or otherwise yf itt may be done wth convenyency) in the
p'ish Church of St. Crux w^thin the said Citty of Yorke in the
Chancell of the said Church & to be enterred as neare as may be
unto the body of my late dearely beloved wife Anne Deane deceased
w^thout any bowelling or embalmeing, & there to be decently enterred by
toarch light, w^thout any further funerall pompe or
solempnity whatsoever, beinge (as I thinke) a custome not
altogeither laudable to banquett & feast att funeralls w^ch rather
ought to be a tyme of mourneing, then banqueting and feasting

w^th said body of myne I knowe & beleive assuredly that I shall
rise againe att the last day, & be reunited & ioyned againe unto my
soule & that itt shall be made like unto Christ his glorious body,
that where he is, there I shall be alsoe liveing and reigneing w^th
him in his everlasting kingdome for ever.

Now concerning my temporall Estate w^ch God in his mercy hath
vouchsafed to bestowe on me (or rather lent me as his steward) I
bequeath it thus as followeth

First I give & bequeath to Mr. Roger Belwood my pastor thirty
shillings.

Item I give to the poore people of the Cittye of Yorke three pounds
XX^s whereof to be distributed to the poore of the Warde where I
now live and the remmant to the poore of the other three Wardes
equally to be divided.

Item I give to the poore prisoners of the castle of Yorke XX^s and
to the poore prisoners on Ousebridge called the Kidcoate X^s and to
the poore prisoners of S^t. Peters prison in Yorke X^s.

Item I give to the poore people of the old hospitall or massing
dewes of the Citty of Yorke thirty shillings. Item whereas....

Item my Will meaninge and harty desire is that my nowe loveing wife
Mary Deane shall & may quietly have & enjoye all her widdowe rights
whatsoever according to this pvince of Yorke w^thout any further
trouble molestac̅on or vexac̅on or suite in lawe and that my
Executor shall not make any claime to any such goods or plate as
she the said Mary had in her former widdowhood & brought w^th her
to me att her marriage w^th me. Item I give to my said nowe loveing
wife as a legacy my coatch horses & furniture & what hay or oates,
coales, turfes & fuell shall be in my howse att my death. Item I
give....

Item I give to Margery Smeton yf shee be my servant at my death
forty shillings and to each other of my servants att my death tenn
shillings.

All the rest of my goods & chattells unbequeathed, my debts and
funerall expenses discharged I give and bequeath to my loveing
nephewe Mr. John Deane of Saltonstall Atturney in his Maty Court of
Com̅on Pleas att Westminster & eldest sonne of my late brother
Gilbert Deane of Saltonstall deceased w^ch said John Deane I doe
ordayne constitute & make my sole & onely Executor of this my last
Will & Testament

And for as much as most of my Estate doth consist in debts, w^ch
will require tyme for gathering in, my Will & meaneing is that this
my said executor shall have twelvemonethes tyme for the payment of
the greater legacies....

And further my meaneing is That for as much as my said Executor
John Deane by Gods pvidence is likely to be lame by a fall & not to
live & followe his profession as an Atturney to London (but as it
weare undone) whome I have made my onely & sole Executor of this my
last Will & Testament. Therefore all my nephews & kindred may know
I have given them small legacy to doe him good

In Witness.... etc.

In "Spadacrene Anglica" Deane mentions that "out of the divers fountains springing hereabouts" five are worthy the observation of physicians. These are—

1.—The Dropping Well.

2.—The Sulphur Well at Bilton Park.

3.—The Sulphur Well near Knaresborough.

4.—The Sulphur Well at "Haregate head."

5.—The Tuewhit Well, or The English Spaw.

The number of springs worthy the observation of physicians has largely increased and the relative importance of the five mentioned has altered considerably since Deane wrote. But in 1626, The Tuewhit Well, or The English Spaw, was regarded as the most worthy of fame. This well, according to the later writers, was discovered by Captain (afterwards Sir) William Slingsby:—in Chapter 6 of "Spadacrene Anglica," however, a Mr. William Slingsby is given as the discoverer.

From this it appears that the discovery was made by Mr. William Slingsby in his later years, about the year 1571, but if the Mr. William Slingsby here referred to was Sir William Slingsby he would have been a youth of some 8 or 9 years in 1571. Secondly, one would judge from the text that the Mr. William Slingsby referred to by the writer was dead at the time that he wrote, namely 1626, whereas, as a matter of fact, Sir William Slingsby was alive until the year 1634. Thirdly, it is impossible to conceive that Edmund Deane would refer to Sir William Slingsby as Mr. William Slingsby, seeing that the former was knighted in 1603, or 23 years prior to the publication of Deane's work. It is therefore abundantly clear that Sir William Slingsby—a very gallant gentleman—has no claim to the fame which history has insisted upon according him.

The fact is that the Mr. William Slingsby referred to