Historic byways and highways of Old England . harriers on ShroveTuesday was for many years an institution atWreay. The hunt was followed by a publicdinner, and the election of a Mayor for theensuing year—a kind of * abbot of misrule, whoimmediately after his election was chaired alongthe village green, pelted with oranges, accom-panied by musicians playing See the ConqueringHero Comes. The Mayors were elected sometimesfrom Wreay, sometimes from Carlisle, and thosewho wished to keep up the due dignity of theoffice chartered a coach and four to bring theirfriends along the Carlisle road. There w
Historic byways and highways of Old England . harriers on ShroveTuesday was for many years an institution atWreay. The hunt was followed by a publicdinner, and the election of a Mayor for theensuing year—a kind of * abbot of misrule, whoimmediately after his election was chaired alongthe village green, pelted with oranges, accom-panied by musicians playing See the ConqueringHero Comes. The Mayors were elected sometimesfrom Wreay, sometimes from Carlisle, and thosewho wished to keep up the due dignity of theoffice chartered a coach and four to bring theirfriends along the Carlisle road. There were alsosports, including jumping and racing. The oldsilver bell was used to ornament the Mayorswand of office. But in 1872 it was stolen bysome thief, and Wreay lost the relic whichhad been connected for 217 years with itsShrovetide observances. In 1880 the hunt, 232 ibistoric JS^wai^e ant> Ibiabwa^s. as well as the election of Mayor, came to anend. Pocklinofton Grammar School dates back to1514, and has been the alma mater of not a few. POCKLINGTON COCK-FIOHTINQ BELL. famous scholars, and under its present headmasterholds a high place among North Country is not surprising that in the olden time theschool was noted for its cock-fighting, for it is JBeanno Bwap tbe Bell. 233 in the centre of a sporting district. A smallsilver bell, known as the cock-fighting bell, ofthe school has been handed down and held bysuccessive masters. The weight of it is oneounce and eight pennyweights Troy. It is notquite two inches in height, and its circumferenceround the bottom is seven and a quarter the top is a small band handle, and at thebottom is a slit one and a half inches in the side is engraved in cursive writingas follows:— Tho Ellison Moderator 1666Scholse Liberse Grammaticalis de Clarke Moderator 1660 ScoIsb LiberseGramaticalis de Pocklinton. By the courtesyof the Rev. C. F. Hutton, , the headmaster,we are able to give an i
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