in 1848, was purchased by William Sheepshanks, Esq., the present owner. At the Warren farm are the remains of a Roman camp, now nearly obliterated by the plough; it can, however, be distinctly traced. Its dimensions are about 130 yards by 110; the south front has been slightly circular, and the entrance on that side protected by a covered way. The peaceful husbandman. now builds his corn stack where once the Roman eagle shonethat proud bird of conquest, "With glittering wings expanded to the sun." On the enclosure of the Forest of Knaresborough, the rector of Ripley received, in lieu of tithes in this township, an allotment of 544a. 3r. 2p. of land on Killinghall Moor, between Oakbeck and the Otley and Ripley turnpike road, and another allotment of 61 acres near the Warren, and money payments for many small encroachments made, amounting to 18s. 2d. annually. Another allotment was also awarded in this township, of 9a. 3r. 25p., either to the rector of Ripley or the vicar of Hampsthwaite. The charities consist of 30s., annually distributed by the overseer, being the interest of £34, left by the will of a Mr. Pullan-period unknown; and 9s., being the interest of £10, left by the will of Robert Clarkson, in 1757. The population in 1801 was 462; in 1811, 485; in 1821, 519; in 1831, 545; in 1841, 559; in 1851, 569; in 1861, 746. The annual value of this township as assessed to the county rate in 1849 was £3,763; in 1859, £4,039; and in 1866, £4,656. Amount assessed to property tax in 1858, £4,432. CLINT. CLINT is a township in the parish of Ripley; bounded on the east by Ripley Park, on the west by the Munk wall, which divides it from Hartwith-with- Winsley, on the south by the river Nidd, and on the north by Thornton beck, which separates it from Bishop Thornton; and includes within its limits Clint, Whipley, and Burnt Yates. Clint is not mentioned in the Domesday survey; and only a small portion of this township is entered in that record under the head of Whipley. First, amongst the lands of the king— "In Wipelei, one carucate. Waste." * Next, among the lands of Ernegis de Burun "In Wipelei and Bemeslai, Gospatric had one carucate of land to be taxed. There is land to half a plough. Ernegis has it and it is waste."t Again, among the lands of the king's thanes "Manor. In Wipelei, Archil had half a carucate of land to be taxed. Land to two oxen. The same has it, and it is waste. Value in King Edward's time, two shillings and eightpence."; In the summary of lands in the Wapontake of Claro, we find the quantities given, thus— "In Wipelei, Erneis half a carucate. the king one carucate and a half."§ "Bawdwen's Dom. Boc.," p. 17. + Ibid, p. 207. + Ibid, p. 228. § Ibid, p. 256. In the same place, This quantity includes the king's own carucate, and the half carucate held by Archil. Whipley is now confined to a small district adjoining to Ripley. On the road leading from Scaro Bridge to Burnt Yates is Whipley Moor; otherwise the name appears to be forgotten. In the same neighbourhood is a place called Archil or Arkell Nook.* This township is chiefly memorable as baving been the residence of the family of Beckwith. Early and long were they seated in Knaresborough Forest, and the manors of Beckwith and Beckwithshaw, as well as "the lordship of Clynt, bounded of the north side of Nid juxta Hampsthwaite," were theirs. To those who delight in tracing long ancestral lines, it will be a pleasure to trace the descent of this family through the course of time for the last eight hundred years, and find the current of life yet running with undiminished vitality, though diverted from its original dwelling-place. The line begins so early that its origin is lost in the mists of antiquity. Some derive their descent from Gamelbar, a large landowner in this district before the conquest. This is probable, though neither certain nor proveable. The pedigree is deduced by genealogists from Hugo de Malebisse, who held lands in Yorkshire in the time of William the Conqueror, from whom descended Sir Hercules Malebisse, who changed his name to Beckwith, on his marriage with the Lady Dame Beckwith Bruce, daughter of Sir William Bruce, of Skelton, in Cleveland, in 1226. Their son,- In a list of Romish recusants, in 1745, we find the name of "Christopher Maltas, Arkell Nook, in Clint, spurrier." Did this place derive its name from the Saxon thane, Archil, or from a copious spring of water called Ar, or Har keld-that is, the soldier's well? We incline to the latter opinion. Sir Hercules Beckwith, married a daughter of Sir John Ferrars, of Tamworth Castle, by whom he had Nicholas Beckwith, who, by a daughter of Sir John Chaworth, had a son, Hamond Beckwith, Esq., who, in the year 1339, took upon him a coat of arms incident to John, Lord Malebisse. He was seized of the lordship of Clinte, near Hampsthwaite, Uglebarnby, in Whitby Strand, lands in Pickering and Roxby, with the manors of Beckwith and Beckwithshaw. He married a daughter of Sir Philip Tilney, and had issueWilliam Beckwith, who had to wife a daughter of Sir Gerard Usflete, by whom he had a son and successor, Thomas Beckwith, of Clinte, who held the manors of Magna Otterington and Hornby juxta Thirsk, of John, Lord Mowbray, 4th of Richard II. (1380). He married a daughter of John Sawley, Esq., of Saxton, by whom he had issue Adam Beckwith, de Clinte, who, in 1364, married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas de Malebisse, Knight, and thus the older and younger branches of the family of Malebisse became united in their son, William Beckwith, de Clint, who married a daughter of Sir John Baskerville, whose son, Thomas Beckwith, married the daughter and heiress of Sir William Hasterton, and in her right enjoyed the third part of the manors of Filey-Muston and Thorpe; they had issue 16th Edward III. (1342). John de Bekwyth surrenders "j. acram terræ in Rakis de Hamesweyt," to the use of John Littister.-Knaresborough Court Rolls. + This was not the first or only Adam in the family of Beckwith, as we learn from the Court Rolls of Knaresborough Forest, that Agnes, widow of Adam de Becwith was living in the 25th of Edward III. (A.D. 1351); and also that on the 18th May, in the same year, John, son of Adam de Bekwith, is presented by the constable of Bekwith, and fined 12s. for having drawn blood from Henry, son of Richard atte Kirke. William Beckwith, Esq., afterwards Sir William Beckwith, Knight, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Plompton, of Plompton. The marriage contract bears date October 15th, 1455; wherein it is agreed that William, son of the above Thomas Beckwith, shall take to wife Elizabeth, daughter of the said Sir William; the said Thomas to give jointure to the yearly value of £10 3s. 4d.; and to bind himself that all lands, tenements, &c., of which he stood sole seized, betwixt the waters of Nidd and Thornton Beck, and in the towns of Muston, Filey, Halneby, Little Aiton, and South Otterington, within the county of York, should descend to his son William and his heirs; and also all other lands, &c., of which Elizabeth, the wife of the said Thomas, was jointly enfeoffed with the said Thomas, in like manner; and the lands held by feoffees to his use, to go to the said William and his next heirs male. The marriage portion was fixed at £123 6s. 8d., to be paid by instalments; and if the said Elizabeth should die without issue male, had by the said William Beckwith, then Sir William Plompton to be discharged of the surplus, if any remaining unpaid. The moderate sums mentioned for jointure and inarriage portion, are proofs of the scarcity of money among the gentry at that time. The marriage was issueless; and Sir William married, secondly, a daughter of Sir John Ratcliffe, but died without issue, and was succeeded by his nephew, Thomas Beckwith, who married Maude, daughter of Sir Henry Pudsey, of Barforth. By Inquisition post mortem, taken at Wetherby May 25th, 2nd Henry VIII., Thomas Beckwith, deceased January 20th, 10th Henry VIII. (1518), at the time of his death was seized of one messuage, six oxgangs of land, and ten acres of meadow in Clint; and by Indenture, dated at Clynt, 28th July, 9th Henry |