THE HA RDYS OF BARBON AN D SOME OTHE R W E STMOR LAN D STATE S MEN : THE I R KI TH KI N AN D C HI LD E R BY C H A R LE S FR E D E R I CK H A R D Y E D I TOR OF B E N E N D E N LE TT E RS Ha il n a nn rs su re de ence , a cient M e I f , Wh ere the su rvi e o wholesom e laws y v , f Remnan ts oflov e whose m odest sens e Thus i n to narrow room w ithdraws Ha il usa s ristine m ou ld , ge q , A nd e that uard them Moun tains old I y g , WORDSW ORTH . LON DON LTD CON S T AB LE A N D COMP A NY . 1 9 1 3 ’ I I est de ces hommes aux queIs rien d humain ne dem ut e é ran oursui re des echerches dans un e t ger. P v x but donné et rencon rer cc faisan des nou eau su e s t , t, v x j t ’ d é ude c est ainsi ue cet umanis e se ai é om er t , q h t pl t — - B ses oisirs. D B . l . PREFAC E 1 1 3 561 2 OVED by a very trifling occasion some thirty a a o I a ye rs g set out to discover wh t connection , an m a a if y, existed between y ncestors in the m le line a and a certain coat of rms . The enquiry soon resolved itself into the tracing upwards of a pedigree which our oldest family traditions carried no further back than a a h and the l tter p rt of the eig teenth century , in the — result gave a fairly decided answer in the negative a at a to the question of rmorial bearings . But the s me time it revealed unexpectedly an outline of family a a and history going b ck to e rly Tudor times ; this , put into the shape of a pedigree with bare references to a and a and a a a d tes uthorities few expl n tory notes , was printed privately in 1 888 as a matter of purely family interest . In the course of many subsequent rambles over the a a a s me ground v rious clues c me to light , suggesting further researches into topics of less limited interest ha a and t n mere gene logy ; the present work , being a a a l a a the fruit of these rese rches , is n tur l y of somewh t a a a . has r mbling ch r cter One obj ect , however, been l kept in View throughout , though doubtless fo lowed with only questionable constancy : to illustrate in actual detail the lives and limited surroundings of the people v i Preface a a r who form continuous ch in in the pedig ee , such surroundings being common to them and their con a h and the a h tempor ry kit kin , but for most p rt idden in obscurity . To the great stream of history W ere sa es eroes kin s ofev er c ime h g , h , g y l , W e me in the too s ron e s ofcurren ime h l d t g d pth t t , N eath the slow - rolling waters tranquil sleep the little backwater of Westmorland has yielded but a a and a are the a tiny tribute of hum nity, d rk c verns and recesses into which have filtered down the small fragments of mortality whose existence it is here sought to clothe with a semblance of life . a a a a But , to ch nge the met phor , it is but t me expedition where the route is always in full View of a a a the explorer . In the pursuit of the tr ces of f mily at a and whose origin is unknown the st rt , the profit the enj oyment of the enterprise depend much upon the difficulties encountered and the unexpectedness of as a a a . the result , e ch one is tt cked or circumvented For I would ask the reader to bear in mind that in the main the course of the following chapters is the reverse of that in which the actual work was done . a The story , which opens midst the echoes of the Border warfare and ends in the precincts of the City a and of London , h lf smothered by the smoke dust of a a was a the dv ncing nineteenth century , , in f ct , a a a a tr ced from beginning in the folios of H sted , M it a and a a l nd , the rest of their topogr phic l brethren , in Preface an a h a and tmosp ere redolent of le ther bindings , followed onwards through many a dreary and stuffy fi a a register of ce , till it emerged midst the d les , the and air the W a . becks , the inspiring of estmorl nd fells a a a Even here one is reluct nt to b ndon the pursuit , for the question of coat - armour is perhaps the only a thing finally disposed of . If we could but go little h a h u a book a furt er b ck , s o ld we not be ble to on to a a eh a a a Pl nt genet b e ded for high tre son , or to notorious moss- trooper who was more successful than some of his fellows in robbing the Scots of their sheep and oxen But what I regret is not the want of personal dis Far tinction in our ancestry . from it obscurity itself m I a a a a . W a y be virtue h t do l ment , to ch nge the a a as a a I a met phor once more , is th t , sportsm n , c nnot a a x a a a imp rt to the re der the e hil r tion of the ch se , known to those alone who have picked up the scent a and a of the g me on the ground itself , h ve followed it up hill and down dale now running easily across the a i and open , now p infully struggl ng through coppice t and ma and a undergrow h , now with p comp ss noting ’ a and a one s be rings the fe tures of the country, or ’ ba a a . a all leisurely t king stock of the d y s g For , fter , it is but to a display of dead specimens that the reader is invited and if he complains that they are nothing and and a at a I can but skin bone , commonpl ce th t , but reply that some pains have gone to their selection a are a i th t the skins , though stuffed , bsolutely genu ne , and that the skeletons are fitted together bone by viii Preface bone as nearly as possible as they were before dis section . In the backgrounds and attempts at simu a a a a a a a l ting the h bit t of the f un , where the n tur list a I a a a is most li ble to err, h ve preferred to be fr gment ry a a r ther th n misleading . Opportunities for romance ’ I a a and as h ve left to the re der s own discretion ; , for sa all a sentiment , let me y once for th t this little book is offered as a pious tribute to the virtues of my a and ncestors the Good Old Times . It remains for me to add that though I have en deav oured to cite as accurately as possible the ultimate a a a I ha uthority for every st tement of fct in the text , ve not always arrived at my authorities without friendly a a ssist nce in several quarters . Lord Shuttleworth kindly placed at my disposal a valuable ré sumé of the references to B arbon Manor gathered from the Public and a a Records , other useful inform tion rel ting to a and a pl ces loc l families has been given me by Mrs . Grimeshill a a and Moore of , Miss M rg ret Gibson , the . a a a Rev J mes H rrison . My ccount of the Kirkburton branch of the family would have been impossible t without he full information supplied me by Mrs . Frances Collins from her transcript of the parish registers subsequent to the period of her second a a a volume . Mr . Herbert Knocker m de long se rch for the information I wanted from the records of a and a has i Seveno ks School , simil r help been g ven by Mr . Freeman with reference to the books of the ’ W . a a a and . C rpenters Comp ny , by Mr P Ev ns , with reference to those of the Clothworkers. All the Preface details derived from the records of the Archbishop a are . a of C nterbury due to the Rev Cl ude Jenkins , d a a at a a a an . a libr ri n L mbeth P l ce , to Mr Fr nk Peile several items from the manuscripts of the late Dr .