332 EBBER8TON. 



J790, erected a plain building of rude stone, in 

 memory of this Saxon king Alfred ; on the summit 



friend ; and for some time he fixed his residence at Fy- 

 ling. The hall in which he lived has long been in ruins, 

 but the lands there are still the property of the Hotham 

 family, the proprietor of an estate at Ebberston, and of 

 the above villa. 



Sir John acted a conspicuous part in the civil wars 

 which proved fatal to himself and his son. When king 

 Charles approached Hull with a considerable force, in 

 1642, Sir John who was governor of it, denied him ad- 

 mittance, unless he would enter with only 12 attendants ; 

 upon which the king proclaimed him a traitor ; after 

 which Hull was closely invested by the king's troops ; 

 who were repulsed. After this Sir John sent out several 

 parties, under the command of his son, captain Hotham, 

 to harrass the royalists ; but at last, in 1643, he and his 

 son began to correspond with the king's party, and talked 

 of surrendering Hull to the queen ; and this being found 

 out before the design could be carried into effect, mea- 

 sures were taken to arrest both the father and the son. 

 Sir John escaped to Beverley, where he was secured, and 

 he and captain Hotham sent prisoners to London ; where 

 they were tried and condemned as traitors, and executed 

 the beginning of January, 1645. 



Catherine, a daughter of Sir John Hotham's, was mar- 

 ried in 1654, to Sir William Cholmley. 



The estates of the family were forfeited : but were 

 afterwards recovered. Sir John Hotham, who inherits 

 the title and estates, was governor of Hull in 1689 ; but 

 died that year at an advanced age. Several baronets, 

 mostly of the name of Charles, have followed, 



Tn 1797, William Hotham, Esq., admiral of the blue, 

 was created lord Hotham, of South Dolton, in Ireland ; 

 with remainder (in default of male issue) to his nephew 

 Sir Charles Hotham, Bart., of Scarborough, and his heirs 

 male ; and in default of such issue, to the heirs male of 

 Sir Beaumont Hotham grandfather of Sir Charles Hotham. 



History of Whitby. 



Banks, in his Extinct Baronage, vol. i. p. 345, speak- 

 ing of the Hothams, says : this is a very ancient family 

 in the county of York, which is said to be descended 

 from Sir John Trehouse, Jord of Kilkenny in Ireland j 



