Yorkshire Almanac 2025

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The 25th August, 1662, the morning after the ministers were all silenced, they had a new plot in hand; and early in the morning, being Monday, a dark morning after black Bartholomew, the constables come to my house, with a party of horse, to apprehend me, with a warrant from Sir John Armitage, and after I had seen and read it, I made ready to go along with them, and Sir John being absent, the constables kept me prisoner until Wednesday-then I was brought before his worship, and he told he had several informations against me. I asked what they were, and who were the informers? He said I had furnished myself with good horses, and that there was a great plot in hand, and that I had a hand in it. And when he insisted on that, I offered him the best horse I had for L5, and told him it was like the rest of the things they had, from time to time, forged against me. He told me I must find sureties to appear at the next quarter sessions, and, in the interim, to be bound to the good behaviour. I asked him in what particular I had misbehaved myself? if there was nothing but lies and falsities against me, why should I be demanded such a thing?-adding I would not give in any sureties, he might do with me what he pleased,—and he then took my word to appear at the sessions, but his clerk, my false friend Lyster, sent me word not to trouble myself in appearing at the sessions. Sir John took me into an inner room, and called for a bottle of ale, and being private, I told him what hard measures I had from him, considering what I had done for him and his servants whenever they came with any complaint I thought it was a poor requital-and seeing that providence had ordered that I was fallen under his protection, I desired if he had anything against me that he would let me know if he sent the meanest boy about his house I would requite him, and wait upon him night or day, to prevent these bailiffs and soldiers-and he promised me very seriously, he would do it. But how he performed, take notice.

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Does Hodgson’s black Bartholomew also invoke for him the French Catholic St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre of Huguenots?

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Raine:

There was a large number of Nonconformists at that time in the city. The chapel in St. Saviourgate was not yet built, and their meetings for religious exercises were held in private houses. There was frequently an assembly, according to Oliver Heywood, at the house of Mr. Andrew Taylor in Micklegate. On this occasion the meeting was held at the house of Mrs. Rokeby. She was either the mother or the wife of Thomas Rokeby, Esq., (afterwards a judge,) at that time the great legal adviser of the Nonconformists in the North of England. In his private note-book he speaks of his having had a share of imprisonment. Possibly he had got into trouble for affording shelter to some of the persecuted ministers of his party.

Mr. Ward and Mr. Taylor were fined 507. each, and were committed to Ousebridge gaol. Oliver Heywood saw Mr. Ward there in the course of the following year.

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