b'Sanderson, carpenter, dated 4th July 1806, inuse it, or did it form part of another property? And which he leaves his property at Bishop Wilton to hisabove all, where on the north side of Main Street was wife Maria, his sons William and Thomas, and hisit situated?daughters Elizabeth, Mary, Ann and Jane. FurtherThe final documents in the sequence provide the research would tell us how old he was, how old theanswerand unusually with a generous amount of children were, who they married, but we are no nearerinformation. On 23rd July 1824 the mortgage for 200 knowing the location of his cottage, though we haveon the property is transferred; Richard Layton, farmer to assume that it was rebuilt. of Bishop Wilton, William Sanderson, yeoman of Twelve years later, the mortgage on the property,Bishop Wilton, and John Hotham, common brewer of now for 200, is assigned by John Hotham, formerlyYork, all transfer their interest in the property to William of Bishop Wilton, then of Newton upon Derwent, toHotham, gentleman, of York. The description of the Richard Layton of Bishop Wilton, farmer. It wouldproperty gives a full account: cottage some time ago appear that John Hotham doubled the mortgage torebuilt by Thomas Sanderson deceased, and now 200, probably to fund the rebuilding of the property,used as a Public House and known by the sign of but now needs the money, so assigns the mortgagethe Cross Keys, with stables, outbuildings, shop and to Richard Layton.premises adjoining and behind and garth or garden At the beginning of July 1824, nearly 6 years afterimmediately behind the cottage containing 20 perches the transfer of the mortgage, the lease of the propertyon the north side of the Town Street of Bishop Wilton. is transferred by the sons of the deceased carpenter,Bounded by Town Street in the South, premises Thomas SandersonThomas Sanderson, a labourerbelonging to Sir Tatton Sykes Bart on or towards from Millington, and William Sanderson, a yeomanthe West and North, and by premises belonging to from Bishop Wiltonto John Hotham of York, aJohn Singleton Esq on or towards the East.The common brewer. The property that is conveyeddocument goes on to say that the Cross Keys in now consists of stables, building, shop and outhouses atin the tenure of James Jibson [Jebson] for a term of of Bishop Wilton with a moiety of the garth behind the1000 years! same, on the North side of the street.A clue! But asThere is one last document, from the same date in ever, questions. To get a full picture research would beJuly 1824, recording that William Sanderson and John needed to find out whether this was the same JohnHotham sold the property to one George Hotham, a Hotham, or a son of the first mortgage provideraftercommon brewer of York, for 450.all 20 years has passed, and the same names usually crop up for each generation of a family. And why didA related article to this continues the story on page the Sandersons keep back part of the garth behind30the propertydid they live close by and still wish to Extracts from The Hull PacketSupplied by Andrew SeftonTuesday, March 7, 1815 had swords laid with them; one that had been a very Thomas Brooks, of Bishop Wilton, grocer, chargedlarge person, was laid with his head due north, and with maliciously stabbing, with intent to murder, Johnhis sword upon him, one of his thigh bones apparently bloody; the other appeared to have been buried with Holmes, of the same place, labourer. [Outcome:less ceremony, being laid nearly double 1 .Committed to York Castle]Tuesday, July 28, 1818 Tuesday, September 4, 1832Singular Circumstances. - Some labourersGeorge Newlove (aged 42), charged with stealing digging for chalk last week, upon lands of J.seven ewes and eight lambs, the property of John Singleton, Esq. at Great Givendale, by the roadBell, of Bishop Wilton. Guilty: To be transported for leading from Pocklington to Malton, about threelife.quarters of a mile south of Wilton Beacon, found several skeletons buried about three feet deep, two 1This item deserves further research. A later discovery of a burial with a sword, in 1868, is documentedby J. R. Mortimer (1905), and later by I. M. Stead (1968) and associated with the Hill Fort at Grimthorpe. This discovery oftwo burials with swords is only a short distance away. J. R. Mortimer says that relics from the 1868 discovery are at the British Museum. What happened to theearlier discoveries?378 BULLETIN 19'