Tag: Blacktoft

September 26th

On 26th September 1480, Elizabeth Beauwmont, gentlewoman of Hedon, and Robert Beauwmont, clerk of Almondbury, sought sanctuary in the church of St John, Beverley,  for the death of Thomas Aldirlay of Almondbury, killed by them on 5 Oct 1479. (We do not know the relationship between the 2 )

On 26th September 1643, Col Oliver Cromwell and Lord Willoughby crossed the Humber to view the defence of Hull for themselves, and took some of the cavalry back with them, horses being of limited use in the besieged town.

On 26th September 1649, Marmaduke Richardson of Pocklington was hanged at York Castle for praying publicly before his sermon for Charles II, King of Scotland and heir apparent. (Prince of Wales).

On 26th September 1794, John Magnus, a Dane, was buried at Blacktoft after drowning in the Humber and washing up at Thornton Land.

On 26th September 1917, L/Cpl Thomas Edgar Borrill, 20, former Reckitt’s employee,  died on active service with the Sherwood Foresters. He has no known grave.

Oliver Cromwell

 

September 11th

Howden

 

On 11th September 1666, Sir Philip Monckton replied to a petition from Howden residents to raise a company of musketeers to defend them, as the Great Fire of London had made them fear arson by a foreigner or Catholic; he suggested they double the watch and get the constables to watch the movements of every ‘Londoner’ at night.

On 11th 1795, Timothy Rymer, a sailor, was buried after drowning in the Humber, the body washing up at Blacktoft.