b'to the Parish Council and I did a number of yearsstarted there in January 1955. But that is another after that. I served under Mr Jebson as Chairman,story.Mrs Simeon Flint, Alan Hobbs, GeoffScott and manyI was told that they have recently knocked the others.wooden lean-to down by the side of the office I used at Fishers. That used to be Herriss garage for his car School Governors before we used it for parts and such like. I saw Mike I was Correspondent to the School Governors thenBrigham recently and he jokingly asked Do you want I became Chairman when Bill Chandler was Head.a petrol pump, Harry, for your property?The petrol At one time on the school governing body we onlytank, which is in the ground, behind the petrol pump, had six and we met more or less round a table like awas filled with concrete when I was there. It was either little family would and decided this, that and the other.that or dig it out.Then education changed and we got more governors and more requests from County Hall. I can alwaysTheres More .remember we had a new governor come who wasI was also Secretary of the Parochial Church a bit of a stickler and the first meeting we had was aCouncil for quite a number of years. terrible sticky do. I always remember I was sat thereI dont know now how I juggled the different posts. next to Bill and at the end of the meeting he said,But I remember I used get up early in the morning to Dont you dare resign!write the Parish Council Minutes.Oh yes, and Im still a Trustee for the Playing Fishers Fields!Herriss dad, W. L. Fisher, died in 1954 and I Forester of BysshopwyltonKate PrattT his extract from Calendar of Patent Rolls 1 , datedThe reason that Bishop Wilton was in the Kings 1405 June 7 at Bishopthorpe, proved worthy ofgift in 1405 was because the Archbishop of York at further investigation: that time, Richard le Scrope, was also involved in Grant to Richard Gollan, in recompense ofa rebellion, allied with the Northern Earls. He was his great expenses in the kings company inbetrayed and captured on Shipton Moor, and tried Scotland and Wales, of the office of foresterat his palace at Bishopthorpe. We know that King Henry was present at this trial, and that Archbishop of wood of Bysshopwylton, in the kingsScrope was executed in the afternoon of 8 thJune hands for certain causes. 1405 in an open field just outside Yorks Skeldergate Henry IV, son of John of Gaunt, became King ofPostern. It will be observed that the appointment England in 1399, but faced frequent organised revoltsof Richard Gollan as forester of the wood in Bishop from many different factions. The Welsh guerrillaWilton took place from Bishopthorpe the day before leader, Owen Glendower, aided by France, led 3the execution.successful campaigns against him between 1400References: and 1402, while the Scots were decisively defeated inhttp:// English.cua.edu/faculty/scrope.cfm1402 at the battle of Homildon Hill. http://www.answers.com/topic/henry-iv-of-england1Membrane 22. Internet source: http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/patentrolls/FeedbackI n Bulletin 7 it was reported that Jim Sissonslast bit of soot from above the fire oven after most remembered workmen uncovering a skeleton in thehad been removed with a long rake. All round the side bank on the corner where the road past the schooland top of the oven needed to be clear to get a good meets Worsendale. Henry Newby also remembereddraught from the fire at the side with the long pieces this event and thought that an entry existed in theof wood pushed under the oven.She also says that church burial records. Father Finnemore checked andher daughter, Alison, wanted to take a photo of the found that unknown remains of a skeleton found inRobinsons either side of their old fireplace with the the school lane were buried on 10th June 1932 onpot dogs on the mantel piece when they visited them the request of the police. in the 80s but they both showed their disapproval in Ruth Walker tells us that Mrs Robinson, Owensno uncertain terms, saying, We dont have our photo mother, used a goose wing [see Bulletin 9] to get thetaken!.BULLETIN 12 207'