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established in Beverley in the year 1509, by Hugo Goes, 

 supposed to be the son of a printer of Antwerp, but as he 

 soon after removed to London, it has been presumed that he 

 received little encouragement to remain at Beverley. 

 During; the civil wars in the time of Charles I. and Crom- 

 well, Beverley was frequently a scene of agitation and 

 excitement, being by turns subjected to the exactions of each 

 party. It was here that Sir John Hotham was arrested by 

 his nephew, on his flight from Hull, ' as a traitor to the 

 commonwealth.' Sir John had represented Beverley in 

 several successive parliaments. Shortly after his arrest, he 

 and his son were executed on Tower-Hill. 



The modern town of Beverley is of great length, consider- 

 ing its popujation, being considerably more than a mile 

 from its commencement, on the road from Hull, to its out- 

 skirts on the Driffield road. The principal street is wide 

 and airy : the market place, which comprises an area of 

 nearly four acres, is ornamented with an octangular market 

 cross. Its present commerce is chiefly confined to tanned 

 leather, oatmeal, malt, corn, and coals. There is an exten- 

 sive colour and whiting manufactory, an iron foundry, and 

 a ship-building yard. The shambles is a modern building 

 of brick, part of which has lately been converted into a 

 corn exchange. The employments of its 1 56 7 families, com- 

 prising 6728 persons, in 1821, are thus shown- 



Families occupied in agriculture . . 176 



Do. in trade and in manufactures . . 731 

 Other classes not above comprised . . 660 



1567 



The population of the borough and liberties in 1821 was 

 7521. 



Beverley communicates with the river Hull by a canal 

 called Beverley-Beck: this canal, which was made navi- 

 gable about the year 1344, is about a mile in length, and 

 is kept in repair by certain tolls, which two local Acts of 

 Parliament (13 Geo. I., 18 Geo. II.) empower the corpora- 

 tion to collect. 



The finest object in Beverley is the collegiate church 

 of St. John, commonly called the Minster-church. Like 

 many cathedral churches in the kingdom, this edifice has 

 been built at different periods, and exhibits the several 

 styles of Gothic architecture which Mr. Hickman has dis- 

 tinguished under the names of the early, tke decorated, and 

 the perpendicular English. The principal window at the 

 east end is said to be copied from that of York. Its pointed 

 arch is divided by mullions, which are strengthened by 

 parallel ones on the inside ; these bear a small gallery con- 

 nected with the transoms, which divide the lights into two 

 portions. This window is the only one in the Minster which 

 can boast of stained glass. The windows of the nave are 

 of the decorated style. The arch is divided by mullions 

 into four lights, and these mullions branch out into the 

 flowing tracery of various figures. The entrance to the 

 nave on the north side is by a porch of exquisite beauty ; it 

 has a pannelled front, which is perhaps unequalled. The 

 west front is also an object of interest to the architect : it 

 is described by Mr. Rickman as being by far the finest of 

 its style in England. He says, ' that what the west front 

 of York is to the decorated, so is this to the perpendicular 

 style, with this addition, that in this front nothing but one 

 style is seen, all is harmonious.' For a more particular 

 description we refer to Mr. Rickman's work on ' Gothic Ar- 

 chitecture,' p. 105. The dimensions of the Minster are : 



Feet. Inches. 



Length from east to west . . 334 4 



Breadth of the nave and side aisles . 64 3 

 Length of the great cross aisle . 167 G 



Height of the nave . . 67 



From the vaulted roof of the nave to the 



summit of the centre tower . 40 



Height of the side aisles . 33 



II uight of the two west towers . 200 



The celebrated Percy Shrine, which is within the choir, 

 is an elegant specimen of the decorated style, and of 

 most exquisite workmanship. To which of the ladies of 

 the house of Percy it was erected is a matter of controversy 

 on which much difference of opinion exists. The collegiate 

 establishment was dissolved in the 1st year of Edward VI., 

 and its revenues were confiscated. Elizabeth, in the twenty- 

 first year of her reign, granted certain chauntries and lands 

 (part of the former property of the church) to the mayor, 



governors, and burgesses of Beverley, for the repair and 

 maintenance of the fabric of the Minster. The income of 

 this estate, in the year 1806, was 5281. 12s. 9d. ; but at 

 present it is near 800/. per annum. 



Sir Michael Warton, by his will, dated 23rd May, 1724, 

 bequeathed 4000^. to the same and other purposes. This 

 bequest has been invested in land, and in 1806 produced 

 an income of 323/. 6*. 9d., making the whole income of the 

 Minster (in 1806) 85 1/. 19s. 6d. Of this sum 3 90/. 15*. has 

 been appropriated by authority of parliament to the different 

 officers of the church, and the remainder, 46 \l. 4*., consti- 

 tutes the fund for repairing the fabric ; but the repairing 

 fund, owing to the increased value of Elizabeth's grant 

 since 1806, must now be much greater. The distribution 

 of the above-mentioned sum of 3901. 15*. is as follows: 

 Head curate, 100/. ; two assistant curates, 209/. 15*. ; or- 

 ganist, 601. ; receivers, 211. From other sources the salary 

 of the head curate is raised to 175/. 15s. 6d., and that of 

 each of the assistant curates to 1201. 



In the year 1 708 the Minster was found to be in a very 

 dilapidated state, but by the active exertions of Mr. Moy- 

 ser, M.P. for the borough, a fund was procured for its re- 

 storation ; since this date it has never been suffered to fall 

 into decay. (See a short history of Beverley Minster, 2nd 

 ed. Beverley, 1835.) 



St. Mary's Church is an exceedingly handsome and 

 spacious Gothic building, with an elegant tower at the 

 intersection of the two parts of the cross. Its estates pro- 

 duce about 800/. per annum. This income is 'for adorning 

 and keeping in repair the fabric, utensils, and habiliments 

 of St. Mary's Church ; for paying the salaries of the sexton 

 and common servants of the church,' &c. There were 

 formerly two other churches in Beverley, but they no 

 longer exist. In antient times there was a monastery of 

 Black Friars, and another of Franciscans or Grey Friars, 

 an establishment of Knights Hospitallers, and other 

 houses more or less connected with the antient religion of 

 the country, for private retirement, and for the relief of the 

 poor and infirm. 



The most antieit dissenting meeting-house in Beverley 

 is the Independent Chapel. The present building was 

 erected in 1 800, but there existed one prior to it, which was 

 built in 1700. The Wesleyan Methodists, the Church 

 Methodists, the primitive Methodists, the Baptists, and the 

 Quakers have all places of worship here. The Church 

 Methodists took their rise at Beverley ; they separated from 

 the Wesleyans chiefly on the ground of the government 

 of that body being placed in the hands of the travelling- 

 preachers, who assemble in conference and make laws for 

 the government of the whole body. The Church Methodists 

 contend that the people ought to possess a fair proportion of 

 power, both in the legislative and executive government of 

 the Methodist Society. No services at present take place at 

 the chapels of the Church Methodists and the Quakers. 

 The number of children in the various Sunday Schools is as 

 follows ; Church Sunday Schools (including day scholars) 

 481. Wesleyan Methodist Sunday Schools 328. Indepen- 

 dent Sunday Schools 250, and Baptists' Sunday Schools 80. 



The Grammar School of Beverley is of great antiquity ; 

 as far as its history can be traced it has been a free school 

 for the sons of burgesses. The general government of the 

 school rests with the corporation, and that body appoints 

 the master. The only endowment is a rent-charge of \Ql. 

 per annum bequeathed by Dr. Metcalf and payable out of 

 certain estates in Cambridgeshire. The master receives 

 701. annually from the corporation and a yearly gift of '201. 

 from the two representatives of the borough, which, if not 

 paid by them, is made up by the corporation : there is also- 

 a good dwelling-house for the master at a merely nominal 

 rent. (See Journal of Education, No. xviii. p. 376.) 



The master besides receives a quarterly payment frow. 

 each free scholar : the payment is at present 40*. per 

 annum. For this sum freemen may send their sons to 

 learn the classics and mathematics, but English grammar, 

 writing and arithmetic, are not taught without an extra 

 charge of about 40*. more ; and therefore few freemen 

 avail themselves of. the school. The number of pupils is 

 ten freemen's sons, ten not sons of freemen, and twenty-four 

 boarders. A library of 700 volumes, including many works 

 of value, is attached to this school, which possesses, by the 

 endowments of various benefactors, two fellowships, six 

 scholarships, and three exhibitions to St. John's College,. 

 Cambridge. 



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