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that any lawful claim he might have should be reserved to him. 

 The Queen also commanded Lord Scrope (then Lord of the 

 Marches), and the Justices of the Peace in Cumberland and 

 Westmorland, to repress the assaults and outrages on the miners 

 who had come there to search for minerals. Moreover, the 

 Queen gave a commission to Thomas Thurland and Daniel 

 Hechstetter to apprehend disorderly persons employed by them in 

 the mines. 



We get a glimpse of the spirit which animated Daniel Hech- 

 stetter, when writing to the Secretary of State on June 25th, 1568, 

 when he says, "a preacher in their own language is much wanted 

 among his workmen." If the law would not reduce the people to 

 order, he recommended the preaching of the Gospel. 



We also see the part which the Hechstetters took in the affairs 

 of the ancient Free School. They aided that institution, which 

 had been founded by the people of this parish "time out of mind," 

 before^ the year 157 1, when "the Sealer and Receiver of the 

 Queen's Majesty's portion of the mines, and one of the chiefest of 

 the Company and Fellowship of the Partners and Offices of 

 Minerals then resident at Keswick," were always to be present at 

 the annual election on Ascension Day of the eighteen sworn men 

 of the parish. 



There can be no doubt that the material prosperity of the parish 

 of Crosthwaite was increased by these works. We may trace 

 another great benefit to this neighbourhood arising from the 

 increased opulence of the trades people, and of the yeomen on 

 their small holdings. John Bankes was a wealthy tradesman, the 

 second son, I believe, of William Bankes of Castlerigg. He built 

 the house now used as the mail-coach office, and the premises 

 extended to the King's Head passage. He sent his only son, 

 John Bankes, to Oxford, where he studied for tlie legal profession.' 

 On leaving college he entered at once upon his professional 

 career, and by his great industry and ability he rose rapidly to 

 distinction. He became Solicitor-General, Attorney-General, and 

 finally Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and was knighted. 

 He had an only sister, who was married to Joseph Hechstetter 



