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Thomas Gargrave, the Speaker's eldest son, was hung at York, for murder; and his half-brother, Sir Richard, endured a fate only less miserable. The splendid estate he inherited he wasted by the most wanton extravagance, and at length reduced himself to abject want. 'His excesses, says Mr.
Handyside who had been housekeeper to Lord Gargrave, who might be glad to come at the salary mentioned. "What's the matter with the servants, Morton?" asked Eustace that evening when he brought the coffee into the library. "What's all this about Mrs. Merrit wanting to leave?" "If you please, sir, I was going to mention it myself. I have a confession to make, sir.
Not many years since, a Mr. Gargrave, believed to be one of them, filled the mean employment of parish-clerk of Kippax. "A similar melancholy narrative applies to another great Yorkshire house.
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