M ALTO PT. 359 



Leonard, the other to St. Michael ; the former of 

 which has a truncated spire, which has been left un- 

 finished. On the outside of this fabric is an inscrip- 

 tion stating that this chapel was built, consecrated, 



Malton. Lord William Vescy, and diverse of the Yevers, 

 were buried at Malton; The old inheritance of the Ye- 

 rers is Wotton castle, in the bishopric. Lord Vescy left 

 a daughter married to Aiton, and the daughter of Aiton 

 married the lord Bromfleet ; and his three daughters 

 to Clifford, Yevers, and Comers, of Lockburne. 



Leland, i. 64. 



Malton stands in the fruitful vale of Ryedale. In New 

 Malton is the mount of the old castle. A Roman inscrip- 

 tion was dug up in 1753, in the Pye pits over against the 

 lodge at Malton. The lodge belonged to the late marquis 

 of Rockingham. Mr. Percy Carr, mason, found the in- 

 scription ; and Mr. Horncastle, apothecary at Malton, 

 got it for Dr. Swinney. 



D, M. 



AVR. MA. 



CHINVS. EX. 



EQ. SING. AVG. 



The equites singulares are here first mentioned in 

 Britain. They were part of the emperor's body-guard : 

 probably of the emperor Sererus, and this their appropri- 

 ate burying place. Philos. Trans, xlix, 69. 



The Derwent was made navigable to Malton, and from 

 thence to its junction with the Ouse, by act of parlia- 

 ment 1 Anne. Eustace Fitz-John, about 1150, foun- 

 ded a Gilbertine priory in old Malton, which is a quar- 

 ter of a mile from the town, on the same side of the Dar- 

 went, valued at 1 97. He also founded at Broughtou 

 near Malton, an hospital of St. Mary Magdalen. Tan- 

 ner 662. Lei. i. 64. 



At the foot of the bridge between Malton and Norton, 

 was, early in tke reign of Henry II., an hospital of St. 

 Nicholas, founded by Roger de Flamville, and put under 

 the government of the canons of Malton. The priory is 

 now the parish church. The late marquis of Rocking- 

 ham was lord of this place, and took from it the title of 

 earl Malton. Cough's Camden. III. p. 326. 



