1620.] GATHERLEY. 345 



memorial, the cenotaph of the fourth Percy, Earl of Northum- 

 berland (murdered at Cockledge in 1489), which was removed 

 to make way for the Selbys' — Swit ipsis etiann, etc. The 

 Selbys were connected by marriage with some of the most 

 notable Turfites of the seventeenth century, including the 

 Fenwicks, Mostyns, etc. Five individuals of this family 

 obtained the honour of knighthood from James I., viz. Sir 

 William Selby of Breddleston ; Sir George, " the King's host ; " 

 Sir William of Winlaton ; Sir William of Motte, and Sir John 

 of Twisel. 



^^•* Sir Charles Wren, Knight, seated at Binchester, was, 

 about this time. Constable of Raby Castle, and keeper of the 

 park there. He appears to have sold his office to Sir William 

 Gascoigne, without permission or assent of the Secretary of 

 State, or the Bishop of Durham, which was productive of 

 some quaint pleadings between Sir Charles Wren, Sir George 

 Freville, the Earl of Salisbury, and Bishop Hutton. Even 

 the wisdom of the king was ineffectual in bringing the dispute 

 to an amicable adjustment. It reverted, at last, to the simple 

 rule, the good old plan, that he should keep who hath the 

 power, and he should hold who can, 



" Sir William Webb was altogether in the north, where 



this summer-horse had the honour to carry away the bell at 



Gusterly race ; and himself, newly mounted on a 



•^ ' •' . Gatherley. 



well-ridden filly ... is likely to pay his old 

 debts in herbe or en gerbe, or both . . . " — Chamberlain to 

 Sir D. Carleton, Sept. 9, 1613. "The Court and Times of 

 James I.," vol. i. 



At this time, Gatherley Moor, not far from Rich- 

 mond, was one of the most celebrated places in 

 the north of England for horse-racing, as Gatherley 

 appears from the following curious old ^°°^' 

 racin*^ suncr : — 



