On 31st July 1332, King Edward III sailed from Ravenspurn to battle in Scotland. He also visited Hull, and was reported to be pleased with the progress of the fortifications there.
On 31st July 1899, Hull steam trawler Opal collided with trawler Toronto and was wrecked 160 miles NE of Spurn. photo shows a typical steam trawler of the period.
On 30th July 1526, Preston butcher John Erdy claimed sanctuary at the church of St John, Beverley, for felony and debt.
On 30th July 1643, the parish clerk of St Mary’s, Beverley, reported in the parish register that they buried 13 men killed on the King’s side in the Civil War.
On 30th July 1782, the crew of Hull whaler Benjamin landed 135 butts of blubber and over 2 tons of whalebone, the product of 3 whales caught in the Davis Strait. (Rev George Lambert had shares in the ship). photo shows whalebone arch outside Patrington
On 30th July 1861, John Ellerthorpe, aged 55, rescued John Eaby, who had fallen into the Humber Dock Basin, Hull. This was Ellerthorpe’s 39thand last rescue. Named ‘The Hero of the Humber’, he was awarded with the Royal Humane Society’s Silver Medal.
On 30th July 1891, Mary Jane Langley, 18 years, of Westfield Farm, Long Lane (now Neat Marsh Road) Preston, was last seen alive when she walked to Marfleet and took the train to Hull to have her photo taken. Her body was found in a ditch near her home. Her throat had been cut. John Rennard was arrested and tried, but not convicted.
On 27th July 1643, Hull widow Ann Stevenson, whose husband died at Beverley in Parliament’s service as a cannoneer, petitioned the town of Hull to pay her the 35 shillings wages due to him; the committee agreed, in view of her poverty, to let her have 20s.
On 27th July 1782, Rev George Lambert of Fish Street, Hull reported in his diary on a violent thunderstorm in the evening, and lightning killed a cow very near their house, and scorched the hedges.
On 27th July 1796, jockey George Heron was thrown by his horse at Hull racecourse, Newington, and killed.
On 27th July 1855, James McLoughlin, aged 13, asked Hull Magistrates Court for the protection of the court on account of his mother having beaten him severely with a stick and a fire poker because he would not go out stealing for her.
On 27th July 1996, HMS Rose visited Hull’s Albert Dock; this was an exact replica of a frigate built in Hull by the Blaydes yard in 1757 and sunk in Savannah, Georgia in 1779. The only difference from the original ship was that the sails were made from recycled plastic bottles.
On 24th July 1614, Ralph Hansby founded almshouses for 3 poor persons at Bishop Burton.
On 24th July 1622, Lawrence Taylor, rector of Londesborough, died intestate, and the York Consistory (Ecclesiastical) Court gave custody of his 6 children, and a 7thchild born in October, to his brother William, to be supported until age 21. No information on the fate of his widow.
On 24th July 1894, John William Russell was shot dead on Albert Dock, Hull, by Arthur Kendall. Russell was trying to defend Crossland from Kendall. Kendall was convicted at York Assizes, his sentence commuted to penal servitude.
On 24th July 1912, a heavy cloudburst over Westwood brought flooding to Beverley town centre. Water was a foot deep on Walkergate.
On 24th July 1942, bus inspector Ernest Goddard, aged 50, and 14 others, including 5 children, were killed in an air raid on Withernsea; as well as 2 bombs, in Queen Street and the bowling green, the German Dornier bomber had used small arms fire on local people.
On 24th July 2011, 5 thieves stole the 300kg statue from Nelson Street, Hull; called Voyage, the statue was created by Steinunn Thorarinsdottir, as a symbol of the relationship between Hull and Iceland. A replacement statue was unveiled 11.5.2012.
photo shows the empty plinth.
On 23rd July 1525, carpenter John Algood of Wheldrake claimed sanctuary at the church of St John, Beverley, for debt.
On 23rd July 1856, Capt Bryan Stapleton became the first governor of the Yorkshire Catholic Reformatory School for Boys, at Holme on Spalding Moor. The reformatory movement campaigned to keep children out of prisons, but the first Yorkshire school was Church of England only.
On 23rd July 1941, an air raid on Alexandra Dock, Hull, sank 3 lighters, killing 2 people and injuring 5, and damaged No 11 quay, 2 steamers and a diving boat.
On 23rd July 2012, the Royal Engineers carried out 15 controlled explosions on the beach at Mappleton, after a landslide (on Sat 21.7) revealed at least 1,000 rockets, grenades and bombs from WW2.
On 22nd July 1612 ( or possibly on 12.7) Hull-born navigator and explorer James Hall was employed by the Danish government to survey for minerals, and came upon a group of Greenland Inuit who recognised him from a previous voyage. He had been involved in kidnapping 4 people, who had never returned home. Hall was attacked and died that day of a spear wound in the side. William Baffin was master of the sister ship Patience on the same expedition. Hall was succeeded as master of the Heartsease by Andrew Barker, also of Hull.
On 22nd July 1643, Lord Ferdinando Fairfax was invited by the people of Hull to take up the post of Governor.
On 22nd July 1869, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, officially opened the new Albert Dock, Hull.
On 22nd July 1909, Sydney Buxton, Postmaster General, officially opened the new Post Office building in Lowgate, Hull. Despite precautions against action by suffragettes, Charlotte Marsh got close enough to speak to him, and was arrested. She was Yorkshire organiser for the Women’s Social & Political Union and had earlier been arrested at Riverside Quay.
On 22nd July 2004, Florence ‘Flo’ Bilton died aged 82. Goalkeeper, set up a women’s football team at Reckitt’s in 1963, and from was influential in setting up the Women’s Football Association in 1969. Set up, trained and supported new women’s teams. Acted as membership secretary and chaperone for the national women’s team. Flo Bilton Trophy is contested by girls’ football teams in ER. (b c1921) photo shows 2017 cream plaque presentation in Hull Guildhall by (left) Karen Walker, 86 England caps.
On 21st July 1304, Henry de Percy granted permission for a 2 day annual market and fair to Nafferton with Wansford, where his family held land. It doesn’t appear to have been a success, as income was recorded in 1314, with no mention of it after this date.
On 21st July 1793, the Master of Hull Trinity House School in his weekly report ‘lamented 2 absentees who were never corrected for it. Their mothers are such notorious harpies and kick up such a shameful dust among us’.
On 21st July 1943, the Regional Air Raid Commissioner produced a report on the Trekking Situation in Hull, with concerns that people were leaving the city at night to avoid air-raids, often sleeping in ditches and verges. photo shows Londoners sleeping in the Underground – which, of course, Hull did not have. I have not been able to find images of night trekkers from Hull.
On 19th July 1692, Elizabeth Howe, nee Jackson, aged 57, was hanged for witchcraft at Salem, Massachusetts with 4 other women; at the age of 3, she was among the Puritans who emigrated from Rowley to found Rowley, Massachusetts.
On 19th July 1750, Hull soldier John Hasselbe made a sworn statement to John Wood, Deputy Mayor, that when he was on duty at Beverley Gate between 1.00 and 3.00, his musket went missing, and he suspected it had been stolen and concealed.
On 19th July 1783, Christopher Atkinson, MP for Hedon & corn factor, was tried in London for perjury, found guilty and committed to prison for 12 months, , first being pilloried at the Corn Exchange, London, and expelled from the House of Commons. He resigned from his commercial post, but stood again as MP for Hedon in 1796 and 1802 and was elected. He later changed his name to Saville. picture shows Atkinson at the pillory
On 19th July 1786, Hull’s Rev George Lambert visited several sick parishioners, and commented on the contemporary habit of family and friends crowding into the room with the minister, so that the sick person was unable to speak openly.
On 19th July 1794, Edward Bogg, carpenter’s mate, was shot and killed on board Hull fishing vessel Sarah and Elizabeth Off St Abb’s Head by the crew of a naval press gang on the frigate Aurora; 3 other crew were injured; the coroner’s court returned a verdict of wilful murder by Captain Essington; the captain was sent to the East Indies for several years and never stood trial.
On 19th July 1849, an All England Eleven cricket team played a 30-day match against a Hull amateur side at the Hull Athenaeum Club ground, Anlaby Road. Despite funding from the Hull Sheriff and both MPs, the entrance fee was 1s a day. The professionals won by an innings and 82 runs.
On 19th July 1919, 368 children living at Newland Homes, Cottingham Road, Hull, took part in official peace celebrations included games and setting fire to an effigy of the ex-Kaiser.
On 18th July 1509, Lockington labourer Christopher Wylton claimed sanctuary at the church of St John, Beverley, for theft.
On 18th July 1511, Tailor Thomas Mateson, of Stamford Bridge, claimed sanctuary at Beverley for the homicide of John Pott, also of Stamford Bridge, labourer.
On 18th July 1642, the first Hull siege ended after 17 days; as the Royalists withdrew to Beverley, they destroyed the sluice at Hull Bank, causing flooding in Newland, and probably set fire to St Andrew’s Church at Paull.
On 18th July 1833, the work of the Humber Pilots involved more than directing ships into harbour; the day’s work included: relaying 14 buoys; taking carpenters to Bull Float and relaying Transport buoy (at the entrance of the River Hull).
On 18th July 1878, Anthony Bannister JP died at Hessle aged 61; twice Sheriff and twice Mayor of Hull, Vice commodore of the Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club. Promoted the Hull to Withernsea rail line; he is commemorated by a street in Withernsea, by a statue in Hull, and an effigy in Hessle.
On 18th July 1929, Boothferry Bridge opened to traffic across the River Ouse, replacing the ferry which had operated there since the 14thcentury.
On 18th July 1941, Ernest Dean Hodgson of Deepdale Grove, Hull, member of the Rescue Service, was commended for the rescue of Mrs Pounder and her 3 children from a damaged air raid shelter in rustenburg St. For their actions on the same night, John Joseph McHugh of Lilly Grove, and Arthur George Dixon were both awarded the British Empire Medal. The same raid caused major damage to Reckitt’s Dansom Lane HQ, about 75% of the buildings being destroyed.
On 18th July 1969, Barry Francis, 22, decky learner, was lost overboard from Hull trawler Arctic Vandal off the North Cape.
On 15th July 1855, Hull-born John Sheppard, a Boatswain’s mate, attempted single-handedly to blow up a Russian warship at Sebastopol, Crimea, and was awarded the Victoria Cross ‘for valour’.
On 1th July 1868, John Ellerthorpe, the ‘Hero of the Humber’ died aged 62. He had rescued 39 people from drowning and was awarded the Royal Humane Society Silver Medal. Buried in Hull General Cemetery. (b 1806)
On the night of 14/15 July 1943, Bill Shepherd, engineer at Wm Jackson & Son Ltd, Derringham St, Hull, died when the factory was bombed; his colleague Sid Charlton escaped injury, as they dived for cover in opposite directions.
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