HESSEL, (Yorkshire, E.R.) near the Humber, S. W. of Hull, bel. anciently to the Stutevils, whose heiress, Johanna, gave it
to the canons of Walton. The impression on her seal was a woman riding sideways, with the bridle in her right-hand, she
being the first that 'tis said began that custom, now in use with her sex.