SLINGSBT. 



in those turbulent and ever-varying times, of fidelity 

 to his master. Though by no means a perfect cha- 

 racter, yet he exhibited virtues which would have 

 done honour to a more civilized period. According 

 to his own appointment, he was buried in the north 

 aisle of the royal chapel of St. George, within the 

 castle of Windsor ; near the tomb of his royal mas- 

 ter, Edward IV. ; where, observes Dugdale, his 

 monument is still (1675) to be seen. 



At his decease, amongst his other immense pos- 

 sessions, he died seized of the castle and manor of < 

 Slingsby, with the manors of Allerston, Bewyke, 

 Formonby, and Wodehall, in the county of York. 

 He left Edward his son and heir ; whose son, 

 George, was advanced to the title of earl of Hun- 

 tingdon, in 21 of Henry VIII.; and in this family 

 the castle appears to have continued till about the 

 jear 1600. For Dodsworth, who visited Slingsby 

 in 1619, speaking of the castle, observes : " there is 

 " engraven on stone a maunche, over the castle gate; 

 " which castle, manor, and park, was the ancient 

 " possession of the Hastings, earls of Huntingdon : 

 "now sold to Sir Charles Cavendish. There hath 

 " been a church in the castle." From the following 

 inscription, which was engraven on a stone, former- 

 ly in the front wall of the castle of Sliflgsby, it 

 appears that Sir Charles Cavendish, son of the 

 above Sir Charles, removed the former building ; 

 and erected upon its scite the present castle. 



" This house was built by Sir Charles Cavendish, 

 " son of Sir Charles Cavendish, and brother to 

 " William duke of .Newcastle. He was a man of 



