COXWOLD, (Yorkshire, N.R.) to the S. E. of Thirsk, being the manor of Tho. Ughtred, he obtained a Mt. and a Fair here, on August 15, the former of which has been long disused. A fr. sc. was buiit here, the gift of Sir John Hart, lord-mayor of London, in 1580, who also left an endowment for the master and two ushers, and 20 l. to a preacher, for 3 sermons every year, besides 20 s. for an annual repast for the visitors of the sc. but the Ld. Edw. Wotton bestowed most of the stones, slate, and timber. Sir John also bestowed on Sidney Coll. in Cambridge 4 scholarships and 2 fellowships, for the scholars coming from this sc. In the Ch. are divers monuments of the Bellasis's, now Visc. Faulconbridge; of which family, Thomas, who was created an Earl by K. Will. III. built an almsh. hers, and, at his death, gave a considerable legacy to it.