The family of Stillington continued to flourish at Acaster and Kelfield, in the parish of Stillingfleet; greatly improving their estate by a marriage with the heiress of FitzHenry. In 1520 stained glass with the arms of Stillington impaling Bigod, was placed in one of the windows of Stillingfleet church. At that time Dr. Thomas Stillington was a man of great learning, and became Professor of Divinity at the University of Louvain. The Stillingtons continued to flourish at Kelfield Hall throughout the seventeenth century. The last male of the race was young in the days of Queen Anne. There is a portrait of him as a boy, in a classical costume, which was painted by Parmentier in 1708. It is now in the dining room at Moreby Hall. This Joseph Stillington of Kelfield died in 1742. His daughter Dorothy married William Peirse of Hutton Bonville. [16] Stallworthe's letter to Sir W. Stonor. (_Excerpt. Hist._ p. 16.) [17] Morton, in his account of a conversation with the Duke of Buckingham (Grafton, p. 126). [18] Polydore Virgil, p. 540. [19] Davies, _York Records_, p. 154. That this _supersedeas_ was issued by the conspirators and not by the Protector's Council is proved by Dr. Russell having actually prepared a speech for the opening of Parliament on June 24. This speech has been preserved. The date of the _supersedeas_ was probably before June 13. [20] Rastell, p. 80, [21] Stallworthe to Sir W. Stonor. [22] Morton, p. 69, in Rastell. This is the evidence of a bitter enemy. [23] The will is given in the _Excerpta Historica_, pp. 246-248. He also appointed William Catesby, another meritorious but shamefully maligned public servant, to be his executor. [24] 'My Lord Lyle has come to my Lord Protector and waits on him.' Stallworthe's second letter (_Excerpt. Hist._ p. 16). [25] Croyland, p. 566. [26] Davies, _York Records_, p. 134. [27] The date of Richard's accession is fixed by the _Year Book_. 'Les Reports des Cases.' See Davies, _York Records_, p. 157 _n_. [28] 'A wise man and a good, and of much experience.'--Morton, in Rastell. {103} CHAPTER IX CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE At Richard's accession we may pause to glance at the condition of the people of England 420 years ago, not in any minute detail, not probing the matter to any depth, but with the object of having the general surroundings in our minds, while contemplating the brief reign of our last Plantagenet.