A new and complete history of the county of York . ld before the lord mayor, areof great antiquity. In the latter, deeds, wills, &c. are enrolled. The last courtworthy of notice is that for the conservation of the rivers Ouse, Humber, Wharfe,Derwent, Aire, and Dun, both in the city and county of York, and in the adjoiningcounty of The arms of the citv of York are of great antiquity. Prior to the reign of William I. they were simply argent, a cross gules. The five lions or, with which thecross is now charged, it is said, were added by the conqueror, in memory of fiveheroic magist
A new and complete history of the county of York . ld before the lord mayor, areof great antiquity. In the latter, deeds, wills, &c. are enrolled. The last courtworthy of notice is that for the conservation of the rivers Ouse, Humber, Wharfe,Derwent, Aire, and Dun, both in the city and county of York, and in the adjoiningcounty of The arms of the citv of York are of great antiquity. Prior to the reign of William I. they were simply argent, a cross gules. The five lions or, with which thecross is now charged, it is said, were added by the conqueror, in memory of fiveheroic magistrates; viz. Sir Robert Clifford, Howngate, Talbot, Lascells andErringham, who had bravely defended the city against him, till famine obliged themto seal. The seal of the corporation is very handsome.; it is of a circular form. Theobverse has St. Peter, with his keys, between two angels holding candles. Legend,s. B -1 . petri. principis. apostolor. The reverse represents a fortified town,with a legend, sigillvm. civivm. eboraci.—. THE COUNTY OF YORK. 235 CHAPTER II. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES DISCOVERED IN YORK. Few places in the kingdom have been so prolific in remains of Roman grandeur CHAP, this city, a certain proof of its dignity and extent in ancient times. Someof these remains are extant in the collections of the curious, but by far the greaterportion has been wantonly destroyed. It is satisfactory however, to consider, thatthe latter event will not occur again. The establishment of a museum in York mustbe hailed with pleasure by every friend to the arts and sciences of the country, asproviding a secure repository for the antiquities of the city and its environs. In an early part of the work, the earliest recorded discovery of a Roman altarhas been noticed. It was discovered in digging the foundation of a house onBishop-hill-the-elder in 1638.* Another discovery was made in 1688, of a sepulchral monument of a standardbearer of the ninth About the year 1
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