210 HOVINGHAM. 



from Helmsley, and 10 from Malton; the seat of 

 Thomas Kendall Esq., and formerly the residence 

 ofthe ancient Roman Catholic family of the Cray- 

 thorne's, ofCraythorne, in Cleveland. Part ofthe 

 park walls still remains, but the splended mansion 

 placed in a low damp situation, has been pulled 

 down, with the exception of one wing 1 , by the pre- 

 sent owner, who has built a neat modern house, in 

 a more elevated situation, near the Malton road. 

 The lands at Ness have long been noted for their 

 extraordinary fertility, and the present proprietor 

 is well known amongst agriculturists, for his fine 

 improved breed of sheep, of which there is an annu- 

 al show, attended by purchasers from every part of 

 the country. 



In a ploughed field near the village, was found in 

 1616, the following sepulchral inscription, on a 

 sarcophagus which contained human bones : 



TITIA A PINTA A VIX A ANN A XXXVIII* 

 A VAL A ADIVTORI A VIX A ANN XX 

 VAR10LO A VIX A ANN A XV VAL 



VINDICIANUS A CONIVGI ET FILIIS 

 F. C. 



Titiae pientissimae, vixit annos triginta oeto ; 

 Et Valerio Adjutori, vixit annos viginti ; 

 Et Variolo, vixit annos quindecim : Valerius 

 Vindicianus conjugi et filiis 



Faciendum curavit. 



Valerius Vindicianus has caused this monument 

 to be erected to the memory of his very pious wife 



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