Newcastle, 16 of Charles II., 1654. Of the family of the present noble proprietor, some account will be found in the article Castle Howard. SALTON.' Salton, the seat of George Woodcock Dowker, Esq., is situated in the wapentake of Ryedale, and liberty of St. Peter, 5 miles from Kirkbymoorside, 8 from Pickering, 10 from Malton, and 21 from York; having a population of 148. The country about it is flat; the river Dove bounds it on the north, which after heavy rains swells to an amazing height, pours its torrents over its banks, and floods a considerable portion of the land in the vicinity of it. The church, a vicarage dedicated to St. John of Beverley; value in the king's books 4. 11s. 10d patron G. W. Dowker, Esq., the Rev. Edmund Dowker, vicar, and the Rev. Mark Anthony Mackereth, curate, is rather interesting; and especially the western door, over which is a saxon arch embossed with heads, human and animal; most of which are very romantic. The cornice round the outside of the building, near the roof, is ornamented in the same manner. The interior of the fabric consists of a chancel and nave, which are separated by another saxon arch. In the east wall of the chancel, is a monument belonging to the Dowker family, on which is inscribed the following: IN MEMORY OF JOHN DOWKER, OF SALTON, ESQ,. THE FORMER DIED JUNE 9th, 1816, Æ 63; HAPPY IN MUTUAL AFFECTION AND TENDER AND AFFECTIONATE TO GENEROUS AND KIND TO THEIR DE PENDANTS, CHARITABLE AND HUMANE TO THE POOR; THEY PASSED THROUGH THE VALE OF LIFE, AND DEPARTED AMIDST UNIVERSAL REGRET, IN THE HOPE OF A BLESSED IMMORTALITY, RELYING, SOLELY, ON THE MERIT AND THEIR SURVIVING FAMILY UNITE IN The register of this parish commences with the year 1696; and the following is a list of the vicars, from that time :— but vacated..... 1743........ Philip Dowker, died 1788,} 1784........Christopher Dowker, buried at Sinnington: died..... 1784. 1819. 1819........ Edmund Dowker. Rev. M. A. Mack ereth, curate. |