264 SHANNE 



viii. Richard Shanne, 1561-1637. 



In the Goodyer MS. there is a note of the name of Richard 

 Shanne, at the head of a paper upon which are recorded 

 two localities for north country plants, but there is no further 

 indication as to who he might be. 



Pyrola groweth in shadowed woods in Craven, in a place called Craggie 



Close in Lanscale. 

 M onophyllofi groweth in Lancasheir in Dingley wood and in Harwood neare 



to Blackbume. 



Both localities are given in Gerard. 



During a visit to the British Museum in June last, a happy 

 chance made me acquainted with ' The Shanne Family Book ' 

 (Addit. MS. 3^599- 17), from which I discovered that Richard 

 Shanne of Woodrowe was a considerable horticulturist, who was 

 living near Methley ^ in Yorkshire in Goodyer's time, and who 

 certainly deserves to be better remembered. I have no doubt but 

 that he is the authority whose name is quoted by Goodyer. It is 

 not unlikely that Goodyer may have got into correspondence with 

 him through Walter Stonehouse, the friend of John Savile of 

 Methley, whose neighbour Shanne was. 



Richard Shanne sonne and hcire of William was borne the tenth of Augusta 

 beinge Thursdaie 1561 he maried Amy Burton daughter of Richard Burton 

 alias Carver the ix'^ dale of June 1588 and had issue by hir, Thomas. He 

 maried his second wife Marie Chamber . . . 



This Richard was of reasonable tallness stright of bodie, he was somwhat 

 paile of complexion, his heire of his head mouse colored, he was verie light and 

 nimble of foote, his chefest delite was in plantinge and grafting all maner of 

 herbes & trees, and had growinge in his gardinge a great number of rare and 

 straunge plants, there was not allmost anie herbe growinge but he did knowe 

 the severall names therof, and the nature and opperation of the same, he did 

 practise both in phisicke and specially in Chirurgerie and did cure verie manie 

 daungerous wounds and ulcers. He made three bookes of the Nature and 

 operations of herbes and Trees and drew with his pen the trew picktures of 

 everie plante, set downe in what ground everie herbe and tree was to be found 

 and the tymes of their springinge, florishinj^e and sedinge. He planted three 

 Orchards of his owne, the first at the Mickletowne which he sett in anno 

 domine 1577. The Springe of Aspe trees he planted 1596. The Orchard at 

 the East more syde he planted in divers yeares, first in 1607 & 1613 (?). The 



^ Methley gardens should be famous in the history of horticulture. For at 

 Methley lived John Savile, the friend of Walter Stonehouse ; there also in 

 Mr. Witham's garden, gold-streaked Pansies growing spontaneously 'mightily 

 bcautifie the border of an hedge'; in the Wood-close flourished the Blush 

 coloured Bugle {Ajuga reptans L.), and at no great distance grew Lunaria 

 minor in John Nun's cow-pasture. Witham's son contributed localities of some 

 Oxfordshire plants. Merrett, J'inax, pp. 17, 65, 74. 



