Historical Trivia

in 1444 Scarborough was so impoverished, Parliament remitted half its taxation
Robert Hunter obtained six oaks to build a house at Scarborough in 1494
Phillip and Katherine Bastian were accused in 1579 of leaving Scarborough to join a band of Egyptians
At Scarborough in 1602, half a sheep cost 3s4d and a pound of sugar 2s4d
A glover called Michael Dunsley in 1619 left his dwelling house near Blackfriargate to his wife, but without the shop, the pits in the garth and the well which went to Thomas
Scarborough sent one ship carrying nineteen men to the seige of Calais in 1346
Scarborough castle bridges had fallen down in 1361, No one could get across the ditch to get inside, so they repaired them
Timothy Fish bought a pew in St Mary's church in 1710. It measured eight feet by five feet, a veritable home from home
Mr. Phatuel Ford had a Newbrough mansion in 1724. The house contained 21 red leather chairs, 7 other leather chairs, 18 cane chairs, and an arm chair
A harpooner jumped on the back of a whale in Scarborough roads in 1785.The harpoon failed
John Wrench was licenced by the Scarborough bailiffs in 1697 as a “badger”
Jane Hall was whipped from the town hall to the borough gates in 1703
Two vagrants used “nasty games” in Scarborough roads to “Allure” people to play and lose their money, in 1715

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