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Suppose I had shot George Tanfield, instead of hiding him soundly, when he stuck up to you, why you must have been sorry for me, Sophy. And Mary is sorry for that rogue, no doubt, and believes that he did it for her sake, I dare say. The womenkind always do think that. If a big thief gets swung for breaking open a cash-box, his lassie will swear he was looking for her thimble.

Only you be a-watching of the little wench. Harry Tanfield is the man I would choose for her of all others. But I never would force any husband on a lass; though stern would I be to force a bad one off, or one in an unfit walk of life. No inkle in your mind who it is, or wouldst have told me?" "Well, I may, or I may not. I never like to speak promiscuous.

"Where have you been this morning?" she asked, with a piercing glance. "To St. Andrew's and Tanfield Hall." "With whom?" "With the Friar." "I see!

Then in later days Sir John Fortescue, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth, got hold of it, and eventually sold it to Sir Lawrence Tanfield, a great judge in those times. The latter was buried "at twelve o'clock in the Night" in the church of Burford; and there is a very handsome aisle there and an immense monument to his memory.

1 In the Aide being Admirall, was the Generall Captaine Frobisher. 2 In the Thomas Allen Viceadmirall Captaine Yorke. 3 In the Iudith Lieutenant generall Captaine Fenton. 4 In the Anne Francis Captaine Best. 5 In the Hopewell Captaine Carew. 6 In the Beare Captaine Filpot. 7 In the Thomas of Ipswich Captaine Tanfield. 8 In the Emmanuel of Exceter Captaine Courtney.

With this in her mind Mrs Love descended the stairs once more, and went to look for another friend of Mrs Duncomb's, a Mrs Rhymer. Mrs Rhymer was a friend of the old lady's of some thirty years' standing. She was, indeed, named as executrix in Mrs Duncomb's will. Mrs Love finding her and explaining the situation as she saw it, Mrs Rhymer at once returned with Mrs Love to Tanfield Court.

Among the largest of these were the following British boats: King Malcom, 4,351 tons; Reapwell, 3,417 tons; Luciston, 2,948 tons; Moeraki, 4,392 tons; King Bleddyn, 4,387 tons; Couch, 5,620 tons; Tanfield, 4,358 tons; Avristan, 3,818 tons; Strathalbyn, 4,331 tons; Ursula, 5,011 tons; Bretwalda, 4,037 tons; Westminster, 4,342 tons.

They are a Mr Gehagan, a young Irish barrister, and a friend of his named Kerrel. These young men occupy chambers on opposite sides of the same landing, the third floor, over the Alienation Office in Tanfield Court. Or Kerrol the name varies in different accounts of the crime. Mr Gehagan was one of Sarah Malcolm's employers.

Could he have been kidnapped by a false Englishman into a den of robbers for the sake of his ransom? 'You are strict to your time, said the chief robber. 'I knew you would be. So, when Ned Marmion came to Beverley, and would have us to see his hunting at Tanfield, we came on thinking to meet you.

It is not the conventual building wherein the monks lived in pre-Reformation days and served God in the grand old church that is Burford's chief glory. Edmund Harman, the royal barber-surgeon, received a grant of the Priory from Henry VIII for curing him from a severe illness. Then Sir Laurence Tanfield, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, owned it, who married a Burford lady, Elizabeth Cobbe.