THE HISTORY OF THE Ancient Borough of Pontefract, CONTAINING AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF ITS CASTLE, AND THE THREE DIFFERENT SIEGES IT SUSTAINED, DURING THE CIVIL WAR WITH NOTES AND PEDIGREES, OF SOME OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ROYALISTS AND PARLIAMENTARIANS, CHIEFLY DRAWN FROM MANUSCRIPTS NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED. BY B. BOOTHROYD. "I love Pomfret. Why? Tis in all our ''stories: SWIFT. Pontefract: PRINTED BY AND FOR THE AUTHOR, AND FOR J. FOX; AND SOLD BY LONGMAN & CO. PATERNOSTER-ROW, B. CROSBY & co. - SUBSCRIBERS' NAMES. Michael Ann, Esq. Burghwallis Mr. J. Arton, Pontefract J. Ankin, ditto R. Arton, ditto J. Ashton, ditto W. Atkinson, ditto W. Allen, Church Fenton W. Ashton, Purston Jackling B. Atkinson, Knottingley Mr. J. Aislebie, Ferrybridge Rev. G. Alderson, Birkin J. Brookes, Esq. London T. Baxter, Esq. London, 2 copies Mr. T. Barker, Pontefract W. Barker, ditto T. Barker, ditto W. Bell, ditto Miss Benson, ditto Mr. W Briggs, ditto W. Brook, ditto T. Belk, Esq. ditto Mr. J. Brice, ditto J. Burton, ditto Mrs. Beckett, ditto Mrs, Barnfather, ditto Mr. G. Birkinshaw, ditto Mrs. B. Brown, ditto M. Beaumont, ditto Mr. S. Boys, ditto Briggs, Brampton Birks, Carleton W. Brown, Purston Rev. R. Crowther, Smitheles W. Cambidge, Knottingley J. Cawthorn, ditto Mr. Cuttle, Wakefield Mr. Cuttle, Wakefield Mrs. Drake, Lincoln Dr. Drummond, Hadleigh D. Dunderdale, Esq. Dunford House J. Dibb, ditto Miss Dove, ditto W. Day, Tyers Hill' Mr. Dickon, Kellington Rev, R. Dyneley, Burley Lodge E Right Hon. Earl of Euston, Francis Edmunds, Esq. Worsborough Mrs. Ellison, Pontefract Mr. J. Elliot, ditto J. England, ditto G. England, ditto W. Edmondson, Lancaster D. Emmerson, Upton W. Earnshaw, Roal J. Earnshaw, Knottingley F Rt. Hon. Earl Fitzwilliam, Wentworth House Bacon Frank, Esq. Campsall T. Foljambe, Esq. Wakefield N. Fowler, Esq. Pontefract T Chamberlain, Carleton, Craven Mr. F. Fisher, ditto W. Clay, Manchester D Rev. F. Drake, Walkington Mrs. F. Drake, ditto R. Drake, Esq. York N. Drake, M. D. Hadleigh' F. Fryer, ditto R. Foss, ditto J. Faint, ditto J. Fryer, ditto W. Fryer, ditto Foster, ditto Mr. J. Fisher, Pontefract Mr. J. Fletcher, Witwood R. Freer, Knottingley T. Farnhill, ditto Miss Firth, Gainsbro' Mrs. Fowles, London G Right. Hon. Viscount Gallway, Serlby, 6 copies T. H. Granger, Esq. Leeds J. H. Gillet, Esq. Lincoln's Inn, Lom Mr. W. Gelder, Pontefract Gill, ditto Mrs. Gunning, ditto W. K. Gowthorp, Wakefield- E. Gaggs, Knottingley J. Garlick, Saltmarsh T. Graham, Doncaster H Right Hon. Lord Hawke, Womersley E. L. Hodgson, Esq. Stapleton W. Hutton, Esq. Gate Burton, Gainsbro Mr. S. Hurst, ditto T. Hestletine, ditto Rev. T. Heron, dittto Mr. B. Hopp, ditto T. Higgins, ditto R. Horncastle, Esq. ditto W. Hutchinson, ditto Mr. F. C. Halley, Pontefract C. Haigh, ditto J, Hunt. ditto M. Hutchinson, ditto W. Holme, ditto Heptinstall, ditto 2 copies J. Hardcastle, Knottingley J. Hoyland, ditto Rev, W. R. Hay, Ackworth Mr. W. Hurst, Stubbs Harrop, Featherston R. Hurst Esq. Mirfield Mr. F. Hurst, Bentley T. Hobson, Brotherton Hunter, Leeds W. Hick, Micklefield W. Horncastle, Esq. Tanshelf Mr. W. Harrison, Scarthingwell G. Hurst, Rotherham Heslop, Rippon J. Henderson, Darrington J. Hutchinson, Wakefield Rev. T. Hale, Heckmondwike Mr. J. Hall, Ferrybridge G. Hurst, Thirsk |