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encamped in 1487, "with Lambert Simnel, in order to collect forces
in thefe parts, before his attempt to wreft the crown from Henry
VII. He was fupported by Sir Thomas Broughton, a gentleman of
this neighborhood, who, efcaping afterwards from the battle of
Stoke, like our Owen Glendwr lived many years (when he was fup-
pofed to have been (lain) in great obfcurity, fupported by his faithful
tenants in IVeJlmoreland.
And in after-times the melancholy fpirit of George Fox, the
founder o f quakerifm, took poffeffion of Swartz-moor hall, firft captivating
the heart of a widow, the relidt o f judge Fell, the then inhabitant,
movirig her congenial foul to refign herfelf to him in the
bonds o f matrimony. From thence he fallied forth, and I truft,
unintentionally, gave rife to a crowd of fpiritual Quixotes (difowned
indeed by his admirers, as his genuine followers) who for a period
difturbed mankind with all the extravagancies that enthufiafm could
invent.
Return to Ulverjion, and dine with Mr. Kendal of that place, who
lhewed me every civility. In his poffeffion faw a Angular tripodal
jug, found in the neighborhood: it was wide at the bottom, and
■narrow at the top, with a fpout and handle made of a mixed metal;
the height o f the vefiel was eight inches three quarters, o f the feet
two three quarters. One of the fame kind was found in the county
of Down *, in Ireland; yet probably both might be Roman, the laft
brought by accident into that Kingdom ; for Mr. Gordon, tab. 42.
has given the figure of one carved on the fide of an altar.
Proceed by Newland iron furnace; afcend a high hill, whofe
* Antient *nd prefent State of the county of Down, p. 5 j.
very
very top, as well as others adjacent, appears well peopled. Defcend
to Penny-bridge, or Crakeford, where a ihip of 150 tons was then
building. Furnaces abound in thefe parts, and various forts of implements
of.hufbandry are made here.
Keep along a narrow glen on excellent roads, amidft thick coppices,
or bruih woods of various forts of trees, many o f them
planted exprefsly for the ufe o f the furnaces or bloomeries. They
f confift chiefly o f birch and hazel: not many years ago ihip loads
of nuts have been exported from hence.. The woods are great
ornaments to the country, for they creep high up the hills: The
owners cut them down in equal portions, in the rotation o f fixteen
years, and raife regular revenues out o f them ; and often fuperior
to the rent of their land, for freeholders of fifteen or twenty-five
pounds per annum, are known to make conftantly fixty pounds a
year from their woods. The furnaces for thefe laft fixty years have
brought a great deal o f wealth into this country.
Obferve that the tops o f all the.afh trees were lopped; and was
informed that it was done to feed the cattle in Autumn, when the
grafs was on the decline ; the cattle peeling off the bark as a food.
In Queen Elizabeth’s time the inhabitants of Colton and Hawkjhead
fells remonftrated againft the number o f bloomeries then in the country,
becaufe they confumed all the loppings and croppings, the foie
winter food for their cattle. The people agreed to pay to the Queen
the rent ihe received from thefe works, on condition they were fup-
preffed. Thefe rents now called Bloom Smithy, are paid to the crown
to this day, notwithftanding the improved ftate of the country has
rendered the ufe o f the former indulgence needlefs.
Keep by the fide o f the river Crake: near its difcharge from Conin-
F fton
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