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to 1745 regaled itself in the luxury of a master, who also 

 seems to have been huntsman — possibly more huntsman than 

 M.F.H. The date given is fixed by that on a horn he carried, 

 which is thus referred to in " The North Countree " : — 



Mr. Kendall's horn is still (1888) in existence, and is the property of 

 a descendant, Mr. George Hudson, of Pickering, whose collection of 

 British antiquities is, perhaps, the best in the possession of any private 

 individual. It is a big, curved beast's horn, mounted in silver at the 

 base, and with a loose silver mouthpiece. There are two silver bands 

 round it, to which are attached loops for the strap by which it was 

 slung round the huntsman's neck. In the silver band at the lower 

 end Mr. Kendall's name and the date, 1750, are engraved, but we should 

 feel inclined to think it is much older than that. 



Such horns were not obsolete half-a-century ago 

 infBilsdale, for the late John Dale, one of the keenest hunting 

 men I ever met, told me of its use then in his boyhood. 



So far as I can tabulate it from the data before me, 

 the following is the list of Masters of the Sinnington Hunt. 



From To 



The Duke of Buckingham 1670 1678 



Scratch pack hunting odd days 1687 1695 



The Duncombe family 1 695 — 



The Hunt Club — 1745 



Mr. John Kendall 1745 1765 



Mr. John Kendall the younger 1765 1770 



Mr. Wells (Pickering) 1770 1830 



Mr. T. M. Kendall (East Ness) 1830 1838 



Mr. Wm. Kendall (younger brother).. 1838 1853 



Mr. John Kendall \ _ . ■__ , ,„„. 



„ rT , T1 J \ Joint Masters. . 1853 1858 



Mr. T. Isherwood ) 



Sir William Worsley 1858 1860 



Mr. T. M. Kendall (Pickering) 1860 1875 



Mr. Robert Ellerby 1875 1879 



Mr. Thomas Parrington 1879 1884 



Mr. Robert Lesley 1884 1891 



Mr. R. C. Swan (pack kennelled) 1891 1894 



Mr. Penn C. Sherbrooke 1894 1904 



Viscount Helmsley 1904 — 



Unfortunately, family tradition has not preserved many 

 details of the Kendalls' connection with the Sinnington. 

 In 1745, we find Mr. John Kendall, then 37 years of age, 

 at the head of affairs for his first season. He remained in 



