22S OSWALDKIRK. 



Rectory* Attached to the living of Oswaldkirk 

 is a neat and comfortable Rectory house, the resi- 

 dence of the Rev. Henry Comber. 



OTHER PLACES OF NOTE IN THE PARISH 

 OF OSWALDKIRK. 



Newton Grange in the parish of Oswaldkirk, & 

 miles south of Helmsley. Here was born on the 24: 

 April 1585, in the house of Ralph Sandwiih, Esq 

 father of Eleanor, wife of M. Dods worth, Esq., his 

 father, that indefatigable collector and eminent an- 

 tiquary, Roger Dodsworth, a sketch of whose life is 

 given in the appendix. 



Here also resided for some years Sir Henry 

 Chomley, Kt. a branch of the ancient and illustrious 

 family of that name, who derive their origin from 

 the Cholmondeley's of Cheshire. 



Henry was born in 1607, and was a younger son 

 of Sir Richard Chomley, of Roxby near Thornton, 

 by Susanna, daughter of John Legard, Esq., nearly 

 related to the Hotham family ; Henry's eldest bro- 

 ker was the noted Sir Hugh Chomley, who distin- 

 guished himself by his gallant defence of Scarborough 

 castle, during the civil wars in the reign of Charles I. 

 and his sister, Margaret, was married to Sir Wil- 

 liam Strickland, of Boy nton. Henry, who was bred 

 to the bar, and distinguished in his profession, mar- 

 ried the widow pf Sir George Twisden, of Burley. 

 In 1639 he was made lieutenant-colonel of his 

 JprpthefSjr Hugh's regiment pf the train bands of 



