HERE, AT BLACK DUB
THE SOURCE OF THE LYVENNET
CHARLES II
REGALED HIS ARMY ON THEIR MARCH
FROM SCOTLAND
AUGUST 8TH, A.D. 1651.
This obelisk was renewed in 1861 at the expense of Mr. Gibson, and
besides the inscription on the lateral sides are bas-reliefs, on one
side of a crown, for which Charles was ardently striving; on the other
side is a lion, which unfortunately came in his way and overthrew his
hopes at the battle of Worcester. It has been further commemorated in
a poem, "The Lyvennet," by A. Whitehead, and also by Mr. T. Bland, who
has sculptured "The Lyvennet Vase," on which the King, dismounted,
is receiving a drink from the hands of the presiding goddess of the
stream.
[10] Straked, levelled off at the top, as opposed to heaped measure.
[11] There must be a mistake here, for if this Robert had been a
descendant in any degree of John and Frances, he would have succeeded
to Thornton Watlass, and lived there. As a matter of fact, the
estate went to John's next brother, whose descendants have it still.
John Dodsworth was never more than heir apparent; according to the
Visitation of Yorkshire in 1665, he was dead, his father was seventy
years of age, and he and Frances had had two children, Helen, who died
young, and John, then aged sixteen. Hence, when the latter died, his
son, if he had one, would be in the direct line of descent. Perhaps
Robert was a servant, and had adopted his master's name; as was
sometimes done in olden times.