blackbourn

Updated: August 9, 2026

"The other Preceptor was Hayter, Bishop of Norwich, a sensible well-bred man, natural son of Blackbourn, the jolly old Archbishop of York, who had all the manners of a man of quality, though he had been a Buccaneer and was a Clergyman; but he retained nothing of his first profession except his seraglio."

Bayard Tuckerman - A History of English Prose Fiction

Daniel Elston, aged 34, late of Waddington, cordwainer, com. Sep. 22, 1817, charged with feloniously stealing from the dwelling house of Rd. Blackbourn, of Waddington, one silver watch, and a pair of new quarter boots. Guilty of stealing only 7 years transportation. William Kehos, aged 22, a private soldier in the 95th Regt. of foot, com.

Baron Henry Hawkins Brampton - The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton)