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Upton... Southwards from Hateler (but within the same Parish) is a Coppice wood, and in it a notable Hill, which is of such a steep and equall ascent from every side, as if it had been artificially made, so that it is a very eminent mark over all that part of the Country, and by the common people called AlcocksArbour. Towards the foot whereof is a hole, now almost filled up, having been the entrance into a Cave, as the Inhabitants report: of which Cave there is an old wives story, that passes for current amongst the people of the adjacent Towns; viz. that one Alcock, a great Robber, used to lodge therein, & having got much mony by that course of life, hid it in an iron-bound Chest, whereunto were three Keys; which Chest, they say, is still there, but guarded by a Cock that continually sits upon it: And that on a time a Dr-Loyd-Schollar came thither, with a Key that opened tow of the Locks; but as he was attempting to open the third, the Cock siezed on him. To all which they adde, that if one Bone of the partie, who set the Cock there, could be brought, he would yield up the Chest. |