lows (the monument may be seen in Thoresby's Ducatus Leodiensis,' the second vol.: of Whitaker's Leeds):

'Here under lyede the body of Henry Thoresby, of the County of York, esquire, late counsellor in the law, Justice of the Peace and of the quorum; one of the Masters of the most honourable court of Chancery, and one of the 16 governors of King James's Hospital, elected at the first foundation thereof by John Sutton, Esquire, the only founder; which Henry Thoresby passed his pilgrimage in this life in all godliness and Christian piety, and so constantly did continue unto his last breath, which he yielded unto the Almighty in this town of Hackney, on the 11 May, 1615.'

One also on his wife.

Ralph Thoresby inherited his antiquarian propensities from his father, who was a man of learning and fond of researches into the history of his country, though a merchant. The family, according to Mr. Noble, traced their origin to the reign of Canute. It seems, however, rather more certain that the later members of it had resided at Leeds above a century, where R. Thoresby was born in 1658; and when capable of feeling the pleasures arising from the contemplation of ancient and interesting objects, he divided his time between education and visits to places remarkable for their local circumstances; in this manner commencing a collection of Protestant benefactions and monumental inscriptions.

The elder Mr. Thoresby having procured his son competent instructors, he well understood the Latin, French, and Dutch languages; and desirous of teaching him the whole arcana of trade, he sent him to Rotterdam in 1678. Bad health soon compelled the young man to return, and in 1680 he succeeded his father in business, who died in that year.

The origin of Mr. Thoresby's valuable collection of medals and coins is to be attributed to General Lord Fairfax, of whom they were purchased by the father, and descended to the son. This circumstance naturally introduced the latter to many persons of a similar turn of mind, and the learned derived very valuable assistance from him in their literary labours; particularly Gibson, in his edition of Camden's 'Britannia,' relating to the West Riding of Yorkshire, and Walker, who wrote for that work on the Money of the Romans, Britons, and Saxons.

Hearne, Strype, Calamy, Walker, and Collins all acknowledge his liberal communications, and no doubt in return assisted him in making his collection more valuable, which he generously offered to the inspection of the curious without ostentation or reluctance. He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1697.

Besides his superior knowledge as a medallist, he had great skill in genealogy and heraldry. These various qualifications were united in producing his 'Ducatus Leodiensis, or the Topography of Leeds and the parts adjacent,' with 'Museum Thoresbeianum,' or a catalogue of the articles in his collection, which was published in 1715. In 1724 he presented the public with 'Vicaria Leodiensis, or the History of the Church of Leeds,' and died in 1725, aged 68. (Abridged from Malcolm.) From the diary of Ralph Thoresby :

1709, Jan. 16, Die Dom. Walked with Mr. Wyat, the bookseller, to Hackney, where Mr. Newcome, their pious and learned vicar, prayed and preached excellently. I afterwards viewed the monuments in the church, and was particularly pleased to find that of Henry Thoresby, Esq., so well preserved, his and his wife's and daughter's statues (the Lady Hardress) all entire, with the arms. I dined with the worthy Mr. Newcome, who received me kindly, showed me his father's picture.' (Henry Newcome, whom Thoresby had known at Manchester.) 'Afternoon, Mr. Strype, the pious lecturer, preached excellently.'

'1712, June 8, Die Dom. Morning, read, &c., then walked to Hackney, where heard two excellent sermons; forenoon, Mr. M. Henry* read and explained Genesis iii., whence he showed the many evils, corporal and spiritual, relating to this world and that to come, which came in by the fall, and raised many useful and practical observations, and recited some of the Jewish notions, as that Adam's head ached as soon as ever he had eaten the forbidden fruit, whereas he had neither that nor any other distemper before he sinned. . . . . Mr. Newcome, the worthy vicar, invited me to his house, and showed me a register of the parish that he lately recovered, wherein are very many observables; as their having a select vestry about 100 years ago, by authority from the bishop,

* We believe that Matthew Henry preached in a chapel on the same site as that known by the name of Dr. Burder's in St. Thomas's Square.

of which Henry Thoresby, Esq., always subscribes first. I was pleased to see his autograph and spelling his name as we do now, though the clerks who wrote the instruments frequently write it Thursby; he showed me also a letter of Bishop David Dabbin (Doulben), a benefactor, who lieth buried next my said kinsman, that the Earl of Oxford, who died 1604, was buried there.'

From correspondence, 1710:

'All the six coats that I lay claim to are rightly placed (without the engrailing of the chevron) upon a monument in Hackney Church, for Henry Thoresby, Esq., who having only daughters, his brother Ralph succeeded as heir male, whose son George was my grandfather, John Thoresby's father, as in the pedigree I sent you.'

There was a small north door to the chancel leading into the churchyard; if Bailiff's tomb still exists it was near to it. On Bailiff's tomb were the words:

'Erat, Eris,
Cogita, Para.'

A person of the name of Bayliff was at one time (Charles I.) joint Lord of the Hackney Wyke Manor with another gentleman.

In the centre of the chancel* is buried Joannes Ivat de London, under a fair black marble: he appears to have been a merchant and died in 1693. On the north side of his tomb is a fair marble slab over the body of Thomas Blackall, 1683, and that of his son. Of this family was Offspring Blackall, Bishop of Exeter; they had a house in Dalston.

On the north side of the chancel is a brass plate fixed upon a pillar near the reading desk,† and cut on this plate is the effigy of a minister in his pulpit. This was Hugh Johnson, vicar of the church for forty years. (This seems a favourite term for incumbents of this parish.) He was a native of Macclesfield. While in the chancel, we may mention that a faculty pew was granted to Francis Tyssen, Esq., in 1690, on payment of twenty guineas to the use of the parish, said pew having formerly belonged to the Rowe family.

A little to the south of the centre of the chancel.

† The sixth from the west end.

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