Tag: Willerby

March 22nd

On 22nd March 1503, Elizabeth, Duchess of Suffolk, died and the Hull Mayor acquired  the Charterhouse and the lands it owned in Cottingham, Hessle, Westella, Myton, Willerby, and Tranby.

On 22nd March 1581, Hull surgeon John Kydd was made a burgess of the town in consideration of his service on local ships setting out to apprehend pirates.

On 22nd March 1834, labourer Robert Billany of Thorngumbald  was found guilty at York Castle Assizes of setting fire to a stack of straw belonging to Peter Ingleby, and was sentenced to execution, although he was reprieved as there was doubt as to the soundness of his mind.

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March 10th

Holy Trinity

On 10th March 1425, Hull Holy Trinity Church, was consecrated; building began in 1291 and was interrupted by the Black Death.

On 10th March 1447, Henry VI issued a charter enlarging the county of Hull to include Hessle, North Ferriby, Swanland, West Ella, Kirk Ella, Tranby, Willerby, Wolfreton, Anlaby, the site of Haltemprice Priory and Derringham Dike.

On 10th March 1623, George Tummond, butcher, of Patrington, was found dying at sunrise in Winestead, after starting to walk home from the alehouse in Ottringham. Holderness was notorious for its floods.

On 10th March 1800, George Hudson, the “Railway King’, was born in Howsham.  He  made a great business and political career from sharp practice and bribery (was MP for Sunderland, and Lord Mayor of York). He became hugely rich, but was disgraced, and imprisoned for debt, though released when his debts were paid by public subscription. In 1845, he bought the Londesborough Estate for £470,000. D14.12.1871

On 10th March 1823, John Bacchus Dykes was born in Hull. By the age of 10, was assistant organist at St John’s Church, Myton. Became a vicar, and composed over 300 hymn tunes, including ‘Eternal Father, Strong to Save’ and ‘We plough the fields and scatter’. (d 22.1.1876)

On 10th March 1921, Mr J.H. Tate proposed a motion at Hornsea Golf Club that ’Old Jack be shot’! It is assumed Old Jack was the horse used to pull mowers and rollers on the course.

On 10th March 1954, Alex May, master of the tug Fenman, died in hospital after the tug was overrun by the ship she was towing, the Rudolf, and sank, on the way into Hull’s Alexandra Dock. 2 of the crew were swept away. There was 1 survivor.

October 6th

site of Haltemprice Priory

On 6th October 1515, the Sheriff of Hull, Mr Mattison and 200 citizens fought the monks of Haltemprice Priory and threatened to pull down the monastery, over a dispute concerning jurisdiction over Wolfreton and Willerby, and fresh water supplies. Peace was restored by the Mayor of Hull, George Mattison and the issue was eventually resolved in the Star Chamber. One of many incidents in Hull’s ‘water wars’. photo shows site of the monastery.

On 6th October 1613, an enquiry determined that a chantry dedicated to St Mary, and a chaplain to celebrate daily services there, had been paid for by 6 1/4 acres of land, 10 messuages and 3 tofts, given to the town of Hedon by John de Burton and Henry Maupas. Chantries were abolished by Edward VI, along with other signs of Catholicism.

On 6th October 1670, Ann Barone was fined in the Patrington manor court for not making bread according to the assize – i.e. not the regulation size, weight etc.

On 6th October 1748, Mary Jackson, tenant farmer of Everingham, lost 36 of her 45 cattle to rinderpest, the cattle plague then affecting much of the East Riding.

On 6th October 1850, Hedon solicitor James Iveson, died after a long career controlling the political life of Hedon, a Rotten Borough described as ‘Lawyer-ridden’. He was also Town clerk, Mayor, land agent, and steward on behalf of the Constables of the Holderness Seigniory. The Iveson dynasty was involved in land enclosures, surveying and other profitable work. James was renowned for rudeness. Part of an ultra conservative council which for years resisted public health improvements. Collector of architectural remains from demolished churches. Engaged for some 20 years of protracted negotiation with Trinity House over Spurn Point.  portrait in Hedon Town Hall

On 6th October 1890, Chas Collier, aged 17 years, former pupil of Hull Trinity House School, died of typhoid fever in the Barque Miltiades off the west coast of Africa.

James Iveson, Hedon Town Clerk

August 31st

On 31st August 1292, King Edward I stayed at Kilham, on his return from Scotland, where he judged on the claims of Robert the Bruce and John Balliol for the crown, he also made several other stops in East Yorkshire.

On 31st August 1516,  Robert Chorkyls, husbandman, of Wyton, claimed sanctuary at the church of St John, Beverley, for the murder of John Rotheram.

On 31st August 1579, Howden records state that 158 people died in the previous 5 months, at least 110 above the average, due to plague. The city of York forbade anyone from Howden or Snaith from entering the city.

On 31st August 1941, Minnie Leveson, nurse, aged 20, was killed by an air-raid on her home in Willerby; she is buried in De la Pole Hospital cemetery.

On 31st August 1943, 15 Wellington bombers took off from RAF Leconfield and 2 of them collided over Goole, killing both crews and 2 residents of North Street.

On 31st August 1946, Hull Lord Mayor Herbert Harrison officially opened Hull City AFC’s new stadium, Boothferry Park. The crowd of 25,586 were entertained by the band of the 2ndBattalion East Yorkshire Regiment. The match was against Lincoln City, the result 0-0.

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June 19th

On 19th June 1256, the Meaux Abbey chronicler reported losing men and oxen at Orwithfleet, south of Patrington. A major flood of the Humber reached as far north as Cottingham, with many lives lost, livestock and fisheries devastated, and land washed into the river.

On 19th June 1607, Thomas Wincop, Master of Hull Charterhouse, bought, with Hull Mayor George Almond and other trustees, land in Haltemprice Wood abutting on the common fields of Willerby, to support the running costs; the Charterhouse already owned substantial property in and around Hull. photo shows Wincop’s memorial in Hull Minster.

On 19th June 1837, Hull Steam Packet Company launched the paddle steamer Victoria at Medley’s shipyard, Hull; she was considered state of the art. A boiler explosion in 1838 killed 5 crew; there was a second explosion the same year; she ran onto rocks in 1852 and was wrecked, with 8 people killed.

On the same day, Rev Joseph Coltman died in Beverley at the age of 60. He was known for his support of local charities, of the emancipation of Catholics, and of the abolition of slavery. Born in Hull, Coltman Street was named for him, as was Beverley’s Coltman Avenue. At 37 stone 8lbs, he was reputed to be the heaviest man in England, and his death may have been caused by his weight. He employed a manservant to turn him in bed, but he fell asleep and Coltman suffocated in his sleep.

On 19th June 1887, to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Jubilee, a state service was held in Holy Trinity church, Hull, the new Market Hall was opened, as was East Park, and there were festivities in all the city’s wards.

On 19th June 1920, Harry Wilkinson of  Lower Union Street, Hull, was seriously injured by 3 gunshots.  He was part of a mob of white people who attacked and damaged several boarding houses where black seamen lived. Tom Toby, a West African fireman, was charged with wounding, but no white people were arrested. Toby’s plea of self defence was accepted, and he was found not guilty. During the same rioting, Murrell Piggott, faced with a 200-strong crowd, had also fired, but his plea of self defence was not accepted, and he was sentenced to 9 months’ hard labour for unlawful wounding.

On 19th June 1940, the East Hull, docks, suburbs, and River Hull corridor experienced the first night-time raid of World War 2.

 

Thomas Whincopp memorial