112 RURAL ECONOMY IN YORKSHIRE IN 1641. 



occasion. They account it from Wansworth to Hull thiity 

 miles, by water ; and say that one that is not very skillful in 

 the way may very well come to leave his boate behind him, 

 there are so many stakes stucken downe, and here and there 

 shallowes ; yett they say that from the beginninge of May to 

 the latter ende of July' or beginning of August, they can goe 

 in one day and come in another, if they l»ee stirringe betimes, 

 and the winde favour them anythinge. The two shi Hinges that 

 was disbursed was payd for towle to the water-baily of Hull, 

 for the aforesayd two "hundreth of deales. Firre-deales are ac- 

 counted better for bordeninge with then oake that hath not had 

 time for seasoninge ; because that when oake cometh to dry, it 

 will shrink, cast, di'awe a nayle, and rise up at an ende or a 

 side. 



See more of this subjeckt in this third booke after the re- 

 membrances for lettinge of fanues and cottages. 



Of the Cheife Fayres hereaboutes and theire severall 

 customes, as allsoe what goods and commodity'es have 

 the best vent or may' bee the cheapest bought att each 



OF THESE ENSUINGE FaYRES. 



The ffirst ffayre of note hereaboutes is Little Driffield ffiure 

 on Easter Munday ; on St. Hellen day the 3d of May there is a 

 ffayre at Weeton. On St. Hellen day the :id of May there is 

 allsoe a faire att Brands-Bui-ton in Holdernesse ; att these three 

 fayres handsome leane beasts, leane weathere, old-ewes, and the 

 most timely sorte of larnbes have very goode vente, because 

 that Holdernesse-men come in and buy up such for stockinge of 

 theire feedinge-grownds ; fatte horses, and especially geldinges, 

 goe allsoe well of 



On Wednesday in Easter weeke theire is a little ffuire at 

 Beverley. Beverley greate flayre, called the Crosse liayre, is 

 sayd to beginne aboute the 7th of May ; but look in yoiu- 

 Kalendar for John Beverley, and it beginneth allwayes on that 

 day ; thither the Londonere sende theire wares by water, and 

 thither come the Yorke grocers and othei-s, aboute the day of 

 Jolin Beverley or day afore, to furnish themselves with such 

 commodities as they wante ; the weeke before Holy Tlun-sday 

 weeke is called whole-sjile weeke, and Ascension Day, or Holy 



was baptized at Groat Driffuld Sept 10, 1629, and married there Mareh 7, 1649-50, 

 William Metcalfe, P^sq., alderman of York, ami was Imried at Huston I'arva, Oct. 3, 

 1701, under the name of " Lady Jig}!;ins." In the Uegister of the Holy Trinity, 

 OooJramgatc, Y'ork, are the following burials, 1GG3-4, March 19, Arthur, bon 

 1666, July 16, Ann, daughter of Arthur Jegon, Esq. 



