Winchester.
_Capture of Henry VI._ (Vol. ii., p. 228.).--In his correction of your
correspondent, CLERICUS CRAVENSIS, MR. NICHOLS states:--
"Both Sir John Tempest and Sir James Harrington of Brierley,
near Barnesley, were concerned in the king's capture, and each
received 100 marks reward; but the fact of Sir Thomas Talbot
being the chief actor, is shown by his having received the
larger reward of 100l."
In this statement appears entirely to have been overlooked the grant of
lands made by King Edward IV. to Sir James Harrington--
"For his services in taking prisoner, and withholding as such in
diligence and valour, his enemy Henry, lately called King Henry
VI."
This grant, which was confirmed in Parliament, embraced the castle,
manor, and domain of Thurland; a park, called Fayzet Whayte Park, with
lands, &c. in six townships in the county of Lancaster; lands at Burton
in Lonsdale, co. York; and Holme, in Kendal, co. Westmoreland, the
forfeited lands of Sir Richard Tunstell, and other "rebels." So
considerable a recognition of the services of Sir James Harrington would
seem to demand something more than the second-rate position given to
them by your correspondent. The order to give Sir James Harrington
possession of the lands under his grant will be found in Rymer. The
grant itself is printed in the _Nugæ Antiquæ_, by Henry Harrington, 1775
(vol. ii. p. 121.), and will, I believe, be found in Baines'
_Lancashire_. Mr. Henry Harrington observes that the lands were
afterwards lost to his family by the misfortune of Sir James and his
brother being on the wrong side at Bosworth Field; after which they were
both attainted for serving Richard III. and Edward IV., "and commanding
the party which seized Henry VI. and conducted him to the Tower."