

Since the first sheets of the work were printed off, t 

 liare, in the further progress of my researches, discovered 

 that the estate did not pass immediately from the Wakes 

 to the Nevilles, as some of the first authorities consulted 

 led me to suppose ; but according. to Dugdale, it passed 

 through the intermediate hands of the Hollands, earls of 

 Kent. The Wake line ended in an heiress, Margaret, 

 countess of Kent, widow of Edmond, of VVood-stock, 

 earl of Kent, and sister of Thomas de Wake. The manor 

 of Kirkby-Moorside remained in this family until the 

 death of the earl of Kent; who dying without issue, 

 in the beginning of the 15 century, his sisters be- 

 came his hcits ; and it is thought that the lordship of 

 Kirkby-Moorside was then assigned to Sir John Neville, 

 eldest son of Kalph Neville, earl of Westmoreland ; who 

 married one of them, as may be seen in the Nevilles' pe- 

 digree, p. 90 ; and thus passed into the family of the 

 Nevilles. The Kirkby-Moorside estate, before it came 

 into the family of the Nevilles, belonged to the prince of 

 Wales, surnamed the Black Prince ; in consequence of 

 his marriage with Joan, daughter of Margaret de Wake, 

 called the fair maid of Kent. This is certainly an hon- 

 our to this ancient town. 



Tradition says that this place was burnt down, 

 and that the field now called the Apple Garth was the 

 site of houses. This is likely, as there were many burnt 

 stones, &c , in the old town, which was pulled down 

 when the present one was erected ; and it is probable 

 that the Nevilles rebuilt the church, as their arms are on 

 the inside of the roof of it. 



The house in which the duke of Buckingham died, has 

 evidently been the best in the town, with the exception 

 of the mansion iu Castle-gate, formerly the residence of 



