put in his power, for this purpose he consecrated a room at Soothall, called to this day, the Bishop's parlor, where he privately ordained and did weekly the offices of a clergyman, some of his neighbors being both hearers and benefactors to him, till Sir William Wentworth of Broton out of compassion to his distressed circumstances, employed him to preach at Cumberworth, allowing him a salary sufficient to support him. Thus was this Prelate oblige to stoop to become a country curate." It is said that he walked eleven miles to Emley church on Sundays and preached. Report says: "That on a sacrament day, people hearing that Bishop Tilson would preside, came in great numbers, and twenty-two bottles of wine were used in the services." The Tilsons were at Soothill in 1748. The writer visited at Soothill Hall, July 27, 1890. The gentleman residing there, very kindly explained to me, and showed me the Bishop's parlor. Upon a piece of carving in the room was 1647. It was probably the date of consecrating the room. He died March 31, 1655, aged 80 years, and buried in the southeast corner of Dewsbury church. The following was taken from the Register of the Dewsbury Parish church. Henry Lord Bishop of Elphin buried the 2d day of April 1655. In the chapel is a monument on the wall with the inscription as given below:

There are portraits of Nathaniel Tilson and family (son of Bishop Tilson) with his wife, daughter, son Henry, and younger son, three-quarter