344: HACKNESS. 



med the same. Richard II. confirmed the sane j- 

 with the addition of exemption from the payment of 

 the tax called danegeld. William, archbishop of 

 York, likewise confirmed their possessions here. It 

 is uncertain what number of monks resided at 

 Ilacknesa ; probably that was arbitrary, and de- 

 pended wholly on the pleasure of the abbot of 

 Whitby. It is most likely that the estates granted 

 to it whilst the whole community resided here, be- 

 fore their return to Whitby, were on their return to 

 that place, cast into the common stock ; and that 

 the support of the few left at this cell was derived 

 from Whitby, the mother monastery. 



The church of Hackness is a very ancient fabric, 

 with a venerable spire. It is dedicated to St. Mary, 

 and the Rev. Thomas Irvin is the incumbent. Un- 

 der an urn in the charch is an inscription to the 

 memory of lady Hilda, and upon the wall of the 

 chancel is another ; both noticing her. pious, useful, 

 and exemplary life. 



SCARBOROUGH, 



Is a place which combines utility with pleasure. It 

 is a bathing town of very considerable resort. Nu- 



and if that superior, was subject to some higher feudal 

 lord, then a confirmation of the latter was also requisite. 

 After all a royal charter was necessary, to give perma- 

 nent possession, and if churches, or tythes were bestow- 

 ed, the deed was not sufficiently valid without the 

 charter of the archbishop, and to crown all the pope's 

 bull was sometimes superadded, as the highest possible 

 sanction. 



