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John Pearson the Elder, of Ryhill (pro-
bably the first above named), d. 1614. Arms
were granted to Pierson of Ryhill by St.
George : " Az, three stars ppr. between
two poles wavy ermine " (Poulson).
John Pearson had lands in Ryhill and Camerton in 1557.
Robert Pearson, viv. 1549, married Mar- gery, and had Thomas Pearson, his son and heir.
There are several Pearson wills in York of the fifteenth and following centuries.
The Auchons appear to have been sub- stantial people. Thomas Auchon was Vice-Admiral of Hull, and of Yorkshire 1560-64. Richard Auchon is described as " gentleman " in his will, 1589 ; and George Auchon, who died 1615, is described as " yeoman."
All the places named above are in Holder- ness, and contiguous to Ryhill, which was the chief home of the Pearson family in the sixteenth century. SIGMA TATT.
Poulson's * History of Holderness,' in two volumes, at ii. 368 says : " The Pier- sons of Ryhill were early located here." In 1604 Mr. John Holme of Camerton, by will dated 8 Jan., 1604, leaves the tuition of his daughter Ann to Dyonis, wife of John Pearson of Ryall. In St. George's Visita- tion of Yorkshire, 1612, there is a short Pearson pedigree. Richard Pierson of Ryall, buried at St. Mary's, Hull, died 2 Aug., 1695. Ryhill or Ryall is in the parish of Burstwick.
The late Mr. J. R. Park of Hedon wrote a history of that town. At p. 271 he says, " In Torre's Peculiars the name of Dr. Pearson appears as Vicar of Preston in 1695 " ; and at p. 99, " A William Pearson was bailiff of Hedon in 1710, and a William Pearson was also bailiff in 1716." I am indebted to Mr. Alan Park of Hedon for the information. WILLIAM BETHELL.
For Pearson or Peirson Dr. G. W. Marshall, Rouge Croix, refers in ' The Genealogist's Guide ' (1893) to the following : Burke's ' Patrician,' vi. 407. Surtees Society, xxxvi. 76. Berry's ' Kent Genealogies,' 493. Burke's ' Commoners,' i, 380 ; * Landed Gentry,' 2. Foster's 'Visitations of Yorkshire,' 559. Foster's ' Lancashire Pedigrees.' Harleian Society, viii, 225. Ord's ' History of Cleveland.'
'Visitations of Staffordshire, 1614 and 1663-4,' William Salt Society, 232.
' D.N.B.' has twenty-six or so of the name, variously spelt. A. R. BAYLEY.
The following references may be of
interest :
Holderness wills in the Transactions of the East Riding Antiq. Soo., vol. x. (1902-3).
' Holderness and the Holdernessians : a few Notes on the History, Topography, Dialect, Manners and Customs of the District,' 1878.
'Holderness and Hullshire, by Tindall J. Wil- d ridge.
' Ocellum Promontorium ' and ' The Church and Priory of Swine in Holderness,' both by Thomas Thompson.
' Holderness : Historic Facts relative to the Port and Market Town of Ravenspurne.'
Aldborough and Atwick Parish Registers.
Smith's ' Reliquire Isurianse.'
Bilton of Bilton pedigree in Poulson's 'Holder- ness.'
Monceaux of Barmston, ibid.
Beeford brass of T. Tonge, rector 1472, B. Mus. MSS. Dept. 32,490, H. 17.
Burstwick in Holderness, see ' Descr. Catalogue of Anc. Deeds in Public Record Office,' vol. i. p. 40 (A. 355), and vol. iv., 6967.
Brandsburton Sepulchral Brasses, 1364, 1397, Add. MS. B. Mus. 32,481, W. 1-3; 32,490 A. 6.
Extracts from the Parish Registers of Drypool, by W. C. Boulter, Reliquary, vol. x. p. 54 and vol. xi. p? 88, 1870.
Garton Parish Registers.
'Account of Hornsea in Holderness,' by E. W. B., 12mo, Hull, 1847.
George Galfield's ' Guide to Printed Books and Manuscripts relating to English and Foreign Heraldry and Genealogy,' 1892.
' Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire/ Reliquary, vol. xv. (1874-5), p. 181.
Paver's MS. pedigrees.
Hunter's ' Familiae Minorum Gentium,'
Yorkshire Genealogy : containing Pedigrees and Notes from the Visitations of 1563, 1584-1585, 1565- 1566, MSS. Dept. B. Mus., 24,473, by Joseph Hunter.
J. HOLDEN MACMlCHAEL.
HANGING ALIVE IN CHAINS (10 S. xi. 221, 303, 404, 472). The discussion in ' N. & Q.' on this subject led me, when recently in the library of St. John's College, Cambridge, to peruse a pamphlet which would otherwise have passed unnoticed. It is entitled ' Hanging not Punishment enough for Murthers, Highway-men, and House Breakers,' and is offered for the considera- tion of the two Houses of Parliament (London, printed for A. Baldwin, Warwick Lane, 1701). The press-mark is E.e. 12. 11. (24).
In the introductory note to the reader the author states that the late villainous attempts to set houses on fire " to rob 'em " is such a provocation as to engage every man's indignation against such profligate wretches to endeavour to root them out as lost to all sense of humanity and good nature. Such horrid practices will, he says, justify the utmost resentment, and they
