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York Castle is a fortified complex in the city of York, ... In turn, Babington and Duffield sold Clifford's Tower to a York merchant family. [86] In 1642, ...
It had great prestige as the seat of the Archbishop of York, and as the centre of much of the region's trade. When civil war broke out in 1642, the Royalists in Yorkshire were briefly besieged in the city, until the Earl of Newcastle (later elevated to marquess) came to their aid with an army from the northern counties.
Richmond castle walls and towers seen from the Keep. ... presented to His Majestie at York, 22 April 1642 : and His Majesties message sent to the Parliament, ...
At the beginning of December 1642, Newcastle crossed the River Tees, defeated Sir John Hotham, the Parliamentary commander in the North Riding. He then joined hands with the hard-pressed Royalists at York, establishing himself between that city and Pontefract.
After the war, York slowly regained its former pre-eminence in the North, and, by 1660, was the third-largest city in England after London and Norwich. In 1686 the Bar Convent was founded, in secret due to anti-catholic Laws, making it the oldest surviving convent in England. York elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons.
The Ingilby Baronetcy, of Ripley Castle in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 8 June 1781 for John Ingilby. [1] He was the illegitimate son of the fourth Baronet of the 1642 creation and had succeeded to the Ingilby estates on the death of his father. Ingilby later represented East Retford in the House of Commons.
Debtor's Prison completed at York Castle. Blue Coat School, York & The Grey Coat School founded. [6] 1709 – Earliest record of horse racing on Clifton Ings. 1719 – 23 February: Publication of the city's first newspaper, the York Mercury, by Grace White. 1726 – Judges' Lodgings completed as a townhouse for physician Clifton Wintringham senior.
Robert Greville was born May 1607 near Helpringham, only surviving son of Fulke Greville (1575–1632), an "obscure Lincolnshire squire", and his wife Mary Copley. [1] His sister Dorothy (1605–1650) married Arthur Haselrig, who was one of the Five Members in January 1642, while Godfrey Bosvile (1596–1658), a half-brother from his mother's first marriage, became a close friend and political ...