Wilkinson with the tradition handed down from master to master that it was “the ancient cock-fighting bell of this School.” They are said to be rare.

No old deeds or writings concerning Pocklington School are extant, and no one knows what has become of them.

Nor of the early masters do we know much, save that they sent many bright boys to St. John's College, Cambridge.?

HEAD MASTERS.
Anthony Ellison. Buried at Pocklington, 27 Sept.,

1581. 2 Aug. 1598. James Nelson, M.A. Resigned for Rectory of Crofton. 18 Feb. 1599. Martin Briggs. Resigned for misconduct. 27 April, 1613. William Nesfield. Resigned before coming into resi

dence. 19 May, 1613. Richard Elcock, M.A. (also Vicar). Resigned. Obe

diah Chossip, usher. 19 Feb. 1624. James Sotheby (also Vicar). Died. Buried 12 Aug.

1630. 8 Nov. 1630. Robert Sedgwick, or Siggeswick. Resigned.

3 Aug. 1650. Edward Llwelin, B.A. Resigned. 28 Sept. 1657. Rowland Greenwood. Resigned. 7 Sept. 1660. John Clarke. 6 Oct. 1664. Thos. Elyson de Heldon in Com. Dunelm. Died.

Peter Shamton, usher. Buried 6 May, 1693.

William Dunn, usher. 1 May, 1693. Thos. Dwyer. Resigned. William Dunn, usher, 25 June, 1698. Miles Farrer. Died. Buried 17 April, 1704. William

Dumn, usber. 25 April, 1704. John Foulkes. Resigned.

Resigned. William Dunn, usher. 4 Aug. 1709. John Drake. Resigned. Mr. Wm. Donu, Clerk,

Vicar of Seaton Russ, and usher, buried 2 Oct.

1710. 2 Jany. 1714. Joseph Trebell, M. A, Died æt. 27. Buried 25 June,

1716. 28 July, 1716. Christopher Lantrew, M.A. Resigned. 11 Jany. 1717. John Baker. Died æt. 50. Buried 22 Jany. 1739-10.

25 Feb. 1740. Robert Robinson. Resigned. 10 March, 1749. Edward Birkbeck. Died. Burial not registered at

Pocklington. 21 Sept. 1754. Kingsman Baskett, M.A. Died. Buried 14 April,

1807. (Jenny, his wife, buried 26 July, 1769. ) 5 June, 1807. Thomas Shield, B.D. Died 1 July, 1848. Rev.

Thos. Brown, usher. Rev. David Jones, usher. 16 Aug. 1848. Fred. James Gruggen, D.D. Died suddenly 30

March, 1872. 13 May, 1875. New scheme came in force. 1 April, 1876. Charles Gilmour Wilkinson, M.A. Resigned. 30 Jany. 1884. Herbert London, M.A. Resigned. 23 Aug. 1889. Charles Frederick Hutton, M.A.

WRIT OF PRIVY SEAL. 6 HENRY VIII. MAY.

Md qd xxiii die May Anno rr subscr. istud bre libat fuit Dño Canc Angl apud Westm Oxeguend Henricus dei gra Rex Anglie et Francae et Dns Hibnïe Rewendissimo in xão při Wittmo Cantuar Archriepo tocuis Anglie primati et aptice sedis legato Cancellario ñro saltm Vobis mandamus qd sub magno sigillo ñro Iras ñras patentes fieri faciate informa sequen Rex Omnibus ad quos etc Saltm Sciatis qd nos de gratia ñra spiali ac ex certa sciencia et mero motu ñris ad laudem domini ́ri Jhu xpi necnon in honorem beatissime Marie Virginis matris eius et sancti Nicholai Epi diuiniqz cultus augmentacione & ampliacione concessimus et licencia dedimus ac p p'sentes concedimus et licentiam damus pro nobis heredibz et successorib3 ñris quantum in nobis est. Dilecto nobis Johanni Dowman legum Doctori qd ipe executores vel assignati sui seu eorum aliquis vel aliqui quandam fraternitatem siue gildam ppetuam de quibuscumq3 psonis legeis ñris de fraternitate siue gilda illa esse volentib3 infra eccliam pochialem de Poklyngton in Com ñro Ebor de vno magro et duobus Gardianis ac fratribus et sororibus creare erigere facere fundare seu fundari facere ordinare & stabilire ac hmoi psonas & alias psonas quascumq3 que de dicta fraternitate siue gilda esse voluerint in fratres et sorores eiusdem fraternitatis siue gilde admittere & acceptare possit aut possint Et qd fraternitas siue gilda illa cum sic erecta creata facta fundata ordinata et stabilita fuit sit vnum corpus integrum in re nomine heat q3 successionem ppetuam et nomie ac per nomen fraterni tatis siue gilde ñois Jhn bte q3 Marie Virginis et sancti Nicholai in ecctia proch de Poklyngton in Com Ebor per Johem Dowman legum Doctorem fundat appellat nomiet & nucupetur imppm Et qd Marg Gardiam & fres fraternitatis siue gilde illius qui pro tempore fuerint p nomen Magri gardiamo3 et form fratnitatis siue gilde nomis Jħu bte q3 Maria Virginis et sancti Nicholai Epi in ecclia proch de Poklyngton in Com Ebor per Johem Dowman legum Doctorem fundať heant et gerant imppm heant q3 comune sigillum pro negotiis frat'nitate siue gilde illius agend Et qd iidem magr gardiam & fres sint psone apte habiles et capaces in lege p idem nomen p quirere recipe here tenere et possidere sibi & succ suis ac Dare concedere et dimittere terras teñt redditus reu'siones suicia possessiones & heredimenta ac bona & catalla quecumq3 p idem nomen pro terris ten' redditibus et possessionibus bonis et catallis frat'nitatis siue gilde illius in quibuscumq3 actionibus causis demandis querelis & plitis tam zealibus et psonalibus qui mixtis cuiuscumq3 genis seu conditionis fuerint vel nature per idem nomen coram quibuscumq3 justic siue Judicibus spualibus vel temporalibus plitare et implitari ac rondere & responderi possint & valeant eodm modo quo ceteri ligei ñri psone habiles et capaces in lege plitare et imptitari ac respondere et fonderi poterint qd q3 iidem magr et gardiam ac omes fres eiusdem fraternitatis siue gilde et eorum succ congregare et aliquo loco honesto conuenire possint ad dies loca et tempora congrua etc oportuna quotiens & quando eis videbitur fore necessarium et oportunum ad tractand coïcana et corcordand inter seipos vna cum aliis secum interesse volentibus pro bono aduisamento et sano consilio boni status regiminis et gubernationis fraternitate siue gilde p'dict necnon frm et sororum

8 The search for this writ was difficult. All previous accounts gave a wrong date, and all antiquaries know what that

means at the Record Office-even a day making a difference.

eiusdem et succ suorum imppm congregare et in aliquo loco honesto conuenire possint Et qd idem Johes Dowman executores seu assignati sui heant plenam p tatem facultatem et auctoritatem edere condere et constituere statuta ordinaciones aut prouisiones pro bono regimine et gubernatione tam dicte gilde et Scole gramaticalis qm mağri gardianor3 et frm eiusdem gilde et successor3 suor3 ppetuis futuris tempibus duratur iuxta sanam discrecionem eiusdm Johis Dowman executor3 seu assignator3 suoz pro maiori securitate et continuatione eiusdm gilde Et qd Magr gardiani et fres eiusdm frat nitate siue gilde pro tempore existenħeant pleña auctem et ptatem iuxta ordinatives et statuta p❜dči Joħis Dowman vel executorz suor3 seu eor3 alicuius de seipis inde fiend9 eligere ordinare et successiue constituere vnũ de seipis in Magĩm et duos in Gardianos fraternitate siue gilde illius. Ac ipos Magim et gardianos seu eor3 aliquem de tempe in tempus put opus & necesse fu'it amouere expellere & exonare et alios magfm et Gardianos eor3 vice & loco quotiens & quando eis placu'it ponere substituere et subrogare possint imppm. Et ulterius de vberiori gĩa ñra concessimus et licentiam dedimus ac p pñtes concedimus et licenciam damus pro nobis hered? et succ ñris p'dictis quantam in nobis est. p'fato Johi qd ipe vel execuť aut assign sui predci ve eor3 aliqui aut aliquis vel quecüq3 alie psona seu quecumq3 alia psona postqm frat'nitas siue gilda p'dca erecta facta fundata ordinata & stabilita fu'it terras teñ redditus reu'siones Servicia anuitates possessiones et hereditamenta quecumq3 ad Annuū valorem viginti marca Vltra omia on'a & reprie que de nobis non tenent in capite Dicte magro et Gardianis frat'nitatis siue gilde p'dce pro tempore existen dare et concedere possint et possit Hend9 et tenend eisdm Magro et gardianis & suce suis imppm Abinde de tempore in tempus Inueniend vnu homiaem idoneu in scientia gramaticali sufficient doctum ad instruend et erudiend omes et sing xxx ad villam de Poklyngton predict causa erudiciois conflueń iuxta ordinačoes et statuta Dicti Johis in hac pte fiend, et alia pietatis opa iuxta Sanam discrecoem dict Magri et gardianorum pro tempe existen faciend et p implend ac alia on'a eidm frat'nitati siue gilde de tempore in tempus incumbencia manutenend et supportand et eisdem magro et gard qd ipi et sucē sui terras teñ redditus reu'siones Servicia anuitates possessiones et hereditamenta quecumq3 cum suis pti neñ ad dictum Annuū Valorem Viginti marca Vltra omia onera et reprisas a p'fato Johanne execuť vel assign suis aut aliis psonis quibuscumq3 siue aliq psona quacumq3 ea eis dare concedere legare vel assignare Volentibus siue volente recipe et xxx sibi succ suis tenere possint imppm absq3 impedicone impedimento molestacõe seu grauamie ñri heredum Vel succ ñroz aut justic Escaetor3 Vicecomitu seu alioz ballino, aut Ministro3 ñro3 heredum aut successor; ñroz quorum cüq3 statuto de terris et tent ad manu mortuam non ponend edito non obstant. Et hoc absq3 aliqua inquisicione siue aliquibus inquisi coib3 p' textu alicuius bris ñri siue aliquoz brium ñroz hered vel successo ñroz de ad quod dampnu seu alicuius comissiōis mandati seu p'cepti ñri hered vel succesorz ñroz xxxx xxx fiend capiend et in Cancellar ñram hered vel successor ñro3 seu alibi retornand Et absq3 aliquib3 aliis bris ñris patentibus hered vel succ ñroz de in siue pro p'missis vel p'missor quouis modo xxx hend seu fiend aliquibus statutis actibus siue ordincoib3 incontrariù inde factis edit siue ordinať no obstant. Et volum et p pites concedimus pr fato Joħi qd p'sentes tre xxx et deliberent eidem

Joħi xxx in hac parte deputato absq3 fine et feodo magno vel parvo in hanapio Cancellař nre seu alibi ad opus īrm pro eisdem quovismodo solvenđ et faciend Eo qd expressa mencio etc Aliquo statuto etc In cuius Rei &c Dat ñro sub privato sigillo apud Manerium ñrm de Eltħm xxiido die Maii Anno Regno ñri Sexto.

T. ROBINS.

WILL OF ARCHDEACON JOHN Dowman, LL.D.
(Prerogative Court of Canterbury). Porch 14.

In dei noinine Amen. Octauo die mensis Nouembris Testm Magri

Anno đni Mitimo quingentesimo vicesimo sexto Ego Jo. Dowman ctici Johannes Dowman legū Doctor Archidiaconus Suf

folcie sanus mente e corpore sit deo gratia Anima adu’tens q3 vita hois sup terram more florū marcessit Et q3 homo cotidie ad finem vite sue pperat Et q3 mors hosem cotidie insegint Acalias proinde considéras q3 nichil certius morte nichil q3 uncertius eius hora eueñto hmoi hore timens volens q3 eam precanere Nolens q3 intestatus ab hac vita decedere są ase mee saluti prouidere repost obitum meum sup

bonis p me relicte aliqua valeat discordia exoriri omibz me horibz biis modis et formis qūibz vtrius q3 Juris Sanctione fieri possum & debeo ac iuxta mee condicóis possibilitatem meü testamentū siue vltimā voluntatem ordino facio Ex condo In p’mis lego aram meā oīpotent deo & gtiose virgini genitrici sue Marie Totiqz celesti curie Ac carnis materiam Corpus vidett terre Sepeliend infra Capellam pte Katherine ex parte australi Cathedralis Ecctie diũi pauli iuxta parietē sub altare ibidem per me preparatum Item I bequeth and gyf to the Churche of Seint Paule a coope of red cloth of golde and a vestment of the same, And I wille that suche money as is owynge me of my prebend called Twyford shall be bestowed whan it may be goten to by decon and sub decon accordyng to the same sewte and to other things necessarie to the

Item I giff and bequeath to the said churche ii cushngs of cloth of gold to lay before my lord Byshopp and the Deane whereof the too side is red cloth of golde and the tother purpull veluett. Item I bequeth to the priory of Newarke to haue a dirige and a masse of mr prior and his coñent and to be praid for amonge them xxs. Item I gyff and bequeth to the Abbey of Chertsey to have a dirige and a masse and to be praied for of my lord and his couent amonge them xx°. Item in the pisshe Churche of Kyngston I wille haue a dirige av a masse of all the preests and clerke that longith to the churche and there to be bestowed xls of the whiche I will the pisshe preest have xiid euʼy other preest that comys and sayes masse viiid a pece euery Clerk posent at dirige and masse iiiid els but iid and the residue of the xls to be disposed in brede ale and chese for the poore folkelim in the parisshe churche of lethereth I will haue a dirige and masse where I will haue disposed to preests clerke and to poore folke after the maner and forme aforesaid and in brede ale and chese xxs. Item I bequeth to the Abbey of

Waverley of the xls that remayneth in the Abbotte hands to be distributed to my lord Abbott and to the Covent to haue a dirige and a Masse & to be praied for amonge them xx3. Item I bequeth to haue a dirige and a masse at ffarnhm xxs thus to be disposed to the pisshe preest xiid to euery other preist påsent at dirige & seyinge masse on the morne viiid to euery Clerk present at masse and dirige iiiia els but iia the Residue of the xxs to be disposed in brede ale and chese amonge poore folke. Item I will haue dirige and a masse in Seint Nicholas Churche in Gylford where I wille haue disposed in lyke man to prieste clerke and poore folkee as is expressed in ffarnhm xxxiiis iiiid Item to the pisshe churche of Dorkyng I wille haue in lyke maner a dirige and a masse and disposed to priestę Clerke and poore folke as is expressed before in ffarnhm to be don' xxvis viiid Item I bequeth to the Abbey of Bermondsey to haue a dirige and a masse of my lord Abbott and the Covent and to be praied for amonge them xx3. Item I bequeth to the Priory of Seint Mary Ou❜ey to haue a dirige and a Masse of my lord prior and the Covent and to be praide for amonge theym xx3 Itm I bequeth to Seint Thomas hospitall to haue a dirige and a masse and to be praied for of the mais? and Brethern & Sisterne xx3 of the whiche I wille the Mais? haue vis viiid And the residewe to be disposed amonge the Brethern and the Clerke and the susterne of the howse as it shalbe seen expedient to the Maister Itm I wille haue in euery churche of Southwerk a dirige and a masse for the whiche I bequeth to be bestowed on Seint Olavye Church xxiiiis viiid that is to the pisshe preist xiid to euery preist els of the churche viiid to the Clerke viiid a pece to the Sexten iiiid the Resideue for brede Ale and chese amonge poore folke of the pisshe Item to the pisshes Churches of Seint Margarete and Seint George in either of them to be bestowed xxiiis iiiid after the same maner and forme as is afore expssed in Seint Olaves Item I bequeth to haue a dirige and a masse in either pisshe of Seint Mary Maudleyn in Southwerke to be disposed after the same maner and forme as is afore expssed at eche Churche xxs Item I bequeth to the prisoners in either pson in Southwerk to eche posone to be bestowed in brede Ale and chese xiiis iiiid that is in all to them both xxvis viiid Item I bequeath to the Abbey of Merton to haue a dirige and a masse of my lord prior and his Covent And to be praid for amonge them xx I bequeth to the prio and Covent of Rigate to have a dirige and a masse amonge them xiiiiiiid And if the preists of the Cuntre thereabowtte cum into Dirige and sey masse ther than I wille that they haue viii a pece beside that Some. And poore folke to haue brede Ale and chese. Item I bequeth to the prio and Couent of Tanriche to haue a dirige and a Masse amonge them xis id. And if ony prests of the Countre thereabowte come in to dirige and saye masse ther on the morne I wille they haue viiid a pece as is afore written and poore folke to haue brede Ale & chese Item I bequethe to Cristchurche in Hamshire a vestment Item I bequethe xx to be bestowed in Hamshir whiche xxl is in thands of the Abbott and Covent of Tychefeld of the whiche and for the whiche I haue an obligacon whiche xxli I will it be disposed after the maner and forme of a bill made betwene th abbot and me Item to my Churche of Seint Mary in Southampton my preiste and Clerke and my dette and dewties of the Churche paide The residewe dewe vnto me of the same churche I wille it be bestowed and disposed amonge pore