JOURNAL OF JOHN ASTON, 1639 6V 



chapter house is a very faire round roome on the north side 

 with faire painted glasse windowes, and pretty fantastique 

 woorke round the stone seates, which seeme to bee cut out 

 in stone, but I beleive are onely plaister woorke. 



Sir Arthur Ingram's house ^ at the west end of the minster, 

 the inhabitants beleive excells for a garden beeing set out 

 with images of lyons, beares, apes and the Kke, both beasts 

 and birds which, from the topp of the steeple, please the eye, 

 but otherwise are showes onely to delight chilldren, the cheifest 

 pleasure of his gardens beeing the neare adjacency to the 

 towne wall, which alFoords him meanes to cast severall mounts 

 and degrees one above annother, the upmost veiwing the whole 

 countrey on that side, and is of a great liberty extending 

 half a quarter of a mile in length beyond Sir Thomas Ingram's,^ 

 his next neighbour. His house is low, noe extraordinary 

 building, but very commodious and stately and spacious enough 

 though not suitable to his estate. Yet hee showed him selfe 

 an honourable host by entertaining (during the time of the 

 king's abode thei'e) the lord generall, the lord chamberlaine, 

 the secretary of estate in his house, and the rest of the lords 

 (that attended on the king) every day many of them at 

 boord with him beside gentlemen and others. 



The cittie is aboundantly stored with provision, yet because 

 of the king's presence'' and concourse with him, thinges were 

 inhaunced above their usuall price much. Neverthelesse there 

 were excellent ordinaries : 18d. the masters and 6d. servants, 

 as at the Talbot (a very faire inne) especially. At Ousemans 

 the poast master, the signe of the Dragon, for I2d. and 8d. ; 

 at the Bell in Thursday -Mark ett, for 8d. and 6d., with many 

 other places. 



The king hath a meane pallace here, yet conveniently con- 

 trived, aifording him an outer court, a good square base court, 

 a good guard chamber, privie chamber, and presence with inner 



^ Sir Arthur Ingram was knighted 16th July 1621. His house mast 

 have been the house now known as the Treasurer's House. 



'' Sir Thomas Ingram was knighted IGth October 1636. 



■'"On March 30 the King rode into York." Gardiner, Fall 



of the Monarchy of Charles I., Yol. i., p. 205. 



