York; and Holme, in Kendal, co. Westmoreland, the
forfeited lands of Sir Richard Tunstell, and other "rebels." So
considerable a recognition of the services of Sir James Harrington would
seem to demand something more than the second-rate position given to
them by your correspondent. The order to give Sir James Harrington
possession of the lands under his grant will be found in Rymer. The
grant itself is printed in the _Nugae Antiquae_, by Henry Harrington, 1775
(vol. ii. p. 121.), and will, I believe, be found in Baines'
_Lancashire_. Mr. Henry Harrington observes that the lands were
afterwards lost to his family by the misfortune of Sir James and his
brother being on the wrong side at Bosworth Field; after which they were
both attainted for serving Richard III. and Edward IV., "and commanding
the party which seized Henry VI. and conducted him to the Tower."
H.K.S.C.
Brixton.
_Andrew Becket_ (Vol. ii., p. 266.), about whom A.W. HAMMOND inquires,
when I knew him, about twelve years ago, was a strange whimsical old
gentleman, full of "odd crotchets," and abounding in theatrical anecdote
and the "gossip of the green-room.
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