IN THE HOPE THAT THE STORY OF THE LIVES OF THEIR FOREFATHERS MAY INSPIRE THEM TO HELP IN ROLLING ONWARDS THE WHEELS OF PROGRESS THAT HAVE BEEN IN MOTION EVER SINCE THE FIRST LIVING BEING CAME INTO EXISTENCE. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author wishes herein to acknowledge his indebtedness:— (1) To the published works of local historians, and to the publications of local learned societies, into all of which he has delved, and from many of which he has ‘lifted’ such local records as it served his purpose to use. (2) To MR. JOHN BICKERSTETH, of the East Riding County Council, for valuable help in the chapter on _How the East Riding Governs Itself_, and in the general planning of the book; to MR. JOHN SUDDABY, for much information that is embodied in Chapters XXIV.-XXVII.; to the WARDENS OF THE HULL TRINITY HOUSE, and MR. E. J. HESELTINE for extracts from the records of the Trinity House; to MR. J. H. HIRST, Hull City Architect, for the draft of the illustration on p. 167; and to MR. W. G. B. PAGE, for revising the proofs of _The East Riding Roll of Honour_. (3) To COL. MARK SYKES, M.P., CANON GRIMSTON of Stillingfleet, ALDERMAN JOHN BROWN, DR. J. WRIGHT MASON, MRS. WATSON, of Hedon, MR. W. MORFITT of Atwick, the CURATOR of the Hull Museums, and others, for permission to take photographs of objects in their possession. (4) To the EDITOR of the Transactions of the East Riding Antiquarian Society, the Hull Scientific Club, and the Hull Museum Publications, for the loan of several blocks; to PROFESSOR COLLINGWOOD and the EDITOR of the ‘Yorkshire Archæological Journal’ for the loan of blocks for the illustrations on pp. 55, 63, 64; to MR. T. A. J. WADDINGTON of York, and the EDITOR of the ‘Port of Hull Annual’ for that of the blocks used on pp. 236 and 248; and to the HEAD-MASTERS and HEAD MISTRESSES of the East Riding Schools for that of the blocks used in Chapter XXX. (5) To his friend, MR. E. HAWORTH EARLE, and to his colleagues, MR. C. BAZELL and MR. J. V. PUGH, for reading the proofs of the entire book and correcting many errors that would otherwise have escaped detection. (6) To his friend and old pupil, MR. C. W. MASON, for the great amount of time and care which he has bestowed upon the taking of special photographs. (7) To the PUBLISHERS of the book, who have placed in his hands every possible facility for enriching its pages with whatever illustrations they thought would prove of interest, and who have thereby produced a book which it is hoped will reach the high-water mark of excellence in artistic production. HYMERS COLLEGE, HULL, 1912. CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE