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943. Weinesiay. November 106, 1941. THE TEESDALE MERCURY, 6

ers got the full returns—vi., flour, bran and offals. hi those days oatmeal formed a great THE WAYSIDE PULPIT DALE5MAN'S SCRAPBOOK portion of the people's food. It is recalled that an old woman used to say : " I went BY IIEG. PARKIN. at Rokeby, 28th December, 1624, so would be to Leyburn and bout a bowl o' co-on on mi The historical side of it all : A LOCAL VICAR OF THE a minor at the time of his succession to the urn a-courd an' paid fee it a-foo-and " (" Many hundreds of years ago (how time Manor. went to Leyburn and bought a howl of corn flies) there lived a village craftsman who was respected for charitableness and the 171" CENTURY . The notes which Mr Parish gives in the on my own accord, and paid far it before- heginiiing of the brief book enables us to hand"). setting of honour before personal interests. Reverting. to " Old Nod," after 87 years' He had a precocious, young, first-born son THE REV. WILLIAM PARISH. form a fairly accurate picture of the place service. war-limp regulations put it "out of who was always asking questions, and .1 VIOAR OF ROKEBY, at that time. The Gothic-looking Manor House on the south and the village green fashion " 0 few years ago. ,t.", was once WilOPAI he was quietly proud. The place stree.hing away to. the Church and Vicarage offered for it •or museum purposes, and might have been any Teesdale village. The following- notices ...olicernitig a Vicar on its north side, near the Tees, with its mores the pity it did not have that fitting This father was never impatient or un- 4 of Rokeby, to whose painstaking care We stocks. shows what the old town of village end ,After all that length of service its truthful to his son. He answered his owe several interesling, glimpses of the of Ilckeby would be like in his day. The engine was so good that it was put to questions to the best of his ability always. parish during the period after the restora- westiirn part of the parish at that period was another purpose. and its wheels are still Whenever the boy was in trouble or doubt, tion of the monarchy, as well as the com- open moor. in use upon another vehicle. Once manned or had a difficulty, he went to his father serried volume of mencement ,o1_, the , The Vicar. on entering upon his duties, by willing volunteer firemen at Leyburn, it for sympathy and guidance. Needless to Registers, and the Brief Book. have been put seems to have endeavoured to recover . What will go down 'in local history as something say, he loved his father aind delighted to forward in the hope that some light ItlaY be had been lost during the upheaval in to he proud of Only once Ind it really let do his bidding. The boy sought in all ways thrown on his early life. his pzirenfage. Church and State. He immediately ascer- the locals down : the fault was not the to help him, and soon-learned to anticipate birth and education. we know - nothing, not tained what rightfully belonged to the bene- engine's, the horses simply could not pull pvilat v, as required of him. One might say, • even his place of He first ,oules to fice, and forthwith drew up a terrier of the at up the steep gradient at tittle Bank on its I hope, that the boy grew up our notice as Citrate of St. Catlibert's glebe laud and tithes, which he sets out in •a-y to a lire at Agglethorpe its Coverdale. with a " Father complex " founded on trust Church, Darlington, its the days of the the commencement of the Brief Book. the To this day th..se of Leyburn's firemen who and love. Commonwealth. Longs•affe, in his History followihg is the text 'of this interesting remain to recollect the happening (Mimes Whini this boy was 12 years of age his of Darlington, p. 269, briefly refers to him , r_ictiment, whirl' is the earliest of its kind have Ownr legs pulled about the beery they father suddenly died. He left a wife. four as follows :—" Kennet's Register mentions in his part, of Yorkshire:--.- saloctitl at Gale Bank) while they were soils and at least two daughters to provide one Parish as an intruder here in Crom- Root-by 1662/A Terrier-of the Vicaridge oblied to let the lire burn itself out. Eventu- for. The lad was bewildered. Not even his well's time. He confortneil after the restora- house and Glebe land of Rookeby. ally Alr Alfred Robinson. a well-known Ley- mother could take his father's place in his tion. and had a Yorkshire. but was There is one Dwelling house having but burn engineer, obtained the fire engine, and life. His grief was 'so crushing that for a reat eje•ted." The last statement is certainly one chimney, one little Barne and a Stable made good use of its parts. long time lie could not think coherently. incorrect. as his connection with Rokeby And at last lie cried out in anguish to the both adjoining to the said house. The wh —0— • his will silow. The following references from sayd tionse adjoins to the Towne-green or departed father, asking what he should do. the Library at Lainiirth Palace show that he. Common-broad street on the south syde. A NOTE UPON THE SCRAP BOOK. Immediately he heard a voice. It seemed was at Darlington at least ten years before to be within hint. It told him to work and )!1 the north side of the set house one Ifs F. E. coAms. his appointinelat to Rokeby. little garden and Croft or pcell of ground support his inottier and his younger I .c1 Lambeth MSS. years 1631-1634. Admissions being about one Acre, having on the east Mr Reg. Parkin, writes about the name brothers and sisters. He was startled. to Benehees MS. 10116, page 42h. Darlington. syde of it one close (Idled kirkeroft : The Bayless, and brings to memory many ee":-,-0, he obeyed. Mr William Parish. Teese water at the tower cod, and on the questions put to one side awaiting the After this mystical experience it appears Lambeth MSS. 972 (553). July 8. -1656. Dar- west side, one Croft or pceli of ground be- chance of verification. - that tie (ieu sought to contact the spirit of lington. The Com'S for propagation of the longing to Thomas Rokeby Esqr. In Saxon days, a "Hall mote " was called his father from the centre of that great eat. Gospell in the north having by theire ordr Communicants married pay-3d. unmaryed to settle legal and other civil matters and to loneliness we have all felt many times. Nor of the .2d of December tattered for Nov. —I, at' Easter. inquire into the state of the guilds or did he cry in vain, because he later said : 1652, Constituted Mr Wm. Parish Mini of Tithed in Rookeby of hay and corn tythings, and no man was permitted to re- it shall be put into your mouths what ye trY Darlington is the County of Durham and Tithes of wooll and lambe at main at large who could not find bail for shall answer—fo• it is not ye that speak but t. ordered him the Rectory of Conscliffe in ye Midsum er his peaceful manner. the Spirit of your Father shall speak in sd County for maintenance ••cli is alledged Tithe of Calfe at Martinmasse On such occasions the alderman surveyed you." to bee worth but six and forty pounds a one at 6 the neighbouring hundreds—the court of the What a tremendous discovery he had year the trustees doe appoint to consider Tithe of Geese at Mi•halmas, half at 5 and lathe, as it was called, and there are many made. He had found the greatest force in how the said \Nn-. Parish his pit mainte- one due at 6. cases on record of men standing bail for his the universe. By seeking to commune with CS nance may bee augmented to a competency Tith hens one at every house slaves and other members of his retinue. the spirit of his father he had communed out of ye next tithe within the said County At Easter There is the origin, I think, of the Bails, with the Divine Spirit, which is surely the that shall come unto the possession of these A heifer that gives milk—id and such, a system was carried on in the Spirit of us all. And it had replied to him, 'Trustees upon the expiration of the lease A Cow i 06 Feudal period. and cleared away his inability to reach a thereof [signed] Jo. Thttrongood, Ric. Syden- A Male i—but if xfo]es The word Bellasis has nothing to do with decision as-to what he should do. ham. Jo. Humfrey. Jo. Pocock, Rich'd Yong. one is the word Bails. Bellasis, was a corruption The more frequently he went to this Lambeth MSS. 903 , M6-21), Feb. 10, 1658. Every Swarme of Bees 6 swarmes of bellows and very often signifies a mere source of all life the greater did his faith titre Augmentaiirm of their maintenance to every house for smoke—i trumpet blower •in the reality of it become. After a while, ces Ministers. Schoolmasters, and others Thee WP (Oct il()• 'diligent he was to re- The whole incidence of the occupation of as his faith increased, he became aware ordered. ' Darlington, Wm. Parish, Aycliffe cord his acceptance of the Book of Common Upper Teesdale by the Norwegian Vikings, that when associated with •vork, or rather tithe hay 4:4 Braffel ton and Aycliffe Prover and of his reading of the same just apart altogether from the Danes, I hope to service towards his fellows, and when it 6;s. Heworii 1. s. tenths in Durham seven days before the Bartholomew Act 'cleat with later, after proper verification, and as conditioned by love in the form of good .trts II is. Cale Hesle ■lon els, Castle Eden came into force. and of his compliance with I hope some light can be thrown upon the intent, that he received strange powers. For £1 the other requirements of the law. 'It is re- sculptural stones and crosses in many of instance : when he was moved with com- No record .4 his presentation to the bene- markable that in these documents he our churches. passion for others, and a desire to help them lice of Rokeby by the Creel' has so far been neeiestiv styles himself " Curate." The The word kirk, for instance, may be of in their afflictions, that he could actually met with. His deed of presentation is mis- followine will show - how painstaking he interest, which at present is a conundrum. heal them. But he told them not to tell Y. sing from the various documents of a was in these respects :— Kirk Anion, now known as Kirkcarrion, anyone. He was still proving the laws of similar character in the Diocesan Registry Anwt 17th 1662. is it possible that this may reveal something the Spirit ; increasing his knowledge of it, at Chester. although those of his last re I will : Parish Cu•at of Rookeby did upon about one of the early church disputes about and adding to his faith. corded predecessor. and ,•! his successor: the 17th Day of Augt: 1662 read the Newe the Arian creed. This Universal Power, for that is what it are preserved there. The earliest reference Booke of Common prayer in the parristh Kirk has a meaning apart from that of a is, cannot be flattered or moved by petition LK we have of him as a priest cif the Anglican Ch u rch of llookeny in the audience of the Christian church or .assembly, and can alone. He learned that it cannot be de- UR Church is the record of his ordination of congregation : And did then and there open- mean the residence of the .Lord of the manded or cajoled. The laws concerning deacon and priest. by The Bishop of ly Declare my unfained assent and consent Manor.- it are inviolable, and must be obeyed. Ell Whitho•ne, on the sth of Au_nist, 1601. This to all and every thing contained and The Venerable Bede says : "The manor The first discoverers of electricity had a information is derived from a visition pre- pr'scribed in, and by the Booke entitled the was called the place in which a •huwh was similar experience. They first had to served in the Registry at Chester for the Bootie of Common Prayer and Administra- erected or the old temple had stood or the realise that there is such a power as elec- year 167t. when l'a•islt exhibited tion of the Sacraments, and other Rites and village where the people live fog' the sake tricity. Then they had to accept its most his letters of ordinatimi. together with a Ceremonyes of the Church. according to the of society and of-defense with the headman elementary rules before it would unfold to licence g, -totted by . ■, •epted. Archbishop of use of the Church of England 8c According or thane ill his capacious hall." This may them its vast possibilities in the smallest York. dated 6111 oct , her. 1662. His 'licence to the Act of parliament wh is bound up have only been of reeds or twigs. One of degree. not Whig ;;Talited by the Bishop of Chester together in the said Booke. the earliest incumbents of the church was- And so it is with the Infinite Power of the until the tub July, 1665. when lie subscribed Witness hereof Will : Robinson Esqr. called Rom-aids. The Roms were at first Spirit of the Universe—the Divine Mind. It to the . necessary declaration. The Rev. Rowland Raine Churchwarden. a religious body with permits to collect must first be recognised as existing. Then Ralph Johnson, who had been his near Henry Elaine overseer funds in a similar manner to the foundation its laws must be obeyed. And it must be neighbbur at Darlington and had become Also I : Parish Curet of Rookeby did at Barnard Castle of St. John's. acknowledged—always. Vicar ,of Brignall in 1656, was ordained read in tyme of Divine service in the parish Hugh was patron of the manor. The \\lieu the young lad. of whom I write was deacon and priest on the same day by the Church of Rookeby upon the 24th Day of Vikings also took part in the Crusade, and 30 years of age, lie had so grown in know- same Bishop. August 1662 the Certikcat wh I had of Sr he may have been really of Norse instincts, ledge and wisdom of this Great Spirit which The Vicar, on his coming into residence Joseph Cradock at -Richmond the fryday and came over with his co-partners with exists everywhere, and of which we are at Rokeby. no doubt found things in nvery individually a pelt, that he expounded the ERIES before St. Barthel: Day concerning my sub- William the Conqueror. Hugh built Cother- chaotic state. How long the benefice had scription according to the above sd Act of stone Castle, perhaps the foundation of laws and requirements of it. They were been vacant we have ito knowledge, but Parliament. Romald Kirk. He again went on a crusade, scientific. His teaching was revolutionary. judging from the Parish Register. the only Also i Will:„Parish did read the 39 Articles ibnutielsttaatec.astle at Rhodes, and died there He said : contemporary document we possess, there in the parish church of Rookeby in the time " Father (the Universal Spirit) and I had been no one to enter up that record of Divine Service in the forenoons the 21th Ravensworth Castle was substituted by the since the profanation of our Cathedrals and Day of September 1662 being Sunday and do relatives or Fitz Hughs, as they ascribed In thet(h)lele..1;niversal Spirit we live, and Churches by Puritan soldiers in 1645, with freely subscribe thereunto. themselves. Will it be interesting to find move, and have our being." the exception of two entries for 1654 and Will: Parish. Curet out and verify the idea ? He told the people that if they would seek two for 1655, which have been entered below I Will' Parish Curate of Rookeby did read benefit from their source of Infinite Power, the earlier records. The last known Vicar,. this year 1663 The Booke of Cannons and ye Infinite Wisdom, and Infinite Well-being. William Atkinson, who entered in 1617, hay-, 39 Articles according to order. they must -first of all combat their natural ing previously been Curate of Bowes, care- Wituesse Rowland Raine his/mike WILL " CARRIERS" impulses. fully kept the register all the time up to the October 21th 1666. Mr [blank] Melding, " Ye have heard," said this man Jesus, t. date. mentioned. There is no record how brother of Capt. Will ffielding, preached the RETURN TO THE DALES. " an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. icing he continued in the benefice, or how forenoon in the Church of Rookeby. - But 1 say : withstand evil." lie vacated it. The following entry prob- - (To be continued.) " If smitten on one cheek—turn the other." ably refers to the burial of his widow at Older inhabitants of the dales recall the " Hate not thine enemies but love them— Rokeby : lan'y 13, 1662. " Francisca Atkin- — O — old-time horse-drawn carriers and may do good to them." son, vi'd. sepult.'• This was his second wonder if, with petrol restrictions growing, " Judge not, and Ye shall not be judged. wife, whose maiden name was Alderson, SOME LEYBURN MEMORIES. the carrier will again return to favour. Condemn not, and Ye shall not beecon- and whose marriage took. place on April Three well-known old-time carriers in •emned. With what judgment ye judge— 17th, 1623. His first wife, Christian Hawnby, Coverdale were Mr Brockell Wilson, of Well ye shall be judged. And with what measure whom he married on December 8th. 1618, Anxious to record what is almost bygone House, Horsehouse ; Mr Jack Spence and Mr ye mete it out, it shall be meted out to you died in childbirth, and was buried 27th history of the dales the writer was privileged John Beckwith, the Guys, and others from again." October, 1620. • a few years ago to be told, by an inhabitant Swaledale, used to travel over Butter-tubs the uproar - such 1-evolutionary It may be of interest to give some account of over ninety. of a few memories of to Hawes and back on market days. Siddalls teaching caused among the Jews of that day of Rokeby during this period. The whole Leyburn. of Middleham used to journey from Middle- who were oppressed by the high-handed, of the manor, that is the parish east of the It seems that where the present Town Hall ham to Leeds via Masham and Ripon, and ruthless and stupid doings of the Romans, O•eta. had been purchased by William stands some buildings existed, and that on take large quantities of butter, eggs, and and their satelites. It was vengeance they Robinson, a merchant in London, from Sir the ground floor was a Temperance Coffe game, bringing other goods back on the wanted—not pacifism, they said. But the Thomas Rokeby, Kt., of the old family of House, with old lead windows and four return journey. There was a regular Lord said, " Vengeance is mine—I WILL the Rokebys, who still retained and resided second storey windows then flagged up to carrier from Dent and Sedbergh to 'Hawes REPAY." (And doesn't He?) at Mortham, 7th June in the 8th year of avoid window tax ; next door was a really market. Most carriers had a canopy over And here are other secrets the man Jesus James I., Le., 1610. He had erected a new handy place for the fire engine. Leyburn's their cart or waggon as a protection for the discovered. He found that man is not a house where the present hall now stands in " Old Nod " was housed there, a fire engine weather Interviewed this week, several body with a spirit ; but a Spirit with a body. HALIFAX the style of domestic architecture then pre- dated 1853. inhabitants of Coverdale said they would Therefore, being Spirits, we are part of the Agent. vailing.. A drawing of this picturesque On the north side of Leyburn market place welcome the return of carriers, which Universal Father Spirit. We are all one. house is preserved in the British Museum. was the corn market marked out by pave- always served a very useful purpose. They If we transgress against each other we William Robinson's eldest son and heir, ments forming squares ; these are still dis- complained that parcels coming to the transgress against ourselves. 4 p.m. Thomas by name, and a barrister of Gray's cernable. They were the " corn stands," nearest bus office, a station at Leyburn, Jesus, history tells us, did not judge after Itin. espoused the cause of the Parliament where the old-fashioned open selling and often remain there a week and sometimes the flesh—but after the Spirit. His body was in the Civil War, and became a Colonel in buying took place ; corn was then sold by longer before they can be delivered in Cover- sustained by the food of the earth ; but his the Parliamentary Army. He was slain the " bowl," about eight or ten stones. dale, and that nowadays inhabitants are I spirit was sustained from the source of all hear Leeds 19th June. 1643, and was buried Each village had its local mill ; amongst worse off in this respect than in the days life. at Leeds on the following day. His father those well-known in the area were Bellerby of the carriers, whose regularity was such The key to the art of living, it would seem, died on the 9th December following, and Mill, Walk Mill, Harmby, Walk Mill, Cover- that, weather permitting, they could be is " purity in desire ; a longing to be guided est.'', was buried at Rokeby on the 10th of the dale, Griff Mill, Wensley Mill (still operat- depended upon. Coverdale is at a disadvan- aright ; and a recognition of that wee small same month. He was succeeded by his ing), and Ulshaw Mill. The Miller had the tage without a bus service, which is a great voice within •us, which is the voice of the grandson, William, who had been baptised work of grinding the corn, and the custom- hinderance in the dale. Almighty Spirit" .- •