_The Vavasours of Hazlewood (Vol. ii., p. 326.)._--1. It is a well-known
fact that the stone for York minster was given by the Vavasour family. To
commemorate this, there is, under the west window in that cathedral, a
statue of the owner of Hazelwood at that period, holding a piece of stone
in his hand. Hence may have arisen the tradition that the chief of the
family might ride into York minster on horseback.
{72} 2. In feudal times Hazlewood was a fortified castle, having its
regular retainers, &c.
3. Hazlewood Chapel was _the only Roman Catholic parish church_ in England
which did not become a Protestant church at the Reformation.