* Son of Robert Raikes, esq., of North Allerton; born 4th Nov., 1683; mar. at Burton Agnes, 10th May, 1720, Mary, eldest dau. of Robert Ellis, esq., M.B. of Siglesthorne, by his wife Elizabeth, dau. of the rev. Christopher Fulthorpe, M.A., of Tunstale, co. Durham; she died 13th April, 1784, æt. 82. Mr. Raikes assumed the name of Fulthorpe, and died 22nd June, 1753, æt. 69, bur. 25th June at N.A. within the chancel; succeeded by his son Robert Raikes Fulthorpe, esq., who died at St. Albans.

Eldest son of John Peirse, esq., of Bedale, born 1692; mar. Anne Johnson. His grandfather devised his estates at North Allerton to him, and he inherited Bedale from his great-uncle John Peirse. He died in 1759.

§ Eldest son of Leonard Smelt, esq., of Kirkby Fleetham, (who died in 1710;) in 1733 he accepted the office of clerk to his majesty's ordnance, and was re-chosen member for this borough. He died in 1740.

Eldest son of Charles Turner, esq., of Kirkleatham; born 1685; mar. Jane, dau. of George Marwood, esq., of Busby, in 1709; high sheriff of Yorkshire in 1725, and M.P. for the North Riding in 1741. In 1739 his son Marwood William Turner, esq., died, aged 22, when his father erected that beautiful mausoleum to his memory, annexed to Kirkleatham church. He died, 9th May, 1757, 8.P.M, when Kirkleatham estate devolved upon his brother William Turner, esq.

Of the Leases, near Bedale; second son of Leonard Smelt, esq, of Kirkby Fleetham; in May, 1745, he was appointed receiver of his majesty's casual revenue in the island of Barbadoes.-Com. Jour. His wil! is dated 17th Jan., 1754, (wherein he calls Cornelius Caley, esq., his brother-inlaw); he died in 1755, aged 66; his arms on his monument in Kirkby Fleetham church are impaled with those of Caley. He had issue a son Leonard (whose niece mar. Thomas Frankland, esq., M.P. for Thirsk, in 1775), who had a position in the prince of Wales' establishment in 1775, and who was living in 1799.

* Accepted 25 Geo. II. the office of chief steward and keeper of the courts of honor of Berkhamstead, and of the manor, lordship, and town of Berkhamstead, in the co. of Hertford, Bucks, and Northampton, parcel of the land and possessions of his majesty's duchy of Cornwall.—Com.

Journals.

+ Created baron Harewood, of Harewood, co. York, 9th July, 1790; died 25th Jan., 1795., S.P., when the dignity became extinct.

§ Son of Henry Peirse, esq., of Bedale, late M.P. for this borough; born in 1754; mar. Charlotte Grace, 2nd dau. of John, 2nd lord Monson, in 1777. He purchased the manor of Hutton Bonville in 1825, which had been sold by Richard William Peirse, of the Thimbleby branch, in 1785, to Anthony Hammond, esq., of Richmond. He died in 1824, leaving three daughters, Charlotte, m. to I. F. Thomas, esq.; Marianne died unmarried; and Henrietta, m. to sir John Poo Beresford, bart.

Cousin of the 1st lord Harewood; created baron Harewood, 18th June, 1796; viscount Lascelles and earl of Harewood, 7th Sep., 1812; died 3rd April, 1820. His lordship mar. 12th May, 1761, Anne, dau. of William Chaloner, esq., of Guisborough, who died 22nd Feb., 1805.

Eldest son of the 1st earl; member for this borough from 1796 to 1814. Died unmarried, 3rd June, 1814.

Of Rokeby, see Whitaker's Richmondshire.

*Second son of the 1st earl; succeeded 3rd April, 1820; lord lieutenant and custus rotulorum of the West Riding, and high steward of Allerton; born 25th Dec., 1767; died 24th Nov., 1841. His lordship mar. in 1794, Henrietta, eldest dau. of sir John Saunders Sebright, bart., (who died 15th Feb., 1840); succeeded by his 2nd son Henry, 3rd earl.

+ Third son of Henry, 2nd earl of Harewood, born 29th Oct., 1798; M.P. for Wakefield 1837, and afterwards for Knaresbro'; comptroller of her Majesty's household, and a privy councillor. The right hon. gentleman mar. 14th May, 1823, Caroline Georgina, eldest dau. of George, 6th earl of Carlisle, and sister of the present earl, by whom (who survives him) he left a large family. He died 2nd July, 1851, æt. 53.

§ Henry 3rd earl of Harewood, succeeded 24th Nov., 1841; lord lieutenant and custos rotulorum of the West Riding; high steward of Allerton; col. of the West Yorkshire hussars. His lordship mar. in 1823, Louisa, dau. of Thomas 2nd marq. of Bath; died 22nd Feb., 1857, succeeded by his son Henry Thynne, present earl.

Vice-admiral of the white, and a lord commissioner of the admiralty, K.C.B., K.T.S.; mar. Henrietta, third dau. of Henry Peirse, esq., of Bedale, late M.P., as his 2nd wife, 17th Aug., 1815. He died in 1844. Upon the death of Miss Peirse, his eldest son (by his 2nd wife) Henry de la Poer Beresford, esq., came in possession of the Bedale estates, and assumed the name of Peirse.

A native of Beverley, but then residing at Otterington Hall, near North Allerton; promoted to the rank of captain while member for this borough; mar 1st, Charlotte, 3rd dau. of Sir James Pennyman, bart., of Ormesby, who died 11th Sep., 1833; 2ndly, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Wylie, esq. He died 1st Oct., 1837, æt. 55; bur. at South Otterington.

Eldest son of William Wrightson, esq., of Cusworth, some time M.P. for Aylesbury; mar. in 1821, Georgiana, dau. of Inigo Freeman Thomas, esq., of Ratto, co. Sussex, by Charlotte, eldest daughter of Henry Peirse, esq., of Bedale. Mr. Wrightson was M.P. for East Retford in 1826; for Hull in 1830-31; and acquired through his wife, his interest in this borough, which he has represented since 1835.

The Church.

HE learned, indefatigable, and ingenious antiquary, Dr. Stukely, in a paper read before the members of the Antiquarian Society, 30th Oct., 1755, on "Observations on the sanctuary at Westminster," says, "Paulinus built many parish churches in Yorkshire. Some I have seen, and taken drawings of them; particularly that at Godmundham, where is the original font in which he baptized the heathen high-priest Coifi. He built North Allerton church, now remaining. His effigy is placed on the outside of it."t

The church is dedicated to All Saints, which is usually regarded as indicative of a Saxon origin. Archdeacon Churton says, "Many of the Saxon churches were dedicated to All Saints. Indeed it is probable that wherever there is a church so dedicated, it is of Saxon foundation."§

1162. Prior Thomas, the first, engaged with bishop

Rev. William Stukely, M.D., F.S.A., was born at Holbeach, in Lincolnshire, in 1687; mar. Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the rev. Thomas Gale, D.D., and sister to Roger Gale, esq., M.P. for North Allerton. In 1747 the duke of Montague gave him the rectory of St. George the Martyr, Queen-square, where he died, 1765. His principal works are, "Itinerarium Curiosum;" 64 Descriptions of Stonehenge and Abury;" History of Carausius;" "An account of Richard of Cirencester," &c. † Archæologia, i. 44.

§ Early English church.

Pudsey in a dispute about the church of Allerton, and a violent contention arose, in which the monks not supporting their prior as they ought to have done in protection of the rights of the church, the prior was deposed by the bishop in the year 1163, and retired to the island of Farne, in which St. Cuthbert formerly had his residence, and restoring some of the buildings, lived the life of a recluse.* He was succeeded by Germanus.

1174. Bishop Pudsey gave the church of Durham many rich ornaments, and greatly enlarged the power of the monastery; the Yorkshire churches, until the time of this prelate, appertained to the bishops, as appears from the following deed of composition made with the archbishop of York; but Pudsey granted them to the convent.

Compositio inter Rogerum archiep. Eborum et episc. Dunelm super ecclesiis St. Cuthberti.

Capella et cimiterium de Alvertona in manu prioris Hagustald erunt, ita quod archiepiscopus non coget aliquem ibi sepeliri, nec episcopus prohibebit.

Ecclesia Hagustald crisma et oleum recipiet a Dunelmensi ecclesia, sicut solet: Prior quoq. veniet ad synodum Dunelm., clerici et canonici Hagustald ab episcopo Dunelm. ordines recipient, parochiam Hagustald in Pentecosten visitabunt, si voluerint. Prior Hagustald omnia placita ecclesiastica illius parochia placitabit sine pæna pecuniaria, et pecunias dabit.

Decedente vero priori Richardo, qui nunc est, eam auctoritatem habebit episcopus Dunelmensis in alterius prioris constitutione, quam idem prior Richardus, et prior Guiseburn, et Petrus frater prioris de Brenbynton, juraverunt ecclesiam Dunelmensem habuisse in constitutione ejusdem prioris Richardi siquam habuisse eam juraverunt.

De ecclesiis B. Cuthberti quarum hæc sunt nomina in archidiaconatu Johannis fillii Letoldi. Ecclesia de

* Ang. Sac. 721. Geoff. de Cold.