a town of Yorkshire, governed by a mayor, a recorder, 12 aldermen, &c. and sends two members to parliament. The minster here is a very fair and neat structure, and the roof is an arch of stone. In it are several monuments of the Percies, earls of Northumberland, who had added a little chapel to the choir, in the windows whereof there are several pictures of that family painted on glass. At the upper end of the choir, at the right of the altar-place, stands the freed stool, made of one entire stone, to which every one that fled had a right of protection. At the upper end of the body of the church, next the choir, hangs an ancient table, with the picture of King Athelstan, who founded the church. Between them is this inscription:

Als free make I thee, As heart can wish, or egh can see.

Hence the inhabitants pay no toll in any town or port in England. In the body of the church stands an ancient monument, called the Virgins Tomb, because two virgin-sisters lie buried there, who gave the town a piece of land, into which any free man may put three milk-cows from Lady-day to Michaelmas. At the lower end of the body of the church is a large font of agate stone.

Near the minster, on the south side of it, is a place called Hall-Garth, wherein they keep a court of record, called Provost's Court. In this, causes arising within the liberties may be tried for any sum. The liberties contain above 100 towns and parts of towns, in Holderness and other parts of the east riding belonging to it. The town is a mile in length, having pleasant springs running quite through it. It is beautified with two stately churches; and has a free-school, with two fellowships, six scholarships, and three exhibitions in St John's college, Cambridge, belonging to it; besides six almshouses, where none are admitted but those that give bond to leave their effects to the poor when they die. The principal trade of this town is making malt, oatmeal, and tanned leather; and the poor people chiefly support themselves by making bone-lace. About a mile east from the town, there is a mineral water, which cures eruptions of the skin, and is beneficial in the king's evil. Population 605 in 1811. E. Long. 0° 9'. N. Lat. 53° 50'.