At the south-side of the church is a wooden recess with folding doors, on On the West door. The arms of Jackson, argent on a cheveron sable, between 3 hawks heads erased of the second, as many cinquefoils of the first, impaling Bowes's, ermine, 3 long bows bent in pale, gules. Motto, Virtute non sanguine. Job iii. 13, 14. Bowes's crest, a bundle of arrows. Within the Recess, "VIRTUE IS THE BEST MARBLE." "Notwithstanding lie heere the pietie of John Jackson, Divine and Pas"tor of this Church, toward his most deere and blessed wife JOHANNA, "with whom hee lived in chast and holy wedlock a ivst decade of yeeres, mvtvally moderating ye ioyes, and becalming the sorrowes of eche other: "Her father was Ralphe Bowes, of Barnes, Esqvire, who was only son "and heyre to Robert Bowes, of Ask, Esqvire, a gentleman of great wis "dome and bounty, and of signall note in ovr Englishe annals for his ser. "vices both to state and covntry. Her mother was Mris. Johan Hedlam, "the sole inheritrix of all the lands and possessions of the chiefe of that "hovse and name. She was much more then vvlgar. Shee had notable "gvsts and præ-instincts of hir desolvtion, singvlar præ-occvpations and "antepasts of hir fvtvre happiness. In the latter end of her sickness, her "sovle grew trvly divine and spiritvalized, procvring forth many de"vovt prayers, psalmes, hymnes, and eiacvlations, with vnexampled "fervovr of spirit, and vttering fayr and godly sentences and apophthegmes, worthy to be written in golden characters. So as indeed hir "last act deserves to be a patterne or prototype to dying Christians, for a whole svcceeding age or centvry of the church. And being thus ceased upon by heavenly mindedness, and by gratiovs illapses of the Spirit into "her sovle, shee finally payed her debt to Natvre, on the vigil of St. 66 James, Jvly the 24th, and in the yeare of the last patience of the saints, "1639. READER, if thov wert abovt to marry, thov worldst wysh "svch a wife; if to dye, svch a death.-O God, let hir sovle incessantly prayse thee, fill hir brimmfvll of the beatificall vision, and tho' her body “be sowen in weakness and corrvption, yet raise it again to immortalite "and glorie. And (lastly,) gather in peace vnto hir me the desolate "hvsbaud. I. I." 66 66 66 The same pedantic strain of writing prevails in the Register, at the entry of the death of this Berkley. The modern way of writing is here given, as the person who copied it, did not attend to the old mode of spelling. "1631, Berkley Jackson, son and only child of John Jackson, rector "of this parochial church of Marske, who was second son to John Jack 66 66 son, rector of Melsonby, by his wife Joanna, who was second daughter "to Ralfe Bowes, of Aske, Esq., was born into this bochim and valley of tears, Nov. 7, about nine o'clock in the morning, 1630. His godfathers "being the Right Hon. George Lord Berkley, and William Bowes, of "Barnes, co. Durham, Esq., his uncle. His godmother was Mrs. Frances "Dodsworth, of Watlass, second daughter to Sir Timothy Hutton, late "lord of the manor, and patron of this church, and wife to Mr. John Dodsworth, of Watlass. He died 19th April, anno Xeyi "1631. Joanna his mother, died July 24th, 1639." Though this is not an exact copy, yet the substance will be found correct." The church is a rectory, valued in the King's books at £10 11s. 10d. The patronage has been in the family of Hutton ever since the year 1598, when Matthew Hutton, archbishop of York, purchased this estate. The present incumbent, James Tate, A. M., master of Richmond GrammarSchool. Should this kind of parochial history be found agreeable to the generality of your readers, I hope to be able to send you some more remarks, as I pick them up in my rambles through the county. Pedigrees fall in with the wishes of some, and should they suit your plan, I could help you to some, pertaining to several of the most ancient families in Yorkshire, extracted from old authentic documents. Not many miles above Marske, in Swaledale, are very valuable leadmines, belonging to Lord Pomfret and others; I shall perhaps send you hereafter some account of them. Lead, since the peace, has been very much upon the decline, which has thrown entirely upon landed property, the poor miners. Lately it has made a very rapid advance, which in a little time, it is hoped, will greatly relieve the poor-rates. Such a periodical publication as this of yours, has long been wanted in this county, as a vehicle for laying before the public several remains of antiquity, which otherwise would have been lost and buried in oblivion. SCRUTATOR. Feb. 13, 1818. Mathematical Repository. To the Editors of the Northern Star. I AM happy to hear that you intend devoting two or three pages of your valuable Magazine to the mathematical department; I think the plan cannot be too much recommended and encouraged, and hope it will be found to be acceptable to your numerous class of readers. If you will insert the following ingenious essay on the usefulness of mathematical learning, by an anonymous author of the 17th century, but now out of print, which, for a masterly style, and strength of reasoning, is equal to any thing that I have met with on the subject, you will oblige yours, Sheffield, Feb., 6th, 1818, PHILO. AN ESSAY ON THE USEFULNESS OF MATHEMATICAL LEARNING. IN all ages and countries where learning hath prevailed, the Mathematical Sciences have been looked upon as the most considerable branch of it. Amongst those which are commonly reckoned to be the seven liberal arts, four are Mathematical, to wit, Arithmetic, Music, Geometry, and Astronomy. But notwithstanding their excellency and reputation, they have not been taught or studied so universally as some of the rest; which I take to have proceeded from the following causes :-The aversion of the greatest part of mankind to serious attention and close arguing; their not comprehending sufficiently the necessity or great usefulness of these in other parts of learning; an opinion that this study requires a particular genius and turn of head, which few are so happy as to be born with; and the want of public encouragement and able masters. For these, and perhaps some other reasons, this study hath been generally neglected, and regarded only by some few persons whose happy genius and curiosity have prompted them to it, or who have been forced upon it by its immediate subserviency to some particular art or of office. Therefore, I think I cannot do better service to learning, youth, and the nation in general, than by showing them, that the Mathematics, of all parts of human knowledge, for the improvement of the mind, for their subserviency to other arts, and their usefulness to the common-wealth, deserve much to be encouraged. I know a discourse of this nature will be offensive to some, who, while they are ignorant of Mathematics, yet think themselves masters of all valuable learning; but their displeasure must must not deter me from delivering an useful truth. The advantages which accrue to the mind by mathematical studies, comsist chiefly in these things:-1st. In accustoming it to attention. 2nd. In giving it a habit of close and demonstrative reasoning. 3rd. In freeing it from prejudice, credulity, and superstition. First. The Mathematics make the mind attentive to the objects which it considers. This they do by entertaining it witha great variety of truths which are delightful and evident but not obvious. Truth is the same thing to the understanding, as music to the and beauty to the eye. The pursuit of it does really as much gratify a natural faculty implanted in us by our wise Creator, as the pleasing of our senses only in the former case, as the object and faculty are more spiritual, the delight is the more pure, free from the regret, turpitude, lassi tade, and intemperance, that commonly attend sensual pleasures. The most part of other sciences consisting only of probable reasonings, the mind has not where to fix; and, wanting sufficient principles to pursue its searches upon, gives them over as impossible. ear, Again, as in mathematical investigations truth may be found, so it is not always obvious: this spurs the mind, and makes it diligent and attenIn Geometria, (says Quinctilian, lib. i. cap. 10,) partem fatentur esse utilem teneris ætatibus: agitari namque animos, atque acui ingenia et celeritatem percipiendi venire inde concedunt. And Plato observes, that the youth who are furnished with mathematical knowledge, are prompt and quick at all other sciences. 66 son, rector of Melsonby, by his wife Joanna, who was second daughter "to Ralfe Bowes, of Aske, Esq., was born into this bochim and valley of "tears, Nov. 7, about nine o'clock in the morning, 1630. His godfathers "being the Right Hon. George Lord Berkley, and William Bowes, of "Barnes, co. Durham, Esq., his uncle. His godmother was Mrs. Frances "Dodsworth, of Watlass, second daughter to Sir Timothy Hutton, late "lord of the manor, and patron of this church, and wife to Mr. John Dodsworth, of Watlass. He died 19th April, anno Xicoyous "1631. Joanna his mother, died July 24th, 1639." Though this is not an exact copy, yet the substance will be found correct." The church is a rectory, valued in the King's books at £10 11s. 10d. The patronage has been in the family of Hutton ever since the year 1598, when Matthew Hutton, archbishop of York, purchased this estate. The present incumbent, James Tate, A. M., master of Richmond GrammarSchool. Should this kind of parochial history be found agreeable to the generality of your readers, I hope to be able to send you some more remarks, as I pick them up in my rambles through the county. Pedigrees fall in with the wishes of some, and should they suit your plan, I could help you to some, pertaining to several of the most ancient families in Yorkshire, extracted from old authentic documents. Not many miles above Marske, in Swaledale, are very valuable leadmines, belonging to Lord Pomfret and others; I shall perhaps send you hereafter some account of them. Lead, since the peace, has been very much upon the decline, which has thrown entirely upon landed property, the poor miners. Lately it has made a very rapid advance, which in a little time, it is hoped, will greatly relieve the poor-rates. Such a periodical publication as this of yours, has long been wanted in this county, as a vehicle for laying before the public several remains of antiquity, which otherwise would have been lost and buried in oblivion. SCRUTATOR. Feb. 13, 1818. Mathematical Repository. To the Editors of the Northern Star. I AM happy to hear that you intend devoting two or three pages of your valuable Magazine to the mathematical department; I think the plan cannot be too much recommended and encouraged, and hope it will be found to be acceptable to your numerous class of readers. If you will insert the following ingenious essay on the usefulness of mathematical learning, by an anonymous author of the 17th century, but now out of print, which, for a masterly style, and strength of reasoning, is equal to any thing that I have met with on the subject, you will oblige yours, Sheffield, Feb., 6th, 1818, PHILO. AN ESSAY ON THE USEFULNESS OF MATHEMATICAL LEARNING. IN all ages and countries where learning hath prevailed, the Mathematical Sciences have been looked upon as the most considerable branch of it. Amongst those which are commonly reckoned to be the seven liberal arts, four are Mathematical, to wit, Arithmetic, Music, Geometry, and Astronomy. 1 But notwithstanding their excellency and reputation, they have not been taught or studied so universally as some of the rest; which I take to have proceeded from the following causes :-The aversion of the greatest part of mankind to serious attention and close arguing; their not comprehending sufficiently the necessity or great usefulness of these in other parts of learning; an opinion that this study requires a particular genius and turn of head, which few are so happy as to be born with; and the want of public encouragement and able masters. For these, and perhaps some other reasons, this study hath been generally neglected, and regarded only by some few persons whose happy genius and curiosity have prompted them to it, or who have been forced upon it by its immediate subserviency to some particular art or office. Therefore, I think I cannot do better service to learning, youth, and the nation in general, than by showing them, that the Mathematics, of all parts of human knowledge, for the improvement of the mind, for their subserviency to other arts, and their usefulness to the common-wealth, deserve much to be encouraged. I know a discourse of this nature will be offensive to some, who, while they are ignorant of Mathematics, yet think themselves masters of all valuable learning; but their displeasure must must not deter me from delivering an useful truth. The advantages which accrue to the mind by nathematical studies, consist chiefly in these things:-1st. In accustoming it to attention. 2nd. In giving it a habit of close and demonstrative reasoning. 3rd. In freeing it from prejudice, credulity, and superstition. First. The Mathematics make the mind attentive to the objects which it considers. This they do by enter. taining it witha great variety of truths which are delightful and evident but not obvious. Truth is the same thing to the understanding, as music to the ear, and beauty to the eye. The pursuit of it does really as much gratify a natural faculty implanted in us by our wise Creator, as the pleasing of our senses only in the former case, as the object and faculty are more spiritual, the delight is the more pure, free from the regret, turpitude, lassi inde, and intemperance, that commonly attend sensual pleasures. The most part of other sciences consisting only of probable reasonings, the mind has not where to fix; and, wanting sufficient principles to pursue its searches upon, gives them over as impossible. Again, as in mathematical investigations truth may be found, so it is not always obvious: this spurs the mind, and makes it diligent and attentive. In Geometria, (says Quinctilian, lib. i. cap. 10,) partem fatentur esse utilem teneris ætatibus: agitari namque animos, atque acui ingenia et celeritatem percipiendi venire inde concedunt. And Plato observes, that the youth who are furnished with mathematical knowledge, are prompt and quick at all other sciences. |