. England's oldest hunt : being chapters of the history of the Bilsdale, Farndale and Sinnington Hunts, collected during several years. xhoundswas a king indeed. If they knew of his shame they knewtoo of his glory, if they knew of the slurs upon his characterthey would not blush for him, for to-day the morals of ourdales are not remarkable for their strictness, much lesswould they be so then. They were to his virtues verykind, and as for his faults, why theres many an old dalesmanwont hear of them to-day. His end was by no means soignominious as we are led to believe. The legend runsthat whils
. England's oldest hunt : being chapters of the history of the Bilsdale, Farndale and Sinnington Hunts, collected during several years. xhoundswas a king indeed. If they knew of his shame they knewtoo of his glory, if they knew of the slurs upon his characterthey would not blush for him, for to-day the morals of ourdales are not remarkable for their strictness, much lesswould they be so then. They were to his virtues verykind, and as for his faults, why theres many an old dalesmanwont hear of them to-day. His end was by no means soignominious as we are led to believe. The legend runsthat whilst a fox was being dug out in Bilsdale, His Gracesat down on the damp ground, and thus caught a out a fox among the hills is a matter of time anddifficulty, and it is possible that the Duke was heated with BUCKINGNAM IN LEGEND. 31 the run ; at any rate he was seized with spasms, and, soruns the story, was first taken to a farmhouse, and thenafter a time, feeling better, he managed to ride to Kirbymoor-side, where again, being seized with pain, he went to one ofa tenants houses, then one of the best in the interesting. BUCKINGHAM HOUSE, KIRBYMOORSIDE, WHERE THE DUKE DIED. old-world town. The house is still standing, though partof it is now a shop. It was never an inn, but near it is the Black Swan, over the porch of which is an inscription, William Wood, 1632, and also the Kings Head. Buck-ingham House adjoins the latter-mentioned hotel. In Ryedale and North Yorkshire Antiquities we are toldby Mr. George Frank— Though modernised, it retains the old style of architecture, withits original beams and wainscoting ; it is now the property of thewriter, who has in his possession an old seal with armorial bearings,found on the removal of the skirting-board of the bedroom in whichthe Duke was embalmed. The seal bearing a lion rampant has longbeen a puzzle in heraldry ; it has generally been supposed to have 32 Englands oldest hunt. belonged to the Fairfax family, but rece
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