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Doncastre, during 33 wekes, every Fridaie, to dyner 4d. (a pittance).

1530. Thomas Strey of Doncastre, lawyer. Item, I bequeithe to the Freeres Carmelettes of Doncastre, to pray for me, and for Alice and Elizabethe, my wyffes 20s. in money.

1531. Robert Denton, of Doncaster, chaplain. Item, I wit to the Freers Carmeltanes for one messe of Requiem yerely to be said, and the belman to go, after the custom, 13d.

In 1539, Edward Lee, Archbishop of York, wrote to Cromwell about a contention which had broken out between the Vicar of Doncaster and a light friar there. The friar had preached to favour the reformation. The Vicar, with the Archbishop's authority, inhibited the friar and laid a charge against him before the Archbishop. He refused to attend, and sought counsel's advice in London.

Cooke, the last Prior, surrendered the house, with six friars, Nov. 13, 1538. The original deed is preserved in the Augmentation Office. Cooke took part in the Pilgrimage of Grace, which closed on the mill bridge at Doncaster. He was confined in the Tower of London, where his name may be seen cut in the stone of one of the rooms. He was

hanged at Tyburn, Aug. 4, 1540.

In a list of " Plate received from divers and sundry late dissolved Monasteries and Priories, and other religious houses by the hands of divers persons within mentioned, Dec. 14. 5 Edw. VI.," is the following:

"The said late Earl of Essex, of high treason attainted, By the hands of Thomas Thacker his servant, viz:—From the White Friars of Doncaster, in the County of York, in gilt plate 25oz., in parcel gilt plate 109 oz., in white plate (plain silver) 48 oz. Total 183 ounces.

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After the dissolution, the Priory was the residence of the Swift family, who had for a short time the title of Lord Carlingford. On their extinction, it was divided and occupied by various proprietors.

OUR LADY OF DONCASTER.

There was a figure of the Blessed Virgin Mary known as "Our Lady of Doncaster." It appears to have been at the Carmelite Priory which was dedicated to her; there would

certainly be a figure of the Blessed Virgin there. The following references occur :

In the "Northumberland Household Book" is this entry: -For fyndynge a light of wax to birne befor Our Lady in the Whit Friers of Doncaster of my Lord's foundation at every mastyme daily throwout the yere xiiis. 4d.

What was "of my Lord's foundation" is not quite clear. 1482. Sir Hugh Hastyngs, going in the expedition against the Scots, made his will. He returned safe, and died in 1489. He left a certain amount of wax to be burned during the celebration of mass in different places. One of the five "verges" so left, was to be given to the White Freers of Doncaster in honour of Oure Lady Marie Virgyn there.

1506. Kateryn Hastinges, widow of Sir John H., son of the above, left to Our Lady of Doncaster, her tawny chamlett gown.

1520, June 20. Alice West, of the parish of Ripon.. I wit my best bedes to our Lady of Doncaster.

1521, Aug. 5. John Hewett of Friston-super-aquam. I bequeath a penny to be offerid at . . . Our Lady of Don

castre.

1524, June 10. Geoffrey, Proctor of Bordley. . . Item, I will that Richard Proctour-my son-compell Wm. Dauson, as the lawe will, to delyver unto hym ii girddils and beades that my saide suster delyvered to the wif of the saide Wm. Dauson to kepe, and he to gif them to oure Lady of Doncastre and Sancte Wilfride of Ripon as my suster will was.

1536. Bishop Latimer, writing to Chancellor Cromwell in reference to a figure at Worcester (a stone figure of an ecclesiastic rigged up as the Virgin), which he calls the Great Sybil of Worcester, says, "She hath been the devil's instrument to bring many-I fear-to eternal fire. Now she herself, with her old sister of Walsingham, her younger sister of Ipswich, with their two sisters of Doncaster and Penryn, would make a jolly muster in Smithfield."

Authorities:-Hunter's South Yorkshire; Test Ebor, Sur. Soc. i.v.; Test Karlcot; Leland's Collections; Archæologia, vol. xx.; De la Pryme's Diary, Sur. Soc.; Speed; Test Vetus; Hardyng, Ellis; Kirkstall Chronicle; Shakespeare, Staunton; Ad quod damnum, Public Record Series; Monastic Treasures, Abbotsford Club; Leland's Itinerary; Fuller's Worthies; Camden Society's Miscell., vol. i.

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NOTES ON YORKSHIRE CHURCHES.

By the late SIR STEPHEN GLYNNE, Bart.

(CONTINUED FROM P. 34, VOL. XIII.)

THORNE.

This town is situated upon a part of the flat marshy tract which extends over a large portion of the borders of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. The church is neat and capacious, though not remarkable for any particular beauty. It consists of a nave and chancel with side aisles, and a tower at the west end standing engaged in the nave and opening into the aisles. The whole is plain without and within. The parapets have no battlement, but the eastern gables are finished by crocketed pinnacles, and in the clerestory are some grotesque spouts. The lower part of the tower seems Early English or very early curvilinear, having a two-light window without feathering in the two lowest stages. The upper part is later, and has double belfry windows, a battlement and eight crocketed pinnacles. The south doorway of the nave is Norman, but late in the style, having the toothed ornament—it is placed within a plain porch of two stories, of rectilinear character. The doorway has a label, and over it is a small kind of oriel window, and the word IHV is inscribed under the parapet of the gable. The west window of each aisle is of two lights without feathering, as that of the tower the other windows are chiefly rectilinear, and some square-headed. A few are earlier, having three lancet lights within a pointed arch. The clerestory windows are of two lights, without feathering, and are set one over each pier. The nave is divided from each aisle by five pointed arches with circular pillars having square capitals, save the last pier towards the east, which is square and plain. The west end of the south aisle adjoining the tower is made into a vestry. The chancel aisles extend further in width than those of the nave. The piers and arches are similar to those of the nave, and upon one of the piers is a small bracket. South of the altar is a plain niche with obtuse head and

piscina. The font is a plain octagon. The church is neatly pewed, with galleries along the aisles, and has a barrel-organ between the nave and chancel. In the churchyard is an ancient stone coffin.

HATFIELD.

This village, situated between Thorne and Doncaster, contains a magnificent cruciform church, the exterior of which is for the most part rectilinear, of excellent masonry though not rich. The chancel, transepts and clerestory of the nave are embattled, but not the side aisles of the nave. The buttresses are finished by crocketted pinnacles. In the aisles of the chancel the battlements are panelled with roses, quatrefoils and other ornaments. Some of the windows are curvilinear, and others rectilinear-of the latter kind are are those of the clerestory and of the chancel aisles, some of which are square-headed. In the windows at the ends of the transept, there is rectilinear tracery of five lights; built into the wall of the south transept is a band of billet ornament showing the fabric to be of early origin. The west window is rectilinear, and beneath it is a good Norman doorway of late date verging to Early English, having the toothed ornament and shafts with rich foliated capitals. The tower which rises from the intersection of the cross is lofty and handsome, having a battlement and eight crocketed pinnacles. The belfry windows are double and very long, and in the tier above the roof is a glazed window of five lights; the buttresses are at their set-offs enriched with crocketed triangular canopies. The tower in many respects resembles that of Doncaster, but is of much plainer character. south porch of the nave has an Early English doorway; the capitals of the shafts remain, but the shafts are gone. The nave is divided from each aisle by five pointed arches ; the piers are circular with square capitals; in the side aisles a stone arch is thrown across from each pier to the wall. The roofs are plain and of wood. The tower is supported upon four lofty arches with good mouldings, the piers formed of clustered octagonal shafts having embattled capitals. The tower was intended to be open to a considerable height, which would have produced a light and beautiful effect, which is destroyed by the erection of an unsightly ringing floor. There is in the chancel arch a handsome roodloft with fau

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groining in wood, and good tracery, on which a singing gallery has been placed. The chancel aisles are wider than those of the nave, being almost exactly equal in breadth to the transepts. The chancel has on each side two pointed arches with slender octagonal piers. At the east end of the north aisle is a vestry, and in the south aisle is an altar tomb, the sides panelled in lozenge form. The font is of curious form, almost approaching a quatrefoil, with mouldings and supported on shafts. The interior of the church does not quite answer the expectations raised by the exterior, and is not in very good condition.

LEEDS.7

The parish church is a spacious cruciform structure, but does not contain much good work. The greater part is rectilinear, with some earlier portions. The nave has two aisles on the north and one on the south; the chancel has the same. The tower rises from the centre, and is of good rectilinear workmanship, though plain, with a large belfry window, battlement, and four pinnacles. The clerestory and the south side of the nave have been modernized; the latter has a battlement and pinnacles; the north side is plainer, without battlement, and has curious heads surmounting the buttresses. On this side is a plain doorway of rectilinear character, with moulding and small shafts within a modern porch. The west window is of poor rectilinear work; on the north of the nave they are mostly square-headed, perhaps of the age of Elizabeth. The north transept has a rich cross on the gable. The south transept is of smaller dimensions, but has a curvilinear window of large size. The interior is plain and much crowded by pews and galleries; the galleries round the whole of the nave are ancient, and the font of black oak carved; in the eastern gallery is a very large organ. The nave has three rows of arches, four in each; the two southern ranges have each four pointed arches with clustered piers of four shafts; the row of arches between the two north aisles has light octagonal pillars; the extreme north aisle is very wide, and has a flat wood ceiling. The arches supporting the tower are pointed and spring from

Puiled down in 1838 and rebuilt in a splendid style. Consecrated Sept. 2, 1841,

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