Hullinia Author:John Symons Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: entirely defeated the supposed projects of the Duke of York, who was doubtless sent to incite rebellion among the inhabitants, in case his father was denied entr... more »ance. About eleven o'clock, King Charles appeared at Beverley gate, and seeing the bridge drawn up and the hostile appearance which the walls exhibited, he summoned Sir John, and on his appearance, demanded admittance. The answer of Hotham—and indeed the whole conference— is slightly varied by historians, therefore, I will give the several words put into his mouth by those who have related this extraordinary historical interview between a King of England demanding entrance to our town, and a Governor denying him admission, under the singular pretence of a great regard for the honour of his Sovereign, against whom at the time he was in actual rebellion. But before so doing, it would be as well, at this particular juncture, to describe briefly the frowning fortifications that surrounded the town at the time we are alluding to. We are all familiar with the various ancient plans of Hull; and if there are any who are not, they will find them all collected in one volume, in the last edition of Mr. Sheahan's " History of Hull; " but in the plan of Hull, A.D. 1640, we get a capital view of the town as it appeared at the very period I am describing— namely, just before the civil war. Every building is distinctly and accurately delineated, including the Churches, the Magazine, Castle and Block-houses. There was a wide and deep moat in front of the walls, on the -north and west sides of the town, which was connected with the rivers Hull and Humber; so that the town was surrounded by water as at present. The entrances to the town at that time were by five massive gateways, namely:—Hessle. Myton, Beverley, Low, and North Gates, a...« less