Diary of Thomas Bellingham, an officer under William III . ay. This evening cousens Springham treatedMr. Fleetwood and severall of us att ye mitree, &c. Ye mitree was the Mitre inn, which at this time was situated on the eastside of Preston Market-place. It was one of the higher-class social the followers of the Old Pretender capitulated at Preston, on the 14thof November, 1715, the swords of the noblemen on his side were deliveredup at the Mitre inn. There is a tradition to the effect that in 1745 theYoung Pretender stayed one night at the Mitre inn when either goingsouth with hi
Diary of Thomas Bellingham, an officer under William III . ay. This evening cousens Springham treatedMr. Fleetwood and severall of us att ye mitree, &c. Ye mitree was the Mitre inn, which at this time was situated on the eastside of Preston Market-place. It was one of the higher-class social the followers of the Old Pretender capitulated at Preston, on the 14thof November, 1715, the swords of the noblemen on his side were deliveredup at the Mitre inn. There is a tradition to the effect that in 1745 theYoung Pretender stayed one night at the Mitre inn when either goingsouth with his followers or retreating northwards with them. In the latterpart of the century—probably about 1770—the present Mitre hotel, inFishergate, became the successor of the old inn, which with adjoiningproperty was cleared away in 1S82-3 to make room for the site of the HarrisFree Library building. Ye 9th.—Some raine. Ye curate preachd. I walkt to Enamwith cousen T. Springham. The curate would be Mr. Farrand, stipendiary curate at the Parish Sept., 1688.] The Bellingham Diary. 13 Ye loth.—A wett day. I dind att Penwortham, where we hada noble entertainment. There were Sr Tho Stanley and severall ofthis town, and Mrs Betty Banister, and ye widdow Tilsly with a sweet little boy, her sonne. The noble entertainment would be at Mr. Fleetwoods, PenworthamHall.—Mrs. (old style for Miss) Betty Banister was no doubt Elizabeth,daughter of Alderman William Banister, who was Mayor of Preston in1662-3.—Widow Tilsly, it is very likely, was the widow of Edward Tyldesley(son of Sir Thomas Tyldesley, the notable Royalist), of Tyldesley, Lodge, &c. Ye nth.—A fayr day. I was with my cousens most of ye was ye Ld Brandon. Great interest making for Parliamentmen. In ye evening I was with ye mayor and my cousens att Cuttlers, &c. Lord Brandon was Charles, son and heir of the Earl of Macclesfield. AtPreston Guild, in 1682, he, his father, and a brother qua
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