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THE TRAGIC STORY OF THE ELLANDS. 75
party then rushed from the mill, and Adam Beaumont
shot withhis bow at Sir John, but the arrow glanced off
fromhis breastplate;Lockwood was with his first arrow
as unsuccessful, but his second struck Sir John in the
head, killing him, and his little son was also mortally
wounded. Their vengeance beingnow fully glutted, the
four departed, fleeing by the end of Whittle Lane, and
on to the old Earth-gate, hiding themselves in Annely
Wood.
The town of Elland was speedily aroused, and the
inhabitants set off in hot pursuit of the flying murderers.
The three lords prepared to defend themselves in the
wood,and indeed made such a desperate resistance that
the pursuers were beaten back, and the fugitives got
further away. The pursuit being continued, Quarmby
was found, scarcely alive, in the wood, and he was
despatched. Lockwood was overtaken at Camel, near
Cavvthorn (now Cannon Hall),by the Sheriff, where,after
a valiant struggle against overwhelming odds, he was
put to death, and the family by this act became extinct.
The Beaumont escaped from the neighbourhood, went to
France, and became connected with the famous Knights
of Rhodes, residing sometimes with that brotherhood at
Rhodes and at others in Hungary, andin the latter place
he died while engaged in knightly warfare against the
Moslems.
The family of Elland now being extinct, the estates
which were gained and maintainedby so much violence,
crime, and blood, came into the hands ofthe Saviles.