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from the laft-mentioned village is that of Bekefbourn, 
■where feveral of the archbifhops of Canterbury formerly 
had a fmall but elegant palace ; the gateway of which ftill 
remains. In this parilh is Howletts, formerly the feat 
of Sir Philip Hales. Wilkes's Briti/h Diredory. 
PATRIMO'NIA, a town of the illand of Corfica : four 
miles weft of Baftia. 
PATRIMO'NIAL, adj. [Fr. from patrimony .] Pof- 
fefied by inheritance.—The expence of the duke of Or¬ 
mond’s own great patrimonial eftate, that came over at 
that time, is of no fmall confideration in the ftock of 
this kingdom. Temple. 
Their patrimonial doth the Spaniards keep, 
And Philip firft taught Philip how to fleep. Dryden, 
Claimed by right of birth j hereditary.—I pant for pa¬ 
trimonial fkies. Young. 
No longer doubting, all prepare to fly, 
And repoflefs their patrimonial ficy. Dryden. 
PATRIMO'NIALLY, adv. By inheritance.—Good 
princes have not only made a diftinclion between what 
was their own patrimonially, as the civil-law books term 
it, and what the ftate had an intereft in. Davenant. 
PATRIMO'NIO, or Patrimony of St. Peter, a 
province of the Popedom, or the eccleiiaftical ftates; fo 
called, as it is faid, becaufe it was granted by the emperor 
Conftantine, to fupport a church which he had built in 
honour of St. Peter, and the ufe of the pope. This 
country is bounded on the north by the Orvietan and 
part of Umbria, on the eaft by the Safina and Campagna 
di Roma, on the fouth-w’eft by the Mediterranean, and 
on the north-weft by the duchy of Caftro; about forty- 
three miles in length, and thirty-two in breadth. The 
country is fertile in corn and fruit, and produces a con- 
fiderable quantity of alum. The principal places are 
Viterbo, Monte Fiafcone, Bolfena, Civita Caftellana, and 
Civita Vecchia. 
PAT'RIMONY,/. [ patrimonium , Lat.] An eftate pof- 
fefted by inheritance.—Inclofures they would not forbid, 
for that had been to forbid the improvement of the pa¬ 
trimony of the kingdom. Bacon. 
So might the heir, whofe father hath, in play. 
Wafted a thoufand pounds of ancient rent. 
By painful earning of one groat a-day, 
Hope to reftore the patrimony fpent. Davies. 
Their fhips like wafted patrimonies fhow; 
Where the thin fcattering trees admit the light, 
And fhun each other’s fhadows as they grow. Dryden. 
PATRINGTON, a town of England, in the North 
Riding of the county of York, fituated on a river which 
runs into the Humber; of confiderable antiquity, and 
faid to have been called Prcetorium. It has a weekly 
market on Saturday ; and three fairs, March 28, July 18, 
and December 6, for fnoes, linen and woollen drapery, 
copper and tin ware, toys, &c. The parilh-church is a 
large and fpacious edifice ; its tower is furmounted by a 
lofty fpire. Patrington ftands within lefs than a mile of 
the eftuary of the Humber, which forms here a fmall 
creek, capable of affording fheiter and anchorage to veffels 
of fmall burden. According to the parliamentary re¬ 
turns of.i8n,the town and parilh contained 190 houfes, 
and a population of 1016 inhabitants. It is eighteen 
miles eaft-fouth-eaft of Hull, 192 north of London : lat. 
53. 50. N. Ion. o. 10. E. 
About a mile and a half to the north-weft of Patring¬ 
ton is the pleafant village of Wineftead, which is adorned 
with two elegant villas, the feats of the late fir Robert 
d’Arcy Hildyard, bart. and of Henry Maifters, efq. The 
former feat is denominated Wineftead-hall; and both, 
being fituated upon gently-riling ground, command a 
beautiful profpect of the town of Patrington, the Humber, 
and Sunk-Ifiand. This illand has its name from the cir- 
cumftance of its having been entirely under water till 
the reign of Charles I. when it began to appear by the 
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receding of the ocean. At firft, only a few acres were left 
dry at low water; but, as it increafed in extent every 
year, it was at length embanked, and laid down as paf- 
ture land. Other embankments, however, were made at 
fubfequent periods, in proportion as the waters retired ; 
fo that the illand is now of confiderable extent, and only 
feparated from the Holdernefs marlhes by a ditch a few 
feet in breadth. The laft embankment was effefted in 
1808, and inclofed an area of 4570 acres. Sunk illand is 
divided into feveral farms; and a church has lately been 
built upon it, for the accommodation of the inhabitants. 
The foil is peculiarly fertile. 
Spurn-head, or Spurn-point, fituated about ten miles 
to the fouth-eaft of Patrington, conftitutes the extremity 
of the noted Ocellum Promontoriurn of Ptolemy, which 
projects nearly half-way acrofs the entrance into the 
Humber. Its prefent name of Spurn-head is of Saxon 
origin; the verb ypujuen, fignifying to explore or fpy 
out. A light-noufe is placed here, as a guide to vefiels 
navigating the eftuary. Somewhere in this vicinity was 
anciently the celebrated fea-port Ravenfpur, or Ravenfer, 
remarkable in the annals of England as the landing-place 
of Henry IV. in 1399, and of Edward IV. in 1471, when 
thefe princes came to contend for the pofleffion of the 
Englilh feeptre. This town has long fince been fwallowed 
up, either by the ocean or by the Humber; fo that the 
fpot on w'hich it flood is uncertain. Several other towns 
and villages hereabouts have experienced a fimilar fate : 
among them are mentioned Hide, Frifmerk, Tharlethorpe, 
Redmayr, Pennyfmerk, Upfal, and Potter.fleet; all of 
which Dr. Gibfon fuppofes were overflowed in the 30th 
or 38th year of Edward III. when the tides are recorded 
to have rifen to a moft extraordinary height. The inun¬ 
dation of Ravenfpur, however, mult have taken place at 
a much later period. 
Near the village of Halfham, about three miles and a 
half beyond Wineftead, is a fuperb maufoleum, ere&ed 
by the late William Conftable, efq. as a burying-place 
for that family. The architecture of this building dif- 
plays an union of elegance and fimplicity, which at once 
captivates the eye, and is appropriate to the nature of 
the ftrudture. The pofition of this maufoleum is lofty, 
and the furrounding grounds are covered with trees. 
Near this is (the remains of) the village of Hornfey, al- 
moft furrounded by an arm of the fea. North-weft of 
Hornfey, at fome diftance from the fea, ftands Kilham, 
which lee, vol»xi. Beauties of England, \ ol. xvi. Wilkes's 
Britijh Diredory, vol. iv. 
PATRIOT, f. [Fr. from the Latin patria , country.] 
One whofe ruling paffion is the love of his country. 
This word is old in our language. Cotgrave calls a “pa¬ 
triot, one’s countryman.” The French patriot he renders 
“ a father or protedftor of the country.”—Jofeph merited 
the name of the faviour of Egypt. And if any worthy 
patriot, out of a like providence, fhall before-hand gather 
up the commodities into a publick magazine, for the 
common benefit and relief of the people, upon the pinch 
of an enfuing necefiity, he is fo far out of the reach of 
cenfure, as that he well delerves a ftatue with the in- 
feription of a public benefadlor. Bp. Hall's Cafes of Confe. 
Here tears fhall flow from a more generous caufe. 
Such tears as patriots fhed for dying laws. Pope. 
It is fometimes ufed ironically for a fa&ious difturber of 
the government. 
Gull’d with a patriot's name, whofe modern fenfe 
Is one that would by law fupplant his prince; 
The people’s brave, the politician’s tool: 
Never was patriot yet, but was a fool. Dryden. 
PAT'RIOT, aelj. Actuated by the care of one’s coun¬ 
try ; wifhing and endeavouring to promote the public 
good,—That his [Swift’s] patriot fpirit was reftrained fo 
long, is not to be wondered at. Delamfs Obf on Orrery's 
Life of Swift. 
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