Wrestling and Wrestlers / Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting

by Jacob Robinson; Sidney Gilpin

INDEX.

Abbot, Joseph, Bampton, and Tom "Dyer," [165],
and Weightman, [190], [198]
"A bit iv a lad stept oot of a corner o' the ring," [202]
Alston town, description of, [135]
" wrestlers, [135]
Arlecdon moor wrestling meetings, [68]
Armstrong, "Solid Yak," [131], [143], [151]
Armstrong, Jacob, thrown by Weightman, [199]
Ashburner, Tom, Grasmere, and Roan Long, [92]
Atkinson, Robert, Sleagill giant, [8]
Badgers and Badger Baiting, [235]
" at Naworth, [236]
Balmer, John, nearly drowned in Windermere, [78]
Bateman, William, Yottenfews, [176]
Barrow, John, Windermere, [77]
Bedlington terriers, [241]
Best, George, Yarrow, [xliv]
Bewick, Thomas, and his Ainstable cousin, [14],
bull baiting, [222]
Bigg, John Stanyan, quotation from, [134]
Bird, George, Langwathby, [33]
" Joseph, Holme Wrangle, [66], [71], [72]
Border wrestling at Miles end, [xlv]
Bowstead, John, brother to Bishop of Lichfield, [32]
Bridewain or Bidden Weddings, [15]
Brown, Rev. Abraham, wrestler, [63]
Brunskill, George, and William Wilson, [185]
Bull Baiting, [219]
Bull-dogs and Bull-terriers, [240]
Burns, Arthur, Ullater, and Roan Long, [92], [175]
Caldbeck, familiar name at, [157]
Carlisle wrestling, list of men who contended at first annual meeting, [107]
Cass, William, and Tom Todd, [171],
and Weightman, [184], [203], [204]
Casson, Robert, Oxenpark, [177]
Chapman, Richard, [33], [146], [167]
Christopherson, Brian, Oxenpark, [176]
Clark, William, Hesket-new-market, [153], [160]
"Clattan," (see Mc.Laughlan)
Cock-fighting prohibited by the Puritans, [xxvii]
Cock-fighting at Elleray and Alston, [142]
"Cork lad of Kentmere," [3]
Cornish wrestling, [xxv], [xxviii]
Cromwell, Oliver, at a wrestling meeting, [xxvii]
Crow park, Keswick, [179]
Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling, ancient, [1]
Dandie Dinmont terriers, [241]
Dennison, George, [141]
" thrown by William Dickinson, [140],
sets a dislocated shoulder in the Carlisle ring, [144]
Devonshire wrestling, [xxv], [xxviii]
Dickinson, William, [135]
Dixon, Miles, [74]
" James, [84]—[103]
" George, "aw t' Dixons errant doon yet," [85]
"Dixon's three jumps," [13]
Dobson, John, Cliburn, [24], [163]
Dodd, Adam, Langwathby, [24], [28], [32], [64]
Dodd, Robert, Brough, [7]
"Doon on ye'r knees, fadder, an' boo like a bull," [222]
Eals, Sarah, Alston, a shrew, [140]
Earl, John, Cumwhitton, [120], [160]
Earl, William, and "Clattan," [212], [214]
English wrestling, old, [xxiv]
Faulds Brow sports, [56]
Fawcett, James, [36]—[24]
Fearon, John, Gilcrux, [171], [172]
Fidler, John, Wythop hall, [67]
Ford, T., Ravenglass, [56], and Weightman, [189], [190]
Forster Brothers, the, of Penton, [168], [193]
Foxes and Badgers fraternising, [237]
"Fwok sud aye be menseful, an' menseful amang fwok," [206]
"Gwordie Maut" and Weightman, [192]
Gibson, Alexander Craig, "Folk Speech of Cumberland," [97]
Golightly, Thomas, Alston, [24], [129]
Graham, Sir James—black mare, [187]
Graham, James, and Weightman, [193], [199],
throws "Clattan," [210]
Graham, Harry, [116]—[66]
Grecian wrestling, ancient, [ix]
Gretna fight, the—Carter and Oliver, [173]
Harrison, Thomas, Blencow, [10]
" John, New Church, [54], [143]
" John, Lowick, "Checky," [175]
Herdwick sheep, [58]
High street mountain, sports on, [11]
Hodgson, Tom,—quarrel with Weightman, [197],
throws "Clattan," [210]
Hogg, James, Ettrick Shepherd, [xxxviii]
Holmes, John, King of Mardale, [32]
Holmes, John, tailor, [93]
"Hoo 'at thoo let him hipe the' i' that stupid fashion?" [183]
Howard, Mr. Philip, Corby Castle, and Weightman, [197]
Howell, Edward, Greystoke, [184]
Huddleston, Mr. Andrew, [10]
"If thoo says Clattan isn't a gud russler," [182]
Indian wrestling, [xviii]
Irish wrestling, [xlvi]
Irishmen, two, and Tom Nicholson, [111]
Irving, George, [204], [210], [212]
"I's nobbut shy—I's nobbut varra shy," [206]
Jackson, Joseph, sickle maker, [176]
Jameson, Samuel, Penrith, [54], [145], [159]
" William, [34]
Japanese wrestling, [xii],
contrasted with Northern English, [xvii]
Jordan, John, Great Salkeld, [117]
"Jwohn Barleycworn's ruin't mony a gud heart," [206]
"Keg," the Keswick bully, [111]
Langwathby Rounds, [27]
Liddle, John, Bothel, [171], [209]
Litt, William, [61];
and William Richardson, [50],
and Miles Dixon, [83],
describes Weightman, [195]
Little, John, facetious letter on Carlisle ring, [196]
Long, Rowland, [90]—[51], [179]
Long John, [96]
—throws Tom Nicholson, [104]
Longmire, Thomas, [93]
Lonsdale, Earl of, patronizes the wrestling ring, [149]
Lowthian, Isaac, Plumpton, [34]
Lowden, Charles, challenged, [58]
" John, Keswick, [67], [96], [104], [138], [145]
Mackereth, William, [115]—[96],
and "Clattan," [215]
"Marcy, Jwohn! is that thee?" [173]
Marshall, the forgeman, at Sparkbridge, [176], [177]
Mason, Isaac, Croglin, [29], [32], [182]
Maughan, Isaac, Alston, [25]
Mc.Donald, Anthony, Appleby, [33], [34]
Mc.Laughlan, John, [208]—[110], [153],
and William Wilson, [181],
and Weightman, [203]
Melmerby Rounds, [20]
Michie, Robert, Hawick, [xliii]
Miles End athletic Border games, [xlv]
Morton, Thomas, Gale, [25], [33]
" Joseph, Gale, [26]
Mulcaster, Richard, on the art of "wrastling," [5]
Muncaster bridge, "built by men from Grasmere," [86]
Nanny, Louis, Haltwhistle, [171]
Nicholson, Matthias, Penruddock, [11]
Nicholson, Thomas, [99]
—thrown by Miles Dixon, [83],
match with Harry Graham, [117]
Nicholson, John, [46], [100], [109]
"Noo, lads, I've clear'd rooad for yee," [92]
Olympic games, [ix]
"Owther the coo back, or the brass to pay for't," [205]
Parker, John, Sparkgate, [54]
" Joseph, Crooklands, [75]
Parkyns, Sir Thomas, treatise on wrestling, [xxviii],
rules and conditions, xxxii
Parkyns, Sir Thomas.
Some account of his life, [xxxiii]
" and Professor Wilson, similarity between, [xxxvii]
Pearson, Henry, great upholder of wrestling, [106], [161], [199]
Pearson, Shepherd—a curious bet, [49]
Peart, Cuthbert, and Jemmy Fawcett, [40]
Peat, Thomas, Blencow, [24], [32], [194]
Pocklington, Mr., and Keswick regatta, [179]
Pooley, Ralph, Longlands, [35]
Powley, Miss, "Echoes of Old Cumberland," [20], [27], [155]
Puritan anathema against Cumberland and Westmorland, [2]
Pythian games, [ix]
Relph, Rev. Josiah, quotation from, [242]
Reminiscences of West Cumberland, by William Dickinson, [236]
Richardson, John, Staffield hall, [130]
Richardson, John, Caldbeck, and Scotch rebels, [158]
Richardson, Lady, Lancrigg, [87]
Richardson, Thomas, "the Dyer," [156]
" and Tom Todd, [168], [169],
and William Wilson, [180]
Richardson, William, Caldbeck, [43]
" [118], and Dennison, [147],
and William Wilson, [183]
Ridley, Tom, "the glutton," and Tom Nicholson, [112], [138],
and Weightman, [191]
Robinsons of Cunsey, and Roan Long, [94]
Robinson, James, [149]-195, [209]
Robinson of Renwick, [212]
" Jonathan, Allerby, [214]
Robley, John, Scarrowmannock, [24]
" Joseph, Scarrowmannock, [56]
Rodgers, Jonathan, Brotherelkeld, [75]
Routledge of "Clockymill," [189]
Rowantree, Robert, [126]-54
Salmon poaching in the Derwent, [113]
Savage of Bolton, [143]
Scotland, wrestling in, [xxxviii]
Scott, Sir Walter, at St. Ronans games, [xxxviii]
Scott, James, Canonbie, [119]
Scougal, George, Innerleithen, [xl]
Selkirk, John, Beckermet, throws "Clattan," [215]
Skulls of Calgarth, [97]
Slee, William, Dacre, [139], [152], [159]
Snow storm of 1807, great, [133]
Spedding, John, Egremont, [147]
Stagg, John, blind bard, [15]
Stamper, George, Underskiddaw, [110]
"Standback," assumed name for trail hounds, [172]
"Stangings" at Langwathby, [30]
Steadman, George, Drybeck, [35]
Stephenson, Thomas, and Jemmy Fawcett, [41]
Stone Carr, ancient sports at, [8]
Taylor, Benjamin, bone setter, [141]
Thompson, Joseph, Caldbeck, [33]
Thompson, Teasdale, High Rotherup, [23]
Thwaites, William, and Professor Wilson, [177]
Tinling, Dr., Warwick bridge, [189]
Tinnian, Job, Holme Cultram, [47]
Todd, "Brandy," Wigton, [48]
Todd, Tom, Knarsdale, [167]—[160], [161]
Trail Hounds, [172]
Turkey, wrestling match in, [xxi]
Ward, William, North Tyne, [128]
Watson, Jonathan, [184], [193], [194], [210]
Weardale wrestlers, [136]
Weightman, John, [186]—[160], [171]
" and Tom "Dyer," [165],
and William Wilson, [184],
and "Clattan," [211]
Westmorland and Cumberland wrestling, ancient, [1]
"What's t'e gaen to mak' o' yon 'an, Tom?" [166]
"When a bit iv a tailyer can thrā' me," [93]
Whitfield, "Pakin," [38]
Wilson, William, [175]-55, [88], [163]
Wilson, William, "Wicked Will" of Grasmere, [177]
Wilson, Professor, and Sir Thos. Parkyns, similarity between, [xxxvii]
" on the wrestling at Carlisle, [18],
fracas with Tom Nicholson, [104]
" Midnight chase of a bull, [244]
" [78], [81], [83]
Windermere lake, wrestling on frozen surface of, [14]
Woodall, John, Gosforth, [8]
Wrestling on St. Bartholomew's day, [xxv]
" and riots near the Hospitall of Matilde, [xxvi]
Wrestling match for £1000, [xxviii]
" not a Scotch game, [xliv]
Wright, Wilfrid, and Tom "Dyer," [166]
"Wully! we sud beàth been weel bray't," [148]