Rushbearing
Rush Bearing As with most churches in the 14th and 15th Century, Kirkheaton St Johns church had no seats for the congregation, and since the floors were of beaten earth, it was covered with dry rush`s. The likely source of the rush`s would have been a...
SIR RICHARD HENRY BEAUMONT 1574-1631
He was nicknamed Black Dick of the North by James 1st (formerly James VIth of Scotland). He was knighted in 1609 standing as MP for Pontefract in 1635. Sir Richard was the first and last Baron of Whitley Beaumont (made a Gent of the Privy Chamber extraordinary in...Page 1 of 1