# The Bishoprick Garland

The Bishoprick Garland is a book compiled by Cuthbert Sharp which gives historical details of people, places and events from the Bishopric of Durham, and was published in 1834.

## Details

The Bishoprick Garland – (full title – "The Bishoprick Garland, Or a collection of Legends, Songs, Ballads, &c. Belonging to the County of Durham. [By Sir Cuthbert Sharpe]". London: Nichols, and Baldwin & Cradock. 1834) is a book of approximately 84 pages, giving historical details of people, places, songs, poems and writers pertaining to the North East of England, and in particular the County of Durham or more correctly termed Bishoprick of Durham (using an obsolete spelling of bishopric).
It contains Geordie folk songs (or extracts from) and contains over 150 such song/poem lyric extracts on over 80 pages, and was published in 1834. It was edited by (Sir) Cuthbert Sharp.

## Bibliographical details

It is, as the title suggests (this meaning of garland being a collection of short literary pieces, such as ballads or poems; miscellany or anthology), a collection of historical facts from the area of the Bishopric of Durham. There are a surprising large number of entries and biographies, but disappointingly most of the songs/poetry are in the form of extracts, and some biographies are quite short.
The front cover of the book is thus :-
THE BISHOPRICK GARLAND,
OR A COLLECTION OF Legends, Songs, Ballads, &c.
BELONGING TO THE COUNTY OF DURHAM.
[By Sir Cuthbert Sharpe]
"That old and antique song we heard last night,
Methought, it did relieve my passion much,
More than light airs, and recollected terms,
Of these most brisk and giddy-paced times."
Twelfth Night.
LONDON:
NICHOLS, AND BALDWIN & CRADOCK.
1834

## Contents

| page | title | songwriter | tune | comments | Notes |
| vi | Part I – Intro etc. | | | | |
| vi | Preface | | | | |
| 1 | Part II – The Garland | | | | |
| 1 | Lamentation on the death of Sir Robert Neville, Lord of Raby, in the year 1282 | not given | | | |
| 1 | Bellasyse – Extract | not given | | | |
| 1 | short bio | | | Bellasyse | |
| 2 | Sockburn Worm – fragment of | not given | | | |
| 2 | short bio | | | Conyers of Sockburn | |
| 3 | short bio | | | The Boar (of Brawn) of Brancepeth | |
| 3 | Boar (of Brawn) of Brancepeth (The) | not given | | | |
| 4 | Tempest and Umfreville | | | Ancient Rhyme | |
| 4 | short bio | | | Brackenbury | |
| 5 | Brackenbury – Extract | not given | | | |
| 5 | Brandling – Family Motto | not given | | | |
| 5 | short bio | | | Brandling | |
| 5 | Collingwood – Extract | not given | | | |
| 5 | short bio | | | Collingwood | |
| 6 | Thornton – Extract | not given | | | |
| 6 | short bio | | | Thornton | |
| 6 | Rising of the North (The) | not given | | about the Rebellion of 1569, | |
| 7 | Percy's Copy | not given | | | |
| 11 | short bio | | | The Percy Family | |
| 13 | Rhyme about Percy – Extract | not given | | | |
| 14 | short bio | | | about Rookhope Ryde and the Tynedale robbers | |
| 15 | Rookhope Ryde | not given | | A Durham border song, composed 1569 | |
| 21 | short bio | | | The Worme of Lambton | |
| 28 | Worme of Lambton (The) | not given | | fragment of old rhyme | |
| 30 | Dun Cow (The) | not given | | | |
| 30 | short bio | | | St Cuthbert | |
| 31 | Stowpe, Cuddie | not given | | | |
| 31 | short bio | | | more about St Cuthbert and St Peter of York | |
| 32 | Tunstall Rose (The) | not given | | | |
| 33 | Lord Ewrie | not given | | written down by Mr. Surtees, of Mainsforth, (communicated by him to Sir Walter Scott), from the recitation of 91-year-old Rose Smith, of Bishop Middleham | |
| 33 | short bio | | | Lord Ewrie | |
| 35 | short bio | | | Pollard of Pollard Hall of Bishop Auckland area | |
| 35 | short bio | | | The Cauld Lad of Hilton | |
| 37 | Cauld Lad of Hilton (The) – fragment | not given | | | |
| 37 | Prior of Finkale (The) | not given | | Mickleton's, MSS | |
| 37 | Ride through Sandgate | not given | | fragment of old rhyme about the siege of 1644 | |
| 38 | mention of | | | Ride through Sandgate | |
| 38 | Barnard Castle Bridge | not given | | | |
| 38 | mention of | | | Barnard Castle Bridge | |
| 38 | Drunken Barnaby | Richard Braithwaite, of Burnishead | Constant Anthony | in Westmorland | |
| 39 | TRAGEDIES | | | | |
| 39 | short bio | Richard Braithwaite, of Burnishead | | | |
| 39 | epitaph to Frances, his wife (Extract) | Richard Braithwaite, of Burnishead | | | |
| 39 | Barnard Castle Tragedy (The) | not given | Constant Anthony | given in Ritson's Garland | |
| 39 | Barnaby, Barnaby – a fragment | not given | | | |
| 40 | Tragedy of Bowes (The) | Mallet | | | |
| 41 | Sir Henry Vane, The Younger | not given | | | |
| 41 | Sonnet to Vane | John Milton | | | |
| 41 | mention of | | | The Pelton Brag | |
| 43 | Pelton Lonin | traditional | | | |
| 43 | River Derwent (Ode to the) | John Carr | | 40 verses in total | |
| 43 | short bio | John Carr | | | |
| 47 | short bio | Jane Frizzle | | | |
| 48 | Elsie Marley | | to its own tune | An Alewife of Picktree near Chester-le-Street | |
| 48 | short bio | George Maddison | | an under-secretary of state | |
| 48 | short bio | Elsie Marley | | | |
| 50 | Spottee | possibly Thomas Clerke | | of Sunderland | |
| 50 | short bio | Thomas Clerke | | | |
| 50 | 'Tis all that I desire (actual title unknown) | Thomas Clerke | | a fragment only | |
| 51 | short bio | Spottee | | | |
| 51 | short bio | Spottee's Cave | | geographical | |
| 52 | Collier's Rant (The) | unknown | | refers to singing by W. S--- (sen) of Picktree | |
| 54 | Bonny Pit Laddie (The) | not given | | | |
| 54 | Bobby Shaftoe | Traditional | | | |
| 54 | Bonny Pit Laddie (The) – additional verse | not given | | | |
| 55 | Water of Tyne (The) | not given | | | |
| 55 | Bobby Shaftoe – more verses | Traditional | | | |
| 55 | short bio | | | The Water of Tyne | |
| 55 | Water of Tyne (The) | not given | | a continuation | |
| 56 | (Weel May) The Keel Row | not given | | | |
| 56 | continuation of short bio | | | The Water of Tyne | |
| 56 | short bio | | | Sandgate (from The Keel Row) | |
| 57 | Langley Dale | not given | | | |
| 57 | (Weel May) The Keel Row – more verses | not given | | | |
| 57 | (Weel May) The Keel Row – another added verse | not given | | specifically to "Sir Matthew White Ridley" | |
| 58 | short bio | | | Sword Dancers | |
| 58 | Sword Dancers Song (title unknown) | not given | | | |
| 63 | details of | | | John Fenwick's the flower amang them | |
| 63 | Stockton's Commendation (number one) | not given | Sir John Fenwick's the flower amang them | | |
| 63 | New Song (A) – for the Year 1764 | Mr William Sutton | | | |
| 63 | Stockton's Commendation (number two) | Benjamin Poye | | L.L.D. & Archdeacon of Durham | |
| 64 | in praise of Stockton, for 1764 (mention only | Mr William Sutton | Derry down | in Ritson's "Bishopric Garland." | |
| 64 | Christmas Day in the Morning | Traditional Carol | | | |
| 65 | Pitman's Love Song (A) | not given | | | |
| 65 | Christmas Day in the Morning (continued) | Traditional Carol | | | |
| 65 | Yule sits upon yule clog (title unknown) | not given | | | |
| 65 | Picking of lilies the other day, I saw a ship sailing on the main (actual title unknown) | attributed to K | | dictated by Mr. George Wood, Bridge Street, Bishopwearmouth | |
| 66 | Pitman's Love Song (A) – (continued) | not given | | | |
| 66 | Up The Raw | not given | | | |
| 67 | Pleasures of Sunderland (The) | not given | | | |
| 67 | My bairn's a bonny bairn | a nursery song | | | |
| 67 | All the neet ower and ower | a nursery song | | | |
| 67 | A hen's a hungry dish | a nursery song | | | |
| 68 | Ship is all laden (The) | not given | | | |
| 69 | Forget thee, Canny Sunderland, No ! | Sir Walter Scott | | October 1827 | |
| 69 | brief history of | | | Shipping Trade at the time | |
| 70 | Sair Fail'd, Hinney | not given | | Variation on "The awd man to the oak tree" | |
| 70 | How should I know your true love (actual title unknown) | not given | | | |
| 70 | Joy from my Nancy (possible title) | Robert Emery | | | |
| 70 | If he comes to Sunderland Pier | a local song | | only one verse survives | |
| 70 | Old Man and the Oak (The) | not given | Variation on "Sair Fail'd, Hinney" | from Ritson, in Gammer Gurton's Garland | |
| 71 | Sair Fail'd, Hinney (Continued) | not given | | | |
| 71 | South Shields Song (A) | not given | | of the Sailors | |
| 71 | Blow the Wind Southerly – (a variation) | unknown | | Sunderland Sailors' Rhymes | |
| 71 | Wee'll all away to Sunniside | not given | | A Sunderland Song | |
| 71 | Wee'll sit upon the Pier till the tide comes in | not given | | A Sunderland Song | |
| 72 | Sunderland Bridge | M W of North Shields | | | B W1 |
| 72 | short bio | Rowland Burdon M.P | | | |
| 73 | Part III – Sayings belonging to the Bishoprick | not given | | | |
| 73 | Evenwood | not given | | | |
| 73 | Mainsforth | not given | | | |
| 74 | Darnton Trod | not given | | | |
| 74 | Far Travell'd | not given | | | |
| 74 | Runaway Doctor Bokanki | sURTEES | | | |
| 75 | Part IV – Epitaphs | not given | | | |
| 75 | Garlands | not given | | | |
| 75 | John Lilburn | not given | | | |
| 76 | Trollop | not given | | Architect of the Exchange at Newcastle | |
| 76 | Cooper | not given | | | |
| 76 | Gentle John | not given | | | |
| 76 | Barnabus Hutchinson | not given | | Proctor at Durham, and died 18 March 1634 | |
| 77 | Lively | not given | | | |
| 77 | Wife of a respectable Bookseller, of Sunderland (The) | not given | | Cunningham's MSS | |
| 77 | Nevill and Evers | not given | | | |
| 78 | A Grace – Lady D'arcy | not given | | | |
| 79 | Sir John-Le-Spring | not given | | | |
| 81 | Part V – Appendix | | | | |
| 81 | Collingwood (arms) | | | see page 5 | |
| 81 | Thornton | | | | |
| 82 | Hiltons (The) | | | Adam de Hilton lived in the time of king Athelstan | |
| 84 | Finis | | | | |
| 84 | Printed by Marwood & Co. Sunderland. | | | | |