Dr. Richardson's other daughters were, 2. Susannah, died an infant. 3. Margaret, born at Bierley the 22d of September 1714, died unmarried at Kildwick, the 13th of October 1764; and was buried there. 4. Another Susannah, 5. Jane, died infants. } di 1. Richard Richardson, Esq. eldest son of the Rev. Henry Richardson, Rector of Thornton, was born there the 19th of January 1755; educated at Harrow, and from thence removed to University College, Oxford. He was Captain in Sir Thomas Egerton Baronet's Regiment of Royal Lancashire Volunteers; died at Lisbon, where he went for the recovery of his health, the 24th of May 1782; and was buried there in the Protestant burial-ground. A cenotaph is erected to his memory in CleckHeaton chapel, with the following inscription: Sacred to the memory of Richard Richardson, Esq. eldest son of the Rev. Henry Richardson, A. M. who was the third surviving son of Richard Richardson, of Bierley, M. D. He was born the 19th of January 1755; and was interred there, in the Protestant burial ground. This Cenotaph is erected by Frances-Mary Richardson Currer, 2. Henry Richardson, M. A. born at Thornton the 2d of December 1758, was educated at Harrow, and from thence removed to University College, Oxford, in which University he took his degree. He was was Rector of Thornton in Craven; and on the 3d of February 1783, married, at Gargrave, MargaretClive Wilson, only daughter and heiress of Matthew Wilson*, Esq. of Eshton Hall, by Frances, daughter of Richard Clive, Esq. of Styche, in the county of Salop, and sister to Robert Lord Clive. He died at Thornton, on the 10th of November 1784; and was *To the memory of this gentleman and his family a monument at the East end of Gargrave Church is thus inscribed : "The Righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.” PSALM CXii. ver. 5. Sacred to the memories of Matthew Wilson, of Eshton Hall, Esq. and Frances his wife, who was fourth daughter and sister to Robert, the first Lord Clive, Baron of Plassey. She was born 12th of Feb. 1734; married the 7th of July, 1759; and exchanged this mortal life for a blessed immortality, on the 3d of October, 1798. Her life was happy, for it was useful and pious; from a well-grounded hope of eternal glory, through the merits of her Redeemer. Matthew Wilson, Esq. was the eldest son of Matthew Wilson, of Eshton Hall, Esq. and Margaret his wife, who was the daughter of After a life of integrity, and spent in the exercise of domestic virtues, he resigned this world in humble hope of obtaining an everlasting inheritance, on the 16th of April, 1802. Sacred also the memories of Matthew and Rebecca who closed their innocent lives in early infancy. Margaret Clive, the surviving daughter and heiress of Matthew Wilson, Esq. and Frances his wife, married, first, the Rev. Henry Richardson Currer, Rector of Thornton in Craven, by whom she has one daughter, Frances-Mary Richardson Currer; and, secondly, her first cousin Matthew Wilson, Esq. of London, second son of the Rev. Henry Wilson, Rector of Slaidburn, and Vicar of Otley; by whom she has issue. This Marble is erected by Matthew Wilson, Esq. and Margaret his wife, as a memorial of their affection and respect." buried there, where a very handsome monument is erected to his memory, by his only daughter and heiress, Miss Frances-Mary Richardson-Currer, the inscription on which is below. A little time before his death, he took the name of Currer, added to his own surname, upon succeeding to the estate of Sarah Currer, after the death of his uncle, John Currer, Esq. Sacred to the memory of the Rev. Henry Richardson Currer, Rector of Thornton in Craven, whose mortal remains. rest between those of his father and mother. He was second son of the Rev. Henry Richardson, A. M. by Mary, daughter and heiress of Benjamin Dawson, of Oldham, in the county of Lancashire, merchant. He was born December the 20, 1758; and married, February the 3d, 1783, to Margaret Clive, only surviving daughter and heiress of by Frances fourth daughter of Richard Clive, Esq. At the age of twenty-four he was inducted to the rectory of Thornton; of the family estates of the Richardsons and Currers. Upon succeeding to the latter, he took the name of Currer, in addition to his own, pursuant to the will of his cousin, Sarah Currer. In the relations of son, brother, and husband, he was exemplary; and, while universally and deservedly beloved and respected, never lost sight of the deep humility of a Christian. Doubly endeared to his Parishioners, by his own, and the remembrance of his parent's virtues, setting a bright example of early piety, who who called him, from the fleeting and unsatisfactory enjoyments of time, to the sure and glorious inheritance of immortal life, purchased for him by the merits of his Redeemer. Frances- Mary Richardson Currer, his posthumous daughter and heiress, dedicates this marble to her father, with filial reverence. Margaret-Clive, widow of the Rev. Henry Richardson Currer, married, secondly, at Gargrave, on the 24th of November 1800, her own cousin Matthew Wilson, Esq. of Eshton Hall (in right of his wife), in the Commission of the Peace for the West Riding of the county of York, and for the County Palatine of Lancaster, and a Deputy Lieutenant; by whom she has two sons and three daughters. Dorothy, the first daughter of the Rev. Henry Richardson and Mary Dawson, born the 3d of October 1748, is now living at Gargrave, unmarried. Mary, the second daughter, born at Thornton the 3d of December, 1752, married there, on the 9th of January 1773, to the Rev. William Roundell, M. A. of Gledstone House, in Craven; by whom she has five surviving sons, and three daughters. Frances-Mary Richardson-Currer, only daughter and heiress of the Rev. Henry Richardson-Currer, was born at Eshton Hall, the 3d of March 1785. She is in possession of both the Richardson and Currer estates; and inherits all the taste of the former family; having collected a very large and valuable Library, and also possessing a fine collection of Prints, Shells, and Fossils, in addition to what were collected by her great grandfather and great uncle. DOROTHY RICHARDSON; Gargrave, Dec. 23, 1815. САТА CATALOGUE of Mr. JOHN HOPKINSON'S MSS. Vol. I. Account of Lands held by Noblemen in the West Riding, 1642. Account of Castles, Towers, Peels, and Honors. Brieves, Bulls, and Grants, to the Monastery of Fountains. Privileges of the Cistercian Order. Customs of the Forest of Knaresbro'. Grants of lands from the Crown. Inquisitiones post Mortem, and other memorials of Lands in the West Riding of Yorkshire, temp. Hen. VIII. Ed. VI. Philip and Mary, Elizabeth, and James. Composition of Recusants, 1672. Vol. II. A Collection of Old Evidences and other Antiquities, as Records, Decrees, Inquisitions, &c, with some Observations, 1660. Vol. III. Glover's Collection of the Arms of several Empires and Kingdoms. Kings and Queens of England. Of the Nine Ancient Worthies. Of the Twelve Peers of France. Of the Knights of the Round Table. Archbishops and Bishops of England. Religious Houses and Churches. Nobility of England; ditto of Scotland; ditto of Ireland. Governor Deputies of Ireland. Wardens of the Cinque Ports. Gentry of Yorkshire, Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland. An old Collection of the Yorkshire Gentry, with the northern names ending in Son. Knights of the Garter. Judges. Sheriffs of Yorkshire. Baronets. Knights of the Bath. Vol. IV. An Alphabetical Collection of Coat Armour belonging to several Families in England, 1654. Vol. V. Leges Anglicanæ. Vol. VI. Patents of Knighthood, Licences, and Deputations relating to Arms, &c. Precedency. Knights of the Bath. Funeral obsequies of a Knight. Names, Arms, and Descents, &c. of all the English dukes since the Conquest. Ditto of Marquises. Ditto of Lords. Pedigrees of Gentry, chiefly Yorkshire. Pedigree of the Lord Protector. Abbots and Priors who sat in Parliament, 4 Edw. III. List of the Forests of England. List of the Chancellors of England from 924 to 16th Charles I. Treasurers of England from 946 to 1635. High Admirals of ditto from 8th Hen. III. to 16th James I. Justiciarii Itinerantes, 1176. Capitales Justiciarii Anglie. Capitales Just. Banci Regis. Capital. Just. Banci Communis seu inferioris. Cap. Barones Scaccarii. Names of the Knights dwelling in the Bishoprick of Durham, temp. Hen. I. that were at the Battle of Lewes. Names of those who subscribed the Letter to the Pope 1301, temp. Edw. I. concerning his Supremacy. Lords Spiritual and Temporal who attended Edw. I. at Carlisle 1307, where he kept his Christmas and Parliament. Noblemen, &c. put to death 1322, temp. Edw. II. The twenty Knights by Edw. III. 1336. Knighted at the coronation of Richard II. 1377. Noblemen and Gentlemen slain at the Battle of St. Alban's 33 Hen. VI. 1453. At Blore Heath, 1457. On the part of Henry at Towton, 29th March, 1461. Attainted at the Par |