The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Henry Goodrick ( - )
Relevant locations: Lived at or near Little Ribston, North YorkshireReferences in Documents:
JamesI
CharlesII
CharitableUses,
within the West-Riding of the County of
, together withYorke
the Returns so far as relates to the Town and Parish of
,Leedes
and
Bryan Dixon
who gave it me:
, concerning theDecree out of
Chancery
Chancery
Advowsonof the
Vicarage atLeedes ;
H. 6. transcribed from or
collated with the Originals in the Archives of
Peter
there;
Lecturerof the Parish Church. To the
Free-School, High-Ways, Poor,
&c.
CharlesII
to incorporate the Town and Parish of
under a Mayor,Leedes
(
Thomas DanbyEsq
of the Aldermen by the first, and Mayors by the second Char
&c.
Jac. I.
from
Domesday-Book, from
Smale
Thornton
John Harri
sonEsq
son
Hillary
, &c.
John Nelthrop
John Goodrick
Benefactions (from the Original Writings courteously lent me
Hen. Goodrick
Sam. SunderlandEsq
thers to recite here.
out of the Dutchy for theDecree
Toll
of Corn of LeedesMarket.
of Corn of Leedes
Hen.the VIIIth
discharge the Inhabitants of
Tolls for Goods: From the Original.
Vicar of
Leedes
Tythes of Wood and Rape, with
bishop
Hutton
longing to the
New-Churchat
,Leedes
Hamelin's and Earl
Warren's
Wakefield, with other Matters relating to that
Are
Milner
toLeedes
, 31 Miles, 2 Furlongs, 83 Yards, and 60 Parts.Wee
land
land
cerning the
Charity-Schoolfounded at
Leedes
Stemma Regalis Augustissimi Monarchæ Jacobi Magn. Brit. Fran.
& Hib. . it is curiously delineated upon Parchment from
Regis, &c
,Malcolme
and
Margaret
Henry
ArmJo. Boulter
gree of
Brooke
.Cobham
take of
granted toSkyrake
Hen. 8.
An.
John
GascoigneEsq
Gascoigne
&c. Commissioners. Don. D.
third
Ja. I.
Tho. Fairfax
Hen. GoodrickeKnts.
Mayors of
(and short Historical Notes) fromYorke
all upon Parchment.
ly met with: I have
made a most diligent Inquest after those that Camden mentions at
Grimscarnear
, but can find no more ReEland
mains of them, than of the noted Inscription,
Paulinus hic prædicavit
& celebravit, at
& celebravit
, which was not to be met with upon theDewsbury
strictest Scrutiny, I could possibly make, when I went purposely to
the Place. This shews the Necessity of Repositories for such vene
rable Remains. But though those of the
fourth Cohortare lost, yet
good Hap hath brought to my Notice and Possession
ninth
Legion's, which the learned
Legion's
Hen. Savile
,Tacitus
shews to have been in
inBritain
's Time, and that it was alsoGalba
; but that it, as well as the VIth and XXth, was also calHispaniensis
led
Victrix, or that it resided at
, was not known before; andYorke
yet both are evident from the Inscription upon this Brick found there,
in
Mickle-gate
Trinity-yard
Funeral Monument of the Standard-Bearer of the said VIIII Legion
(which Way of Writing 9 is frequent upon the
Monies); ofRoman
which see the
Phil. Trans. N° 305
Oxford Livy(Vol.
6. p. 181.)
by
Bryan Fairfax
in the Middle, and were going to make use of it for two
Throughs, as
they call them, to bind the Wall; but by that worthy Gentleman's
Direction it was walled upright, with the Inscription and Effigies to
the Front, and is since removed to the Gardens of
Hen. Goodrick
at
. This Brick had been several Times made use of, withRibston
broken Stones and Brick-bats, by
Smith
casting Bells. Upon my Enquiry after Inscriptions in that ancient
City, he recollected himself that he had seen some old Letters, but
thought the Brick was lost, though upon Search we found the Piece
which is inscribed, LEG. I X. VIC. This is also an Argument of the
Peace these Parts enjoyed at that Time, which I take to be the later
End of
's Reign, making Bricks, casting up High-ways,Severus
&c.
being the usual Employment of Soldiers at such Vacancies.
Hen.
Savile
Savile
NonaHispaniensis in
, wasBritannia
one of those established by
, orTiberius , Caius
, or peradvenClaudius
ture in the later End of
; but however, that it was certainlyAugustus
here in
's Reign, and thatNero
was then Lieutenant therePet. Cerealis
of, is indisputably evident from
Tacitus, (Lib. 14. cap. 10.) where
he gives a lamentable Account of the Slaughter of Seventy thousand
Citizens, and Confederates, by the enraged
, in which NumBoadicea
ber was the Foot of this 9th Legion,
with the Horse hardlyCerealis
escaping.
ous
Hearne
BodleianLibrary
pleased with the Inscriptions you sent me relating to the 9th Le
gion, there being now no Room to doubt about the place of Re
sidence; a Thing which was unknown before; and for that Rea
son, those who have written about the
Legions, have saidRoman
nothing about this, but leave us quite in the dark; only
Ursatus
[in his Book
de Notis Rom.] does remark that it must be somewhere
in
, becauseBritain
tells us, that when the Colony atTacitus
was destroyed byCama
lodunum
lodunum
;Boadicea
Legate of thePætilius
Cerealis
IX Legion, came to their Assistance; but yet he makes no mention
of its being stiled
Victrix."