334 BROMPTON. 



tic pines, planted by the late Sir George Cajley, 

 Bart. 



In the reign of Richard II., Brompton was the 

 lordship of Thomas de Bromflet ; Henry his son 

 inherited his estates, and this with others, being 

 entailed upon Margaret his daughter, came into the 

 Clifford family. 



This was the place that gave birth to the celebra- 

 ted John of Brompton, who adopting the pious and 

 fashionable mode of the times, retired to Whitby 

 abbey, in the beginning of the 15 century, and be- 

 came famous for genius and literature. In this 

 sequestered place he composed the Annals of the 

 English Nation ; a work of great merit. 



In this village is the mansion of Sir George 

 Cayley, Bart., a descendant of the very ancient and 

 noble family of that name ; a family which ennobles 

 .the pages of history ; whose ancestors were high- 

 ly respected, and the excellent dispositions of their 

 descendants endear them to all who know them. 



The first notice I can find of this family in history, 

 is in the 7 year of the reign of king John, when. 

 Adam de Cailli pleaded before that sovereign, in a 

 cause depending between him and Michael de Pur- 

 inges, touching the dowry of Margaret, wife of the 

 said Michael. 



From him descended Thomas de Cailli, or Cay- 

 ley; who in the 35 Edward I., being one of the 

 cousins and heirs to Robert, the son of Robert de 

 Tat shall, viz. son of Emma, third sister and co-heir 

 of the said Robert ; performing his fealty, obtain- 

 ed livery of the lands of her inheritance, and wa 



