1823.] Intended Church for the Welch Poor at Liverpool. and London, and for the extraordinary expedition which a messenger charged with so important an order would of course have used. I am aware that Sandford, as well as Baker, allude to another statement of Richard's assassination by Exton, which affirms that some time after the rebellion had been quelled, Henry feelingly lamented that he had no friend who would rid him of a man who was such a continual source of uneasiness to him; and that Exton immediately took eight men with him to Pomfret, and murdered the Prince after a powerful resistance, in the manner often related. Mr. Webb and Mr. Amyot very properly refrain from alluding to this version of the story, I suppose from deeming it too absurd even for a single comment; nor do the writers I have cited attach much credit to it. Besides the reasons which I am about to urge for disbelieving that Henry ordered his prisoner to be destroyed after 199 the death of Surrey and his other friends, this story bears such marks of being manufactured from Henry the Second's observation, which produced the death of the celebrated Archbishop Becket, that if it even rested on better autho rity, this striking similarity would expose it to great suspicion. Here then I shall conclude my argument on the first cause to which Richard's death has been assigned, and I trust I have succeeded in shewing that few things rest more firmly on presumptive evidence than that Henry commanded his rival's immediate destruction, when it was so clearly his interest to remove him ; and that the conjecture I have hazarded that he recalled his fatal mandate, is perfectly reconcileable both in point of time and probability with every other circumstance connected with this interesting question. Yours, &c. CLIONAS. (To be continued.) Mr. URBAN, Sept. 6. TRUST that the exertions now I making at Liverpool for the establishment of a place of worship for the Welch residents in that populous borough will meet with deserved success. As it appears from the communication of your intelligent Correspondent, "S. R." that one fourth part of the money requisite for the erection of the intended Church is all that has The above view was intended for insertion last month; but was received too late. yet been received, I hope that his animated appeal to the feelings of Christians, especially to those of the Established Church, will induce every one who really desires to see the Gospel diffused, and religious and moral principles instilled into the minds of the poorer classes, to contribute most liberally in the first place towards the establishment of a Church for the Welch in Liverpool, and afterwards to the establishment of similar Churches in every part of the Kingdom where numbers of Welch people reside. I therefore venture to suggest to the Liverpool Society 200 Intended Church for the Welch Poor at Liverpool. Society the propriety of making public through the Metropolis the names of the persons who receive subscriptions in London for this truly laudable purpose. I am afraid that the Liverpool Society will not meet with success in their application to the Society for promoting and enlarging the building of Churches, on account of the service of their intended Church being necessarily in the Welch Language, and therefore not providing places for the attendance of an additional number of English people, which I understand is the principal object of that Society to promote. Should, however, the members of that Society refuse their assistance upon this ground, I am certain that many of them will cheerfully contribute towards the accomplishment of an object so entirely in unison with their own,-that of providing places of worship for the poor, and thus circulating the principles of Christianity, and the doctrines of the Established Church. If a general Society were established for the purpose of providing the natives of the Principality, resident in England, with places of worship and ministers, a fund fully sufficient for the objects of such a society might soon be obtained. Liberal donations would surely be bestowed in the first instance by those who have the religious welfare of the Cambrians at heart; annual subscriptions would be found; and it need not be doubted that the Clergymen of the Established Church would lend their pulpits to the advocates of the Society. The large sum of money required to erect the places of worship would form the most serious obstacle to the success of the Society; but while we see every where around us charitable institutions, which require even larger capitals, flourishing and prospering, surely there is no cause to despair of yet seeing a Welch Church Society added to the many other institutions of charity and mercy, for which our country is so famous, and thus be spared the disgrace of any longer seeing a large portion of our fellow-subjects excluded from any opportunity of worshipping their Creator, of learning his will, of hearing what rewards he has promised to the righteous, or what punishments he has denounced against the wicked; they will then have the power of bringing [Sept. up their children "in the nurture and admonition of the Lord;" they will then be comforted in sorrow and consoled in affliction; be made virtuous in this world, and taught to look forward with humble, but well-assured hope and confidence to that glorious immortality which God has promised to bestow upon the virtuons and the good; to hope to attain that eternity of blessedness, the very desire of which distinguishes the children of men from the "beasts of the forest." Will the Christian withhold his aid from a purpose so beneficial as this? While Christian Missionaries are found between the burning tropics, or nigh the frozen poles, supported by British charity, shall our land be alone neglected? or while the Gospel is preached to the gipsies, shall the ancient Briton alone be left without religious knowledge, or suffered to become the prey of the gloomy fanatic, the selfrighteous sectarian, or the avowed despiser of God's Holy Law? Can we believe that man's professions of belief in Christ Jesus to be sincere, who will refuse to lend his assistance towards preserving these his fellowsubjects from vice and ignorance, with all their hateful consequences? Will he, who bestows a part of his substance to convert the distant heathen to the knowledge of his Creator and Redeemer, to diffuse religion throughout the whole world, to disseminate the Scriptures, to reclaim the vicious, and confirm the good,"-will he be so careless of his duty, as a citizen and a Christian, as to suffer a portion of his fellow-subjects and fellow-christians to be without the means of obtaining that knowledge which will instruct them how to discharge their duty as men and as Christians? Let every one contribute according to his ability towards the furtherance of this important object-let the natives of Wales, who have the power, be foremost in the work of mercy;especially let the Nobility and Gentry of Cambria associate themselves for this purpose; they will, I repeat, be soon joined by many well-wishers to the cause of the Established Church, and of Christianity-by all who really and sincerely desire to see religion flourish-who wish to enlarge the Kingdom of Christ, and who desire the increase of righteousness and happiness. AP. R. AP. H. Mr. 1823.] Mr. URBAN, The Grey Friars, Richmond, Yorkshire. Sept. 2. N your Magazine for 1822 (vol. a brief notice of the second edition of Clarkson's History of Richmond in Yorkshire, a work so full of information, that (as a celebrated historian of the present day has truly said), "no library in Yorkshire can be reckoned complete without a copy. It will be a book of reference and authority as long as the Swale washes the walls of the old Castle of Richmond." So delighted am I with the work, that I always take it up with pleasure, and find that every page proves the author's industry, fidelity of expression, and independence of mind. Thinking that a specimen of the embellishments and language will be acceptable to your readers, I select the description of the Grey Friars, and the copper-plate engraving (4to edit. p. 214), which, at my request, the author has kindly permitted me to forward to you. Yours, &c. RICHMONDIENSIS. THE GREY FRIARS, RICHMOND, One of the great ornaments to Richmond is the beautiful tower of the Grey Friars, which stands in the North part of the town without the walls, and from its handsome light appearance, cannot fail to attract the attention of every stranger on his first entrance into Richmond from the North. This house was founded in the year 1257, 42 Hen. III. by Ralph Fitz Randal, Lord of Middleham', and continued in a flourishing condition near three hundred years, having received many benefactions from the Earls of Richmond, Ralph de Glanville, and several others. Richard le Scrope, 38 Edw. III. gave to it certain lands with the appurtenances in Richmond. Robert Wyclyf, Master of Kepyer Hospital near Durham, and Rector of Hutton Rudby, gave by his will, dated Sept. 8, 1423, twenty shillings to this house. Ralph Fitz Randal, knt. bequeaths on the 20th of January, 1457, seven marks to the Friars GENT. MAG. September, 1823. 201 of Richmond, to celebrate divine service in their church during one year, all the faithful departed. Robert Dale, alias Flesher2, of Great Fencote, among other legacies, leaves on the 15th of April, 1470, five shillings to these Friars. And John Trollop of Thornelawe, in the county of Durham, who died 19 Nov. 1477, bequeathed by his will, dated Oct. 30, 1476, to these Friars twenty shillings. Though screened by its poverty from the rapacious hands of Henry VIII. on his first attempt at the dissolution of religious houses, it was included in his last order, and was surrendered the 19th of Jan. 1538, 30 Hen. VIII. by Robert Sanderson, the last prior, and fourteen brethrens. This house, according to the course then followed, was committed at its surrender to the custody of Ralph Gower and Richard Crosby, to whom were delivered for safe keeping all the ornaments, plate, jewels, chattels, seal of the house, the ready money, household stuff, corn, store in the farmer's hands, &c. &c. The clear value of the possessions over and above the annual reprises was 31s. 8d. which sum was thus set down by James Rokeby, the King's Auditor, now remaining in the Aug mentation Office. First. The scite of the howse of the saide Freres, with the edifices, one garthing near the utter yats, and one garthing adjoining unto the quere of the churche ther, contening in all . . . acres, and is worth by year xiid. Item. Ther is a waste ground lieing upon the este part of the same syte, conteyning one acre, and is worth, yere xiid. Item. There is a grounde lying nere uppon the West syde of the scite called the Orteyerd, conteyning one acre, and is worth by yere iis. Item. There is a close called the Frere Close, lieing inclosed within a stone wall, conteyning vii acres, and is worth by year xxis. Item. Ther is a ten't lieing in Richmond in Bradgate, with edifices and rents by yere, towerds the repa'cons, vis. viiid. 2 See Appendix, No. XXXII. for the wills of Ralph Fitz Randal and Robert Dale. 3 See Appendix, No. XXXIII. for a copy of the surrender, with the names of the Friars then inmates of the house. Item. |