The history and antiquities of the town and county of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne: including an account of the coal trade of that place and embellished with engraved views of the publick buildings, &c. ... By John Brand, ... [pt.1]

HISTORY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE.

ANCIENT FORTIFICATIONS, STREETS * 1.1, CHURCHES, MONASTERIES, BRIDGES, AND OTHER PUBLICK EDIFICES, IN NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE.

HARDYNG, in his Chronicle, informs us that Newcastle upon Tyne was inclosed with a wall during the reign of William Rufus a 1.2.

In a charter of King John to that town, dated January 28th, 1216, express mention occurs of the walls thereofb 1.3.

In a grant from the King to the Black-Friars of Newcastle, dated Sept. 18th, 1280, the west part of the present wall of that town, near the house of that order, is called the New-Wall c 1.4.

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Most respectfully inscribed 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Hugh H••rn••y Esq. 〈…〉〈…〉

An inside View of part of the TOWN WALL of Newcastle upon 〈…〉〈…〉 S^t. Andrew's Church between Newgate and Westgate.

In a record, dated May 26th, 1307, the building anew of the walld 1.5 of Newcastle, on the side towards the east, occurs e 1.6: this was, in all probability, occasioned by the union of Pampedon, or Pandon, with that town, by the charter of Edward I. dated Dec. 20th, 1299 f 1.7.

King Edward the Third, in the first year of his reign, A. D. 1327, granted the custom of things sold at Newcastle upon Tyne to be taken for seven years, to contribute towards the reparation of the walls of that town g 1.8.

The above King repaired the walls of Newcastle during his residence there in 1334 h 1.9. The year following Hugh de Merchinleigh, one of

the bailiffs of that place, was removed from his office by the common∣alty of the town, for having procured murage against them i 1.10.

A. D. 1386, 10 Ric. II. there was an assignment to the mayor and bailiffs of Newcastle upon Tyne, to take workmen for repairing the walls of that town k 1.11.

August 16th, 1403, King Henry IV. granted to the mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne, all fines and forfeitures for the reparation of the walls and bridge of that town l 1.12.

A. D. 1527, mention occurs of an annuity of twenty pounds, granted by King Henry the Eighth, for the support of the walls and bridge of Newcastle upon Tyne m 1.13.

The walls here were much damaged during the remarkable siege, and at the taking of the town by storm, in the year 1644. There was af∣terwards a grant from Parliament, of the sum of 2,564l. for repairing them n 1.14.

June 17th, 1667, there is an order of the common council of Newcastle upon Tyne for the immediate reparation of the walls, gates, and draw-bridges of that town o 1.15.

Several houses, erections, buildings, and other obstructions near these walls, were pulled down at the rebellion in 1745. There are orders of the common council, dated September 28th, and October 7th that year, to indemnify the town's surveyor, and make up the damages of the private sufferers p 1.16.

November 17th, 1762, the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne, on their petition, stating, that that part of the town-wall, which ex∣tended from the Sand-Hill to Sand-Gate, was no longer of any use for defence, but a great obstruction to carriages and hindrance to the dis∣patch of business, obtained an order of the privy council to remove it at their own expence q 1.17.

FOSS.

THE Foss or Ditch, that has anciently surrounded the walls of Newcastle, is, in most places at present, filled up, and made level with the adjoining ground. The space, however, which it occupied, is still called "The King's-Dikes." It appears to have been uniformly of the breadth of twenty-two yards, or a chain. It is claimed as the pro∣perty of the corporation, to whom every waste within their jurisdiction devolves, by the authority of their charter. It occurs, A. D. 1312, by the name of "novum fossatum." See account of Black-Friars.

The subsequent entry occurs in the common council books, Sept. 28th, 1648. "Ordered, upon the petition of James Turner, shewe∣ing, that whereas he farmed the Kinge's-Dikes of the towne, and was to paie about 30 and odd shillings rent for the same—By reason of the trenches it became a common road for man and horse, and especially for the townes kie, so that he could make no benefit by it, &c."

As does the following: "February, 1654. The ground called the King's-Dikes, leadinge from Sand-Gate towards Wallknole-Tower, ordered "to be canted," i. e. let to the highest bidder, with the Wall∣knole-Close—as likewise the dikes from Pandon to Sand-Gate."

TOWERS AND GATES.

THE town, says Bourne, after the completing of the walls, was divided into twenty-four wards r 2.1, according to the number of the

gates s 2.2, and round towers in them, which were wont to be defended, in times of hostility with the Scots, by the particular wards appropriated to them.

There was a turret, or tower, fifty-two yards to the south of the Close-Gate, adjoining to the river Tyne t 2.3—part of it is still remaining. —It has been made use of, successively, as a meeting-house for the companies of house-carpenters and sail-makers.

The Close-Gate u 2.4, which since the fall of Tyne-Bridge, in 1771, has been converted into a temporary prison, has evidently had its name from the street called the Close, both sides of which it had in ward as far as the place called Javel-Grip. From the Close-Gate there are an hundred and forty steps, on the top of the wall, as it mounts a very steep hill to White-Friar-Tower, at the distance of sixty-nine yards and one foot.—The common name of these, i. e. the Break-Neck-Stairs, is of very obvious etymology.

White-Friar-Tower was so called from the adjoining house of the Carmelites, or White-Friars. The fraternity of masons had their hall in the upper apartment of this tower; in the lower one was the meet∣ing-house of the companies of bricklayers and mettors v 2.5.

The distance from White-Friar-Tower to Postern-Gate, which adjoins on Denton, or Nevil-Tower, is two hundred and fourteen yards and two feet.

Denton, or Nevil-Tower w 2.6, probably derives the first of these appel∣lations, from the same person that gave a name to the lane called Denton-Chare—As it undoubtedly does the second from the Nevil family, whose town-house, called Westmoreland-Place, stood near, and is said to have communicated with it by a subterraneous passage.

From the Postern-Gate x 2.7 to West-Spital-Tower y 2.8 it measures an hundred and eighteen yards and four feet. This tower undoubtedly derived its name from St. Mary's Hospital, otherwise called

West-Spital,

which stands very near it. Bourne supposes it was built by

the master and brethren of that hospital for their protection. It is cer∣tain they had hereabouts a postern in the Town-Wall z 2.9.

The next to West-Spital is Stank-Tower a 2.10.

The next to Stank is Gunner-Tower: the distance from West-Spital to Gunner-Tower is two hundred and six yards and one foot.

From Gunner-Tower b 2.11 to Pink-Tower c 2.12 it measures eighty yards and one foot.

From Pink-Tower to the West-Gate the distance is ninety-three yards and two feet.

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This gate consists of four wards, and is said to have been built by Roger de Thornton, a merchant, who from small beginnings became equally distinguished for his wealth and munificence. This place was formerly a prison for unruly apprentices, and is at present the hall of the company of house-carpenters. A foot way was opened out on the north side of this gate, 1782; "Edward Mosley, Esq. mayor, George Collpits, Esq. sheriffd 2.13."

Leland calls this gate "a mightye strong thinge of four wardes and an yron gate."

From the West-Gate to Durham-Tower e 2.14 it measures an hundred and one yards and one foot.

From Durham to Herber-Tower f 2.15, the distance is seventy-seven yards and one foot.

This is the meeting-house of the armourers, curriers and felt-makers, who made an agreement to repair it for that purpose, July 3d 1620 g 2.16.

From Herber to Mordon-Towerh 2.17 it measures an hundred and fifteen yards.

This is at present the hall of the glaziers, plumbers, pewterers and painters, who repaired it A. D. 1700. It appears to have been granted to them in 1619i 2.18.

Between Herber and Mordon-Tower there has been a postern in the wall.—See the account of the Monastery of Black-Friars.

From Mordon to Ever-Tower k 2.19 the distance is ninety-nine yards and one foot.

This was built by some of the ancient family of Eure, or Ever, lords of Kirkley, near the river Blyth, and barons of Witton, in the county of Durham. It is now the hall of the paviers, colliers and carriage-men.

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To the Right Worshipful Ed••••. Morley E••q•• Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne. This View taken from the North of the GATE of that TOWN called NEWGATE. John Brand 1781

From Ever to Andrew-Tower l 2.20 it measures one hundred yards. This has evidently got its name from its vicinity to St. Andrew's Church.

From St. Andrew-Tower to New-Gate m 2.21 the distance is an hundred yards.

We may infer, from the name of this gate, that it has been erected on the site of an older one, which appears to have been called Berwick-Gate n 2.22. On the north front there remain three ancient shields of arms —St. George's cross—Arms of England, with the fleurs de lis semée o 2.23 —and those of Newcastle upon Tyne.—The upper part of this front seems considerably more modern than the rest of the structure.

The statue thereupon appears to resemble King James I p 2.24.—It is placed

under an arch of Roman architecture, has a crown and robes, holding a sceptre in the right, and a globe or mound in the left hand.—New-Gate was built before Newcastle q 2.25 was made a county of itself, and took custody of its own prisoners, who, no doubt, before that period, were confined in the prison of the castle of that town, in common with other delinquents of the county of Northumberland. The additional wings or flanks on each side of the south front of this structure appear to have been erected about the beginning of the present century r 2.26. The port∣cullis of this gate still remains.

June 21st, 1676, there was an order of common-council to appoint a minister for reading prayers every Wednesday and Friday, and preach∣ing a sermon to the prisoners confined here, once a month, with an annuals 2.27 salary of 10l. In the year 1765, a foot-way was opened into Sid-Gate on the east side of New-Gate, through the Town-Wall, for the convenience of the publick.

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PILGRIM STREET GATE South Front.

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Most respectfully ••ded to James —Rudman. Esq. ALDERMAN of NEWCASTLE upon TYNE.

From New-Gate to Bartram Mombowcher-Tower t 2.28 it measures an hundred and twenty-six yards and one foot. This has plainly had its name from the Bertram Mombowcher, who was several times sheriff of Northumberland u 2.29.

From Bartram Mombowcher to Fickett-Tower v 2.30 it measures an hun∣dred and thirty-two yards.

From Fickett-Tower to Pilgrim-Street-Gate x 2.31 the distance is an hun∣dred and thirty-seven yards. Convenient foot-passages have lately been

opened out on each side of this gate communicating with Northumber∣land-Street y 2.32.

From Pilgrim-Street-Gate to the Weavers or Carlel-Tower z 2.33, between which there are three less ones, a 2.34 the distance is an hundred and fifty-seven yards and two feet. This is at present the hall of the weavers' company, and is called Carlel or Carliol-Tower, from the family who gave its name also to the Carlel-Croft. The weavers repaired it A. D. 1682.

From Weaver or Carlel-Tower, to Carlel-Croft-Tower b 2.35, otherwise called Plummer-Tower, the distance is an hundred and seventy-six yards. This was also called Cutlers' Tower, having once been the hall of that company, who are now extinct in Newcastle. It has been fronted after an elegant design, and is at present the meeting-house of the fraternity of masons.

From Carlell-Croft or Plummer-Tower, to Austin-Tower c 2.36, it mea∣sures

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one hundred and eighty-seven yards. This tower has evidently had its name from its vicinity to the house of Austin-Friars. It has been, successively, the hall of the millers and coopers, and is at present the meeting-house of the ropers, who repaired it, A. D. 1698, John Langlands and John Dawson being wardens.

From Austin-Tower to Corner-Tower d 2.37, the distance is an hundred and thirty-two yards.

From Corner-Tower to Pandon-Gate e 2.39, it measures ninety-five yards and two feet.

Over the gate-way, the barber surgeons had once their meeting-house. It has resembled, in its original state, three turrets, between Pilgrim-Street-Gate and the Weavers' Tower.—The western wall of this meet∣ing-house appears to have been taken away during the civil wars. It has been called, but erroneously, a tower of the Roman wall, which passed it at a considerable distance, and went over the top of the hill called Wallknoll.

From Pandon-Gate to Wallknoll-Tower f 2.40, or the Carpenters' Tower, it measures ninety-five yards and one foot.

From Wallknoll, or Carpenters' Tower, to the farther side of Sand-Gate g 2.41, the distance is two hundred and thirty-two yards and one foot h 2.42.

The Town-Wall, which formed a right angle here, and ran parallel with the river Tyne to Close-Gate, which had Broad-Chare-Gate, with many smaller water-gates, and Bridge-Gate in it, is now almost intirely taken away.

HOUSES, STREETS, &c.

IT appears, by the books of the window-cess, for 1781, that two thousand three hundred and eighty-nine houses were then rated to pay that tax within the four parishes of Newcastle i 2.43.

Hutton's plan makes the number of houses in that town two thou∣sand four hundred and fifty, and in Gateshead five hundred and fifty k 2.44.

QUAY, OR KEY-SIDE l 2.45.

THIS street, at present, lies open to the river—It was formerly bounded on the south side by the Town-Wall m 2.46, which, in this place, was perforated by a great number of small gates: it has been much enlarged by the removal of this part of the wall, and is, indeed, at present, one of the longest and most commodious wharfs in the king∣dom.

The length of it, according to Bourne, is 103 rods. The custom-house of the port of Newcastle was, a few years ago, re∣moved from the upper, or western end of the Key-Side, to a situation nearer to its center n 2.47.

Twenty narrow lanes o 2.48, or, as they are called here, chares p 2.49, lead from the Butcher-Bank, Pandon, &c. and terminate in the Key-Side. —Their names, which they seem to have changed almost with every change of their owner, are given, as follow, in Corbridge's Plan of Newcastle, A. D. 1723.

• q 2.50 1. The Dark-Chare.
• r 2.52 2. Grinding-Chare.
• 3. Blew-Anchor-Chare.
• 4. Pepper-Corn-Chare.
• 5. Palester's-Chare.
• s 2.53 6. Colwin's-Chare.
• ...

• t 2.54 7. Hornsby's-Chare.
• u 2.55 8. Plumber-Chare.
• v 2.56 9. Fenwick's-Chare.
• w 2.57 10. The Park.
• 11. Broad-Garth.
• 12. Peacock-Chare.
• 13. Trinity-Chare.
• 14. Rucastle-Chare.
• x 2.58 15. Broad-Chare.
• 16. Spicer-Lane.
• 17. Burn-Bank.
• y 2.59 18. Baker-Chare.
• z 2.60 19. Coxton-Chare.
• a 2.61 20. Love-Lane.

Betwixt Grindon-Chare and Blue-Anchor-Chare, there is a remark∣able old building: the front towards the Quay has a balcony, supported by posts with shields on them, but at present not charged with any ar∣morial bearings.—Behind, in Grindon-Chare, is a very observable house b 2.62, of stone, with buttresses on the outside, with a crypt, or vault,

arched with stone, now converted into a cellar.—Human bones have been found here, and there is a tradition, that this was once called St. John's Chapel.

SAND-HILL.

THIS is said to have been, anciently, at low-tide, an hill of naked sand, where the inhabitants of the town were wont to assemble for their recreation c 2.63. It is at present the great market-place of New∣castle.

On the south side of the Sand-Hill stood the hospital called Maison de Dieu, for a warden, being a priest, and nine poor men, brethren, and four poor women, sisters, which was founded about the beginning of the reign of King Henry the Fourth, by Roger de Thornton d 2.64 (a most opulent merchant, representative in parliament, and a great be∣nefactor to the town of Newcastle), and dedicated to St. Catharine.

February 12th, 1403, King Henry IV. granted a licence to Roger Thornton, burgess of Newcastle upon Tyne, to alien in mortmain to the mayor, sheriff, aldermen and commonalty of that town, a piece of ground an hundred feet in length, and twenty-four in breadth, within that town, wherein certain poor persons were to be provided with meat and clothing, in an "House of God," to be built thereupon by the said Thornton, and where they should pray daily for the health of the said mayor, sheriff, aldermen and commonalty; as also for that of the founder, while he lived, and after their respective deaths for their souls, and the souls of the father and mother of the founder, and those of all the benefactors of that intended hospital e 2.65.

The royal licence for the foundation of this hospital is dated June

10th, 1412, when the edifice appears to have been completed. By the name of the warden, brethren and sisters of the hospital of St. Katherine, called Thornton's Hospital, in Newcastle upon Tyne, they might plead and be impleaded in all courts, and have a common seal. —This grant included also the licence for the chantry of St. Peter, in the chapel of All-Saints, in that town f 2.66.

July 6th, 1424. King Henry VI. by his patent, setting forth, that whereas the king's grandfather had given licence to Roger Thornton, his heirs, assigns, and executors, to acquire for this hospital to the yearly value of ten pounds, therefore granted a licence to the said Roger, to assign a portion of ten messuages and ten tofts, with their appurtenances, in Newcastle upon Tyne, of the value of seven pounds per annum, as appeared by an inquisition made by John Wall, late mayor of Newcastle, and eschaetor there, to this hospital, in aid of their support for ever, in full satisfaction of the lands, tenements and rents, to the value of ten pounds per annum aforesaid g 2.67.

Roger Thornton, by his will, dated the Thursday before Christmas-day, 1429, bequeathed to this place, which he styles "The Meson-Dieu of St. Katherine of my foundation, for their enorments," twenty poundsh 2.68.

In the year 1456, Roger Thornton, probably the son of the founder, granted to the mayor and community of Newcastle upon Tyne, the use of the hall and kitchen belonging to this hospital, to the following purpose; "for a young couple," says the Milbank MS. "when they were married, to make their wedding dinner in, and receive the offer∣ings and gifts of their friends: for at that time houses were not largei 2.69."

February 5th, 1531, Sir John Lomley, Knt. Lord of Lomley, the

true and undoubted patron, granted to Robert Ayton, of Fishborn, in the county of Durham, and to Robert Halyman, of Newcastle, yeoman, jointly, the next vacation, nomination and jus patronatus of the free chapel of St. Catherine, called Masyndue k 2.70.

The following account of this place is extracted from a certificate of colleges and chantries in Northumberland and Durham, 37 Hen. VIII. A. D. 1546, remaining in the augmentation-office. "The Hospitalle of Saynt Katheryne, called le Maison-Dieu, in the parishe of All-Saynts, in the towne of Newcastell upon Tyne, was founded by reporte to fynde a prieste for ever to be ther dayly resident in kepyng of hospi∣talitie to the reliefe of the poore, and to herborowe the sickke, and to gyve in almes yerely certeyn cooles to poore folks, to the value of 26s. 8d. and bredde to the valewe of 13s. 4d. and to kepe two yerely obytts for the founders sowles, but the dede of the foundacion we have not seene—yerely value 8l. 1d.—yerely value according to this survey 20l. 3s. 2d. as appereth by a rentall, whereof is paid out for rents re∣solut 23s. For a perpetual salarie, 6l. 13s. 4d.—For two obitts, 16s. 4d. and for almes, 40s. to be distributed according to the foundacion.— And for the Kinges Majesties tenths, 16s. quad.— 11l. 8s. 8d. quad. And remayneth clerely 8l. 13s. 5d. ob. quad. which the incumbent hathe towarde his lyvyng, according to the order of the foundacion.— It is aboute a furlong in distance from the parishe churche.—Value of or∣naments,

jewells, plate, goodes and catalls, 62.s. 8.d. as appereth by a perticuler inventory of the same.—Ther were no other landes nor yerely profits, &c."

A. D. 1535, this house appears to have been valued at 12l. 3s. 10d. in the whole, and at 8l. 1d. clearl 2.71.

In 1551, five poor women resided in the Maison-Dieu m 2.72.

February 14th, 1582, and July 7th, 1586, Martin Hallyman occurs as master of the "Masendew n 2.73."

This place appears to have continued in the family of the founder after its dissolution: for Sir Richard Lumley, of Lumley-Castle, in the county of Durham, knight, a descendant of Thornton by the fe∣male line, conveyed, June 1st, 1624o 2.74, to the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne, and their successors for ever, "all that building of stone covered with lead, standing near to the water of Tyne, and to the east part of the town's chamber of the said town of Newcastle, being about sixteen yards in length, and anciently part of, and belong∣ing to the hospital of St. Catharine the Virgin, commonly called Thornton's Hospital." An annual rent appears to have been re∣servedp 2.75.

In Speed's Plan of Newcastle the Maison-Dieu is the only publick place, or building q 2.76, marked on the Sand-Hill, through which Lork-Burn is represented as passing r 2.77 on the east side. It has, since that time, been arched over. In this place stand the exchange and town-court, built between the years 1655 and 1658 s 2.78. An old town-house appears to have occupied nearly the same site t 2.79, which, as Bourne in∣forms us, was built by the munificent Roger Thornton.

The present town-court is of beautiful architecture.—The ceiling is adorned with various paintings, and the floor laid with chequered marble. The benches are, at the west end, considerably raised above

the floor of the court u 2.80— Above hang portraits of Charles II. and James II. at full length, and as large as the life v 2.81. The windows are on the south—one is in form of a catharine-wheel, in which is a large sun-dial of painted glass—the motto, Eheu fugaces! Under this win∣dow is a large balcony, which overlooks the river.—Here the mayor and sheriff hold their courts of guild, &c. Here was, formerly, the court of admiralty kept, and here, also, the judges on the northern cir∣cuit hold the assizes once a year.

A little before the revolution w 2.82 "a statue of King James the Second,

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on horseback, cast in copper, of the size of the famous equestrian statue of Charles I. at Charing-Cross, was erected on the Sand-Hill. It was the work of Mr. William Larson, was approved of by Sir Christopher Wren, and cost the town 800l. sterling.—It was thrown down and cast into the Tyne, by a mob of the town, at the revolution in 1688 x 2.83.

Passing from the Sand-Hill to Tyne-Bridge, on the left-hand, near the entrance to the bridge, stands the chapel of St. Thomas the Martyr.

It is, at present, unknown by whom, or at what time, this chapel was founded.

From the circumstance of its being dedicated to St. Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, it must be of a date posterior to 1171, the year in which that prelate was assassinated.

Mention of it occurs in the year 1248 y 2.84.

A. D. 1255, Robert Valesine gave an annual rent to the support of Tyne-Bridge, and to a chaplain to pray for the souls of his father, his late wife Emma, and his own soul, in this chapel of St. Thomas the Martyr z 2.85.

One Laurence was keeper of Tyne-Bridge and this chapel, A. D. 1269 a 2.86.

William of Stanhope occurs as guardian here, A. D. 1289 and 1297 b 2.87.

A rent of 12d. a year, payable from a house in Pilgrim-Street, to the keeper of the chapel and bridge of Tyne, is mentioned in a deed dated at Newcastle upon Tyne, on the Monday after the feast of St. Mark the Evangelist, A. D. 1311.—Also in another deed, concerning the same property, dated ibid. Feb. 1st, 1349 c 2.88.

In the year 1329, William Heron founded a chantry, dedicated to St. Ann, in this chapel, with an annual rent of six marks, arising from tenements in the Sand-Hill d 2.89.—There was also, in this chapel, a chantry dedicated to St. Mary, the founder of which is unknown. It was endowed with an annual revenue of five marks, out of five mes∣suages in the Close and the Side, two streets of Newcastle e 2.90.

A. D. 1341, Nicholas de Stockton was master of this hospital f 2.91.

William Spynn occurs as keeper of Tyne-Bridge, and chaplain of this chapel, A. D. 1347, and 1352 g 2.92.

In the eschaets, A. D. 1370, several rents occur belonging to the reparation of the bridge and St. Thomas' Chapel in Newcastle upon Tyne h 2.93.

In Hilary-Term, A. D. 1408, before the King it was determined by the verdict of a jury, that three acres of land called Sandy-Ford-Flatt, with a windmill below Jesmond, near Newcastle upon Tyne, were not held of the King in capite, but of the keeper of the chapel of St. Thomas the Martyr on Tyne-Bridge i 2.94.

John Wernmouth occurs as master of this chapel, A. D. 1411 and 1413 k 2.95.

In the year 1426, there was a grant from the mayor and common∣alty of Newcastle upon Tyne, to John Crofte, to be master of the chapel of St. Thomas the Martyr, and collector of the rents of Tyne-Bridge. He is mentioned, A. D. 1457, as having lost his eye-sight l 2.96.

Roger Thornton, by his will dated 1429, left six fothers of lead to the reparation of this chapel m 2.97.

A. D. 1445, upon an inquisition taken after the death of John Duke of Bedford, it was found that the tenement in Newcastle, in the street called the Close there, named the Earl's Inn of Northumberland, was held in burgage, and paid twenty shillings per annum to the warden of the free chapel of St. Thomas the Martyr, upon Tyne-Bridge n 2.98.

A. D. 1498, Thomas Scott was master of this chapel o 2.99.

It appeared, by an inquisition taken at Gateshead, October 6th, 1536, that Roger de Thorneton gave three acres of meadow, and three

acres of land in Whickham to a chantry in the chapel of St. Thomas, on Tyne-Bridge, without licence of the Bishop of Durham p 2.100.

August 30th, 1538, John Brandlyng, clerk, was appointed master of this chapel—he occurs in the same office, A. D. 1541 q 2.101.

Cuthbert Ellison must have been appointed master of this chapel be∣fore March 13th, 1556, when he appears to have been ordained sub∣deacon, on the title of his chapel on Tyne-Bridge r 2.102.

This chapel was united to the hospital of St. Mary Magdalene, in the beginning of the reign of King James I.—and on the 12th of June, 1611, they were incorporated by a royal charter.—See the continuation of their common history, under "St. Mary Magdalen's Hospital."

From St. Thomas' Chapel we enter upon

TYNE-BRIDGE.

THE proofs that a Roman bridge s 2.103 occupied either the same, or nearly the same site with the present bridge at Newcastle, appear

stronger than those generally are which are brought in confirmation of truths of such remote antiquity.

Two eminent antiquaries t 2.104 of this country, to one of whom we owe the greatest part of our intelligence concerning Roman Britain, were persuaded, from visible remains existing in their time, that there was a Roman road from Binchester, through Chester-in-the-Street, to the site of the present Newcastle upon Tyne.

An ancient Itinerary, discovered since they wrote, seems to confirm their account beyond the possibility of a doubt u 2.105.

The Emperor Aelius Hadrian, who connected the forts erected by Agricola, by raising the great vallum, that in this part of the island extended nearly from sea to sea, was probably the first that built a bridge at this place; from which circumstance, the station it led to from the Roman road was afterwards called "Pons Aelii," an appellation plainly derived, as were those of others of his publick works, from the name of his own family v 2.106.

Many Roman coins w 2.107 were discovered in the ruins of the piers of

this bridge, after the fall thereof, A. D. 1771, proving, it should seem, that some of the original Roman structure remained here, till every part of the ancient building was cleared away on the erection of the new bridge.

Bourne's reasoning x 2.108 on the Bishop of Durham's charter to the bur∣gesses of Gateshead, in the reign of Richard I. is founded on an error in translating the passage he selected from the original Latin:—The clause, which he has either found wrong or made so, ought to be ren∣dered as follows: "Any burgess (i. e. of Gateshead) may give his wood to whom he pleases, provided they live on this side of the Tyne," that is, on the Durham side of that river.

In a charter of King Henry II. to the town of Newcastle, cited in one of King John, the existence of a bridge here, at that period, is implied in his exempting the burgesses from the duty of pontage for their own goods y 2.109.

In the year 1248, the greatest part of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne, together with the bridge there, was destroyed by fire z 2.110.

Bourne tells us, without subjoining on what authority, that after this event the town of Newcastle joined with the Bishop of Durham in erecting a bridge of stone a 2.111, and that the business was effected by a method common at that time, i. e. by sending indulgencies to all per∣sons who would assist them, either with money or labour, to rebuild it. Here he first mentions that the Bishops of Durham were bound to repair a third part of Tyne-Bridge b 2.112.

A. D. 1251, Simon de Shotton, Robert de Seaton, and Henry Gategang, parson of Emildon, occur as benefactors to this bridge c 2.113.

A. D. 1255, during the mayoralty of Henry de Carliol, Robert Valesine gave an annual rent to the support of Tyne-Bridge d 2.114.

On the 14th of the kalends of October, 1256, Walter, Bishop of

Durham, granted an indulgence e 2.115 of twenty days, to any person that would contribute to the reparation of Tyne-Bridge f 2.116.

On the ides of September, 1257, Sewald, Archbishop of York, granted an indulgence of thirty days to come, to every person bestow∣ing any thing towards the building and reparation of Tyne Bridge. About the same time Andrew, Bishop of Cathness in Scotland, gave liberty, by a grant, to collect alms throughout his whole diocese for the reparation of Tyne-Bridge.

The Bishop of Waterford, in Ireland, granted also to those that would assist in the reparation of Tyne Bridge, a promise of being prayed for in the cathedral church of the Holy Trinity, in Waterford, and the other churches of his diocese: as also an indulgence for ten days g 2.117. By this means considerable benefactions were procured h 2.118.

A. D. 1269, in the mayoralty of Nicholas Scot, an anonymous

benefaction towards the reparation of Tyne-Bridge occurs, when one Laurence was keeper i 2.119.

On the 8th of the ides of September, 1277, Walter, Bishop of Ro∣chester, granted an indulgence of twenty days, to any that would as∣sist in the reparation of this bridge, either by contributing money or personal service k 2.120.

A. D. 1292, the following persons appear to have been benefactors to this bridge: Peter le Graper, Adam, son of Henry de Carliol, bur∣gess of Newcastle; Nicholas, son of Adam de Carliol, burgess of New∣castle; Henry Lewyn, Johannes Aurifaber, Robert de Valenceres, and Emma his wife, Henricus Gervasius, John de Burneton, John Brune, Johannes Page, Richard de Cromclif, and Roger Amyas l 2.121.

A. D. 1315, William de Salisbury occurs as a benefactor m 2.122.

A. D. 1323, Ralph Brydock, of Gateside, occurs as another bene∣factor n 2.123.

In the year 1339, part of Tyne-Bridge was carried away by a sudden inundation o 2.124.

A. D. 1342, Tyne-Bridge is mentioned as being in a ruinous and falling condition, and not having its rents duly paid: it was agreed upon, and ordered on this occasion, that the master thereof, assisted by some of the magistrates of Newcastle, should call in and levy the arrears to be applied to the repairing thereof p 2.125.

November 18th, 1362, farther mention occurs of many defects in Tyne-Bridge, towards the reparation of which, as well as of the for∣tifications of the town, there was an order to take tolls of goods coming into Newcastle for ten years following q 2.126.

A. D. 1370, it appeared, upon an inquisition, that Tyne-Bridge was in so ruinous a condition, as to require more than a thousand pounds to repair it.—There was found, at the same time, a revenue of ten marks belonging to it; with one of the like value to St. Thomas' Chapel r 2.127.

In the year 1394, a licence was granted to John Cochet, to alien to the mayor, bailiffs, and commonalty of Newcastle upon Tyne, and their successors, two parts of five messuages for the reparation of Tyne-Bridge: this year, also, there was a grant of customs for a certain number of years for the like purpose s 2.128.

January 28th, 1416, Thomas Langley, Bishop of Durham, recovered from the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne, the third part of this bridge, adjoining to Gateshead, in the county of Durham, together with a tower which that body had lately caused to be erected thereupon t 2.129.

In the year 1429, a recluse appears to have lived in a hermitage upon Tyne-Bridge, and was appointed by Roger Thornton, in his will u 2.130, one of the thirty priests he had ordered to sing for his soul, with a bequest of six marks, annually. This year, also, the above

Roger Thornton left an hundred marks to the reparation of this bridge v 2.131.

In an ordinary, granted A. D. 1477, to the fullers and dyers of Newcastle, half of a fine of twenty shillings, imposed as the penalty for taking a Scotsman to apprentice, or for employing one of that na∣tion, is ordered to be paid towards the support of Tyne-Bridge w 2.132.

Thomas Ruthal, who was appointed Bishop of Durham, A. D. 1509, and held that see fourteen years, repaired a third part of Tyne-Bridge x 2.133.

A. D. 1517, a grant was made in fee, by the mayor and commu∣nity of Newcastle upon Tyne, to Edward Surtis, bowyer, of a tene∣ment in the street there called the Side, under the yearly rent of six∣teen shillings for the use of Tyne-Bridge y 2.134.

Thomas Wolsey, who was made Bishop of Durham, A. D. 1523, and held that see till 1530, repaired the third part of this bridge z 2.135.

A receipt occurs of the date of 1527, given by the mayor and sheriff of Newcastle upon Tyne, to Leonard Musgrave, Esq. collector of the customs of that town, for an annuity of 20l. granted to them by the King, towards the support of their walls and bridge a 2.136.

Cuthbert Tunstal, who was translated to the see of Durham, A. D. 1530, and deprived thereof in 1559, repaired, at two separate times, with stone and wood work, the third part of Tyne-Bridge b 2.137.

About the year 1559, the very marvellous event related by Bourne, and others, concerning Mr. Anderson's ring, dropped by accident over this bridge, as he was fingering it, is supposed to have happened. The part of the story, which some have ventured to doubt the truth of, is, that this identical ring was brought back again, after some time, in a fish bought in Newcastle market, by a servant of the above merchant, and most unexpectedly restored to its owner c 2.138.

A. D. 1579, an ordinary granted to the company of slaters and bricklayers, directs, that half of the penalty of ten shillings, for any brother's invading the province of the wallers in working with black mortar, or clay; as also, half of all the other fines of the company shall go to the maintenance of the great bridge of Newcastle d 2.139.

February 12th, 1582, a decree was made in the Exchequer, that the Bishop of Durham, for the time being, and not the inhabitants of the county of Durham at large, should repair the third part of this bridge e 2.140.

In a deed, preserved in the archives of Newcastle upon Tyne, dated November 20th, 1616, a tenement here is mentioned, "as knowne by the name of the Ladies Chapell." This i•• plainly a corruption of "our Lady's Chapel." and evinces, that there was a chapel on Tyne-Bridge in the Popish times, dedicated to the Virgin Mary f 2.141.

In the common-council books, Dec. 23d, 1646, and July 5th, 1647, mention occurs of the reparation of Tyne-Bridge.

It appears, ibid. March 28th, 1649, that the late King, i. e. Charles the First, had allowed a portion of trees out of Chopwell Woods, in the vicinity of Newcastle, for the reparation of Tyne-Bridge g 2.142.

By authority of the ordinance for abolishing episcopacy, two dif∣ferent sales, one in the year 1647, and the other in 1651, were made of the late Bishop of Durham's property on this bridge h 2.143.

A. D. 1651, a statue of King James I. with the arms of the late King Charles, having been taken down from the Magazine-Gate on this bridge, by an order of the Parliament, the common-council of Newcastle directed, that the arms of the common-wealth should be put up in their stead i 2.144.

Soon after the restoration of King Charles II. the arms of the common-wealth before-mentioned were taken down from the said gate, and their place supplied by the royal arms, and a statue of the late restored King, in a Roman habit, with this motto: "Adventus Regis solamen gregis," i. e. the coming of the King is the comfort of the people.

There were the visible remains of a portcullis above this gateway, in Bourne's time: on the north side, an inscription, marking it to have been repaired, A. D. 1713, "Henry Reay, Esq. mayor; Joseph

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To the Right Worshipful John Erasmus Blackett Esq. Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne▪ This VIEW of the RUINS of the BRIDGE of that TOWN, as they appeared after the Fall thereof in November 1771. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 respectfully 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by his oblig•••••• 〈…〉〈…〉 faithful humble Servant 〈◊〉〈◊〉

Green, Esq. sheriff." This gate was taken down in 1770, and the statue removed, as before-mentioned, to the front of the Exchange, on the Sand-Hill.

In the month of July, 1770, the Bishop of Durham repaired, with stone work, that part of Tyne-Bridge where there had anciently been a draw-bridge k 2.145.

On the Saturday night preceding the 17th of November, 1771, a great land stood, occasioned by the fall of heavy rains in the west, happened in the river Tyne, causing it to overflow its banks, and every where marking its progress with the most dreadful devastation. At Newcastle upon Tyne, the water began to rise about eleven o'clock at night, and continued increasing in height till seven the next morn∣ing: about three o'clock, the arches of this bridge were filled up, and between three and four, two of them on the south side were driven down, as was the north arch, adjoining to the toll shop, about five o'clock, burying the houses erected thereon, together with several of their inhabitants, in the ruins l 2.146.

January 20th, 1772, the common-council of Newcastle ordered a petition to be presented to the House of Commons, for leave to bring in a bill for building a temporary bridge, and also a bridge of stone over the river Tyne, as also for monies to be granted them to defray the expences necessary for such a work m 2.147. A second petition, from the same body, and on the same subject, occurs February 25th, 1772 n 2.148.

February 26th, 1772, a petition of the Right Rev. John, Lord Bishop of Durham, was presented to the House of Commons and read, praying that leave might be given to bring in a bill, to raise out of, or charge upon, the said see, such sum of money as was necessary to repair his part of Tyne-Bridge, which was referred to the consideration of a committee o 2.149.

An agreement having been entered into by the bridge committee at Newcastle, with Mr. Stephenson, carpenter, to finish a temporary bridge in four months, to be reckoned from June 18th, 1772 p 2.150, under a large penalty. On the 17th of July following they began to drive the piles, and the bridge was opened on the 27th day of October in that year.

April 1st, 1774, the above bridge committee advertised for masons to undertake the rebuilding of such part of a new intended stone bridge over the river Tyne, as belonged to the town of Newcastle, having previously provided a great quantity of large blocks of stone for that purpose, which were at that time lying upon Felling and Elswick-Quays q 2.151.

July 8th, 1776, a medal was deposited in the first new pier, and the boundary of that part of Tyne-Bridge, that belongs to the corpo∣ration of Newcastle upon Tyne, southward, by the mayor and sheriff of that town: over the device, which exhibited the Newcastle Ex∣change, with the Genius of Commerce sitting by it, supporting the arms of the corporation, and presenting a purse to a figure in the robes of magistracy, directing his attention to a prospect of some rising piers of a bridge, with shipping and lighters on the river, is the following motto: "Quod felix faustumque sit;" and on the reverse, this inscrip∣tion: "This stone, being the boundary of the corporation of New∣castle, southward, was laid Anno Domini, 1776, in the mayoralty of Charles Atkinson, Esq. William Cramlington, Esq. sheriff."

This medal was of copper, about four inches diameter, and being inclosed in a thick glass-case, was placed in the south-east corner of the above pier r 2.152.

March 22d, 1779, there was an order of common-council for a thousand pounds to be expended in purchasing the property that was on the west side of the north avenue to Tyne-Bridge, on condition that the Act of Parliament, for which that body were then petitioning, could be obtained s 2.153.

A. D. 1779, an Act passed for enlarging the former Act of the 12th of George the Third, for building a temporary bridge over the river

Tyne, between the town of Newcastle and Gateshead, for completing the new stone bridge there, and for making the avenue to, and the passage over it, more commodious.—This Act was to be continued for the term of three years, and no longer. No houses, except toll shops, were to be erected on the new bridge, and the tolls were to be raised upon it for twelve years, from June 24th, 1779 t 2.154.

THE CLOSE.

FROM Tyne-Bridge we enter the street called the Close u 2.155, in which the chief merchants of the town had anciently their habitations, and which, probably, had its name from its closeness, or narrowness.

The house of the Earls of Northumberland stood on the side of this street, next to the river, bounded, on the east, by Bower-Chare, be∣twixt Tyne-Bridge and Javil-Groop.—April 10th, 1482, Henry, Earl of Northumberland, demised it to his servant George Bird, by the name of the Earl's Inn, under an annual rent of 13s. 4d. Bourne tells us, that it stood on the site of a house, having, in his time, "a great gate at its entrance, with a large round ball of stone v 2.156, and that in the lower part of the building, towards the water, were very manifest tokens of its antiquity w 2.157."

A little to the west of the Earl's Inn, is an opening towards the river, called the Javel-Groop x 2.158: Groope, or Grype, signifies a ditch, and Javel is said to be a corruption of gaol. The castle of Newcastle was long the common prison of the county of Northumberland, and here, it is probable, has been anciently the communication between the ditch, or foss, of the castle and the river Tyne.

On the right hand, after we have entered the Close y 2.159 from Tyne-Bridge, is a flight of stairs, conducting to the castle by the southern postern z 2.160. And farther along, on the same side, is another flight of stone steps, opposite to Javel-Group, called Long-Stairs a 2.161.

Beyond these, to the west, on the same side, and nearly opposite the mansion-house, is a third flight of stairs, called the Tuthill-Stairs b 2.162, communicating with the foot of West-Gate. There is an anabaptist meeting-house, with a well for the immersion of adults in the Tuthill-Stairs.

There is said to be another meeting of this sect held at a pri∣vate house in the town.

The present mansion-house of the mayors of Newcastle c 2.163, in the Close, was begun to be built A. D. 1691, and cost the corporation, in building, 6,000l. besides the furniture d 2.164.

The judges of assize, with their chief officers and servants, are usu∣ally entertained here, during the assize weeke 2.165. The mayor gives entertainments in it to very large companies of the gentlemen of New∣castle and its vicinity, and it is furnished, for that purpose, with a valuable and elegant service of platef 2.166. The fire arms, belonging to the corporation, are the furniture of the spacious saloong 2.167.

In the Close, says Bourne, were many houses that paid an annual rent to the master and brethren of St. Mary's Hospitalh 2.168.

"This street," he adds, "is commemorated in many ancient writings for a mill, which, in ancient times, was wont to stand upon the Hoga i 2.169,

i. e. the Bank without the Close-Gate.—In a grant from the master and brethren of St. Mary's, in West-Gate, it is permitted to the par∣ties concerned, that they have "quandam placeam terrae in vico qui vocatur le Closs sicut se extendit in longitudine de Hoga ubi antiquum molendinum solebat stare usque ad aquam Tinae et quantum de Tina acquirere poterit."

WEST-GATE k 2.170.

THIS street has plainly had its name from its western situation. Near the foot of it stood the house of the Friarsl 2.171 of the Sac m 2.172, or of the penance of Jesus Christ. They occur, as being settled here, A. D. 1268 and 1272 n 2.173.

Their house here was near the White-Friar-Tower o 2.174.

January 8th, 1299, on King Edward the First's arrival at Newcastle, the Friars of the Sac, of that town, received (in common with the other orders of religious there) 2s. for their pittance of two days, by the hands of brother Walter de Carleton p 2.175.

A. D. 1307, this Walter de Carleton occurs as the only surviving brother in their house, which the King, by letters patent, dated May 26th that year, granted to the order of Carmelites, of the same town, upon condition that they should support the above brother, in a way becom∣ing his rank, during the remainder of his life. The residence of the Carmelites, before this time, was upon the Wall-Knoll, from whence their being greatly straitened for want of room caused their removal, having just before lost part of their land by the building of the town-wall q 2.176.

HOUSE OF CARMELITES, OR WHITE-FRIARS r 2.177.

THE first residence of this order of mendicants at Newcastle was on the Wall-Knoll, as before related, which, by licence of King Henry III. they acquired to themselves and successors in fee of John de Byker s 2.178.

On the 8th of January, 1299, the White-Friars of Newcastle re∣ceived 16s. 8d. for their pittance of two days, by the hands of brother Roger de Felton, on the King's arrival at Newcastle. They appear to have received, by the hands of the same person, 9s. for their pittance of one day, on the King's passing through that town in the beginning of the preceding December t 2.179.

King Edward the First, by a charter dated May 26th, 1307, granted

to the White-Friars of Newcastle, straitened at that time in their house on the Wall-Knoll, by the incroachment of the town-wall upon part of their site, this place of the Friars of the penance of Jesus Christ, on the condition before-mentioned, of their granting to Walter de Carle∣ton, the then only surviving brother of that order, a decent subsistence for his life u 2.180.

August 1st, 1322, the brethren of this house received 8s. for their pittance of one day, and on the 14th of September following, on the King's arrival at Newcastle, 8s. for the same, by the hands of the King's almoner v 2.181.

November 20th, 1337, King Edward the Third granted a licence of mortmain, to enable Ada Page, of Newcastle upon Tyne, to assign to the prior and brethren of this house, a garden, with its appurte∣nances, that lay contiguous to their house, in order to enlarge it w 2.182.

Doctor Nicholas Durham, the famous opponent of Wickliff, appears to have flourished in this convent, about the year 1360 x 2.183.

February 24th, 1361, King Edward the Third granted a licence of mortmain to the Carmelites of this convent, to enable them to make a grant of the place of their former residence on the Wall-Knoll to William de Acton, for the purpose of founding thereupon the hospital of the Holy Trinity y 2.184.

A. D. 1424, a suit occurs between William Glynn, vicar of New∣castle upon Tyne, and William Boston, prior of this house, concerning the offering of wax-candles on Candlemas-Day z 2.185.

A. D. 1450, Edward Dynley, born of a good family in Newcastle upon Tyne, and a learned writer of this order, flourished in this house a 2.186.

Brother Robert Benton, of this convent, was ordained priest, March 23d, 1497 b 2.187.

January 10th, 1539, Gerald Spor, prior, with seven brethren and two novices, surrendered this house c 2.188, after it had been valued

by Nicholas Harpsfield, at nine pounds eleven shillings and four-pence d 2.190.

The church of this convent was dedicated to St. Mary, who, as Speed informs us, was the patroness of above thirty houses of this order in England e 2.191. In the year 1546, a grant of this house was made to Sir Richard Gresham and Richard Billingford f 2.192.

The convent of White Friars is marked in Speed's Plan of New∣castle, dated 1610.—January 27th, 1647, this Friary occurs as being the property of Dr. Jennison, vicar of Newcastle, who claimed a pound of pepper on account thereof annually, on Christmas-day, from the cor∣poration of Newcastle upon Tyne g 2.193.

The ground where this convent stood was purchased by Dr. Adam Askew, who in 1740 built a handsome house upon it, in the kitchen

of which some vestiges of the windows, &c. of the Priory still re∣main h 2.194.

WEST-GATE.

Bolbeck-Hall i 2.195, which, after the founder of it was, in 1398, created an Earl, took the name of Westmoreland-Place, from the title of his Earl∣dom, stood in this street, where, opposite nearly to Pudding-Chare, part of it still remains. From a survey of the possessions of Charles, Earl of Westmoreland, made June 10th, 1569 k 2.196, it appears that James Bertram

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To the Reverend HUGH MOISES, A. M. Morning Lecturer of the CHURCH of ALL SAINTS. Master of A MARY'S HOSPITAL and of the ROYAL G••AMMAR SCHOOL 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Newcastle upon Tyne ••as VIEW of part of the Ancient Church of that Hospital 〈…〉〈…〉 a GRAMMAR SCHOOL. his at 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••••pence, to most respectfully 〈…〉〈…〉 and most 〈◊〉〈◊〉 faithful humble servant John Brant

held this tenement in free soccage of the Earl of Westmoreland, at the yearly rent of 6s. 8d.

It was afterwards in the tenure of Robert Bertram l 2.197.

A little higher up, but on the same side of the street, stands the hos∣pital of St. Mary the Virgin.

ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL.

THIS house, anciently consisting of an hospital and chapel, was founded in the reign of Henry the Second, by one Aselack of Killing∣howe m 2.198, who not only raised the fabric, but gave the ground also upon which it was erected, and placed therein two friars regular, and

a chaplain, to serve God and the poor; farther intending it to be a place of entertainment for the indigent clergy and such pilgrims as were passing this way n 2.199.

Hugh Pudsey, made Bishop of Durham, A. D. 1154, and who died in the year 1192, granted a charter of episcopal confirmation to this hospital o 2.200.

King Henry the Second appears to have granted the first charter of royal confirmation to this house p 2.201. He is said also to have made it in

some way or other dependant upon the Nunnery of St. Bartholo∣mew in the same town q 2.202.

Another charter of royal confirmation was granted to this hospital by King Richard I r 2.203.

Robert de Heddon, clerk, with the consent and confirmation of his lord, Walter de Bolbeck s 2.204, gave a yearly sum to the support of this hospital, probably on its first foundation, and on condition that the fraternity should pray for the soul of his said lord, and for his own and those of his ancestors t 2.205.

About the year 1251, Adam de Neusum, for the sake of his own soul, that of Eve his wife, and those of his ancestors and heirs, granted to the fraternity of this hospital, in free, pure, and perpetual alms, all

the land they held in the village of Newsham, remitting to them an annual rent of thirteen pence for the same u 2.206.

Henry the Third appears to have granted a charter for liberties to this house in the year 1253 v 2.207.

About the year 1257, Julian, daughter of Agnes Blanch, made some charitable donation to this hospital, that the fraternity might pray for her soul, and for the souls of her ancestors, and upon condition that she should be supplied with a lodging there whenever she visited New∣castle upon Tyne w 2.208.

Martin Coyman gave a messuage to this place, A. D. 1259 x 2.209.

One Simon was master of this house, A. D. 1264, as was John Norrys in 1267 y 2.210.

Roger de Quintingham occurs as a benefactor to this house in the year 1269 z 2.211.

About the year 1269, Gerard, preacher or master of this hospital, with the brethren, demised to Robert, chaplain of Bingefeldthune and his assigns, at the annual rent of twelve pence, two acres of land and a toft, which had been given them by Godfrey, Lord of Bingefeld, in free, pure, and perpetual alms, for the sake of his own soul and the souls of his ancestors a 2.212.

About the same time the said Gerard and his brethren granted to Udard, son of Richard of Pilgrim-street, the land that had been given them in pure and perpetual alms by John Skinner, to hold of the said hospital at an annual rent of five shillings b 2.213.

A. D. 1290, the brethren of this hospital, on their petition to the king in parliament, setting forth, that the new town-wall of Newcastle had been built through the middle of their court-yard, leaving the greater part of their edifices on the outside thereof, obtained a patent for making a postern-gate of communication through the said wall c 2.214.

Nicholas Essot occurs as a benefactor to this house, A. D. 1292 d 2.215.

A. D. 1296, letters of protection were granted to the master of this hospital. The king granted these protections to religious houses, for their persons, servants, lands, rents, possessions, goods and chattels e 2.216.

May 5th, 1304, King Edward I. granted a licence of mortmain to

enable John de Insula (Lisle) to devise to the master and brethren of this hospital a messuage, four shops, and a rent of 16 shillings, in the town of Newcastle upon Tyne, as also a messuage, with its appur∣tenances, in the said town, which Dionisia, relict of Laurence Swayn, held of the said John as her dower, and which had reverted to him at her death f 2.217.

Robert Tunnikysiman, and Matilda his wife, occur as benefactors to this house, A. D. 1305 g 2.218.

A. D. 1317, William Herringe occurs as a benefactor to this hospital h 2.219.

It appears from an original record still preserved among the writings of this house, but without a date, that Geofry, son of Gerard of Whickham, and grandfather of Robert of Whickham, had given to this hospital, in pure and perpetual alms, a pound of pepper and a pound of cinnamon, payable out of his lands at Whickham, on St. Cuthbert's day, in September, in every year: and that the above Ro∣bert confirmed this donation, and charged it upon a capital messuage in that village for ever i 2.220.

King Edward the Third, for the relief of St. Mary's Hospital, the possessions of which had been destroyed by various inroads of the Scots, granted a licence, dated at Newcastle upon Tyne, August 2d, 1334, to the fraternity of that house, to acquire lands, tenements, and

rents to the yearly value of an hundred shillings, notwithstanding the statute of mortmain k 2.221.

Richard de Bury, Bishop of Durham, by a charter of inspeximus, dated at Gateshead, January 8th, 1335, confirmed the former charter of Hugh Pudsey, his predecessor in that see, for the confirmation of lands, rents, rights, privileges, &c. belonging to this hospital l 2.222.

A. D. 1343, Joan, widow of Nicholas de Ellirker, of Newcastle upon Tyne, remitted to the fraternity of this house, all her right in the lands and tenements, which reverted to her as her dower, after the death of her said husband, and which they held at that time by his gift m 2.223.

A full guild of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne was held at the hospital of St. Mary, in West-Gate, on the Friday before Valentine Day, 1343, when several articles were agreed upon for the better go∣vernment of the town, which were sealed under the common-seal of the corporation of that place, and afterwards received the royal con∣firmation n 2.224.

A. D. 1347, Gilbert Palmer granted to the master and brethren of

this hospital, a messuage and ten acres of land, in the town and territory of Newbigging on the Mooro 2.225.

King Edward III. by a charter of inspeximus, dated at Westmin∣ster, April 12th, 1351, confirmed to this hospital a charter granted to them by King Henry the Second: The fraternity are here styled "the prior and brethren p 2.226."

Robert de Morton, canon of the church of the Blessed Mary, in West-Gate, Newcastle upon Tyne, of the order of St. Austin, having been elected prior of that church, by an authority which Thomas Hatfield, then Bishop of Durham, did not admit of: the above Ro∣bert, on the death of Friar William de Norton, was created by the said Bishop, on his own authority, and confirmed in that office, Au∣gust 13th, 1369 q 2.227.

King Edward III. having granted a licence to one Allan Pulthore, of Newcastle upon Tyne, to assign a rent of one hundred shillings out of three messuages in that town (held of the crown in burgage, by a service of 6d. per annum), to a chaplain, to perform daily service in a chantry, in All Saints Church in that town, for the souls of all the faithful, and which the said Allan having neglected to perform, the King, by letters patent, had made a similar grant to John, the son and heir of the said Allan. This John, by virtue of the royal licence, had assigned the said rents to this fraternity, for the above purpose; and they had been seized of them, till on the tenements becoming empty, they could no longer be raised out of them.

Upon which the said John, unwilling that the chantry should go down, had assigned the three messuages themselves, instead of the rents, to this fraternity, to be by them maintained and repaired; but being in possession, without the royal licence, the King, in consideration of a fine of ten pounds, to be paid him by William de Norton, master, and the brethren of this house, had granted them a licence of mortmain, and confirmed to the said house the gift of the messuages, in lieu of the rents, for the purposes before related, November 4th, 1378 r 2.228.

A. D. 1401, Brother William de Burnham, prior and master of the hospital of St. Mary, in West-Gate, granted a messuage, and three shops, before the great gate of the castle of Newcastle, to John White, draper and burgess of that town, at the annual rent of thirty-seven shillings s 2.229.

Upon the death of William de Burnham, which happened August 9th, 1412, William Karlell, and Robert Lekynfeld, the then only surviving regular brethren of this hospital (called, at this time, "The

Hospital of the Blessed Virgin, and St. John the Evangelist"), trans∣ferred their right to elect a new master, to Thomas Langley, then Bishop of Durham, October 26th, 1412 t 2.230.—October 1st, 1413, the Bishop collated the above-named William Karlell u 2.231, who resigned, Fe∣bruary 20th, 1416 v 2.232.

February 2d, 1416, the said Bishop of Durham issued a citation, to warn the master of his intention to visit this house: issuing also, at the same time, a commission for the safe keeping of the goods of the hospital w 2.233.

October 28th, 1417, Thomas Langley, Bishop of Durham, collated John Fitzhenry, canon of the priory of Newbrugh, in the diocese of York, to succeed the above William Karlell in the mastership of this hospital x 2.234.

January 5th, 1428, the Bishop of Durham issued a sentence of ex∣communication against every person stealing the goods of this hos∣pital y 2.235.

A bequest of two fothers of lead, to the reparation of this hospital, occurs in the will of the elder Roger Thornton, dated A. D. 1429 z 2.236.

An account of the wardrobe, &c. of this hospital, of the date of 1444, has been transmitted a 2.237.

John Bird, LL. B. was master of this hospital, A. D. 1501 b 2.238.

In the ordinary of the drapers company, in Newcastle upon Tyne, dated June 1st, 1512, mention occurs, that the election of the mayor and officers of the town had been, by the ancient usage of that place, held in this hospital c 2.239.

November 29th, 1528, Roland Swinburn, A. M. was inducted to the mastership of this hospital, to which he had been presented by Ed∣ward Swinburn, mayor, and the community of Newcastle upon Tyne, the true patrons thereof.—Swinburn resigned this mastership, August 29th, 1531, having exchanged with Robert Davell, for a prebend in Norton Church, to which he was collated on the day following d 2.240.

The presentation of Robert Davell, clerk, by Gilbert Myddleton,

Esq. mayor, the sheriff, aldermen, and community of Newcastle upon Tyne, is dated August 29th, 1531 e 2.241.

The famous Leland seems to have been recommended to this Doctor Davell, and to have been indebted to him for his information in several particulars, when he visited this town in his tour through England, for the purpose of collecting antiquarian knowledge f 2.242.

Davell was also archdeacon of Northumberland g 2.243.

January 26th, 1532, there was an exemplification of a record of the common pleas, whereby the presentation of the hospital of the Blessed Virgin Mary, called West-Spittle, was adjudged to pertain to the town of Newcastle upon Tyne, and not to the King h 2.244.

This hospital had revenues, A. D. 1535, that were valued at 26l. 13s. 4d. i 2.245.

It came to the crown by the statute of the 31st of Henry VIII. A. D. 1540, for the dissolution of abbies, priories, colleges and hos∣pitals: but it never appears to have come in charge before the auditors of the county of Northumberland, nor to have paid rent to the King's receiver there.

The house, with the rents thereof, were still enjoyed, and the com∣munity of Newcastle presented a master to the Bishop of Durham, as though the foundation had not been dissolved, or reverted to the crown.

By a rental of this hospital, dated 1547, it appears to have had property in West-Gate, Denton-Chare, Pudding-Chare, Meal-Market, Flesh-Market, Big-Market, Middle-Street, without New-Gate, in St. Nicholas' Church-Yard, before the Castle-Gate, in the Side, in the Sand-Hill and Close, in Pilgrim-Street, in Manor-Chare, Pandon and All-Saints-Street, White-Cross, rents of gardens without the Close-Gate and in the Forth, all in, or contiguous to, Newcastle; also at Jesmouth, Whickham, Whittonstale, Fenham, Newsham, Bolam, Old Heaton, Wossington, Mearsfen, Horton and Stewkley, Newbiggen on the Moor, Byngfield, Stamfordham and Hewght, Little Babington, and in Riddesdale k 2.246.

A. D. 1551, a grant is said to have been made to the Duke of Northumberland of this tenement, called therein the West-Spittle l 2.247, and included as parcel of the monastery of Tinmouth m 2.248.

April 25th, 1558, John Raymes, A. M. was instituted to the ma∣stership of this hospital, vacant by the death of Doctor Davell. He had been presented by John Swinburn, of Chopwell, Esq. and John Swynborn of Wylom, Gent. patrons for that turn, by an advowson from the mayor, sheriff, aldermen and community of Newcastle upon Tyne n 2.249.

October 9th, 1579, Anthony Garforthe, clerk, was instituted to the mastership of this hospital, on the deprivation of Raymes, for contu∣macy (May 29th preceding), and on the presentation of Ralph Law∣son, of Brough, in Yorkshire, Esq. and William Selbie, merchant and alderman of Newcastle, for that turn, by an advowson from Richard Hod••hon, mayor, and the burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne o 2.250.

June 30th, 1580, Henry Dethicke, LL. B. was instituted to the mastership of this house on the death of Garforthe, and on the pre∣sentation of the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle.—He was official of the dean of York, under Dr. M. Hutton p 2.251.

This hospital is said to have been granted, in fee simple, by Queen Elizabeth, under the great seal, to be held in soccage q 2.252.

Ralph Pattenson, A. M. succeeded Dethicke on his resignation of

the mastership of this hospital, to which he was presented by the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne, May 9th, 1583 r 2.253.

Henry Ewbanke, A. M. was instituted to the mastership of this hospital, March 15th, 1585, on the presentation of the mayor and burgesses aforesaid, upon the resignation of Pattenson s 2.254.

May 27th, 1611, King James I. granted a new charter to this hos∣pital; the preamble whereof sets forth, that John Raymes, a former master of this house, had, in the rebellion in the north, been com∣mitted to Durham gaol, when the original charters, grants, and letters patent, concerning the foundation of this place, had been lost; as also, that attempts had been made by some persons to appropriate the pos∣sessions

of the hospital to their own use: whereupon it is to be founded anew, and decreed to consist of a master, who should, at least, be a master of arts, and of six unmarried poor old men, constituting toge∣ther a body politick in law, having a common seal t 2.256, with power to sue and be sued, to let leases, &c. the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle to be the patrons. The King granted the house of the hospital at the same time, with all its possessions, under an annual rent of thirteen shillings and four-pence u 2.257.

Robert Fowberry, A. M. probably succeeded to the mastership of this hospital, on the resignation of Ewbank v 2.258, October 18th, 1615. He occurs as master, granting a lease w 2.259, January 26th, 1618. He was master, also, of the royal grammar school, which, a little before this time, had been removed to part of the church of this house.

Edward Wigham, A. M. was instituted to the mastership of this hospital, August 30th, 1623, on the presentation of the King, to whom, through lapse of time, that right had reverted for this turn x 2.260.

A question having arisen, upon some expressions in the new charter of this hospital, whether the master's office was presentative or dona∣tive, it was answered by Hen. Yelverton, July 19th, 1623, in the subsequent words: "If this church, or place, was anciently presenta∣tive, the King's new grant doth not, nor can, make it donative, espe∣cially

as the grant is made, for the patrons are to enjoy it as formerly they did, or ought to enjoy it; and if the patrons should attempt to make it donative, the bishop of the diocese, after six months passed without presentation, may collate by lapse, for a church once present∣ative cannot, without act of parliament, or after dissolution thereof, become donative y 2.261."

March 11th, 1629, Francis Gray, A. M. was appointed master of this hospital, on the death of Wigham.—He was also master of the grammar school z 2.262.

Nicholas Hall, B. D. of Ellemar-Hall, in the county of Durham, was master of this hospital, A. D. 1649, and occurs as such, in a lease, dated Feb. 22d, 1657 a 2.263.

John Bewick, A. M. was master here, June 7th, 1669 b 2.264.

Richard Garthwaite, A. M. occurs as master of this hospital, A. D. 1671 c 2.265.

John Cotterell, A. M. appears to have been master here, A. D. 1690 d 2.266.

Thomas Rud, A. M. occurs as master of this house, A. D. 1699 e 2.267.

James Jurin, A. M. appears to have been master in the year 1710 f 2.268.

Robert Thomlinson, D. D. was appointed master of this hospital, A. D. 1715 g 2.269.

About the year 1738, upon a question, whether the mayor and bur∣gesses, who, as visitors, had made an order that no leases should be

let, without their consent, and had ordered a schedule of all the papers, leases, &c. to be delivered to them, had a right to do so—Dud. Ry∣der gave the following opinion: "That the master and brethren may make leases for three lives, reserving the ancient rent, and take fines on granting such leases, the power by charter of granting leases reserv∣ing the last rent doth not abridge the power they have as a corporation. The master and brethren are not bound to obey the order of the mayor and burgesses, not to grant leases without their consent, but as the mayor and burgesses are visitors, the hospital ought to return such schedule as ordered. And the mayor and burgesses have a right to re∣gulate the distribution of the profits of the estate, and to increase the maintenance and payment of the brethren, so far as is reasonable, though different from the proportions usually observed h 2.270."

Richard Dawes was appointed master of this hospital, October 9th, 1738.—He occurs, as such, in a lease, dated February 13th, 1748 i 2.271.

Henry Featherstonehalgh, B. D. occurs, as master of this hospital, in a lease, dated in November 1749 k 2.272.

Hugh Moises, A. M. was appointed master of this hospital, at a common-council, held June 14th, 1779, on a vacancy by the death of Featherstonehalgh l 2.273.

ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL m 2.274 IN ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL.

IT was not till the beginning of the sixteenth century, that a custom of long continuance began to grow into difuse, that of educat∣ing

our youth in monasteries n 2.275. Twenty new grammar schools, a num∣ber greater than had been established for three hundred years before, were founded and endowed between that period and the reformation.

Among these novel institutions occurs the present grammar school of Newcastle upon Tyne, which, owing its origin to the ancient muni∣ficence of a magistrate, stands indebted for its growth and continuance to the patronage of the community of that town.

Thomas Horsley, alderman, and who was mayor of Newcastle in the years 1525, and 1533, devised all his lands in that place, after his death and that of his wife, for the endowment of a grammar school, which was to be free for any within or without that town: in aug∣mentation of which endowment, the corporate body of that place set∣tled a stipend of four marks, to be paid annually out of their chamber, for ever o 2.276.

This school was at first in St. Nicholas' church-yard, in a build∣ing on the north-east side of the church p 2.277. When it afterwards became a royal foundation, and was incorporated by a clause in the

charter of Queen Elizabeth, granted to that town in the forty-se∣cond year of her reign, it was removed to the Hospital of St. Mary in West-Gate q 2.278.

The clause in the above-mentioned charter r 2.279 sets forth that the Queen's motive for the new institution was her regard for the instruc∣tion of youth from their tender years in the rudiments of the true Christian religion, and in learning and good manners. She enacts that her foundation be styled the Free Grammar School of Queen Elizabeth; the master and scholars whereof are to be a body corporate in law, with perpetual succession, to have a common seal—a legal ca∣pacity of purchasing and holding lands, &c. to themselves, and suc∣cessors,

in fee simple, or for term of years, provided they exceed not the annual value of forty pounds, are not held of the crown in chief, or by military service, notwithstanding the act of mortmain. The governing part of the corporation of Newcastle, of whom the mayor and six aldermen to be seven, are appointed the patrons of this school, with the power of electing a master and usher thereof, whose offices are held under their pleasure, and are to be filled up by them on every re∣moval or vacancy by death.

Robert Fowberry, A. M. a person eminent for his industry and learning, was invited hither from Hull in Yorkshire, to be the first master of this school s 2.280.

Edward Wigham, A. M. occurs as master, A. D. 1623 ^t.

Francis Grey, A. M. succeeded on the death of Wigham u 2.281, in 1629 v 2.282.

Amor Oxley was master about 1637.—Edward Lumsden, his under usher, with a salary of 20l. per annum w 2.283.

May 30th, 1645, Amor Oxley being a loyalist was displaced from the mastership of this school by an order of the lords and commons.

Nicholas Augar succeeded on the removal of Oxley, with a salary of 40l. per annum, and other perquisites. Matthew Gouch, a graduate of Cambridge, was his usher x 2.284.

A. D. 1646, Daniel Gibson occurs as usher of this school.

February 27th, 1647, Nicholas Augar resigned on account of his ill state of health y 2.285.

August 29th, 1648, George Ritschel was appointed master—the year following ten pounds additional salary were granted him for his in∣dustry and careful discharge of his duty z 2.286. He removed to the vicarage of Hexham a 2.287.

April 27th, 1662, Amor Oxley was appointed a second time master of this school, with a salary of an hundred pounds per annum, with

perquisites; when William Sanson occurs as usher, and Allan Gilpon as under-usher: the former with a salary of 40l. the latter with one of 30l. per annum b 2.288.

About Christmas, 1669, Richard Garthwaite, A. M. was appointed master of this school, with a salary of 50l. with other fees.

March 24th, 1674, Robert Grey occurs as usher, and Ralph Wilson as under-usher; the former with a stipend of 30l. the latter with one

of 26l. 13s. 4d. afterwards, March 30th, 1682, raised to 31l. 13s. 4d. a year c 2.289.

Richard Garthwaite published a censure upon Lilly's Grammar, in duodecimo, London, 1684. He was removed from his office here d 2.290, A. D. 1690.

December 7th, 1677, Richard Gower, A. M. was appointed usher, on the death of Grey, and in 1682 his salary was raised to 35l. a year e 2.291.

June 11th, 1683, Ralph Gower occurs as under-usher.

July 11th, 1683, John Metcalfe was appointed usher, in the room of Richard Gower f 2.292.

Dec. 17th, 1690, John Cotteral, A. M. was appointed master g 2.293.

Thomas Rudd, A. M. occurs as master here, 1699 h 2.294.

January 23d, 1710, James Jurin, M. A. was appointed master of this school. He resigned this office, A. D. 1715, and afterwards be∣came M. D. and F. R. S. fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and president of the College of Physicians.—In November, 1721, he was elected secretary to the Royal Society, on the resignation of Dr. Halley. In April, 1725, he was elected, with Dr. Oldfield, physician to the new hospital in Southwark, founded by Guy, a bookseller, of London. Having acquired a great fortune by his profession, he died at his house in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, March 22d, 1750, leaving a considerable legacy to Christ's Hospital, where he had been educated i 2.295.

September 26th, 1715, Edmund Lodge, clerk, was appointed master here, on the resignation of Jurin k 2.296.

September 26th, 1726, George Carr was appointed under-usher, on the decease of Richard Stewardson l 2.297: Carr removed afterwards to the episcopal chapel at Edinburgh: a collection of his sermons, published since his death, has deservedly met with great approbation.

July 10th, 1738, Richard Dawes, A. M. fellow of Emanuel Col∣lege, in Cambridge, was appointed master here on the resignation of Lodge. He was also master of St. Mary's Hospital m 2.298. He resigned both these offices about A. D. 1750, but not before he had secured an annuity of 80l. per annum, to be paid him by the corporation of New∣castle for his life n 2.299. He was a person of great learning o 2.300, but so wild and irregular as to be thought, generally, a little insane. The school under him was reduced to a very low ebb, and his refractory behaviour occasioned great trouble, and gave no small offence to his patrons, the magistrates of Newcastle.

In the year 1736, Mr. Dawes published proposals for printing, by subscription, "Paradisi amissi a cl. Miltono conscripti Liber primus, Graeca Versionè donatus, unà cum Annotationibus," with a speci∣men p 2.301.

After his resignation, Mr. Dawes retired to a house at Heworth-Shore, a little below Newcastle, on the banks of the Tyne: he died, March 21st, 1766 q 2.302, and was, by his own desire, interred in Heworth church-yard, where his grave is still marked by a common head-stone, with the following inscription: "In memory of Richard Dawes, late head master of the grammer * 2.303 school at Newcastle, who died the 21st of March, 1766, aged 57 years r 2.304."

John Wibbersley, A. B. of St. John's College, Cambridge, occurs as under-usher, July 12th, 1742 s 2.305.

On the resignation of Dawes, in 1749, Hugh Moises, A. M. first

of Trinity-College, and afterwards of Peter-House, in Cambridge, was appointed master of this school t 2.306.

January 2d, 1752, Anthony Munton, A. M. of St. John's College, Cambridge, was appointed usher, on the resignation of Wibbersley u 2.307.

June 18th, 1755, Jeffry Clarkson, LL. B. was appointed usher, on the death of Munton v 2.308.

In 1758, the corporation of Newcastle purchased a pair of globes for the use of this school w 2.309.

John King, A. M. was appointed usher, on the resignation of Clarkson, February 6th, 1760 x 2.310.

September 24th, 1764, William Hall, A. M. fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, was appointed under-usher y 2.311.

December 15th, 1766, W. Hall was appointed usher, and Weaver Walter, A. M. afterwards fellow of Christ's College, in Cambridge, was appointed under-usher z 2.312.

At the Midsummer common-council, 1778, John Brand, A. B. of Lincoln-College, Oxford, was appointed under-usher, on the resigna∣tion of W. Walter.

September 20th, 1781, J. Brand a 2.313 was appointed usher, on the re∣moval of W. Hall.

At the Easter common-council, 1784, Moses Manners, A. M. of Lincoln-College, Oxford, was appointed usher, on the resignation of J. Brand.—And soon afterwards Robert Wilson, A. B. of All Souls College, Oxford, was appointed under-usher.

June, 1787, Edward Moises, A. M. was appointed head-master, on the resignation of his uncle, Hugh Moises, A. M. master of St. Mary's Hospital.

ADDENDA CONCERNING FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND EXHIBITIONS THAT MAY BE ENJOYED, AT BOTH THE UNIVERSITIES, BY SCHOLARS OF NEWCASTLE-SCHOOL.

N^o I.

EXTRACT from Lord Crewe's will, relating to the choice of exhibitioners at Lincoln-College, Oxford.—"Item, I do hereby declare that I have given and devised my said mannors, advowsons, lands and hereditaments in the said counties of Northumberland and Durham as aforesaid upon trust and confidence that they the said John Mountague, John Dolben, &c And upon this further trust that the said John Mountague, John Dolben, &c. do and shall out of the rents and pro∣fits of my said mannors, hereditaments and premises in the said counties

of N. and D. for ever hereafter pay or cause to be paid the yearly sum of twenty pounds to each and every of the twelve exhibitioners of Lincoln-College in the said university of Oxford, which I have already named and appointed, or which I shall hereafter name or ap∣point—and to each and every of twelve exhibitioners to be elected and chosen after my decease, as herein after mentioned, who shall be under graduate commoners in Lincoln-College aforesaid, and who are or shall be natives of the diocese of Durham—And for want of such natives, of Northallertonshire or Howdenshire in the county of York or of Leicestershire, and particularly of the parish of Newbold Verdon, or of the diocese of Oxford whereof I was formerly bishop, or of the county of Northampton in which county I was born.—And my will is and I do hereby direct that such exhibitioner or exhibitioners by me already named and appointed, or to be by me hereafter named and appointed, or upon any other vacancy or vacancies whatsoever, shall be from time to time and at all times for ever after my decease elected and chosen by the rectors and fellows of Lincoln-College aforesaid for the time being or by the major part of them, and to en∣joy the said exhibitions or annual payments for eight years, if they shall respectively so long continue resident in the college aforesaid, and no longer, unless they have leave from the rector of the college afore∣said for the time being to be absent, which I desire he will not grant but upon reasonable cause. And I do hereby direct that as often as any vacancy or vacancies shall happen of such exhibitioner or ex∣hibitioners, others shall be elected in their room within three months, in manner as aforesaid."

N^o II.

From Anthony Wood's MSS. in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, F. 28, 8490. "In libro statutorum magnae aulae sive Collegii Uni∣versitatis Oxon. ex manu veteri sic legimus, p. 8, et in altero exem∣plari, p. 24.

"Memorandum quod circa annum Domini 1280 venerabilis & de∣votus

vir Willielmus de Dunelm' tunc archidiaconus Dunelm' qui eò quod post indotavit collegium possessionibus, nominatus est fundator, in testamento suo statuit et reliquit, quod si non forent magistri vel bachil∣larii non promoti et pauperes diocesis Dunelm' tunc essent sophistae illius patriae, si qui pauperes invenirentur, socii illius collegii: in tan∣tum quod si non forent socii in collegio ad eligendum ipsos tunc pete∣rent dictum collegium & quan' de jure reciperenter statim in socios ejusdem. Ut satis deducitur ex antiquiorum statutorum vicesimo. Quod statutum sic incipit, "Item cum in dicto collegio."

Ex ordinationibus Comitis Northumbriae.

—Nos prefatus comes volumus et ordinamus quod praefatus magister & scholares, alias dicti senior-socius & consocii & eorum successores in dicti collegii socios perpetuos eligant et deinceps in perpetuum habeant tres artium baccalaureos seu magistros de diocesibus Dunel∣mensi Carleolensi et Eboracensi ad prosiciendum in sacra theologia magis aptos. Ita quod ipsi ceteris paribus electione et ordinis seniori∣tate praeferantur qui in partibus Northumbriae oriundi reperiuntur.

The statutes of University College in Oxford, relating to the fellow∣ships that belong to the diocese of Durham: From an interleaved copy of Bourne's History of Newcastle, ex autograph' viri reverendi Nath. Ellison, M. A. Col. Mert. non ita pridem socii, hodie vero Bolam in agro Northumbr' vicar', nec non capellae parochialis S. Andreae apud Novocastrenses ministri.

E. Statut. Willielmi Dunelmensis.

Eligantur sine acceptatione patriae vel personarum: caeteris vero pa∣ribus ille praeferatur qui de partibus Dunelmiae b 2.314 proxime oriundus exti∣terit.

Stat. Walteri Skirlow.

Eligantur qui in diocesibus Ebor' & Dunelm' oriundi fuerint, si idonei reperiantur potius quam de oriundis in aliis partibus quibus∣cunque.

Stat. Hen. Percy.

Habeant tres socios de diocesibus Dunelmensi Carleolensi & Ebora∣censi et ipsi ceteris paribus praeferantur qui in partibus Northumbriae ori∣undi reperiantur.

N^o III.

The clause in Dr. Hartwell's Will concerning the Exhibitions. "A. 8. Item I give and bequeath twenty pounds per annum, to be divided into two exhibitions of ten pounds each, towards the maintenance of two scholars to be sent to either of the universities out of the scholes of Dur∣ham and Newcastle. These exhibitions to continue four years, with a year of grace to take a degree if the trustees think fit.

"A. 8. These charities, from Art. 3d inclusive, are to be paid out of the rents of Fishburn estate, and having a presumption I shall not be denied in a cause of charity, I do appoint the dean and chapter of Durham, or any three of them my trustees herein (with the assistance if need be of the mayor and aldermen of Durham, or any part of them), to receive the rent of the said estate of Fishburn, and to see it applied according to the directions before expressed." From a copy in the archives of the Virgin Mary's Hospital in Newcastle. See after∣wards a copy of the order of chapter.

The following is an opinion of lawyer Grey.— Grey's MSS.

"Upon perusing a copy of Dr. Hartwell's Will, wherein he devises 20l. per annum to be divided into two exhibitions of 10l. each, towards the maintenance of two scholars to be sent to either university out of the schools of Durham and * 2.315 Newcastle, I am of opinion that New∣castle school hath an equal right to the benefit of this exhibition with the school of Durham, and that one of the scholars ought to be sent from Newcastle school."

N^o IV. Dr. Smith's Exhibition.

Dr. Michael Smith, rector of Freckenham in the county of Suffolk, bequeathed to Emanuel-College in Cambridge, the sum of eight hun∣dred

pounds, one half of the interest of which is to go to the repara∣tion of the chapel and college, and the other half to the maintenance of a scholar, either from the school of Durham, or that of Newcastle upon Tyne.—Dr. Smith was the son of a Mr. Smith, alderman of the city of Durham, and nephew of Cuthbert Smith, Esq. alderman of Newcastle upon Tyne.—The above exhibition has already been claimed and enjoyed by scholars from Newcastle school.—The following epi∣taph is in Emanuel-College chapel:

"M. S. Michaelis Smith, S. T. P. De agro Dunelmensi nati, Ecclesiae de Freckenham in com. Suff. Rectoris, Viri comis, benevoli, justi, qui in hoc collegio cooptatus, quod beneficiis non vulgaribus sibi devinxerat, amoris ergo, corpus suum in hoc porticu humari voluit. Obiit 6 Maii 1773. Aetat. 73."

December 18th, 1755, a lease was granted to Mr. William Lowes, from the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne, of "Spittle-Croft," with a liberty reserved for the scholars of the free grammar school to play in the said croft, commencing from Lammas, 1756. We sincerely hope and wish that that body will, in every future lease of the same field, which may be called the Campus Martius of this school, continue the same reservation.

An elegant new porch was built as an entrance to this school, 1782, after a design by Mr. Newton, architect, with the following inscrip∣tion:

"Scholam Novocastrensem A viro venerabili Thomâ Horsley Regnante Henrico octavo fundatam, Ab illustrissima Elizabetha Auctoritate regia insignitam, Pro solita munificentia reficiendam curabant Veri patroni major & commune concilium A. D. 1782. Edvardo Mosley, majore, Georgio Colpitts, vicecomite."

The impropriated, or great tithes of Bolham parish, in Northum∣berland, belong to this school. See Wallis's History of Northumber∣land, vol. ii. p. 234.

Warburton's MSS. in the possession of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, inform us, that the then lessees were Sir John Mid∣dleton and Marmaduke Cutter, Gent.

"Die Lunae vicesimo nono die mensis Novembris anno Domini 1725, convenerunt ad capitulum generale celebrand' honorabilis Jo∣hannes Mountague S. T. P. decanus Jonathan Hall S. T. P. vice de∣canus Jacobus Finne S. T. P. Thomas Mangey S. T. P. Thomas Run∣dle legum doctor & Georgius Sayer A. M. ecclesiae cathedralis Du∣nelm' prebendarii & capitulares in presentia mei W. Pye, N. P. regis∣trarii. Agreed that Mr. Walton's son of Corbridge and Mr. Lodge's son of Newcastle have Dr. Hartwell's two first exhibitions, the one for Durham, the other for Newcastle, according to the tenor of the doctor's will."

"Vera copia examinata per W. Pye, N. P. registrarium."

(From a copy preserved among the writings of St. Mary's Hos∣pital—indorsed, "A copy of the order of chapter for Dr. Hartwell's exhibition to Mr. Walton's son and mine.")

WEST-GATE.

UNIVERSITY College, in Oxford, had possessions in this street: Arthur Charlott, D. D. and master of the college of the great college * 2.316

of the great hall of the university of Oxford, commonly called Uni∣versity College, and the fellows of the same, by indenture, dated Sep∣tember 28th, 1693, demised to William Metcalf, of Newcastle upon Tyne, hostman, two houses or tenements, in the town of Newcastle aforesaid, in the street there called the West-Gate, between the com∣mon street, on the east part, and a tenement belonging sometime to a chantry of the Blessed Virgin, in the church of St. Nicholas, on the west part—the highway on the north, and the back walls of the said town of Newcastle on the south, for 31 years c 2.317, under the yearly rent of ten shillings.

The parsonage, or vicarage house of Newcastle, is situated in this street, not far from St. John's Church d 2.318.

There was a building in this street, called Spital-Alms-House: it stood nearly opposite to St. John's Church.—It is mentioned by Bourne, and marked in his plan of the town. It was pulled down not many years ago, and a handsome house erected on the site.

ST. JOHN'S CHURCH.

IT is alike unknown by whom, or at what time, this church or chapel was founded e 2.319.

Bourne says, that it appears to have been built, A. D. 1287 f 2.320.

Great alterations were probably made, both in the steeple and body of the church, by Robert Rhodes, the great benefactor to all our reli∣gious buildings.

His arms, which remain in two of the other churches, are found here also, under the belfry.—They are also placed over the window, on the outside of the south-cross. One William Hutton is conjec∣tured to have been one of the first benefactors to this church, from some punning devices, expressive of his name, after the manner of those times, which are still preserved in the glass of one of the south-east windows of the south-cross, and upon one of the pillars before the western gallery g 2.321.

In the year 1379, this place occurs with the title of "capella," or "chapel h 2.322."

There were three chantries here in the papal times; one dedicated to St. Thomas the Martyr—a second to the Virgin Mary—and the last to the Trinity i 2.323.

St. Thomas' chantry was founded about A. D. 1319, by Adam of Durham, a burgess of Newcastle, for the souls of his father and mo∣ther, &c. and his own.—It is supposed to have been situated near the north-cross. Roger de Burnet occurs as first chaplain in the deed of

foundation, by which the mayor and bailiffs of Newcastle are appointed patrons. The yearly value of this chantry was 4l. 3s. arising out of property in the Sand-Hill and West-Gate. John Ragge (alias Rige) was the last incumbent, and had an annual pension of 3l. 16s. k 2.324.—The subsequent account of this chantry is taken from the certificate of col∣leges and chantries, in Northumberland and Durham, 37 Hen. VIII. remaining in the Augmentation-Office:—"The chauntrie of St. Tho∣mas in the parishe church of Seynt John within the towne of New∣castell upon Tyne was founded by reporte to fynd a preist for ever for the mayntaynance of Godd's service and to pray for all Christen sowles and is so used at the present but ther is no dede of any foundacon to be shewed—Yerely value 4l. 2s. 8d.—Value according to this survey 4l. 3s. as apereth by a rentall whereof is paid owt for a rent resolut' 2s. and for the Kinges majesties tenthes 8s. 3d.— 10s. 3d. and re∣maynith clerely 72s. 9d. whiche ben employed to the sustentacon and relief of John Rige clerke incumbent ther accordyng to the ordynnance of the said foundacon—Ornaments &c. 22s. 1d. as apereth by a per∣ticuler inventory of the same.—Ther wer no other landes &c."

Our Lady's chantry was sounded by Edward Scott, in the time of Edward III. Its yearly value was 4l. 4s. 4d. out of property in Sand-Hill and West-Gate l 2.325.—The following account of it is preserved in the above-mentioned certificate, &c. 37 Hen. VIII.—"The chauntrie of our Lady in the parishe churche of St. John within the towne of New∣castell was founded by one Edward Skott by a licence obteyned of Kinge Edward III. to fynde a priest for ever to say masse ther dayly and to pray for hys sowle and all Christen sowles by reporte but the foundacon thereof we have not seene—Yearly value 4l. 3s. 4d.—Value according to this survey 4l. 4s. 4d. as apereth by a rentall whereof is

paid to the Kinge's majestie for the yerelie tenthes thereof 8s. 4d. and remayneth clerly 76s. whiche ar employed to the sustentacon and relief of Edwarde Skott, clerke, incumbent there accordyng to the ordynnaunce of the foundacon.—Ornaments &c. 27s. 10d. as apereth by a perticuler inventory of the same.—Ther wer no other landes &c."

The chantry of the Holy Trinity is said to have been founded by John Dalton, William Atkinshawe, and Andrew Accliffe, clerks.—Its yearly value was 5l. 13s. 4d. arising out of tenements in West-Gate and the Side, and one with a Close without the West-Gate m 2.326. Ber∣tram Bertley was the last incumbent, and had a pension of 5l. per an∣num, which he enjoyed in 1553 n 2.327.

The following account of this chantry is preserved in the above∣cited certificate, 37 Hen. VIII.—"The chauntrie of the Trinitie in the parishe churche of Seynt John within the towne of Newcastell upon Tyne was founded by a licence obteyned of Kinge Edwarde IV. by John Dalton, William Atkynshawe and Andrew Aclif clerke, to fynd a preeste for ever to say masse and pray for their sowles and all Christen sowles by reporte whiche is so used hitherto but ther is no dede of any foundacon to be shewed—Yerely valew 109s. 2d.—Valew ac∣cordyng to this survey 113s. 4d. as apereth by a rentall wherof is paid yerely to the Kinge's majestie for the tenthes 10s. 11d.—and remayn∣eth clerly 102s. 5d. whiche ben employed to the sustentacon and relief of Bartram Barkeley prieste incumbent there—Ornaments &c. 22s. 11d. as apereth by a perticuler inventory of the same.—Ther wer no other landes &c."

The present vestry of this church has probably been one of the chantries.—There is a nich in the wall, evidently intended to hold holy water.—There is preserved there also a curious specimen of old carv∣ing, on what has been part of an ancient chest. The subject, George and the Dragon.

The ancient font of this church, which had been given by one John

Bertram, was destroyed by the Scots in 1639 o 2.328. The present one has probably been the gift of Andrew Bates, A. M. appointed lecturer of this church, A. D. 1689, as there is a shield on it with the arms of that ancient family.

Mention occurs of an organ, or rather "organes," in this church, in the year 1570 p 2.329.

The present organ was built by subscription, A. D. 1734, on which occasion the corporation of Newcastle gave twenty guineas, and settled a salary of 20l. per annum on the organist q 2.330.

More painted glass remains in the windows of this than of any other church in the town.

The great eastern window, in particular, abounds with curious spe∣cimens r 2.331.

There are six indifferent bells in the steeple.—It a••pears, by the common-council books, September 20th, 1724, that the names of the mayor, M. Featherstonhaugh, &c. engraved on a stone, were set up in the steeple of this church, with an order, "that lest it might be claimed as a precedent for such repairs, that the said steeple ought to be repaired by the parishioners."

The communion table of this church, says Bourne, was given by Mr. Robert Crow, merchant, anno 1712.

Mr. Robert Rymer of this town, he adds, left to this church, in the year 1722, a large flaggon, a chalice and a plate, all of silver, valued at 60l. to be used at the holy communion.

Lady Musgrave presented an altar cloth and cushion, being a legacy left to St. John's Church, by Mrs. Hilton.—Newcastle Courant, May 11, 1754.

There is a painting, by one Henry Mort, on the altar-piece, repre∣senting cherubs ascending and descending in the clouds, &c. under a crimson curtain, with gold fringe.

The cross is left standing on the outside of this church, on the top of the choir.

This church was beautified in the year 1765.

A. D. 1762, the church-yard here was inclosed by subscription with a brick-wall and rail work above, and planted round in the inside with lime and elm trees.—On a table monument therein is the follow∣ing inscription:

"Here lie the remains of John Cunningham. Of his excellence as a pastoral poet, His works will remain a monument For ages,

After this temporary tribute of esteem is in dust forgotten. He died in Newcastle, September 18th, 1773, aged 44."

The register of this church for births, marriages, and burials, begins in January, A. D. 1587.

In the year 1785, 58 males, and 43 females were christened: and 58 males, and 84 females, buried at St. John's.—Newcastle Courant.

There was a chapel and burying ground at Benwell, in this parish, now both destroyed.—"The old tower of Benwell-Hall," says Bourne, p. 113, "was the place where the prior of Tinmouth s 2.332 resided some part of the summer, and the chapel, which Mr. Shaftoe opens and supplies for the good of the people of his village, was the prior's do∣mestic chapel." A Mr. Dalgarner occurs as minister, A. D. 1680. It was supplied by the curate of St. John's till it was pulled down.— There is a register book belonging to it, ending A. D. 1742, at present, or very lately, in the possession of Mr. Rutter, attorney-at-law.— There is a vault, and a few grave stones still continue to mark the site of the burying-ground.

LEGACIES LEFT TO THE POOR OF ST. JOHN'S.

(See Bourne's account.)

A. D. 1640, Henry Hilton, Esq. left to this parish 4l. per annum, for 99 years. This charity determined in 1739.

1644, Sir Alexander Davison left to this parish 2l. per annum.

1644, Sir Thomas Davison left to this parish 1l. per annum.

Mr. Aldworth left 1l. per annum, as to St. Nicholas and All Saints.

Mr. William Carr, who died April 14th, 1660, left 1l. 2s. 4d. to this parish.

Mr. William Carr (another person) left 1l. 10s. aliter 1l. to this parish.

Mr. Thomas Davison, who died November 28th, 1676, left 1l. 6s. 8d. to be paid out of the merchants company to this church.

Mr. Mark Milbank, 1679, left 3l.

Sir William Blackett, 2l. per annum.

Mr. John Rumney left 2l. 10s. aliter 3l.

Mr. Timothy Davison left 1l. 10s. aliter 1l. 5s.

Nicholas Ridley, 1l.

Mr. Wrightson, 2l. 10s.

Matthew White, Esq. 1l.

Mr. William Harrison, the interest of 50l. for ever.

Margaret Percival, widow, a house in Back-Row; yearly rent, 3l. 7s. 6d.

Mr. Robert Percival, a house in the Wool-Market; yearly rent 20l.

George Mallaber, Esq. left 50l. the interest whereof to be paid yearly.

Lady Jane Clavering, relict of Sir John Clavering, left 50l. the interest whereof to be paid yearly.

CHARITY-SCHOOL.

THIS school was founded, A. D. 1705, for the education of 40 boys, by an anonymous person, discovered afterwards to have been Mr. John Ord.

December 15th, 1708, there was an order of common-council, to purchase a house for the school-master of St. John's school.—Com∣mon-council books.

MONUMENTS AND INSCRIPTIONS IN ST. JOHN'S CHURCH.

In the chancel.

"This is the burial-place of Thomas Errington, merchant-adven∣turer." These words are writ about the arms cut upon the stone:

"Remember Death, God's word ne'er shun, With wings Time flieth Whilst glass doth run."

"The burial place of William Wallas mercer, and merchant adven∣turer of England. He departed this life the 23d day of September 1664. William Wallas son of the said William departed this life the 11th day of January anno 1688, aetatis suae 23."

"The burial place of Charles Clark barbar chyrurgeon. He de∣parted the 2d of August 1667. Margaret his wife departed this life the 30th day of March 1683. At the bottom of the arms De pre∣tient' Dei."

"The burial-place of the Rev. Matthew Forster, lecturer of this church, who dyed October 23d 1723, aged 46."

"Oswold Chayter lining weaver 38 year clerk of this church, de∣parted to the mercy of God July 21st A. D. 1623, aged 68 years."

"Here lieth the body of John Dixon plummer, who died April the 12th, 1728, aged 42."

On a stone near the altar. "Hic quod remanet Johannis Shaw hujus ecclesiae pastoris: Deo, ecclesiae, patriae, regi piè fidelis—obiit Maii 22^o A. D. 1689, Aetatis suae 77."

Near the altar table.

"Sepulchrum Roberti Fenwick mercatoris & Dorotheae uxoris ejus suorumque filiorum & filiarum. Ille obiit Sept. die 8vo. A. D. 1689, aetatis suae 61. Robert filius natu maximus obiit 23 die Martii 1690. Illa obiit 15 Julii 1701. Petrus Potts Gener^s Annam filiam eorum na∣tu maximam duxit uxorem ex qua liberos suscepit quorum sex sibi fuere

superstites (viz.) Dorothea, Jana, Maria, Petrus, Robertus, Johannes; illa obiit 3^o April A. D. 1719, aetatis suae 63."

"The burial place of Mr. John Bell, merchant adventurer, & Mar∣garet his wife Margaret Bell died the 21st of November, 1710, aged 55. John Bell died the 22d of June, 1716, aged 62."

Sepulchrum Radulphi Scourfield generosi qui obiit Februarii 16, 1675, et Janae uxoris ejus quae obiit Maii 12^o, 1689. Quorum filius Radulphus Scourfield Armiger, de comitatu Northumbrie quondam vicecomes, obiit Septembris 1^o, 1728."

"The burial place of John Clutterbuck, gent. and Barbara his wife, and their children. Hannah buried July 16th, 1683. Catharine buried July 23d, 1683. James buried April 3d, 1692. Barbara his wife buried September 2d, 1695. Richard their son departed the 9th of November 1702. He departed the 3d of July 1717."

In the chancel—much defaced. "Exuviae Gulielmi Astell Quas sub die resurrectionis spe Fideliter hic custodiendas Lubens deposuit .......... Sept. 14. A^o. Domini MDCL ... III. Iterumque die illo magno ... crucis Hinc cum gaudio petendae Gloriosè induet immortalitatem. Stay, reader, stay, who wouldst but canst not buy Choice books, come read the churches library, Which like Sybelline leaves here scatter'd flies Perus'd alas here by men's feet, that lies In single sheets, then neatly to be bound By God's own hand, when the last trump shall sound; Amongst the rest glance on this marble leaf, 'Tis Astell's title page and therefore brief. Here lies the reliques of a man But who was truly christian Whose founder judgment frantic zeal Never hurried on her wheel

Of giddy error, whose heart bled When rebel feet cut off their head, And great good Shepherd humbly lay To his mad flock a bleeding prey, Who chearfully sustain'd the loss Of all for his dread Master's cross, Triumphant Charles hee's gone to see For militant praise heav'n's victory."

"Hic jacet Johannes Astell Armiger & Maria uxor ejus, ille obiit 17 die Martii Anno Domini 1633, aetat. 73. Haec 22 Maii 1658, aetatis suae 95."

"Here lies interred the body of Peter Astell, gentleman: he de∣parted this life 19th March 1678, and had issue by Mary his wife two sons and a daughter. William his son departed this life 15 March 1672."

South isle and cross.

On a very large stone in the south isle the arms of Bertram—and underneath those of the merchant-adventurers. Initials R. B. crest, seemingly a bull's head out of a coronet.—Robert Bertram was sheriff of Newcastle 1522.

"The burial place of Robert Wheatley, cordwainer, with Elizabeth his wife, and their children."—Arms of the company of cordwainers.

"George Nicholson deputy town-clerk: he departed 16 February 1624 and Margaret his wife"—with the following singular Latin in∣scription:

"Corpus heus animus conclusum Liberâ clarus Est fruitur spectat carcere pace Deum."

Which with great diffidence I venture thus to translate: "The body alas is shut up in this prison—the bright mind enjoys free peace and beholds its God."—

"Tomkins 1639—1666." "Robert Bredy physician ob. 11 July 1723, aged 54 years." "George Gatis."

Cross isle.

"Sepulchrum Edwardi Bell et Mariae uxoris ejus."

"Jhu have marcy uponn the soull of John Wilkenson marchant aven∣turer and draper, sometyme maior of this towne, and Margeree and Margaret his two wyffes and thre children, Anno 1570, the 16 of Marche."

"Henry Wouldhave, sadler." Escutcheons: Percival—Allgood im∣paling Lewis—the rest duplicates of Sir W. Blackett, Mallabar, Cla∣vering, Harrison, Ramsay, Ridley, White, Aldworth, and Proctor, as in St. Nicholas'. "John Kellet"—"Adam Askew, M. B. died Ja∣nuary 15th, 1773, anno aetatis 77." His death was occasioned by a fall backwards, as he was going up stairs to bed.—He made an immense fortune by his practice of near 50 years. See Nicholson's and Burn's History of Westmoreland and Cumberland, vol. i. p. 255— 257. He purchased the burial place of Kellet, where he lies interred.

North isle.

"Henry Shaw, 1715"—Sanderson—Whithouse—" Thomas Hut∣chinson, sword cutler, July 1655."—"Dawson"—"Aubone"—"Ba∣con"—"Peter Fewell"—"John Bennet." Escutcheon: "Thomas Wolfall, pastor of St. John's."—"Christopher Cook"—"Thomas Robinson, merchant"—"Rayne"—"Robert Carr"—"Yeilder"— "Hall"—"Edward French." "The burial place of Robert Bonner, Esq. of High Callerton."

West end and middle isle.

"William Scott, linen-draper."

"Bartho' Anderson."

Bourne says, that in his time there was a funnel or wood box in the form of a spout, which hung from the top of this quire—the con∣veyance, in times of popery, for an artificial dove, on the day of pentecost.—Grey tells us that this church was commended by an arch∣prelate of this kingdom, because it resembleth much a cross—The porch of this church was rebuilt 1710, Thomas Fletcher, Robert Percival, John Quincy, John Fairlam, church-wardens.—The north gallery was built in 1710, for 33 persons, by Mr. Robert Percival, pin-maker—He contributed 3l. to the bells in 1707—In the year 1710 he beautified the altar at his own expence.—He died Feb. 8th, 1729.

CLERGY OF ST. JOHN'S, MINISTERS, LECTURERS AND CURATES.

The vicar of Newcastle pays to the lecturer of this church 3l. 10s. per annum, the king 4l. 0s. 10d.

Jurdan, chaplain of St. John's, occurs as witness to a deed preserved among the writings of St. Mary's Hospital, supposed to be about the date of 1269 t 2.333.

A mandate occurs dated at Aukland, March 19th, 1419, to the arch∣deacon of Northumberland, to receive the purgation of William Med∣calfe, of Morpeth, clerk, charged with stealing a horse and saddle from John Rauchif, of Morpeth, in the church of St. John in the town of Newcastle upon Tyne u 2.334.

John Eland occurs 1424.v 2.335

William Talbot on Eland's death, 1431.v 2.336

Robert Bonner and Robert Woller occur in 1500 w 2.337.

George Graye, in 1575—he occurs in Barnes' Visitation, Feb. 1, 1577, and July 6th, 1579—He died in 1579 x 2.338.

Humphrey Sicklemore occurs at the bishop's visitation, January 3, 1580.

Thomas Maslet occurs in 1582. Oswald Chaitor 10 Nov. 1582, li∣censed parish clerk y 2.339.

Lancelot Graye, 1583 z 2.340.

Martin Liddall, clerk, occurs 1585, 1586 a 2.341.

Edmund Robinson, curate, before September, 1589 b 2.342.

March 1590, Mr. Bowland, curate c 2.343.

August 22, 1590, Mr. John Murra, minister of St. John's d 2.344.

Henry Patteson occurs 1591 e 2.345.

Clement Cockson, curate, before October 27th, 1598 f 2.346.

Shaw occurs lecturer about 1614 g 2.347.

Phil. Doncaster occurs 1626 h 2.348.

John Shaw occurs 1st February, 1632—he died in 1637 i 2.349.

July 28th, 1637, there is an order of common-council for settling Mr. Robert Urthwart at St. John's, with a salary of 20l. which Octo∣ber 2d, 1643, was augmented to 40l. per annum k 2.350.

He occurs June 16th, 1646, sending a recantation of his principles to the common-council, and expressing his sorrow for having preached against the parliament l 2.351."

Bourne says, that having suffered in the civil wars, he went after∣wards beyond the seas, and having turned papist, died in a convent.

June 14th, 1647, Mr. Thomas Woolfal settled at St. John's, to preach forenoon and afternoon, with a salary of 150l. per annum m 2.352. He died before 24th November, 1652.

March 25th, 1652-3, Mr. William Cole, on the death of Woolfal— He was minister of Kirby Kendal in Westmoreland, salary 150l. per annum n 2.353.

Henry Leaver "had a call" hither from Brancepeth about Candle∣mas,

1659, on the resignation of Cole o 2.354. He was established here June 20th, 1660, and was afterwards deposed for non-conformity.

August 27th, 1662, John Shaw, A. M. on the removal of Leaver, to preach forenoon and afternoon—salary 60l. and 10l. for his turn in the Thursday's lecture, at St. Nicholas p 2.355. He died May 22d, 1689.

July 25th, 1689, Andrew Bates, A. M. on the death of Shaw, to preach forenoon and afternoon, with a salary of 90l. and 10l. for his turn at Thursday's lecture q 2.356.

Matthew Forster, A. M. 1710, on the death of A. Bates. He died October 23d, 1723 r 2.357.

March 7th, 1724, Henry Featherstonhaugh, B. D. of St. John's College, Cambridge, was appointed lecturer on the death of Mr. Forster s 2.358.

September 7th, 1731, on the removal of H. Featherstonhaugh to All Saints, there is an order of common-council to appoint Mr. Natha∣nael Clayton to St. John's—one to officiate for him nine months on his going up to Cambridge to take orders.

June 15th, 1732, there is an order of common-council that the Reverend Mr. Richard Cuthbert t 2.359 be removed from Sandgate (St. Ann's) Chapel, to the lectureship of this church. He was son to a recorder of Newcastle.

On the removal of Mr. Cuthbert to Kendall, September 29th, 1736, Mr. N. Clayton u 2.360 was appointed to enter on this lectureship.

John Thompson, A. M. of St. John's College, Cambridge, suc∣ceeded to the curacy of St. John's after J. Carr.

J. Thompson was succeeded in the curacy here by John Brunton, A. B. of Christ's College, Cambridge, who died March 17th, 1780, and was succeeded by J. Brown, clerk, curate of Kirkharle in the county of Northumberland.

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September 21st, 1786, Thomas Hornby, A. M. was appointed to the lectureship of St. John's, on the death of his uncle, Mr. N. Clayton.

WEST-GATE.

FROM the Postern and Back-Row, as far as the Tuthill-Stairs, West∣gate, in Bourne's time, changed its name to "Tuthill v 2.361."

An elegant assembly-house, built by contribution on part of the gar∣den belonging to the vicarage of Newcastle, near the head of this street, was opened at the time of the races at Newcastle, A. D. 1776 w 2.362. It cost

about 6701 pounds in building, furniture and other expences x 2.363. In the lower apartments is kept a subscription coffee-house.

Near the head of West-Gate, behind a handsome new square, built by Mr. Newton, architect, stands the house of the Black Friars.

BLACK FRIARS.

THIS house was filled with Dominicans, one of the four orders of mendicants or begging friars y 2.364.

In France they are called Jacobins, from their house in St. James's Street, Paris.—They are named Black Friars, from the colour of their garments: Dominicans, from the name of their founder: Preaching

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Friars, from their office of preaching and converting heretics.—At New∣castle they appear to have had the title of Shod Friars z 2.365, in contradis∣tinction, as it should seem, to their neighbours, the Grey Friars, who went barefooted. Sir Peter Scot, and his son Sir Nicholas Scot, are said to have invited the order to Newcastle, and to have founded this house a 2.366.

The precise date of the building has not been transmitted b 2.367.

The ground on which it stands is said to have been given by three pious sisters, whose names have been ungratefully consigned to oblivion.

November 6th, 1264, after an inquisition taken by Adam de Gesse∣muth, sheriff of Northumberland, and the mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne, by which it appeared that the aqueduct made by the Friars Preachers of that town, under a royal grant, from a certain fountain be∣yond their court-yard, and to their monastery, and from thence into the town, ought to remain as an advantage to the public at large, the King confirmed it to them for ever c 2.368.

September 18th, 1280, there was a grant from the King to the Black Friars of this house to make a postern-gate through the town-wall, to communicate with that division of their property, which had been placed in the suburbs by the building of the said wall: reserving to the king's constable, or the sheriff of Northumberland, power to build it up when it should be found necessary to do so for the security of the town d 2.369.

December 15th, 1299, the Friars Preachers here received eleven shillings for their pittance of one day on the King's passing through the town in the beginning of that month—as also on the 8th of Janu∣ary following, for their pittance of two days, on the King's arrival, twenty two shillings e 2.370.

June 4th, 1312, King Edward II. granted a licence to the prior and brethren of this house, to make a drawbridge of wood, five feet broad, over the new foss of the town, for a passage to their garden in the suburbs, with pale-work, in lieu of the garden-wall, upon condition that the bridge and pale-work should be taken away on the appear∣ance of any imminent danger f 2.371.

March 1st, 1318, the King granted for ever to the brethren of this house, for the purpose of enlarging their house and burial-ground, a messuage contiguous thereto, which had belonged to Gilbert de Middleton, and had escheated to the crown on his being hanged for felony and treason g 2.372.

A patent concerning this house, of the date of 1322, is mentioned in Tanner's Notitia Monastica.

August 1st, 1322, the brethren here received 8s. for their pittance of one day; and on the 14th of September following, on the King's arrival at Newcastle, the like sum, for their pittance of one day h 2.373.

May 16th, 1330, King Edward III. granted a licence of mortmain to John Baroun, of Newcastle upon Tyne, to impower him to assign to the prior and brethren of this monastery, a piece of ground conti∣guous thereto, 60 feet long, and as many feet broad, for the purpose of enlarging their said house i 2.374.

On the Feast of Gervasius and Prothasius, 1334, Edward Baliol, King of Scotland, did homage to King Edward the Third, for the whole kingdom of Scotland, in the church of this house j 2.375.

December 6th, 1342, the King, on the supplication of the prior and brethren of this house, granted them power to renew and set up again certain gates on their ground, for ingress to, and to shut up their house, (which they had been accustomed to have, till, on a dispute be∣tween the men of Northumberland and some persons of the said town, when the Earl of Warren, the warden of the March of Scotland, lodged at their house, the said gates were broken down, and they had been prevented from setting them up again by some persons of New∣castle), to hold to themselves and successors for ever, in like manner as they had been held before such demolition k 2.376.

March 27th, 1380, the Bishop of Durham granted a licence to the prior and convent of this house, to celebrate mass in the church of St. Nicholas, in Newcastle upon Tyne, on asking leave of the vicar of that church for the time being, although such leave should be re∣fused them l 2.377.

December 1st, 1390, King Richard II. prohibited the conferring of the degree of master on certain apostate brethren of the order of Friars Preachers. There occurs a letter of the same King, dated July 27th, 1397, to the vicar of the provincial chapter of the same order, to be held at Newcastle upon Tyne, concerning the said apostates m 2.378.

Lord Scroop, by his will, dated June 23d, 1415, bequeathed 13s. 4d. to the recluse in this house of Friars Preachers, at Newcastle upon Tyne n 2.379.

John Rokesburgh occurs as prior of this house, July 13th, 16 of Edw. IV o 2.380.

October 9th, 1537, an indenture passed between Rolande Hardynge, the last prior of this house, for himself and the convent, and Robert Davel, clerk, archdeacon of Northumberland, by which the former bound themselves, and their successors, for ever, on condition of re∣ceiving 6l. 18s. from the said R. Davel, to sing daily an anthem, and perform certain other services, and pray for the souls of William Davel and others p 2.381.

This house, which is said to have been dependant upon the priory of Tinmouth, surrendered, June 10th, 1539 q 2.382. It consisted of a prior and twelve friars at the dissolution, when its annual value was 2l. 19s. 4d. alias 6d. r 2.386.—I find no particular account of any pensions granted to the prior or monks s 2.387.

A. D. 1551, Richard Marshall, one of the brethren of this house at the dissolution, and, it should seem, formerly prior, occurs at St. Andrew's in Scotland, very learnedly informing his audience there, that Pater noster should be addressed to God, and not to the Saints. See in a note subjoined, from the Preface to Knox's History of the Re∣formation, a picture of the manners of our monks, drawn from the life, and marked with striking traits of the wretched ignorance that prevailed in those times t 2.388.

March 10th, 1544, King Henry VIII. granted the Black-Friars, with the houses and ground thereto belonging, at that time of the yearly value of 2l. 19s. 6d. to the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle, in consideration of the sum of 53l. 7s. 6d. reserving to himself and successors for ever, a yearly rent of 5s. 11½d.u 2.389 together with the bells, lead, stones, iron, and timber of the church and other edi∣ficesv 2.390.

In the year 1552, the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne demised, for a term of years, this house of Black-Friars, with its ap∣purtenances of orchards, gardens, &c. to nine of the mysteries, or most ancient trades of the town, at the yearly rent of forty-two shil∣lings, a ninth part of which was to be paid by each company, to the respective uses of which were portioned out the several apartments of the monastery, with the adjacent grounds w 2.391.

Low-Friar-Chare, commonly called Shod-Friar-Chare, from its vi∣cinity to the house just described, and Low-Friar-Chare in contradis∣tinction to the Upper, or High-Friar-Chare, near New-Gate, leads from that division of West-Gate, now called Fenkill-Street, to the White-Cross.

A. D. 1777, an elegant hall was erected x 2.393 in this street, by the so∣ciety of free and accepted masons, of the lodge of St. John. It con∣tains, together with two paintings by Belly 2.394, one representing St. John, the other a portrait of the present master of the lodge z 2.395, an excellent small organ for their solemn rites. There is a Greek inscription on the front, in capital letters—a text from the first chapter of St. John's Gos∣pel, signifying, "The darkness comprehended it not."—"〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉."

Pudding-Chare, anciently, says Bourne, Budding-Chare, a cross street leading from West-Gate to the Big-Market, is in some places narrow and inconvenient for carriages. It communicates with St. John's church-yard, or rather with a new foot-way railed off at the

end of it, called "Grave's End-Walk," by another little street called, anciently, St. John's Chare, at present Rosemary-Lane, in which is the lying-in hospital for poor married women.

January 12th, 1774 a 2.396, the magistrates of Newcastle upon Tyne, at the general quarter-sessions of the peace, as justices for that town and county, granted a licence to Mrs. Sarah Hudson b 2.397, to keep this house, in pursuance of an act of parliament made in the 13th year of the reign of King George the Third.

May 9th, 1778, mention occurs of a bequest of an hundred pounds to this charity, by the late Lady Allgood c 2.398.

A. D. 1781, an hundred and five children were born in this hos∣pital d 2.399.

In the year 1761, a similar charity e 2.400 was instituted for poor lying-in women at their own houses, in Newcastle f 2.401 and Gateshead.

January 2d, 1762, it appeared that, out of 180 poor women who

had been recommended to this charity since its first institution, 158 had been safely delivered and preserved from the extremities of want in their distressed situation g 2.402.

It appeared, March 18th, 1775, that 1250 poor women had re∣ceived the benefit of this charity in Newcastle and Gateshead, since the time of its first establishmenth 2.403.

Opposite the south end of Rosemary-Lane stands an alms-house, which has lately been rebuilt.

It is marked as a large pile in Bourne's Plan of Newcastle. "Seven poor persons," he tells us, "reside in it, who have a small allowance from the town at Christmas."

There is an order of common-council, June 6th, 1645, confirming to the ten poor widows in Pudding-Chare alms-house, their former al∣lowance of ten shillings, and two chaldrons of coals, yearly. This has lately been filled with the brethren of St. Mary's Hospital.

Back-Row, which leads from the foot of West-Gate, opposite the postern, towards the gate of the castle, commonly called the Black-Gate, had anciently the name of Gallow-Gatei 2.404.

The Postern is a little street, which conducts from the foot of West-Gate westward to the Postern in the town-wall, called White-Friar-Gatek 2.405.

Bayly-Gatem 2.406 leads towards the castle, into which it has anciently conducted by a postern-gate. It has plainly had its name from the ballium of the Castle, though Bourne (I think erroneously) derives it from "the coming of the felons of the county of Northumberland along it, attended by the county-bailiffs." The east end of this street is intersected by the passage from the descent into the close called Long-Stairs n 2.407, which, from thence to the east end of Back-Row, is at present called Queen-Street. There is a communication between the head of Long-Stairs and Castle-Stairs, called Bank-Side, and a still shorter by a subterraneous or arched passage, called Sheep-Head Alley.

Before I enter upon the history of the Castle of Newcastle, I shall take occasion to give a brief account of the famous wall of the emperor Hadrian, which ended at the castrum of the Roman station of Pons Aelii, and that of the emperor Severus, which passed through the site of the present Newcastle, and ended at Wall's End.

Hadrian's Wall or Vallum, made A. D. 120, was a wall of turf, with a deep foss or ditch accompanying it on the north side: the ori∣ginal height of it is not known.

Severus' Wall was built, A. D. 207, of square stones, and every where also, except on the edges of precipices, was accompanied by a deep ditch or foss. The original height thereof was 12 feet, and the breadth 8. Between the village of Walker, i. e. the town by the wall, and Byker-Hill, the Wall of Severus, with its foss, are still plainly distinguishable: the site of the wall at present is covered with brush∣wood and stunted trees. Dr. Stukeley has preserved in his Iter Boreale a view of the appearance of the Roman Wall, between Byker-Hill Mill and Newcastle, when he wrote. From this mill to the Smith's shop near the first mile-stone on the Shields road, the site of the wall and hollow of the foss, running parallel with the present turnpike way, are yet clearly discernible.

At the head of the bank, over-looking Ouse-Burn, was a castellum or exploratory tower, out of the foundations of which I saw many Roman stones taken, not many years ago, to build an adjoining house.

Coing down the hill from thence to the rivulet of Ouse-Burn, the foss on the north side of the hedge is still very deep, and forms what is here called a little gill.

Severus' Wall must have formed a small angle at the arch by which it has crossed Ouse-Burn.

On the rise of the hill between this streamlet and Red-Barns I found, April 3d, 1783, many of the square stones which had evidently been the plunder of the wall.

About Red-Barns the garden grounds have destroyed every vestige both of the wall and the foss: but when we are past the gardens, the remains of the wall seem again to appear, and, having crossed the field, proceed in a straight line, behind the Keelman's Hospital, to the Sally-Port, or Ship-Carpenter's Tower. There was a rope-walk here, upon the foundation of the wall, not many years ago.

Near the present Sally-Port Gate stood a turret or Roman castlellum. From hence the wall, as the foundations thereof, which were discovered some years agoo 2.408, plainly evinced, passed over the top of the hill, to

which it gave the name of Wall-Knoll, and must have crossed Pandon-Burn by an arch near Stock-Bridge, as it is said to have been the ancient boundary and defence of the royal mansion of Pandon-Hall on the north p 2.409.

From Pandon-Hall the Roman Wall must have climbed over another hill towards Lort-Burn, which it has spanned by an arch near the pre∣sent Low-Bridge, in order to form the northern rampart of the station of Pons Aelii: where it hasq 2.410 run a little to the north of that part of St. Nicholas' church, which is called St. George's Porch; stretching from thence through the gardens of the vicarage house, it has afterwards in∣tersected

the line of the town-wall, a little to the north of the West-Gate, where Horseley supposes a very small turn has been made in it, in order to come up to the north rampart of the stationr 2.411 at Newcastle, and to get to a sufficient distance from Hadrian's Vallum.

Horseley with great probability supposes that one of the extremities of Hadrian's Vallum was on the bank of the Tyne, beyond the castle, perhaps near the present half-moon battery (covered now with mo∣dern buildings), where there may have been a circular turret in the time of the Romans, to command the pass of the bridge.

This vallum, passing the north corner of the castle, went in a straight lines 2.412 to the place where, in Horseley's time, it became distin∣guishable, without the West-Gate, and so onwards to that rising which still is so remarkable in a field, without the Turnpike-Gate, along which are ranged a set of boundary stones, where it certainly has passed.

Hadrian's Vallum, is with extreme probability supposed to have formed the southern rampart of the station of Pons Aelii, as Severus' Wall, at the distance of about six chains, may be naturally thought to have been the northern one. This station, most likely, has been square— The brow of the hill at the head of the Side easily directs us where to draw the line of the eastern rampart, running from St. George's Porch, till intercepted by Hadrian's Vallum, near Baily-Gate. And a line drawn from what was in Horseley's time Mr. Ord's house (lately Mr. Gibson's, the town-clerk's), to that part of the line of Severus' Wall which was about 30 yards east from the present Rosemary-Lane, shews as what must have been the western boundary of this fortification.

From that part of the line of the town-wall, where we left Severus' work, the track of it running westward has entirely been destroyed by buildings and gardens, till near the Turnpike-Gate, where it was thought distinguishable, in Horseley's time, in a small field between Quarry-House and Newcastle. That writer was of opinion that it

passed through the site of this quarry-house, just beyond which, on the west, an immense quarry has eradicated every vestige both of the wall and foss of Severus: but mounting to the top of the rising ground be∣yond it westward, the hollow of the foss begins to re-appear, running along pretty close to the north side of the turnpike road to Benwall, called in the Notitia the Station of Condercum.

Hadrian's Vallum, which we left running up a field west of the Turnpike-Gate, and marked by a range of boundaryt 2.413 stones, disappears through the next field, where it has been destroyed by the working of pits u 2.414, but rises again into obvious notice after we pass the old mill, and is a long way distinguishable (with its foss) as it stretches west∣ward towards Benwall, at the distance of a bow-shot in some places from the present turnpike-way.

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CASTLE OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE.

THE date of the first building, or rather perhaps of the enlarging v 2.415, re-edifying, or refounding of this once very strong and important fortress, is differently fixed by different historians; some placing it in the year 1079 w 2.416, others in 1080 x 2.417, and 1082 y 2.418. And if we will believe our metrical annalist Hardyng, it was not erected till the reign of William Rufus z 2.419. Many considerations induce us to lament that no one has set about to give us a work to be intitled, "The Harmony of English Historians:" till that appear we may perhaps do something towards reconciling the various and clashing accounts of the building of this castle, by supposing that the earliest relate to the year when it was be∣gun, and the others to the time of its final completion.

However that may be, the greater part of our historians agree that this work was undertaken during the reign and at the command,

of William the Conqueror, under the direction of Robert Curthose, his eldest son, on his return from an unsuccessful enterprize against Mal∣colm king of Scotland, who, presuming on the absence of William on the Continent, where he was likely to have been a long while detained by the revolt of the Normans, and the diversion of his French enemies, had passed the borders of the two kingdoms, and wasted the northern provinces of England.

Its having been called, on its erection, the "New Castle," seems strongly to imply that it arose from the site of some older fortress, from which, by way of contradistinction, it derived a name extended after∣wards to the adjoining town, and which is still retained in its present appellation a 2.420. Thus, as Dr. Plot, in his History of Staffordshire, in∣forms us in a very similar instance, Newcastle under Lyme b 2.421 or Line, in that county, had its name from the old castle of Chesterton under Lyme, which at the time of its erection was falling into ruin.

Scarcely had this castle been completed, before it was converted to a purpose very different from the intention of building it, having been se∣cured to protect the rebellion of Earl Mowbray against William Rufus, the son and successor of William the Conqueror. The King marched against it, in the year 1095 c 2.422, with a great army, and took it after a

short siege, together with several of the partizans of that noble traitor. William, having missed the great object of his northern journey in this castle, sat down before that of Tinmouth, on the taking of which also he was a second time disappointed, for Earl Mowbray was found to have taken refuge in the fortress of Bambrough. After a tedious and fruitless siege of that castle, rendered by its natural situation almost im∣pregnable, the King returned southward, but not till he had erected a castle before it to cut off all hopes of throwing in succours, and filled it with his army, whom he directed to continue the blockade.

Driven, perhaps, to great straits through want of provisions, Mow∣bray closed with an offer of some of his faithful adherents, of whose loyalty the King had however entertained no suspicions, as he had ap∣pointed them the guards of this Newcastle upon Tyne: these had trai∣terously, and with secrecy, invited the Earl to take shelter in it. The unfortunate nobleman escaped from Bambrough, but was discovered during his flight to this castle, on which he suddenly changed his route, and took sanctuary in the church of St. Oswin at Tinmouth. The holy asylum could not protect so formidable an enemy of the King, for after being wounded, he was dragged out by violence from the altar, and made a prisoner d 2.423.

In the year 1174, by the King's writ, the sum of fifty pounds was expended on the tower of this castle; as also, the same year, a farther sum of 125l. 13s. 6d. by the above writ, on the view of Robert de Diveliston and Ralph Baiard e 2.424.

A. D. 1213, King John made a foss round this castle, with some new and additional works towards the river Tyne f 2.425.

This year William, Earl of Warren, had the custody of the castles of Bamburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne, with the whole bailiwick of Northumberland, committed to his trust g 2.426.

A. D. 1224, William Briwere was constituted governor of New∣castle upon Tyne h 2.427.

In the year 1225, Hugh de Bolebec, by a special precept from the King, was acquitted from his service of castle-guard at Newcastle upon Tyne, having been with the King in his army at Bedford i 2.428. This year, also, Roger de Merley, for his assistance of the same oc∣casion, was acquitted of the service due from him, for that time, in warding the castle of Newcastle k 2.429.

This year John, son of Robert (Clavering), sheriff of Northumber∣land, occurs as governor of this castle l 2.430.

A. D. 1226, John Clavering was also sheriff of Northumberland and governor of this castle, in which trust he is said to have continued for the tenth, eleventh, and half of the twelfth year of that King's reign: his father's christian name having been Robert, he was com∣monly called John, son of Robert, or John Fitz-Robert m 2.431.

Yet in the year 1228, Brian, son of Alan, sheriff of Northumber∣land, occurs also as governor of this castle.—He was Earl of Britanny and Richmond.—He continued in this important trust till the 19th of Henry the Third n 2.432.

A. D. 1229, there was a determination that neither the King, nor the keeper of the King's castle at Newcastle upon Tyne, had a right to take prize of an hundred herring for each boat and vessel coming up to that town, and that thenceforth they should not be claimed o 2.433.

In the year 1234, twenty-two pounds appear to have been expended on the work of the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne p 2.434.

A. D. 1237, Hugh de Bolebeck, sheriff of Northumberland, occurs also as governor of Bamborough castle, and the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne q 2.435.

In the year 1248, a new gate, at the expence (to the crown) of 514l. 15s. 11d. was made in this castle r 2.436.

A. D. 1250, a gate of the same castle was repaired at the expence of 36l. 0s. 8d. s 2.437.

In the year 1266, Robert de Lisle, having taken part with the re∣bellious barons, who had made the King their prisoner, was by them appointed governor of Newcastle upon Tyne t 2.438.

A. D. 1268, the reparations of the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne cost 14l. 16s. 6d. u 2.439.

In the year 1250, the King's tower in the castle of Newcastle cost, in repairing, 67l. 5s. v 2.440.

There is said to be a roll, of the date of 1278, remaining in the Tower of London, wherein is preserved an account of the different lands and tenements in the county of Northumberland, which were at that time charged with the repairs and support of some edifices within this castle w 2.441.

December 26th, 1292, John Baliol, King of Scotland, did homage for the crown of that kingdom to Edward I. King of England, in the great-hall of his palace, within the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne x 2.442.

There is a writ, dated 1297, by which the King commanded the sheriff of Northumberland to store the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne

with victuals, and other necessaries, and to cause it to be safely guarded y 2.443.

A. D. 1299, Alan de Molton occurs as porter of this castle z 2.444.

In the year 1305, Thomas de Lucy occurs as holding the manor of Langley, in Northumberland, of the King in chief, by the service of one knight's see, an annual rent of 8s. 6d. for cornage to the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne, and by doing county suit and service there a 2.445.

May 3d, 1315, King Edward II. appointed William Ridell, Knt. sheriff of Northumberland, and committed to him the castle of New∣castle upon Tyne, to account in the King's Exchequer as former she∣riffs and keepers had done, for what related to the office of sheriff and to the custody of this castle b 2.446.

By an inquisition taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, September 13th, 1317, it appeared that Adam de Valentia, Earl of Pembroke, held, at the day of his death, the manor of Mitford in Northumberland, of the King in capite, by the service of a barony, and payment of 31s. 4d. for cornage to the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne c 2.447.

In the year 1323, one quarter of the body of Andrew de Hartela, who had suffered death for treason, was ordered to be stuck up on the tower of this castle d 2.448, which appears about this time to have been put into a posture of defence e 2.449.

A. D. 1336, there was an inquisition taken at Newcastle upon Tyne concerning the reparation of this castle, whereby it was found, that at the battle of Bannockburn, in the year 1313, when John de Kenton, Knt. was sheriff of Northumberland, the fortress, and all the edifices about it, were in good repair—that afterwards Nicholas Scot, Adam de Swinburn, William Riddell, John de Fenwick, Cuthbert de Bo∣roughdon, John de Fenwick, John de Wodhorne, John de Lilleburne, William de Tyndale, Roger Mauduit, and Robert Darreins were sheriffs of Northumberland—during which time it was affirmed that the great tower, and also the lesser ones of the said castle, the great hall, with the King's chamber adjoining thereto; together with divers other chambers below in Queen's mantle, and the buttry-cellar and pantry: the King's chapel f 2.450 within the castle; a certain house beyond the gate which is called the Checker-House, with the bridges within and without the gate, and one postern, were 300l. worse than be∣fore: they say also, that there were in the custody of Roger Mauduit, late sheriff, four hundred and twenty fothers of lead. They say also, that it was thought highly necessary, that the Baron Heron, of Had∣deston, the Baron of Walton, Lord Robert de Clifford, of the New-Place,

Chief Lord of the Barony of Gaugie, the Lords of the Barony of — and Devilston; that the Lord of Werk upon Tweed, the Lord of the Barony of Bolbeck, alias Bywell, the Baron of Bothall, and, lastly, the Baron of Delaval, should build each of them a house within the liberties of the castle, for the defence thereof. The house of the Baron of Werk was built over the Postern g 2.451.

In the year 1340 John de Biker occurs as holding the manor of Biker, containing a carucate of land, an hundred acres of wood, and 17s. 7d. ob. annual rent, of the King in chief, by the service, among others, of payment to the King, by the hand of the sheriff for the time being, 10l. yearly, for castleward, to the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne h 2.452.

A. D. 1341, Lord John Nevil, of Hornby, occurs as captain of this castle; when Earl Murray appears to have been confined in it as a prisoner i 2.453.

In the years 1342 and 1343 k 2.454, William de Felton appears to have been sheriff of the county of Northumberland, and governor of this castle l 2.455.

A. D. 1346, Robert Lord Bertram occurs as sheriff and governor of this castle m 2.456.

December 27th, 1351, the King appointed William de Watford keeper of the gate of this castle, with the same salary that Nicholas de Ufton, deceased, had, and his predecessors in that office n 2.457.

A mandate occurs from the King to John de Coupeland, sheriff of Northumberland, to keep the person of David Brus safely and se∣curely in this castle, unless Henry de Percy, and Ralph de Nevill, should agree at Berwick upon Tweed to deliver him up for certain hostages of Scotland o 2.458.

A. D. 1357, Castle-Moor and Castle-Field, anciently annexed to the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne, were granted by the crown, and made parcel of the corporation of that town p 2.459.

In the year 1360, Richard de Cramlington, brother and heir of John de Cramlington, occurs as paying for his lands in the village of Cramlington (amongst other things), three shillings and four-pence for ward to the castle of Newcastle q 2.460.

A. D. 1361, the King granted the custody of the gaol, and of the gate of the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne, to Thomas Rote, for the term of his life, and with such fees as his predecessors in those offices, William de Watford and William Fox, had been accustomed to re∣ceive r 2.461.

May 20th, 1362, a mandate occurs from the King to Henry del Strother, late sheriff of Northumberland, to deliver up John Gray and Thomas de Hay, hostages of Scotland, to Roger de Wyderington, then sheriff of Northumberland, by whom they are directed to be kept safe in the King's castle at Newcastle upon Tyne.

A similar mandate occurs, dated June 20th, 1363, to the above Roger de Wyderington, to deliver up Thomas del Hay to Richard de Horsley, then sheriff of Northumberland, to be safely kept in the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne s 2.462.

Among the petitions in parliament, A. D. 1377, there occurs one

for the reparation (among other northern castles) of that of Newcastle upon Tyne, and for the placing of a proper constable to reside in the same t 2.463.

In the year 1384, Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, had the sherissalty of that county, and the custody of Newcastle upon Tyne, committed to his trust u 2.464.

A. D. 1390, Sir Ralph Eure, Knt. occurs as sheriff of Northum∣berland, and governor of the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne v 2.465.

In the year 1399, King Henry IV. granted a charter to separate the town of Newcastle upon Tyne from the county of Northumberland, and make it a distinct county of itself: it is observable, that there is no express mention of any exception of this castle, or the limits thereof, called Castle-Yard, in the above charter w 2.466.

An extraordinary grant, and which was afterwards most ungrate∣fully

repaid x 2.467, of the wardenship of the north marches, together with the castles, towns, lordships, customs, and fee-farms of Carlisle and Newcastle upon Tyne, &c. &c. to be held of the King by knight's service, was made by King Edward the Fourth, in his 20th year, to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and confirmed by the parliament at Westminster, in the year 1482 y 3.1.

September 21st, 1485, King Henry VII. granted, by letters patent, to William Case, Esq. during life, the office of constable of the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne, with the accustomed wages and fees z 3.2.

February 15th, 1494, the office of constable of this castle, then vacant by the death of Sir Robert Multon, Knt. was granted, by let∣ters patent of the same, to Roger Fenwick, Esq. with the wages and

fees of 20l. per annum, out of the revenues of the county of North∣umberland, with other emoluments a 3.3.

By a clause in a charter of the 31st of Queen Elizabeth, to the cor∣poration of Newcastle upon Tyne, the supposed private act of parlia∣ment, whereby this castle and its precinct had been restored b 3.4 to the county of Northumberland, after the charter of the 1st of Henry IV. had constituted the town of Newcastle a county of itself, was in a great degree invalidated, and the same power given to the magistrates of Newcastle in this place, the dungeon only excepted, as in all others under their peculiar jurisdiction c 3.5.

From the year 1605 to 1616, this castle, no longer a fortified place, was farmed, for I know not what purpose, by the incorporated com∣pany of taylors of Newcastle upon Tyne, at the annual rent of one pound sterling—part of the keep, however, still continued to be used as a prison d 4.1.

King James I. by letters patent, dated April 14th, 1618, granted, and let to farm, at the rent of forty shillings per annum, for the term of fifty years, to Alexander Stevenson, Esq. one of the pages of his bedchamber, "all that his old castle of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne and the scyte and herbage of the said castle as well within the walls of the same as without, with the rights, members, privileges, &c. thereto belonging." The county prison for Northumberland, with the

Moot-Hall e 4.2, and other conveniences for keeping the assizes and sessions for the use of the county of Northumberland, were excepted in this grant, at the time of the date of which the castle-ward rent amounted to 32l. per annum f 4.4.

August 18th, 1620, an inquisition was taken concerning the bounds

of this castle, and the lands thereto belonging, and there was an in∣formation thereupon in the exchequer chamber g 4.5.

In the year 1643, Sir John Marley, Knt. then mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne, covered the keep of this castle with planks h 4.6, and placed cannon thereupon for defence of the town against the Scots: he retired to it, with some others, after the enemy had taken Newcastle by storm, October 19th, 1644, and held it out against them for eight days with great gallantry i 4.7.

An information occurs in the House of Commons' Journals, Nov. 17th, 1646, concerning the moat of this castle, and the wall thereof, which appears to have fallen and destroyed many houses k 4.8.

There is remaining in the Augmentation-Office the original of "A survey of the farme of the old castle of the towne of Newcastle upon Tyne with all the rights members and appurtenances therof lyeing and being in the countie of Northumberland late parcell of the possessions of Charles Stuarte late King of England made and taken by us whose names are hereunto subscribed 29 October 1649 by virtue of a commission grounded upon an Act of the Commons assembled in Parliament for the sale of the honors mannors and landes heretofore belonging to the late Kinge Queene and Prince under the hands of seaven of the trustees in the said acte named and appointed."

The description and boundary are as follows: "All that the old cas∣tle being a stronge and greate tower of free stone situate in the midst of the Castle-Garth in the county of Northumberland and bounded with stronge workes of stone and mudde is now garrisoned by the parlia∣ment's forces and used by them as a magazeene of ammunicion for the garrison of Newcastle and therefor we have not surveyed nor valued the same.

"Which sayd old castle with the seyte thereof togeather with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging are butted and bounded by a channell

whiche beginnes and leades from the north side of the fore part of a house and shopp now in the occupacion of Alexander Veache of New∣castle by the wall from the north-west of the Black-Gate and soe the channell leadeth south-weste from the sayd house and shopp by the wall within whiche is a peece of waste grounde over agaynst Bayly-Gate. It boundreth all alonge within the channell without an outward wall to the west. This wall leades south south-west the corner wherof is butted by a dwelling-house now inhabited by Cuthbert Maxwell bordring on the west side of the sayd corner from thence southe alonge the channell through the grate of the Longe-Stayres and soe along the channell to another grate below adjoining to a corner of an old stone-wall whiche pointeth directe weste and is parte of the house of Michael Moore And soe the wall leades south through the sayd house a small distance to Mr. James Claverynges garden and soe leades along east on the south side of a tenement now in the possession of Robert Peacock and south of the inner-wall of the Castle-Garth directly by an old ruined wall south on Mr. Bowes his garden to the boundring stone on the common passage called the Castle-Staires under whiche boundring stone there is a grate and a channell or water passage that falls thro' the same and boundreth south on the inner-wall of the Castle-Garth east from the sayd boundring stone and on the south of Mr. William Cal∣verleyes garden alonge the outward-wall to the ende of a stone and bricke-house in the same garden belongyng to the sayd Mr. William Calverley and in possession of Mr. Marke Milbankes. From thence it boundreth by a corner of the old wall and leades directly northe and on the east side of the inner-wall of the Castle-Garthe and on the east side of the Moote-Hall and east of divers gardens and wast grounds be∣longing to the old castle and now in the possession of divers persons of Newcastle whose houses bounder on the east of the sayd gardens All whiche houses are in the towne and countie of Newcastle viz. from the garden now in the possession of Mrs. Joane Carre 16 yards in length east and west and 7 yards in bredth unto Mrs. Alice Ile her gardens 9 yards square which lyeth the northermost part of all the gardens and wast grounds and adjoins to the inner-wall of the Castle-Garthe to the

west and to the backside of hir now dwellinge house on the easte and so boundring north-west of Thomas Huntley and Mr. Robert Hunt∣ley's gardens without and adjoininge to the north-west side and corner of a square old ruined tower near the draw-bridge of the Castle-Garth, leadinge northe and without the Black-Gate of the sayd Castle-Garthe and soe alonge by an olde wall which leades north-west to the backside of the said Alexander Veache his house and shopp to the north therof and unto the channell of the streete west from the forepart of the house and shopp aforesayd and doe contayne by estimacion five acres and a halfe more or lesse and all wayes passages, lights, easments, waters, wa∣ter-courses commodities advantages and appurtenances to the aforsayd old castle and scyte therof or any parte or parcell therof in any wise belonging or apperteyning per annum.

Summa totalis 116l. 15s. 6d. l 5.1.

• Signed Robe. Stafford
• Rob. Boittours
• William Peglors
• Benja. Jones

Examin. per Willielmum West

Supervisor' General 1649.

By order of the committee for removing of obstructions dated 25 March 1650 Resolved that auditor Phillipp Darrell hath the right of preemption in and to the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne with ap∣purtenances.

Will. Webb 1650."

A. D. 1652, the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne purchased of Mrs. Jane Langston, relict of John Langston, groom porter, for the sum of 300l. her right and title to this castle, and the precincts thereof m 5.2.

About the year 1662, the King was petitioned to grant this castle and its precincts, the lease whereof to Stevenson was within a few years of expiring, for the use of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Upon this a dispute arose, whether a grant thereof were not more proper for the county of Northumberland than for the town, because it was alleged, though the said castle and garth stand in Newcastle, yet they belong to the county of Northumberland.

Lord Ogle, on behalf of that county, having had a conference with those who appeared for Newcastle, was convinced that it was more proper for the town of Newcastle to have them, on being assured that the gaol, &c. should still continue for the service of the county as heretofore.

In the interim of this dispute, Lord Gerard prevented the corpo∣ration of Newcastle, and obtained a grant under the seal of the ex∣chequer, dated August 13th (or 30th) 1664, for 99 years in rever∣sion,

determinable on three lives, at the annual rent of forty shil∣lings n 5.3.

In the year 1668, we find the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Newcastle, petitioning the King to revoke Lord Gerard's grant, as it was only under the exchequer seal, was at an under value, and had been obtained by surprise. The matter was referred to the lords commissioners of the treasury, but they could obtain no redress for the present o 5.4.

The matter of annexing the Castle-Garth to Newcastle, and dismem∣bering it from the county, having been referred by the lords commis∣sioners of the treasury to the attorney-general, it was by him reported, that he conceived it might be more fit for the government of the inha∣bitants of Castle-Garth, if that place was put within the limits and jurisdiction of the town of Newcastle, which might be done by the King's letters patent, with a proviso that the assizes and sessions be kept there for the county, as formerly: whereupon, after great consi∣deration had of the matter by the right honourable the lord high trea∣surer, a grant passed the great seal, by way of indenture, between his majesty, on the one part, and the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle, on the other part, dated June 17th, 1685, for the term of 31 years, and at the annual ••ent of one hundred chaldrons of coals, London measure p 5.5, to be delivered in the pool of London. The King's rents in the said castle, of the yearly value of 32l. were excepted in this grant; as also, "All that great hall called the Moot-Hall within the walls of the said castle where his majestyes justices heretofore used to hold the assizes, sessions and gaol-delivery and now do yearly from

time to time use to sitt for the handeling and ordering matters and businesses concerning the service of the Kinge's majesty and the state and good government of the said county of Northumberland and also all other houses and buildings and other fitt and usuall places as well within the said castle as without where his majestye's people and sub∣jects of his highnesses said county of Northumberland use to come reside and be att the assizes sessions and gaol-delivery and other such like causes and matters whereto they shall be called for the better dis∣patch and performance of their several services and offices and dutyes in that behalf due unto the King's majesty, his heirs and successors according to the custom of the place aforesaid and the lawes of his ma∣jestyes kingdom. And also except all those lower places within the said castle now used for the common prison and gaol by the sheriff of the said county of Northumberland for the time being."—The grant is "of all that his said majestye's old castle of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne and the seite and herbage of the said castle as well within the walls of the same as without with the rights members and appur∣tenances of what nature or kind soever scituate lying and being or to the said premises in any wise belonging or appertaining in the county of Northumberland or in the county of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne or either of them—And all those his majestye's lands, closes of meadow or pasture called or known by the name or names of the Castle-Fields and the Fryth with their and every of their appurte∣nances lying and being in the county of Northumberland or the said county of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne aforesaid or either of them r 5.6."

In Trinity Term, 1690, the Earl of Macclesfield caused a scire facias to issue out to revoke the letters patent, pretending that the King had not power to take the Castle-Garth out of the county of Northumber∣land, and annex it to the town of Newcastle: the corporation of that town retained Mr. Thomas Pingrey, a clerk in the petty Bag, to appear to the above, and give notice to them the defendants when to plead: but he neglecting to give such notice, judgment was afterwards signed on the said writ by default.

On a petition of the corporation of Newcastle to the lords com∣missioners of the great seal, dated December 6th, 1690, to set aside the judgment obtained by default, their lordships after a hearing, December 19th, 1690, declared that it should be set aside, and that the defendants (the corporation of Newcastle), by the 13th January, 1691, should plead in chief to the above scire facias.

Proceedings at law between the contending parties appear to have been continued till July 18th, 5th of William and Mary, when, Mac∣clesfield, plaintiff, against the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle, de∣fendants, the lord keeper ordered that an injunction should be awarded for stay of the defendants' proceedings against the said plaintiff and his tenants s 5.7. And also to quiet them in such their several pos∣sessions of the premises in question, as they had at the time of filing the bill, and for three years before, until the defendants should appear and answer the same plaintiff's bill, and the further order of the court to the contrary, unless cause should be shewn to the contrary, at the next ge∣neral

seal, Mr. Solicitor Rawlingson praying a day till then to be heard therein.

July 24th, 5th William and Mary—No cause being then shewn to the contrary, it was therefore upon the motion of Mr. Hollis, being of the plaintiff's council made at the rising of the court, ordered that the said former order be made absolute t 5.8.

October 2d, 1704, the mantle-wall in the Castle-Garth is mentioned as either having fallen down, or as being in such a state as rendered it necessary it should be immediately repaired u 5.9.

September 23d, 1734, the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle pe∣titioned the King for a farther term of the Castle-Garth, their former grant thereof from King James II. having expired v 5.10.

October 27th, 1735, Colonel George Liddell petitioned his Majesty on the same subject, but with more success, for July 2d, 1736 w 5.11, on the payment of a fine of 150l. the King granted the Castle and Castle-Garth for the term of 50 years to George Liddell, Esq. on condition of his paying annually to the Royal Hospital of Chelsea, an hundred chal∣drons

of good Newcastle coals, and of keeping all the buildings, as well those excepted in the lease as granted, in good repair.

March 26th, 1739, George Liddel, Esq. occurs as demanding a sum of money of the corporation of Newcastle, for dilapidations in this Castle-Garth x 5.12, the great gate whereof had fallen down on the 13th of the preceding January y 5.13.—Dec. 2d, 1740, they agreed to pay him 250l. on the above account.

In the year 1741, the rental for Castle-Garth amounted to 224l. 7s. 6d. z 5.14 —Nov. 19th, 1777, the Castle and Castle-Garth were demised from the crown to Henry Lord Ravensworth, for the term of 40 years and an half—from the 13th of July, 1786, at the same rents, under the same description, and with the like exceptions and covenants as in the above grant to Colonel Liddell, dated July 2d, 1736 a 5.15.

May 19th, 1779, the above leasehold estate of the Castle-Garth, af∣ter having been advertised to be sold by auction on that day by Mess. Christie and Ansell, in Pall Mall, London, was purchased by John Chrichloe Turner, Esq. one of the agents for the Greenwich Hospital estates in the northern counties of England b 5.16.

Among several rents and revenues arising to this castle, Bourne men∣tions the subsequent as payable from the twelve following baronies:

1. The barony of the Herons c 5.17, which contained Haddeston, Chir∣ton, Little-Benton, Coldwell, Swinburne and Flatford, paid for castle∣ward d 5.18,13s. for cornage e 5.20, 5s. 10d.

2. The barony of Dilstone, containing Devilstone or Dilston, Cor∣brigg, Togeston, &c. paid for castle-ward, 13s. 4d.—for cornage, 10s.

3. The barony of Walton, given by King John to Robert son of Roger, and confirmed by his charter, contained Walton, Ripplingdon, Newham, Denton, Newbigging, Kenton, Gosford and Fawden: and also Oggle, Burndon, Horton with Sticklaw and Hereford and Wod∣rington, paid for castle-ward, 2l. for cornage, 10l.

4. The barony of Bolbeck, containing Stifford, Brumhall, Slavely, Shotton, Heddon of the Wall, Hedwin East, Thornton, Whitchester, Haughton, Benwell, Elswick, Angerton, Hertbourne, Middleton, Morel, Burneton, Beril, Fenwick, Matifin, East Hawkwell, Shalow, Middleton South, Cambhow, Hertweigh, Hawick, Kirkherle, Rocheley, Newton Grange, and the moiety of Bywell, paid for castle-ward, 3l. 6s. 8d. for cornage, 1l. 12s.

5. The barony of Bolam, containing Bolam, Litedon, Burneton, Thornbury, Cupum Parvam, Wittington, Hayden, Belsow, Brade∣ford, Denum, Trewick and Tunstall, paid for castle-ward, 2l. for cornage, 8s.

6. The barony of Gaugye, containing Ellingham, Cramlington, Heaton, Hartelaw, Jesemuth and Whitley, paid for castle-ward, 2l. for cornage, 7s. 2d.

7. The barony of Marley, alias Morlaw, alias Morpeth, containing Morpeth, Grimnest membrum suum, Newham, Hebscot, Shillington, Tuysell, Saltwick, Dudden East, Dudden West, Clyfton, Caldwell, Stannington, Shotten, Blakeden, Wetteslade North, Wetteslade South, Killingworth, Benton and Walker, paid for castle-ward, 2l. 13s. 4d. for cornage, 7s. 8d.

8. The barony of Bothall, containing Bothall cum membris suis, viz. Whetworth, Newmore, Oldmore, Peggesworth, Hebborne, Fen∣rother, Tricklington, Fresdon, Longhirst cum membris suis, et Nishen∣den, Veter' Morae or the Old Moor, and Eringdon, paid for castle-ward, 2l. for cornage, 8s. 8d.

9. The barony of Delaval, containing Blackalladay, Seton cum membris suis, Neusum et Dissington, paid for castle-ward, 2l. 6s. 8d. for cornage, 3s. 3d.

10. The barony of Rosse, containing Werk, Mindram, Karham, Prestfen, Manilawe, Dunum, Palwister, Shotton, Killom, Holthall, Newton and the other Newton, Langeton, Lilleburn, Hilderton, We∣perden, Russenden, Tithington, Butlisden, and the moiety of Glat∣tendon.

11. The barony of Bywell f 5.21, containing Newbigging, Woodhorn, Lynmouth, Hyrste, Hallywell, Lynton, Ellington, cum Cresswell and Ayden membris suis, Bychefield, Inghym, Black Heddon, Samford∣ham, Newton West, Newton East, Scheellinge, Ovington, Ovingham, Milkylleye, Whitlye, Falderlye, Bromley, Appleby, the moiety of By∣well, Stokefield, Swynburne East, Swynburne West, Ryhill.

12. The barony de Copun paid 13s. 4d.

Thus far the baronies—But besides these rents, there were houses, yards, and gardens, &c. which paid to it g 5.22.

The liberties and privileges of the castle extend northwards to the river of Tweed, and southward to the river of Tees h 5.23."

The subsequent observations on the present remains of this once famous and important fortress were made July 9th, 1778.

The Keep, or Great Tower, measured 28 yards and a quarter in height: it appears anciently to have been somewhat higher, and had, no doubt, a kernelled battlement.

The ichnography of this keep would describe nearly a square, the lines of two sides of which bear to the north-west. That front how∣ever, which, properly speaking, ought to be called the south-west front, is generally styled the south one. The others are named the west, north, and east sides, with the same little impropriety.

The grand entrance, originally, no doubt, the only one, is at a great height from the ground i 5.24. Two portals, as it were, must be passed before we can arrive at it k 5.25.—From the first of these, which is on the south, and in a great wall l 5.26, which, at a few yards distance, has in∣closed

the whole keep, we mount by eleven steps to the second one, which is of prodigious strength, and from the top of it the be∣sieged appear to have had great power to annoy the assailants.

From this second portal to the grand entrance are eighteen steps, part leading from south to north, and part from east to west. No grooves for portcullises m 5.27 are discoverable in either of the portals, but so much appears to have been demolished that one cannot from thence infer that there have never been any.

The grand entrance which is towards the east, has had its arch adorned in a superb manner, with zig-zag, and other Saxon or semi-Saxon ornaments.

The wall here measured four yards and a quarter in thickness n 5.28.

Near this grand entrance, and in front as you ascend to it from south to north, is a door-way leading into a little apartment, which has been richly adorned on the inside.—It stands over a crypt or vault of consi∣derable height, on two great arches that intersect each other, of beauti∣ful

Gothic masonry.—This had a distinct roof, and the whole forms a projection eastward at the north-east angle, against the east end of which a modern house has been built. From the garret of this house there is at present an entrance into it through an arched passage, where there must have been anciently a window. At present it is a currier's shop. From the richness of its interior ornaments I suspected it to have been the chapel, to which supposition its direction from east to west is not unfavourable. It must however have been but a very small one. Bourne supposes the chapel to have been within the walls of this keep, on the ground floor, in a place which at present composes a part of Mr. Fife's very curious and extensive cellar.

The great entrance seems to have led immediately into the state apartments o 5.29, which have been lighted from the east, by the most mag∣nificent window in the whole great tower. Near this, and in the body of the wall, is an apartment with a curious draw-well in it—at sixteen yards depth p 5.30 we reached the water. The depth in all is thirty-one yards and a quarter. The water is hard and very cold. There are square cavities in the wall on each side of this well, in which are round holes for pipes, used anciently to convey the water to the several apart∣ments. It measures eleven yards to the ground from the window of the apartment that contains the well.

There is no way at present to the top of this keep, where one is sur∣prised

to find a little artificial garden, producing apple-trees, rose-bushes, &c. except by one great winding stair-case, about two yards wide, in the north-east angle. There is another stair-case q 5.31 in the south-east angle, but it is now built up at the top. It has come down to the ground floor, at which place also the communication is now closed up.

By the rows of square holes in which the beams have rested, there must have been five stories of apartments, of which the great hall and state rooms were the lowest, from the present flagged floor to the top of this tower.

There is a gallery of communication in the center or thickness of the wall, and on all four sides of it, about five yards and a halfr 5.32 from the top. This passage is about two yards and a half high, and has three or four loup holes on each side, all widening gradually inwards.

Below this in the south front is a gallery in the center of the wall, about fifteen yards and three quarters from the ground, in which there have been two large ornamented windows—nearly on a level with which on the north front is another window of the like sort.

Two great windows have let in light to the great hall s 5.33 of this keep; that in the south front, near the south-west angle, having had the pillar or division in it broken away, has now the appearance of a door-way. A door hardly half its size is at present hung in it. The other window is very observable: it is on the west side near the south-west angle.

The kitchen of this great tower has been in the north wall: it con∣tains a much larger fire-place than any other of the apartments. The chimney appears on the outside of the wall by a square projection,

ending abruptly, and yet I know not with any degree of certainty whether ever it has been carried up any higher: one of its windows has been enlarged with great labour, to give more light to a joiner's shop, into which it has been converted.

The north-west angle of this tower is of an hexagonal form t 5.34, and projects in a manner different from any of the others u 5.35. In the wall of the western front have been several necessary-houses, communicat∣ing with the great drains.

All the apartments of the ground-floor, and the county-prison itself, except when used at the assizes, have been converted into cellars: a pur∣pose for which their great coolness renders them very fit.—There is a place here, into which if water be poured in the largest quantities, it im∣mediately disappears.—It probably communicates with one of the large drains.

In the center of the present county prison is a remarkable pillar, from which arches branch out very beautifully on all sides. This co∣lumn is hollow, and a pipe has v 5.36 conducted water down through it from the well before-mentioned. There is a very observable window w 5.37 in

this place, with an arch turned in the inside to repel missile weapons, &c. See an account of many similar ones in King's ingenious ac∣count of ancient castles, ut supra.

Great alterations must have been made in the appearance of the low parts of the south front, when the temporary prison of the county was made in this keep. The present entrance, to which we descend by four or five steps, must have been first made on that occasion, for there is no arch over it in the wall. Another similar kind of entrance on the eastern side of the south-east angle, which is now built up, with a swine-stye before it, is also, without doubt, of a date much posterior to that of the original building.—

If there has been a dungeon in this keep, as there probably was, I mean that dreary kind of mansion, to which the only entrance was by a square hole in the top, it must have been filled up, as no traces thereof can be discovered at present.

NEWGATE-STREET.

NEWGATE-STREET has plainly had its name from the New-Gate which bounds it on the north.

Bourne mentions a tenement on the east side of this street, given by Mrs. Alice Belaysis to University-College in Oxford x 5.38.

The same writer tells us that a tradition remained in his time, that

there had been anciently several markets between New-Gate and the White-Cross y 5.39.

An ancient street, called Darne-Crook, runs westward to the town-wall, at the bottom of St. Andrew's church-yard. In this, says Bourne, were some wastes and houses that belonged to the nuns of St. Bartholomew.

Almost contiguous to New-Gate stands St. Andrew's church.

ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH.

THIS building appears to have retained more of its original masonry than the other churches, and, from the style of its architecture, has been generally thought to be the oldest in the town z 5.40.

Mention of it occurs, A. D. 1218, in the time of King Henry III a 5.41.

Bourne is of opinion that it was founded by the townsmen and reli∣gious houses.

A. D. 1280, the justices itinerant appear to have held their courts in this church b 5.42.

The oldest writing that I have seen belonging to this church is dated 1281 c 5.43.

John, Bishop of Durham, granted an indulgence of forty days to those who should contribute any thing to the reparation of St. Andrew's Church, in Newcastle, and to the chapel of the Holy Trinity in the same, &c. dated at Gateshead, July 19th, 1387 d 5.44.

Oswald, Bishop of Galloway, granted an indulgence of forty days to such persons as should say their prayers devoutly at this church. It is dated in the year 1392 e 5.45.

This church received so much damage during the siege of Newcastle, A. D. 1644, that no service was performed therein for a year after∣wards f 5.46.

A. D. 1652, this church was repaired by an assessment upon the houses and lands in the parish g 5.47.

In the year 1678, the parishioners of St. Andrew's petitioned the common-council of Newcastle to assist them in repairing this church h 5.48.

A. D. 1707, the floor of this church appears first to have been co∣vered with flag stones i 5.49.

In the year 1708, the corporation of Newcastle gave 10l. towards the reparation of this church: a cess of 6d. per pound on all the lands and tenements in the parish having been found insufficient for that purpose k 5.50.

CHANTRIES IN ST. ANDREW'S.

THERE were three chantries here in the times of popery—one

dedicated to St. Mary, another to the Holy Trinity, and a third to St. Thomas.

St. Mary's chantry is supposed to have been founded in the reign of King Edward the First, as mention of it occurs in a charter dated in the latter part of his reign.

It was of the yearly value of 6l. 12s. 10d. l 5.51.

Sir John Sadler was priest thereof at the suppression m 5.52.

The church-wardens of St. Andrew's appear to have been patrons of this chantry n 5.53.

The following account of it occurs in a certificate of colleges and chantries in Northumberland and Durham, 37 Hen. VIII. remaining in the Augmentation-Office:

"The chauntrie of oure Ladie in the parishe church of Saynt An∣drewe in the towne of Newcastel upon Tyne was founded by reporte to fynd a prieste for ever for the mayntenaunce of God's service and to pray for all Christen sowlis and the saide prieste to have the revenues of the same for hys servyce which is so continued hitherto and ther is no dede of foundacion to be shewed—Yerely value 4l. 13s.—Accordyng to this survey 6l. 12s. 10d. as apereth by a rentall wherof is to be de∣ducted

17s. 8d. for decay of certen rents charged in the summe afor∣said, for rents resolut. 2s. 6d. for one obytt, 3s. and for the tenthes 9s. 5d. paid to the Kinges majestie as apereth in the said rentall, 32s. 7d. and remayneth clerly 100s. 3d. whiche ar employed to the sustentacion and relief of John Sadler, prieste, incumbent ther as hathe ben accus∣tomyd hertofore.—Ornaments &c. 20s. 2d. as apereth by a perticuler inventory of the same.—Ther wer no other landes &c."

The second chantry was dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and is thought to have been founded by Sir Adam de Athol o 5.54, knight, sheriff of Northumberland, 1383.

The yearly value thereof was 4l. 2s. 10d.—Thomas Westhe was the last incumbent, and had a pension of 2l. 1s. 5d. per annum p 5.55.

The following account of this chantry occurs in the certificate above∣cited, of the 37 Hen. VIII. remaining in the Augmentation-Of∣fice:

"The chauntrie of the Trinitie in the parishe churche of Saynt An∣drewe in the towne of Newcastel upon Tyne was founded by reporte to fynde a prieste for ever for the mayntenance of Godd's service and to pray for all Christen fowles which is so continued hitherto but ther

is no dede of foundacion to be shewed.—Yerely value 64s. 2d.—Ac∣cording to this survey 4l. 2s. 10d. as apereth by a rentall wherof is paid out for rents resolut' 18s. and for the tenthes 6s. 5d. paid to the Kinges majestie, 24s. 5d. and remayneth clerely 58s. 5d. which ben employed to the sustentacion and relief of Davy Sympson prieste incum∣bent there.—Ornaments &c. 8s. 10d. as apereth by a perticler inven∣tory of the same.—Ther wer no other landes &c q 5.56."

The third chantry in this church was dedicated to St. Thomas r 5.57. No mention occurs of it in the certificate above-cited, of the 37 Hen. VIII. in the Augmentation-Office.

THE ALTAR.

A RENT-CHARGE of five shillings per annum to the sustentacion or support of the altar of the church of St. Andrew, occurs about A. D. 1251, issuing out of certain lands near the street leading to Pilgrim-Street s 5.58.

The altar here (as was the whole church at the same time) was beau∣tified

in the year 1781. A new service of silver-plate was subscribed for, and procured, with a beautiful altar-cloth, on the occasion.

THE STEEPLE.

THIS steeple has probably had the name and arms of Robert Rodes in the center, under the belfry, as in the other churches of the town t 5.59.

It appears to have been battered down by the cannon of the Scots army, during the memorable siege of the town in 1644 u 5.60.

It contains six bells, of a soft melodious sound.

PARISH REGISTER.

THE register of this church begins about 1597. Some few leaves of a prior date appear to have been lost.—Bourne, very unjustly, complains that this register has been badly kept v 5.61.

From January, 1688, to January, 1708, there were baptized, at this church, 1531 children—married 348—buried 1671.

From January, 1729, to January, 1749, there were baptized here 1866—married 516—and buried 2224.

From January, 1759, to January, 1779, there were baptized here 1751—married 731—buried 1931 w 5.62.

CHARITY-SCHOOL.

THIS was founded by Sir William Blackett, Bart. x 5.63 and the first boy entered the school in January 1708.—It was for thirty boys.— The last Sir William Blackett, the son of the founder, about the year 1719, made an additional endowment for the purpose of clothing them y 5.64.

ORGAN.

AN organ, purchased by a voluntary subscription of the parishioners, was erected in this church, A. D. 1783. An order of the common-council was made in 1776, to establish a salary of 20l. per annum, for the organist of the organ intended to be set up in this church z 5.65.

In 1783, the parishioners of St. Andrew's parish purchased a piece of waste ground, lying on the west side of the church-yard, to enlarge

their burial ground. This was consecrated by the Bishop of Clonfort, in the month of September, 1786.

LEGACIES LEFT TO THE POOR OF ST. ANDREW'S.

IN the year 1592, Christopher Chaitor, of Butterbye near Dur∣ham, by his last will, gave to the poor of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the parish of St. Andrew's, where he was born, fortie shillings a 5.66.

Left by Mr. William Carr, 1l. 2s. as a legacy to the church b 5.67.

To be distributed amongst poor householders.

Left by Henry Hilton, Esq. 4l. per annum c 5.68.

Mr. Robert Anderson, 5l. d 5.69

Dr. Aldworth's land in Akewell-Gate, in Gateshead, 1l. e 5.70

Left by Sir Alexander Davison, to be paid out of the town-chamber, upon Lady-Day, March 25th, 2l. f 5.71

Left by Mr. Thomas Davison, to be paid yearly, in December, out of the merchants' company, besides another legacy out of three tene∣ments, 3s. each.—In all, 1l. 9s. g 5.72

Left by Mr. Timothy Davison, to be paid yearly, in December, at Christmas, for 15 poor freemen, or widows, not merchants, out of the merchants' company, 1l. h 5.73

Paid out of the town of Newcastle, at two payments, Michaelmas and Lady-Day, 4l.i 5.74

Left by Sir Mark Milbank, 3l. per annum k 5.75.

"Sir William Blackett, Bart. alderman, and sometimes mayor, also

a burgess for this towne departed this life May 16th 1680. By his last will did bequeath to the poor of the parish of St. Andrew's forty shillings yearly for everl 5.76"—(out of a house at the Bridge-End.)

"Sir William Blackett, Baronet, alderman, twice mayor and also burgesse for this towne departed this life the 2d of December 1705. He in his life time gave an out-rent of 13s. 4d. to this church of St. Andrew's and also a close of three pounds a year and by his last will gave one thousand pounds to purchase an estate for the use of this pa∣rish for ever m 5.77."

Madam Margaret Allgood gave 100l. the interest to be given to the poor of this parish, on Christmas day, yearly, for ever n 5.78.

Richard Gibson, who died January 22d, 1718, gave 30l. the in∣terest to be divided on Christmas day, yearly, for ever o 5.79.

Dame Jane Clavering, by her will, dated Dec. 11th, 1734, gave 50l. the interest to be yearly distributed by the church-wardens p 5.80.

George Mallabar, Esq. who died August 20th, 1734, gave 50l. the interest to be yearly divided, on Christmas day, for ever q 5.81.

Mrs. Isabel Wrightson, who died March 13th, 1716, gave 50l. the interest to be paid yearly for the poor of St. Andrew'sr 5.82.

John Rumney, Esq. who died February 3d, 1694, gave 260l. a fifth part of the interest of which to be given to the poor of this parish s 5.83.

Mr. William Harrison, who died July 10th, 1721, gave 50l. the interest whereof to be yearly distributed, on St. Andrew's day, for ever t 5.84.

John Scafe Slayter left 20l. the interest to be given to the poor of St. Andrew'su 5.85.

OUT-RENTS BELONGING TO ST. ANDREW'S. (Communicated by the present collector, 1782.)

	£.	s.	d.
"Lease—Mr. Wilson, for houses in Sid-Gate	7	15	0
Lease—Mr. Hedley, the houses in the Church-Yard	1	14	0
Mr. Pott's house, above the hospital, Gallow-Gate	0	2	6
Mr. Davis, for his house in Pilgrim-Street	0	2	0
Mr. Peters, ditto	0	2	0
Mr. Dodd, the tan-yard, left side of Darn-Crook	0	5	0
Mr. Yeilder, right side ditto	0	3	4
Lease—Mr. Coulson, the Thatch-House, ditto	0	4	10
Mr. Westgarth's shop, at the Church-Gate	0	0	6
Mrs. Young, ale-house next the church	0	13	0
Mr. Mason, for houses in the High-Friar-Chare	0	6	0
Mrs. Strickett, for ditto	0	3	4
Mr. Younger, for ditto	0	3	0
Mr. Robinson, for his house in the Great-Market	0	13	4
Mr. Donkin, for an house, head of Dog-Bank	0	8	0
Lease—Mr. Gunn, for a coach-house above Mr. Darnell's	0	3	4
Mr. Hedley, Saville-Row	0	2	0
Mr. Moseley's house	0	2	6
Mr. Charleton, for Dr. Hall's house	0	2	0
Mr. Lowes, for a house in the Oat-Market, above the Unicorn	0	4	9
Mr. Armstrong, for the same	0	4	9. u 5.86

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS IN ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH AND CHURCH-YARD.

TRINITY Chapel. Sir Adam de Athol, and his wife Mary, un∣der a very large stone, which has originally been plated very curiously with brass. The remains of their effigies are still to be seen.—He is pictured at length in armour, having a sword on his left side, and a dagger on his right.—Her effigy hath nothing remaining of it but from the shoulders upwards.—The arms of both their families are still to be seen on the tomb-stone.

What remains of the inscription is this: "Hic jacent Dominus Ada∣marus de Atholl miles & Domina Maria uxor ejus quae obiit quarto decimo die mensis ..... anno Domini millesimo tricentesimo...... Animarum propitietur."—The remaining part of the date is broken off: Grey, however, in his account of this stone, tells us, it was in the year 1387, which is very probably the time that his wife died; for it is a mistake that he died then, as appears by the indulgence above∣mentioned.—Bourne.

There was, very lately, on this stone, inlaid with brass, a shield with arms, as quartered at this day by the Dukes of Athol.

Joshua Twizell, June 23d, 1718.

Thomas Winship, tanner, September 2d, 1695.

Christopher Rutter, baker and brewer, March 17th, 1714.

Mrs. Elizabeth Davison, mother of Mr. Thomas Davison, January 20th, 1724, aged 84 years.

Nicholas Fenwick, merchant, 14th December, 1725.

Mr. John Dawson, taylor.

Mrs. Barbara Davison, January 8th, 1730.

In the chancel near the altar.

James Ogle, of Causey-Park, Esq. upon whose tomb-stone, which is of marble, is the following inscription: "Hic jacet Jacobus Ogle de Causey-Park in comitatu Northumb' armiger, antiquitate domus utpote ex prenobili baronia Ogle de Ogle stirpe recta linea oriundus, vere

clarus. sed invicta in perduelles, grassantibus nuperis civilibus bellis, animi magnitudine, constantia in regem etiam in tristissimo authoritatis deliquio. Fidelitate, in superiores observantia, in pace comitate, in in∣seriores benignitate, quae omnia justissimo titulo sua vocare poterat, multo illustrior. Obiit Dec. 4^o. die annoque Domini 1664."

Thomas Harrison, barber surgeon, who died Feb. 24th, 1679.

Thomas Bednel, 14th July, 1701.

Christopher Barker, Oct. 26th, 1718.

Robert Tod, October 5th, 1730.

Within the rails of the communion lie interred the bodies of Cuthbert Lambert, M. D. and of Cuthbert his son—as yet without any inscription.

—Tanner—Rutter—Romaine—Younger—Mills—Drum ••••nd.

William Reed, 1683—David Cooper, 1748—Christopher Barker, 1705.—Thomas Beadnell, 1715.—Thomas Harrison, 1675.

North-Isle.

Robert Mills, house-carpenter.

South-Isle.

Dorothy Harrison, May 27th, 1702.

West-End.

William Milburn, 1772—R. Bates, Esq.—Richard Ward of Wall∣cott in Norfolk, Esq.—Joseph Richmond, 1763—Henry Cowell, 1761.

Church-Yard.

On a table monument opposite the porch door:

"H. R. I. P. Car. Avison denati 9 Maii, 1770. a^o aetatis 60. Cath. uxor denati 14 Octob. 1766. —53. Simul cum filia Jana conjugi moestissimo Roberto Page immaturè erepta 14 Julii, 1773, annos nata, 28."

On an adjoining table monument, ibid. "In memory Of Edward Avison and Margaret his wife, who were eminent for piety and primitive simplicity of manners: Having each borne a lingering disease, with the most exemplary patience and resignation; They rejoiced at the approach of death, and expired with hopes full of immortality. He died in October, 1776, aged 29. She in November, 1777, aged 33."

On an upright head-stone in St. Andrew's church-yard:

"Here lieth the body of Jane Murray, the Daughter of George Murray and Margaret, his wife, who died 29th September, 1765, aged 22 years. Also of Margaret Murray, his wife, who died March 19th, 1772, aged 57. Also the above George Murray, who did 30th January, 1779, aged 68. Also James Murray, son of the above George and Margaret Murray, who died 19th April, 1779, aged 39."

January 12th, 1376, Thomas, Bishop of Durham, granted leave to the parishioners of St. Andrew's to build in their church-yard, saving the episcopal rights and those of the parish-church of St. Nicholas in Newcastle upon Tyne.—Register Hatfeld, p. 119. Randall's MSS.

CURATES, LECTURERS AND ASSISTANT-CURATES OF ST. ANDREW'S.

THE vicar of Newcastle pays to the minister or lecturer of this church, as curate, 3l. per annum—The corporation of Newcastle pays him as lecturer, 100l. per annum, and the King pays him 5l. 2s. 6d. aliter 5l. 5s. 5d. per annum.—Randall's MSS.

William Hydewyn occurs as parish-priest here, A. D. 1378 w 5.87.

William Hunter occurs 1424 x 5.88.

Bartram Cowghram, February 1st, 1578 y 5.89.

Thomas Maislete occurs as curate, January 23d, 1580. Also July ••th, 1586 z 5.90.

Robert Askewe occurs A. D. 1589 a 5.91.

Robert Bonner, A. B. licensed Dec. 17th, 1636. See afterwards 1669 b 5.92.

Francis Gray about 1622, buried January 14th, 1641 c 5.93.

In 1641, Mr. Ander occurs as minister of this church d 5.94.

March 7th, 1641, John Clark, A. M. and free burgess of Newcastle upon Tyne, was on the petition and recommendation of the parishion∣ers, appointed by the common-council to succeed Mr. Gray, with a salary of 40l. per annum e 5.95. He was sequestered and plundered— Buried April 5th, 1667, at St. Nicholas.

April 5th, 1647, there is an order of common-council, to six Mr.

Stephen Dockray at St. Andrew's, where he had been for some time upon trial—salary 80l. per annum. June 20th, 1660, he was established there by the same authority, to preach forenoon and afternoon—salary 80l. per annum.—He was buried August 11th, 1660, at St. Andrew's f 5.96.

In September 1660, Dr Wishart was appointed in the place of Mr. Dockray by the common-council, by a letter from the King—salary 80l. per annum. He was removed from thence to St. Nicholas.

August 27th, 1662, John Clark, A. M. was reinstated at St. An∣drew's—salary 80l. "to begin since Mr. Dockray's decease."

Henry Ashburnham occurs, A. D. 1668 g 5.97.

John Weld A. B. curate, occurs September 19th, 1669 h 5.98; when A. M. confirmed by the common-council at St. Andrew's to preach and read prayers both forenoon and afternoon, and do all other duty at St. An∣drew's—salary 40l. per annum; raised January 18th, 1674, to 60l. per annum, and 10l. for lecturing at St. Nicholas. He was buried October 19th, 1677.

October 29th, 1677, Mr. Robert Roddam, son of the mayor of New∣castle, was appointed by the common-council, on the death of Weld i 5.99.

April 7th, 1684, Daniel Potenger, minister, was appointed by the common-council, in the place of Mr. Robert Roddam, who had re∣signed—salary, in all, 100l. k 5.100.

Dec. 2d, 1687, Mr. John Leigh was appointed by the common-council on the resignation of Potenger—salary, in all, 100l. l 5.101.

August 27th, 1688, Mr. Charles Maddison in the place of J. Leigh m 5.102.

October 8th, 1688, Mr. William Drake, and Mr. Andrew Bates, were

presented to the parish for their probation, in case Mr. C. Maddison should refuse to officiate n 5.103.

July 25th, 1689, Mr. William Richards was appointed by the com∣mon-council to this church—salary, in all, 100l.—Mr. William Drake ordered 20l. for having officiated at the same time o 5.104. He was buried in the chancel of St. Andrew's, 22d August, 1705.

March 7th, 1693, Mr. Peter Strachan, curate—removed to All Saints p 5.105.

July 3d, 1695, Mr. William Aynslay, curate q 5.106.

July 30th, 1696, Mr. Charles Stoddart, curate r 5.107.

August 6th, 1702, Mr. Richard Musgrave, curate s 5.108.

April 18th, 1704, Mr. John Perkin, curate t 5.109.

September 25th, 1705, Thomas Shadforth, M. A. minister—salary, in all, 100l.—He died September 11th, 1724, and was buried at Brans∣peth, com. Dunelm', where he had before been curate u 5.110.

A. D. 1705, Mr. George Pie, curate v 5.111.

February, 1706, Mr. Thomas Pie, curate w 5.112.

February, 20th, 1707, Mr. John Potts, curate, removed to St. John's x 5.113.

May, 1707, Mr. George Lyon, curate, removed to Earsdon y 5.114.

1714, Mr. John Mitcalfe, curate z 5.115.

1718, Mr. William Hall, curate, removed to All Saints a 5.116.

1772, Mr. James Farin, curate b 5.117.

1722, Mr. William Simcoe, curate c 5.118.

1724, Mr. William Wilkinson, curate, removed to St. Nicholas, 1739 d 5.119.

John Ellison, A. M. of University College, Oxford, was appointed minister of this church, on the death of T. Shadforth—licensed Sept. 16th, 1725. He was the eldest son of Dr. Nathanael Ellison, vicar of Newcastle. September 29th, 1766, he resigned in favour of his son Nathanael Ellison, A. M e 5.120.

Richard Brewster, A. B. of St. John's College, Cambridge, curate, li∣censed Sept. 12, 1741, in the place of W. Wilkinson f 5.121.

Anthony Munton, A. M. curate, head-usher of the grammar-school. He died January 9th, 1755, and was buried at St. John's g 5.122.

George Stephenson, clerk, curate, on the death of A. Munton—re∣moved to All Saints h 5.123.

John Ellison, clerk, curate, 1756, removed to the second curacy at St. Nicholas i 5.124.

John Askew, A. B. curate, December 1756. George Stephenson, clerk, appears to have officiated as deputy to J. Askew, for several years k 5.125.

John Scott, curate, March 1763. Buried at St. Andrew's, December 2d, 1764.

Bryan Leeke, A. M. curate, 1765, occurs here, Bishop's visitation, August 6th, 1766. Removed afterwards to the living of St. John-Ley near Hexham.

September 29th, 1766, Nathanael Ellison, A. M. formerly of Lin∣coln-College, afterwards fellow of Merton-College, Oxford, one of the White-Hall preachers, was appointed lecturer of St. Andrew's, on the resignation of his father l 5.126.

June, 1773, John Brand, A. B. of Lincoln-College, Oxford,—cu∣rate—removed hither from the curacy of Bolam in Northumberland— presented to the perpetual curacy of Cramlington, October 6th, 1774; when A. M. removed, in 1784, to the rectory of St. Mary at Hill and St. Andrew Hubbard, London. In 1786, appointed one of the domestic chaplains to the Duke of Northumberland.

Thomas Ellison, A. B. on the resignation of J. Brand.

Mr. Hague on the removal of T. Ellison.

ST. JAMES' CHAPEL IN THE PARISH OF ST. ANDREW'S.

BOURNE supposes this chapel, on the north side of the Barrows Bridge, to have been a chapel of ease to St. Andrew's, for the out parts of the parish n 5.127.

It seems rather to have belonged to the lazar house that once stood near it, and was an appendage to St. Magdalen's Hospital o 5.128.

The western end of this chapel has been converted into a cow-house: in the east end is at present a dwelling-house, the fire-place of which stands on the site of the communion table. Old arches built up with brick are still observable, and the eastern window may be traced

out from the stairs of an adjoining house. The whole building is called at present "The Sick-Man's House."

ST. MARY'S CHAPEL AT JESMONT IN THIS PARISH p 5.129.

THE founder of this free chapel at Jesmont, dedicated to St. Mary, is unknown.

June 12th 1351, Thomas Hatfield, Bishop of Durham, instituted Sir William de Heighington chaplain to the free chapel of Jesmuth, within the parish of Newcastle, on the presentation of Sir Alexander de Hilton and Matilda his wife, patrons q 5.130.

A. D. 1379, one Staynley died seized of the presentation of the chapel of Jesmond r 5.131.

It appears that, A. D. 1399, Bertram Mumboucher held the advow∣son of this chapel s 5.132.

A. D. 1426, William Harbottle died seized of the advowson of this chapel t 5.133.

A Mr. Lumley appears to have been chaplain at Jesmond, before A. D. 1483 u 5.134.

In the year 1483, King Richard the Third presented Dr. Roby to this chapel, vacant by the death of Mr. Lumley v 5.135.

March 4th, 1549, King Edward the Sixth granted to the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne the free chapel of the blessed Mary at Jesmont, in the parish of St. Andrew in Newcastle upon Tyne, with all its walls, stones, timber and lead, together with an annual rent of 3s. 4d. out of lands at Old Heaton, and whatever else belonged to the said free chapel w 5.136.

Opposite Darne-Crook x 5.137 is a little running water which goes into Lork-Burn.

See the account of Ficket-Tower Ward—The debtors not confined to close prison in Newgate have liberty to walk as far as this runner, which at present is arched over, and is generally known by the name of Execution-Dock y 5.138.

A little way beyond this, towards White-Cross, stood a row of houses, nearly in the middle of the street, called the Hucksters Booths —they were pulled down several years ago, having been repeatedly complained of as a nuisance to the street z 5.139.

I find mention of the White Cross, A. D. 1410 a 5.140.

Newgate-Street, from the Scotch Inn b 5.141 (a place where anciently the kings, nobility, &c. of Scotland lodged in time of truce or league with

England, the arch of the great gate-way of which remained till Octo∣ber 1783), takes the name of Bigg-Market and Oat-Market c 5.142.

NUNNERY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE.

A LITTLE above the Scotch Inn, on the opposite side of the street, there still remains part of the arch of the great entrance to the Nunnery of St. Bartholomew.

The account of this, evidently the oldest of the monastic buildings here, of which any vestiges are now to be found, cannot be impro∣perly prefaced with a short history of the first introduction of Christi∣anity into this part of the island.

Bede, the father of our church history, who was born in this north∣ern extremity of England, fixes this great event to A. D. 627 d 5.143.

The place now called Newcastle upon Tyne he mentions, 26 years afterwards, as the scene of occurrences instrumental, in no common degree, to the general propagation of our religion throughout the whole island, by the name of "Ad Murum e 5.144" (i. e. At Wall), as the re∣sidence of the then Christian King of Northumberland, and where two other royal converts became such by the initiatory rite of baptism.

A. D. 653, Peada f 5.145, son of Penda, King of Mercia, being here on

a visit at the court of Oswy, King of Northumberland, to demand his daughter Alchfleda in marriage, could on no other conditions obtain her father's consent but by being baptized himself, and promising that all his subjects should become Christians. Struck with the excellence of the doctrines of this new faith, which were warmly recommended to him on the occasion by his friend Alchfrid, the natural son of Oswy, who had married Cyniburga his sister, he declared himself a convert by conviction; and having been baptized, together with his retinue, by Finan, Bishop of Lindisfarn, obtained a bride, with whom he may be said to have received a truly royal dower, and who would, doubtless, encourage him in the promulgation of the Christian faith, throughout his extensive dominions. There accompanied him on this mission of conversion from the court of the Northumberland King, four priests, Cedda, Adda (brother of Uttanus, abbot of Gateshead), Betti and Dinmi, to teach and baptize his Mercian subjects, on their return home.

About g 5.146 the same time the zealous Oswy, as well by argument as friendly persuasion, recovered to the faith of Christ, Sigebert, King of the East Angles, who had apostatized after a former conversion, and who, after having been baptized, together with his attendants, by the bishop aforesaid, was accompanied home by two priests, whom Oswy, at his own request, deputed to preach the gospel to the East Saxonsh 5.147.

As no account of any building appropriated to baptism, or any other rite of Christian worship, which in that age appear to have been of the rudest and most simple architecture, is given in the relation of the above very important events, we may suppose the ceremony to have been performed in the river Tyne, if some temporary structure, inclosing a baptistery, had not previously been provided, as had before been done at York, where King Aidun was baptized, on Easter-Day, A. D. 627, in a church of wood, which he himself had hastily erected for the occasion.

To the ancient name of our town, "Ad Murum," succeeded the ap∣pellation of Monk-Chester: it is uncertain at what period this new title took place, which has generally been interpreted "The fortified resi∣dence of persons of the monastic order,i 5.148" who may have crowded into it for reasons impossible to be known at this very distant period of time.

On the introduction of monastic orders, with whom not only the reliques of saints, but also the scenes of events of great consequence to religion, were held in the highest estimation, it seems no very impro∣bable conjecture that a place consecrated to the warm imaginations of these well-meaning zealots, by circumstances so remarkable as have been just related, should be accounted sacred in more than a common degree: if we farther unite the idea of personal safety expected in what had been so recently a Roman fortification, and so often wanted in the times of the Danish invasions, with that of sanctity affixed to it by something not unlike superstition, it seems natural to suppose that those ancient devotees would prefer it on both accounts. However this may have been, we are certain, from the clearest testimony of historians, that monks, in more than ordinary numbers, resided at it, and learn farther that neither the idea of local sanctity with which we have pre∣sumed its then inhabitants to have been impressed, nor the military

works left in it by former owners, could preserve it from destruction in the predatory incursions of foreign or neighbouring barbarians k 5.149.

The monasteries of Monk-Chester having fallen, almost with every memorial of them, in the common destruction of sacred edifices, by the infidel Danes, the ruins of that place seem to have been unnoticed till about the middle of the eleventh century, when they were visited on motives of religious zeal, similar to those by which we have supposed the Town had before been rendered famous, but when scarce any vestiges of the habitations or religious houses of its former monastic orders could be found. Aldwinel 5.150, monk and prior of the monastery of Winchelsea, having gathered from ancient monuments, which he ap∣pears to have studied both from motives of christian piety and literary curiosity, that Northumberland had been particularly distinguished for its sacred edifices, formed a resolution of visiting their remains. He was accompanied in what was then a perilous journey by Elfwius and Rein∣fridus, two monks of Evesham. The holy travellers performed it on foot, in all the plainness of pristine simplicity, leading a little ass car∣rying some books and sacred vestments necessary for the performance of divine service. This happened A. D. 1073. On their arrival at Northumberland their residence was for some time at Monk-Chester: but finding there no vestige of the former monastic orders, and having been invited by Walcher, then Bishop of Durham, to place themselves under the jurisdiction of the church, rather than accept an habitation under the power of secular persons, they removed from thence a little way down the river to Jarrow, which before that time had been a famous monastery, and, though then in ruins also, was fitted up a

second time for the reception of these devout strangers. Thus was a revival given to monkery in this part of the island, after it had been extinguished and unknown here for about two hundred years, that is, from the time when the Danes had destroyed the conventsm 5.151.

Mention occurs of a small Benedictine nunnery at Newcastle upon Tyne, A. D. 1086n 5.152. Hither Agas, the mother of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, and Christian, her sister, after King Malcolm was killed at Alnwick, retired and took the sacred veil.

If we may credit a manuscript in the Bodleian libraryo 5.153 at Oxford, this nunnery owed its origin to an ancient baron of the name of Hilton. This family was of distinction in the north in times of the most re∣mote antiquity. It has lately become extinct, and experienced at last the fate of all human greatness.

Speed, on I know not what authority, ascribes to King Henry the First the foundation of the Hospital of St. Bartholomew the Apostle, for nuns, at Newcastle upon Tynep 5.154.

David q 5.155, King of Scotland, who resided at this town soon after A. D. 1135, is reported, by some historians, to have been the founder of this nunneryr 5.156. It appears by a charter of King John, that the Scot∣tish King endowed it with some lands 5.157.

King Henry I. may have done the same, and for one common reason both these royal benefactors may have been reputed the original founders.

Some time before A. D. 1149, William de St. Barbarat 5.158, Bishop of

Durham, with the prior and convent there, granted Stellingley (now called Stella), to God and St. Bartholomew, and the nuns of New∣castle.

King Henry II. granted a general charter of confirmation to this nunneryu 5.159.

Between A. D. 1153 and 1194, Hugh Pudsey, Bishop of Durham, confirmed the former grant of Stellinglei to the nuns of this house; giving them by the same, in pure and perpetual alms, "Twille," in exchange for Olworthev 5.160.

There remains, in the Augmentation-Office, a very ancient original grant, by one of the prioresses of this house, of six acres of arable land, in Haliwell, to Roger of Backworth, on the annual payment of five shillings to the light of St. Mary w 5.161.

In the same invaluable repository is preserved an original very an∣cient grant of Robert de Dyveltune, of four shillings of rent, in Mil∣burn, to God and St. Mary, and St. Bartholomew, and the nuns of this house, in pure and perpetual alms x 5.162.

About A. D. 1190, Sir Roger Bertram, for his health, and for the souls of his father and mother, and all his ancestors, gave to the nuns here two acres and a half of his pasture in Merdesfen—an acre and half next the road, with a toft in the town of Merdesfen, in free, pure, and perpetual alms.—Also pasture for their oxen, during the half year they drew in carts y 5.163.

Between A. D. 1195 and 1208, Philip de Poictou, Bishop of Dur∣ham, confirmed the grant made of Stellinglei, by his predecessors, William and Hugh, to the nuns of this housez 5.164.

About the time of King John, who began his reign A. D. 1199, Mermaduke de Tueng, and Margaret his wife, bequeathed a house and some land at Hartlepool, in the county of Durham, for the sin∣gular purpose of purchasing smocks for the nuns of this priorya 5.165.

Before A. D. 1223, Germanus, prior, and the convent of Tinmouth granted a charter to the nuns here, to receive eight quarters of wheat, yearly, from the granary of Tinmouth b 5.166.

About A. D. 1230, Sir Robert de Neuham, for the health of his soul, and that of the souls of his wife and ancestors, and successors,

granted and confirmed to the house of St. Bartholomew, and the nuns therein, all the grants and sales which William his father had made to them, or conferred upon themc 5.167.

A. D. 1233, there was a release of a messuage in fee, from Peter, son of Hawys de Pert, and Matilda and Wincey, his sisters, to the nuns of Newcastle, after a writ of right had been brought for it against John Miller, and Emma his wife d 5.168.

The same year Christian, prioress of this house, demised twenty acres of land, in the village of Halliwell, with two tofts and houses therein standing, to Gilbert Claviger of that place, for twenty years, at the an∣nual rent of 12s. 6d.e 5.169.

Milisand Godefray, by his will, bequeathed his body to be buried in the church-yard of the church of St. Bartholomew, in Newcastle upon Tyne, and to the nuns there a booth, situated between the booth of the West-Spital, and the street towards the Ghylde-Hall in the said town f 5.170.

Some time between 1249 and 1260, Walter de Kirkham, Bishop of Durham, granted a confirmation of Stellinglei to the nuns of this house g 5.171.

In a very old deed, preserved in the Augmentation-Office, witnessed, among others, by "Stephano Capellano de Thinem'," Roger de Hal∣liwell granted six acres of arable land to God and St. Bartholomew, of Newcastle, to procure a light at the altar of St. Mary, "ad procuran∣dum luminare ad altare Sancte Marie."

Some time in the reign of Henry III. Sir Roger de Merley con∣firmed to the nuns of this house, an annual and perpetual rent of four quarters of London wheat, given them by John Deaconson h 5.172, and

Isouda his wife, in frankalmoigne, out of land in Great-Benton, which they possessed by gift of the said Sir Roger.

On the vigil of St. Michael, 1257, Roger de Whytcester, for the health of his soul, and those of his father, mother, brother Nicholas, and sister Mabil, and his ancestors and descendants, gave and con∣firmed to the nuns here, to the support of a certain chaplain perform∣ing divine service in their conventual church, at Newcastle, for the souls aforesaid, and especially for his own after his death, and all faithful souls, five bovates of lands, with their appurtenances, in Du∣nington, with tofts and crofts belonging to the same i 5.173.

This was confirmed 1268, by Dame Johan de Rihil, heiress of the above Sir Roger de Whytcester k 5.174.

About 1286, Hugh, son of Nicholas Brun, occurs, as letting to farm to John Elgi, all his land in the Market-Street of Newcastle, on condition of paying to him and his heirs, yearly, 7s. 6d. and to the nuns of Newcastle upon Tyne, 18d. at the stated terms l 5.175.

A. D. 1291, mention occurs of the nuns of this house, and those of Nesham, as enjoying a pension of 13l. 6s. 8d. from the church of Wesington m 5.176, to each 10 marks.

This appears to have been given them by Richard, Bishop of Dur∣ham n 5.177, confirmed by Thomas, the prior o 5.178, and convent there, and by a bull of Pope Gregory p 5.179.

It appears from a MS. remaining in the Exchequer, that in the year 1292, the yearly revenue of this nunnery was 17l. 10s. 7d. q 5.180.

A. D. 1293, mention occurs of several rolls of the pleas in the county of Northumberland, at the assizes there, concerning this nun∣nery r 5.181.

In the year 1299, Henry Droys, with Philip and Reginald his bro∣thers, appears to have fled for felony, and taken sanctuary in the church of this house s 5.182.

A. D. 1320, Philippa de Wolteby, prioress, and the convent of this house, confirmed to Robert de Halliwelle, clerk, and Alicia his wife, 14 acres of arable land, in Halywell, at the yearly rent of six shillings sterling for ever t 5.183.

August 1st, 1322, the sisters of this nunnery received 6s. 8d. for their pittance of one day, of the King's alms, and September 14th following, on the King's arrival at Newcastle, for the same, 6s. 8d. by the hand of the King's almoner u 5.184.

A. D. 1331, Sibilla Gategang, prioress of this house, granted and confirmed to John de Wedirhall, and his heirs and assigns for ever, a booth in the Market-Place of Newcastle upon Tyne, at the annual rent of six shillings v 5.185.

May 9th, 1355, Thomas Hatfield, Bishop of Durham, confirmed to the nuns of this house their election of Alice Davill, to be their pri∣oress.—The former election of this prioress, having been irregular, had been set aside, but being a person much approved of by the convent, the Bishop, by special favour, permitted her to preside over them w 5.186.

In the week of Pentecost, 1360, Dame Isabelle Russell, prioress of this house, and the convent of the same, granted to Richard de Kirke∣by, tailor, that for arrears of rent due to them from a burgage in the city of Durham, for the first year ensuing, he should pay them one shilling, and four shillings for each of the nine following years x 5.187.

Tuesday after the feast of St. Gregory, 1363, Amisia, prioress, and the convent of nuns of Newcastle upon Tyne, released to Thomas de Loksyde part of rent due to them from a burgage at that time lying waste in the city of Durham, from which they had an annual rent of eight shillings, and which the said Thomas de Loksyde held in see y 5.188.

January 3d, 1365, a commission was granted by Thomas Hatfield, Bishop of Durham, to Alan de Shutlyng and William de Farnham, to visit this nunnery, in order to punish and reform such excesses and crimes as they should discover the nuns to be guilty of, in the course of their visitation z 5.189.

A. D. 1366, the same bishop, pitying the miserable estate of this house both as to spirituals and temporals, and dreading the immediate ruin thereof, unless some speedy remedy should be applied, committed it to the care a 5.190 of Hugh de Arnecliffe, priest, in the church of St. Nicholas in Newcastle upon Tyne, strictly enjoining the prioress and nuns to be obedient to him in every particular, and trusting to his

prudence to find relief for those whom he calls "The poor servants of Christ" here, in their poverty and distress.

May 10th, 1367, a second commission was granted by the same bishop to the said Hugh de Arnecliffe to proceed against Amisia de Bel∣ford (who is charged with having intruded into this priory) in a cause moved against her concerning intrusion, dilapidation, incontinence, and other crimes. It does not appear that she was convicted of the several crimes laid to her charge—but by an order of the above bishop, dated at Aucland, May 21st following, this Amisia, who affirmed that she was prioress, was warned to permit two nuns, Emma del Hill, and Joan de Farneleye, whom she had expelled from this house, to return to it, and was commanded at the same time to treat them in future with becoming affection b 5.191.

March 24th, 1377, Thomas Hatfield, Bishop of Durham, granted a licence for one year to Margaret York, a sister of this house, to choose herself a confessor, from whose hands she might receive absolution and salutary penance c 5.193.

There was a monition dated the 2d of the nones of November, A. D. 1377 d 5.194, from the same Bishop of Durham to the prioress and nuns of

this house in behalf of Idoma de Staunford their sister, who after hav∣ing been some time absent, though on just and reasonable cause and in good company, had, against the express request of the bishop, been refused admittance at the said nunnery on her return: This monition threatened them with the sentence of the greater excommunication if they persisted to exact punishment for such absence, or continued ob∣stinate in their refusal to reinstate her.

A commission was granted at the same time to the bishop's suffragan, he himself being absent in London, to proceed against the said prioress and house e 5.195.

November 4th, 1379, Raymund, master-general of the friars preachers, granted to the prioress and nuns of this house, a special par∣ticipation of all the masses, sermons, preachings, vigils, fastings, &c. &c. &c. of his order f 5.196.

September 21st, 1403, mention occurs of Katherine prioress of this house g 5.197.

October 7th, 1448, Robert Nevill, Bishop of Durham appropriated the chapel of St. Edmund in Gateshead to the nuns of this house, on their representing to him in a petition their misfortunes by fire, the

non-payment of their pensions, &c. so that without speedy relief their ruin would shortly ensue. The conditions of the above union were to the following effect: the nuns to find two chaplains for the hospital, and repair the chapel and other edifices thereof—the bishop reserving to himself and successors, from this nunnery, an annual pension of 6s. 8d. as also another of 3s. 4d. per annum, to the prior and chapter of Durham. For the payment of which last, a bond occurs, signed by the above nuns in their chapter-house, October 20th, 1448 h 5.198.

May 1st, 1449, William Hilderskelfe, master of St. Edmund's Hos∣pital in Gateshead, granted the same hospital, with all the possessions thereof, to Margaret Hawkswell, prioress, and the convent of this house, on condition of their finding for ever a chaplain to perform di∣vine service at that hospital: as also another sit priest to celebrate di∣vine service in the church of St. Bartholomew, either at the death or upon the promotion of the said William to any benefice of the clear value of ten pounds per annum; and also of their paying yearly to the said William the sum of ten marks i 5.199.

Robert Nevill, Bishop of Durham, confirmed the above donation made to this priory, in frankalmoigne, by his deed, dated October 7th, 1449 k 5.200.

Pope Pius, by his bull, dated at Rome, November 16th, 1458 l 5.201,

after reciting the above-mentioned episcopal confirmation, strengthened it with the sanction of the papal authority, threatening, as usual, those

that should rashly infringe it, with the indignation of Almighty God, and that of his apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul.

Dame Anne Danby, prioress of this house, with the assent and con∣sent of the convent of the same, granted, for six years, from Whit-sunday, 1470, to Robert Schyplaw Smith, a tenement of theirs, bounded by a waste of theirs on the north, and a tenement of theirs on the south, stretching from the Nolt-Market to the Convent-Orchard, at the rent of eight shillings per annum m 5.202.

May 1st, 1471, some property in Durham was granted to this Anne, alias Agnes Danby, and the convent of St. Bartholomew, as appears by an original deed of that date, given at Newcastle upon Tyne, and now remaining in the Augmentation-Office.

October 9th, 1471, John Hilton, chaplain, released an annuity of forty shillings, out of the hospital of St. Edmund, in Gateshead, to Agnes Danby, prioress, and the convent of this house; which an∣nuity appears to have been granted to him by Margaret Mytford, late prioress of this nunnery of St. Bartholomew n 5.203.

August 20th, 1486, Joan Baxter, prioress of this house, granted in fee-farm to Thomas Lokwood, merchant, of Newcastle upon Tyne, a parcel of waste ground, with a croft in Gateshead, at the yearly rent of six shillings and eight-pence o 5.204.

September 6th, 1500, Johan, prioress of this house, granted some property belonging to the same, in Hertlepool, to Percival Lamp∣ton p 5.205.

March 27th, 1501, Richard Dinsforth was admitted into holy orders on the title of priest of the nuns of St. Bartholomew in Newcastle upon Tyne q 5.206.

A. D. 1513, the prioress and convent of this house granted to the mayor and corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne, a lease of part of their property, called Nun-Moor, near the said town, for an hundred years, at the annual rent of three shillings and four-pence r 5.207.

A. D. 1520, there was an award between this house and William Bennet, Esq. proprietor of the adjoining village of Kenton, concerning the boundaries of Nun-Moor s 5.208.

John Brandlyng, of Newcastle, merchant, let to Dame Johan Bax∣ter, prioress of this house, and the convent of the same, for 99 years, from Whitsunday, 1521, at the yearly rent of seven shillings, cer∣tain

ground called the Magdalen-Deen, which had been granted to him by the master of the Magdalen-Hospital of Newcastle upon Tyne t 5.209.

About A. D. 1523, or 1524, great differences occur concerning the right of creating an abbess, or prioress, in the nunnery of this house. A prioress, it seems, had been elected to it by the abbot of Newminster, which Wolsey, then Bishop of Durham, as the ordinary, thought an infringement of his power.

Lord Dacre, warden of the marches, had interested himself in fa∣vour of the prioress and the claim of the abbot; but numerous prece∣dents, found in the bishop's registers, fully established the justice of the episcopal pretensions.

The personal worth of the lady, then not quite thirty years of age, conciliated favour on this occasion, and she was re-instated by a new and proper election; the vicar-general advising her friends to procure a dispensation for her non-age, and promising, in consideration of the poverty of the house, a mitigation of the fees of election and insti∣tution u 5.210.

On the feast of St. Martin the bishop in winter A. D. 1529, Dame Agnes Lawson, prioress, and the nuns of this house, let to farm

to James Lawson, merchant, of Newcastle upon Tyne, a parcel of ground, beside the town of Gateshead, in the bishoprick of Durham, for twenty years, at the yearly rent of thirty-three shillings and four-pence sterling v 5.211.

The nunnery of Newcastle upon Tyne was one of those religious houses, which, by letters patent of King Henry VIII. was sounded anew, and preserved from the dissolution of lesser monasteries, March 30th, 1537 w 5.212.

It resigned afterwards, and was fully suppressed, January 3d, 1540, and appears to have consisted of a prioress, a prioress that had resigned, probably on account of her age and infirmities, and nine other nuns, at the time of its dissolution x 5.213.

It has been supposed that all the hospital lands and revenues of St Edmund's Hospital, in Gateshead, were comprised in Agnes Lawson's surrender in 1540, as above, and that they continued in the hands of the crown from that time till the year 1610, when King James I. by letters patent, refounded the hospital in Gateshead y 5.214.

The annual revenue of this house, 26 Hen. VIII. was about 36l. 10s. according to Dugdale, but Speed makes it 37l. 4s. 9d.

Stevens, in his Continuation, vol. ii. p. 25, values it thus: "Summa inde 37l. 4s. 2d.—summa clara 36l. 0s. 10d. z 5.215."

The subsequent very curious rental of the possessions of the nuns here is copied from that on parchment, remaining in the Augmen∣tation-Office, and inscribed dorso (in the hand writing of Mr. Madox): "Rentale prioratûs Sancti Bartholomei in Novo Castro super Tin'."—It must be of a date between 4 Hen. VII. and the dissolution.—"A rentale of all the landes and tenements belongyng to the pryores and nunnes of the howse of Sancte Bartholomewe.

	£.	s.	d.
It' the towne of Newcastell for the Nonne-More by the yere	1	3	4
It' two howses in the hands of Rycherd Stot by yer	1	3	4
It' a close in the tenyre of Rafe Car by yere	1	0	0
It' a close in the tenire of Georg' Combe by yer	0	6	8
It' a howse in the hands of Gylbart Myddylton by yer	0	5	0
It' a howse in the hands of Robart Morpeth by yer	0	6	8
It' a hows in the hands of Wyllm. Car by yer	0	5	0
It' a hows in the hands of Rafe Dun by yer	0	4	0
It' a hows in the hands of Thomas Baxter by yer	0	1	6
It' two howses in the hands of John Langton by yer	0	8	0
It' a hows in the hands of Edward Jakson by yer	0	8	0
It' a hows in the hands of Wyllm. Nycolson by yer	0	8	0
It' a hows in the hands of Edward Pendrot by yer	0	8	4
It' a hows in the hands of Robart Patoson by yer	0	10	0
It' the glebe lands in Jesmuth-Feld by yer	2	6	8

Northumberland.

It' a tenyre in the hands of Roger Eryngton of Denton by yer	0	8	0
It' a tenyre in the hand of Thomas Duxfeld of Donyngton by yer	0	13	4
It' the new Hal at Newam by yer	0	3	4
Carried over.	10	9	2

Gateshede, in the bushoprick of Durham.

	£.	s.	d.
Brought forward,	10	9	2
It' the hospytall of Sanct Edmund the Bushop and Confessor by yer	12	0	0
It' a tenire and a clos in the hands of Henry Anderson by yer	0	6	8
It' a tenyre in the hands of the prests of Farnacres by yer	0	13	4
It' in Whikham a tenire in the hands of Thomas Pendrat & his falo by yer	0	6	0
It' a tenire in Usworth in the hands of Thomas Harle by yer	0	8	4
It' a tenire in Kyo in the hands of Robart Marla & Wyllm. Lawes by yer	2	1	0
It' Ulston by yer	6	13	4
It' Stellenglay by yer	3	13	4"
	£.36	11	2

The house of this nunnery, after its dissolution, was granted to Wil∣liam Barantyne, Kenelme Throgmorton, Gen. and Henry Annetson, by letters patent of King Henry VIII. dated at Hampton-Court, Au∣gust 4th, in the 36th year of his reigna 5.216.

It became afterwards the property of Lady Gaveere, who sold it to Robert Anderson b 5.217: after this it became so great a receptacle of Scots, and others not free burgesses of the town, persons who, during the odium that prevailed at that time against foreigners, were not accounted the most respectable neighbours, that Mr. Anderson thought proper to pull it down, in order to dislodge them. He purchased the garden also, and having filled up the dene c 5.218, or hollow, that intersected it, and cleared it of all the rubbish, converted it into a very pleasant field.

Within our own memory it belonged to the late Sir Walter Blackett, Bart. and after his death was sold, A. D. 1783, to Mr. George An∣derson d 5.219.

The exact site of this nunnery is now unknown e 5.220: Bourne, as I

think, erroneously supposes, that the passage still called Nun-Gate was not the grand entrance to it. Here very lately remained part of a great arch, that once formed a gateway, very unlike that of a back passage; especially when we consider the general poverty of style in building that prevailed at the time when this was erected.

The popular tradition, of a subterraneous communication with a neighbouring monastery, prevailed here also f 5.221: this was said to have been made for purposes that we shall but hint at, and to have ended at the house of Black-Friars. Some large vaulted drain has probably given rise to the charge against our fair and, as it should seem by this account, frail sisterhood, and it has owed its support to the ill-nature of religious party, than which no species of rancour has been found to be more malignant.

Among Fairfax's Views, published in the time of the civil wars, and now extremely rare, there occurs a small one of the then remains of this nunnery, inscribed at bottom, the "Nunns Newcastle g 5.222."

Nearly at the end of the Pudding-Chare, the street called Bigg, or Oat-Market, is separated into three divisions; of which that next to West-Gate is called the Meal, or Groat-Market h 5.223; that next to Pil∣grim-Street, the Flesh-Market; and the street between the two former is properly called the Middle-Street.

Mention occurs of a messuage called "Pold-Hall, in the Mele-Mar∣ket-Gate,"

in a deed, dated Thursday after the feast of St. Michael, 20 Ric. II. and in another dated 12th February, 1414 i 5.224.

Bourne tells us, that in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, a house in this street, belonging to one William Penrith, the site of which is now lost, paid an annual rent to the chantry of our Lady, in the parish-church of Long-Benton k 5.225.

Horseley, in his Romana Britannia, p. 132, informs us of a house in this street, in the laying of the foundation of which (about fifteen or sixteen years before he wrote), the masons struck upon the Roman wall, at each of the side walls, so that the building stands across it.

Towards the lower end of the Groat-Market is a wide communi∣cation with the Middle-Street, where a market is held every Saturday for wool l 5.226.

The continuation of this street, beyond the east end of Denton-Chare, was the ancient Iron-Market m 5.227, opposite to St. Nicholas' church.

ST. NICHOLAS' CHURCH.

THIS very capacious and superb structure, dedicated to St. Ni∣cholas n 5.228, is styled, in the earliest accounts of it, "The church of New∣castle upon Tyne o 5.229:" a circumstance which seems to prove it to be the oldest, as having been at that time the only church of the town.

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To John sones of Redley Hall in the County of Northumberland Esq. This View of the elegant STEEPLE &c of the CHURCH of ST. NICHOLAS. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Newcastle and Tyne 〈…〉〈…〉 South East 〈…〉〈…〉

Bourne supposes it was built by King Henry I. but on the authority of a book remaining in the vestry of this church in his time, it is said to have been founded in the year 1091, and, as it farther appears, by Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury p 5.230.—This Osmund, who was canonized after his death, which happened in 1099, was a Norman by birth, came over with William the Conqueror, was created Earl of Dorset, and afterwards, according to some, made Chancellor of England q 5.231.

Between the year 1115, and 1128 r 5.232, King Henry I. gave the church of Newcastle s 5.233, with that of Newburn and others, held of him

by Richard de Aurea Valle, to the church of Carlisle, at that incum∣bent's death. By this charter the above Richard, and the clergymen that served the other churches, were ordered to acknowledge of the canons of Carlisle, and to do them such service as had been usually done to himself.

The churches, on the demise of each of their respective incumbents, were to revert to the above canons, and the clerks that served them were to have necessary subsistence out of their several revenues, and the said canons the remainder.

In the year 1193, Hugh Pudsey, Bishop of Durham, confirmed to the prior and convent of Carlisle, all the churches that belonged to them in his diocese. Among the usual yearly pensions to be paid to the incumbents, there occur 26 marks to be paid from this of St. Ni∣cholas: on the respective deaths of each of these incumbents, the above prior and convent were to take the churches into their own hands, and severally present vicars to them, paying to the Bishop, an∣nually, forty marks, in lieu of aids for the whole t 5.234.

January 24th, 1194, the above Hugh Pudsey, Bishop of Durham, with the consent of the prior and convent of Carlisle, who held the vicarage of this church, appointed, for the support of the vicar thereof for the time being, all fruits, annual profits, oblations, and obventions whatsoever belonging thereto, except the great tythes u 5.235.

The church of Newcastle occurs, A. D. 1197, as standing indebted sixty shillings to the King, for an aid, set in charge upon several churches and parsons v 5.236.

In the year 1216, the church of St. Nicholas is said to have been destroyed by fire w 5.237.

Richard de Marisco, who was consecrated Bishop of Durham on the 9th of the kalends of August, 1218, ratified the churches of Newcastle, Newburn, Werkworth, Corbridge, and a moiety of that of Whittingham (no mention occurs of Rothbury on this occasion), to the bishop, prior, and convent of Carlisle, and their successors, for ever x 5.238.

Nicholas Farnham y 5.239, who resigned the bishoprick of Durham in 1249, or 1250, in consideration of the poverty of the church and see of Carlisle, granted them their several churches in his diocese, to be equally divided amongst them, reserving out of their revenues a com∣petence to the respective vicar of each church, and excepting forty marks which had been granted from thence by Silvester, Bishop of Carlisle, during his life; and after his death forty pounds sterling, to be paid by the bishop, prior, and convent of Carlisle, at a certain term for ever, at the exchequer of Durham, out of the possessions of the above churches.

A. D. 1280, the justices itinerant occur, as holding their courts in this church z 5.240.

In the year 1290, King Edward I. by his charter of inspeximus con∣firmed the charters of Henry I. and Henry II. of the above churches to the Bishop and Canons of Carlisle a 5.241.

In a valuation of benefices, &c. in the diocese of Durham, made in the year 1291, the following are the entries concerning this church b 5.242:

"The Rector of St. Nicholas at Newcastle upon Tyne,

i. e. the Bishop of Carlisle, together with a pension of 13	£.	s.	d.
marks which he receives of the vicar	38	13	4
The portion of the prior of Carlisle	38	13	4
The portion of the prior of Tinmouth in the same	8	0	0
The vicar of the same	20	5	0"

In the year 1293, King Edward I. brought an assize before H. de Cressingham and his companions, the itinerant justices at Newcastle upon Tyne, against the Bishop and Prior of Carlisle, for the advowsons of the churches of St. Nicholas of Newcastle upon Tyne, of Roth∣bury, Corbridge and Warkworth.

In this trial, where the jury gave a verdict against the King, the

bishop and prior pleaded that they held this church of St. Nicholas in common c 5.243.

In a valuation of the temporals and spirituals of the clergy of the bishoprick of Durham, A. D. 1318, the portion of the Bishop of Car∣lisle in the church of St. Nicholas at Newcastle upon Tyne is men∣tioned as being an hundred shillings—the portion of the Prior of Carlisle as a like sum—that of the Prior of Tinmouth in the same forty shillings, and that of the vicar ten pounds sterling d 5.244.

September 18th, 1322, a mass was celebrated in St. Nicholas' church in Newcastle upon Tyne, at the interment of the body of Peter le Mareshal, an officer of the King's householde 5.245.

John Craggs, of Newcastle upon Tyne, by his will, made on the Tuesday after the Nativity of St. John Baptist, 1349, gave to the high altar of the church of St. Nicholas, for his tythes and oblations not duly paid, 6s.f 5.246.

In the year 1359, the church of St. Nicholas in Newcastle upon Tyne is said to have been rebuiltg 5.247.

This year also an indulgence of forty days h 5.248 was granted by twelve fo∣reign

bishops, and confirmed by Thomas Hatfield, Bishop of Durham, to such persons as should frequent the church of St. Nicholas in New∣castle upon Tyne, at several festivals, and upon several occasions therein specified, and should also pray for the soul of Katherine de Camera, and for the health of John de Camera, Gilbert de Dukesfield, and Agnes his wife, while they lived, and after their respective deaths for their souls.

June 6th, 1360, Thomas Hatfield, Bishop of Durham, confirmed by a charter of inspeximus, the ordering of the vicarage of this church, made by Hugh Pudsey, a former bishop of that see i 5.249.

Nicholas Coke, of Newcastle upon Tyne, by his will, dated Septem∣ber 3d, 1379, gave to the high altar of St. Nicholas' church twenty shillings; also to the fabrick of the window in the choir there twenty shillings, and to chaplains to celebrate for his soul in that church thirty pounds k 5.250.

In the ordinary of the company of coopers in Newcastle upon Tyne, dated January 20th, 1426, part of their fines is directed to go to "Sancte Nicholas kyrke warke," which probably means "to the reparation of this edifice l 5.251."

Roger Thornton, senior, merchant, by his will, dated Thursday be∣fore Christmas day, A. D. 1429, gave to the church of St. Nicholas, to the "reparation and enorments thereof," forty marks m 5.252.

August 13th, 1451, a ratification of the truces of Scotland was made in the vestry of St. Nicholas' church in Newcastle upon Tyne n 5.253.

King Henry VIII. by his charter, dated May 6th, 1541, granted to the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle, among other things, "a moiety

of the rectory of Newcastle upon Tyne," enjoining the payment of "eight pounds to the Bishop of Durham out of the said moiety o 5.254."—

July 26th, 1777, the church of St. Nicholas was opened by a ser∣mon for the benefit of the infirmary, after having been shut up for se∣veral weeks, for the purpose of having it thoroughly cleaned and re∣paired.

A. D. 1783, a subscription was opened, which produced a very large sum of money, to defray the expences of a plan for converting this church into a kind of cathedral p 5.255, which is now completed with great taste and elegance, but the antiquary must for ever lament the altera∣tion, as almost all the ancient funeral monuments have been destroyed.

CHANTRIES IN ST. NICHOLAS' CHURCH.

IT was a fashion in the times of the papal superstition for lords of ma∣nors, and other persons of great wealth and importance, to build small chapels q 5.256 or side iles in their parish churches, designed for burying-places for their families, and which they frequently endowed with lands, &c. for the support of chantry priests to pray daily at altars erect∣ed therein for the souls of the founders, and those of their ancestors and posterity. There were nine (if not ten) chantries in this church.

One of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Apostle—two of St. Catherine—one of St. Peter and St. Paul—one of St. Thomas—one of St. Mary—one of St. Margaret—one of St. Cuthbert, and one of St. Loy. The total valuation of which amounted to 48l. 4s. 6d. per an∣num. A certificate in the Augmentation Office makes a second chan∣try of St. Mary in this church.

1. The chantry of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Apostle, which was situated on the north side of the church r 5.257, is said to have had for its first founder Laurentius, Prior of Durham, A. D. 1149 s 5.258. It was refounded in the year 1333, by Richard de Emeldon t 5.259, an eminent ma∣gistrate of the town, for three chaplains.

This chantry is said to have been founded a third time by Robert de Rhodes u 5.260, and Agnes his wife, and licensed by Henry VI. A. D. 1428 v 5.261, for one chaplain, with an annual allowance of 7l. 7s. 10d. with an house for his residence, given by the corporation of Newcastle, out of respect to the memory of this R. de Rhodes, to whom they owed the greatest obligations.

Before the year 1540, George Lighton occurs as chaplain of this chantry, to which he had been presented by James Lawson, mayor, and the gild brethren of Newcastle, its true patrons w 5.262.

March 12th, 1540, William Clerke was instituted chaplain of this chantry, on the death of G. Lighton x 5.263.

The subsequent account of this chantry is copied from a record re∣maining in the Augmentation-Office, containing the answer of the fol∣lowing commissioners, i. e. Cuthbert, Bishop of Durham; William, Lord Evers; Thomas, Lord Wharton; Sir Robert Bowes, Knight; Sir Francis Lecke, Knight; Robert Mennell, Esq. Henry Whitereason, Esq. and Humphrey Warren, gentleman, to certain articles of in∣quiry, concerning colleges, chantries, &c. in Northumberland and

Durham. The King's commission for this purpose is dated at West∣minster, February 14th, the 37th of King Henry VIII.

"The chauntrie of Saynt John Baptiste and Saynt John the Evan∣geliste in the parishe churche of Saynt Nicholas within the towne of Newcastell upon Tyne was founded by one Robert Roodes and Agnes his wyffe by licence of King Henry the 6th to fynd a preist for ever to say masse dayly and pray for their sowles and all Christen sowles as by the said licence shewed before the said commissioners more largely dothe appere and is so used hitherto by reporte—Yerely value 100s. —value accordyng to this survey 7l. 7s. 10d. as appereth by a rentall of the same wherof is to be deducted for the charge of an yerely obytt 10d. and for the tenthes paid to the Kinge's majestie 10s.— 10s. 10d. and remayneth clerely 6l. 17s. whiche ben employed to the sustentacion and relief of William Clarke, priest, incumbent there ac∣cordinge to th'ordynnance of the said foundacion.—The said chauntrie is within the parishe church of Saynt Nicholas aforesaid.—Ornaments, jewells, plate, goodes and catalls 113s. 4d. as doth appere by a per∣ticler inventorye of the same.—Ther wer no other lands nor yerelie profits &c. belongyng to the said chantric syns the 14th day of Febru∣arie in the 27th yere of the sayd Kinges majesties reigne more than is before mencyoned."

One of the chantries of St. Catharine, said to have been anciently founded by Alan Durhamy 5.264, appears to have had a second foundation or augmentation, in the reign of Edward III. by William Johnson and Isabel his wife z 5.265. The yearly value of this was 6l. 15s.

a 5.266Sir Peter Angrym was confirmed in the chaplainship of this chantry

August 27th, 1378, on the presentation long before of the mayor, bailiffs, &c. of Newcastle upon Tyne, its true patrons.

b 5.267Robert Mitford succeeded the above P. Angrym as chaplain of this chantry.

On an inquisition taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, September 2d, 1557, a house and waste near St. Nicholas' church is said to have be∣longed to this chantry, of the annual value of 3s. 4d.c 5.268.

The following account of this chantry is copied from the above-cited certificate of colleges, chantries, &c. remaining in the Augmen∣tation-Office:

"The chauntrie of Saynt Katheryne in the parishe churche of Saynt Nicholas within the towne of Newcastell upon Tyne was founded by one Willyam Johnson and Isabella his wyffe by a licence obteined of Kynge Edwarde the 3d for thentent to fynde one priest to say masse dayly and to pray for their sowles and all Christen sowles as apereth by a dede of the same foundacion exhibited before the said commission∣ers whiche is so usyd hitherto by reporte—Yerelie value 112s. 10d. —value according to this survey 6l. 15s. as aperethe by a rentalle of the same whereof is to be deducted for rentes resolut' 13s. 4d. and for the tenthes 11s. 3d. ob. paide to the Kinges majestie—24s. 7d. ob. and remayneth clerely 110s. 4d. ob. whiche ben employed to the sus∣tentacion and relief of Wyllyam Johnson d 5.269 priest nowe incumbent ther for his service according to the tenour of the said foundacion.—Orna∣ments &c. nil.—bycause all the ornaments of this chauntrie doo serve also for the other chauntrie of Saynt Katheryne within the same churche here under written and be charged in the same within the summe of 79s. 2d. as playnly doth appere." &c.

Another chantry of St. Catharine is said to have been founded in this church by Nicholas and John Ellerker, the deed of the foundation of which was embezzled by Richard Wallas, one of its chaplains. The yearly value of this second chantry of St. Catharine was 3l. 14s. 8d. which arose out of certain tenements situated in the Close, Castle-Mote, in the Side and in Sandgate e 5.270.

The following account thereof is copied from the above-cited certifi∣cate remaining in the Augmentation-Office:

"One other chauntrie of Saynt Katheryn in the parish church (aforesaid) was founded by one Nicholas Ellerker and John Ellerker as it is sayd to fynde a priest to pray dayly for their sowles and all Christen

sowles which is so used hitherto by reporte but the dede of the founda∣cion was imbecilled away by one Robert Walles late incumbent ther as it is said—Yerely value 73s.—value according to this survey 74s. 8d. as apereth by a rentall of the same whereof is to be deducted for the tenthes paid yerly to the K. majestie 7s. 5d. and remayneth clerely 67s. 3d. which ben employed to the sustentacion and relief of Edwarde Walker clerke nowe incumbent ther for his service according to the foundacion.—Ornaments &c. 79s. 2d. for all maner of ornaments ther apperteynyng as well to the other chauntrie of Saynt Katherine above written as to this chauntrie as apereth by a perticler inventory of the same.—Ther wer no other landes, &c."

4. The chantry of St. Peter and St. Paul is said to have been founded by Adam Fenrother and Alan Hilton, and licensed by King Henry IV. The annual value of this chantry was 4l. 13s. 4d. which arose out of some tenements in the Close, the Side, and Westgate f 5.271.

At the dissolution, A. D. 1547, Edward Fyffe was incumbent of this chantry, and had a yearly pension allowed him of 4l. 4s. 6d. which he enjoyed in the year 1553 g 5.272.

The following account thereof is copied from the above-cited certifi∣cate of colleges, chantries, &c. remaining in the Augmentation-Office.

"The chauntrie of Saynt Peter and Saynt Paule in the parishe church of Saynt Nicholas within the towne of Newcastell upon Tyne was founded by one Adam Fenrother and one Alan Hilton by a licence obteyned of King Henry IV. to thentent to fynde a priest to pray for ther sowles and all Christen sowles for ever as by the dede of founda∣cion exhibited before the said commissioners doth apere which is so used hitherto by reporte—Yerely value 4l. 7s. 4d.—yerely valew accord∣ing to this survey 4l. 13s. 4d. as apereth by a rentall of the same wherof is to be deducted for the yerelie tenthes paid to the Kinges majestie 8s. 8d. ob. quad. and remayneth clerely 4l. 4s. 7d. quad. whych ben employed to the sustentacion and relief of Edwarde Fyffe

clarke now incumbent ther accordyng to the foundacion.—Orna∣ments &c. 78s. 10d. as doth appere by a perticuler inventory of the same.—Ther wer no other landes &c.

5. The chantry of St. Thomas appears to have been founded by John Shapecape, and licensed by King Edward the Third h 5.273, having an annual revenue of 4l. 12s. 6d. The following account of it is ex∣tracted from the above-cited certificate, remaining in the Augmenta∣tion-Office:

"The chauntrye of Saynt Thomas in the parishe churche of Saynt Nicholas within the towne of Newcastell upon Tyne was founded by a licence obteyned of K. Edwarde 3^d by one John Shapecape to fynde a priest to say masse and to pray for his sowle and all Christen sowles for ever as by the dede of the foundacion exhibited befor the said commissioners dothe appere which is so used hitherto by reporte— Yerely value 4l. 2s. 2d.—value by this survey 4l. 12s. 6d. as apereth by a rentall wherof is to be deducted for rents resolut' 6s. 2d. for an yerely obytt 5s. 4d. and for the tenthes 8s. 2d. ob. paide to the Kinges majestie—19s. 8d. ob. and remayneth clerely 72s. 9d. ob. which are employed to the sustentacion and relief of Charles Newton incumbent ther accordyng to th' ordynnaunce of the foundacion.— Ornaments &c. 18s. 6d. as doothe appere by a perticuler inventory of the same.—Ther wer no other landes &c."

6. The chantry of our Lady, styled also the altar of our blessed Virgin Mary, is said to have been sounded in the reign of King Ed∣ward I. i 5.274 It is uncertain who was the founder, as the deed of foun∣dation was embezzled by Thomas Ireland, one of its chaplains j 5.275.

It is supposed to have been what is now called the south cross of the church, where a figure in stone, cross-legged, lies in a niche in the wall, conjectured by some to be that of its founder k 5.276.—Weekly prayers are now read in this place.

The yearly value of this chantry was 5l. 16s.l 5.277

John Coke, of Newcastle, by his will, dated — 1379, left to the altar of St. Mary, in this church, the sum of 6s. 8d. m 5.278

The following account of this chantry is copied from the above-cited certificate, remaining in the Augmentation-Office:

"The chauntrie of our Lady in the parishe church of Saynt Nicholas within the towne of Newcastell upon Tyne was founded by reporte to fynd a preest to say masse dayly and to pray for all Christen sowles which is so used hitherto but the dede of the foundacion was imbe∣cylled by one Thomas Ireland late incumbent ther.—Yerely value 105s.—value accordyng to this survey 116s. 10d. as appereth by a rentall of the same wherof is to be deducted for the yerely charges of two obits 12s. and for the tenthes paide to the Kinges majestie 22s. 6d. and remayneth clerely 4l. 14s. 4d. which are employed to the susten∣tacion and relief of Robert Baker prieste incumbent ther.—Ornaments &c. 6l. 2s. 10d. as apereth by a perticuler inventorie of the same.— Ther wer no other landes &c."

7. The chantry of St. Margaret, situated on the south side of St. Nicholas' church, and now called Bewick's Porch, was founded by Stephen Whitgray, and Mary his wife, A. D. 1394 n 5.279. The annual

value thereof was 5l. 8s. John Cowper, clerk, was the last incum∣bent.

The following account of this chantry occurs in the certificate above-cited, remaining in the Augmentation-Office:

"The chauntrie of Saynte Margarete in the parishe churche of Saynt Nicholas within the towne of Newcastell upon Tyne was founded by the licence of King Richard the Second by one Stephane Whit∣grave and Mary his wyffe to fynd a priest to say masse ther dayly and to pray for ther sowle and all Christen sowles as appereth by the dede of the foundacion exhibited before the said commissioners which is so used hitherto.—Yerelie value 106s. 8d.—value according to this survey 108s. as apereth by a rentall of the same wherof is to be de∣ducted for rents resolut. 3s. 6d. and for the tenthes paide to the Kinges majestie 10s. 8d.—14s. 2d.—and remayneth clerely 4l. 13s. 1••d. which ben employed to the sustentacion and relief of John Cowper, clerke, incumbent ther accordinge to the tenour of the said foundacion. —Ornaments &c. 58s. 10d. as doothe appere by a perticuler inventory of the same.—Ther wer no other landes &c."

8. The chantry of St. Cuthbert was founded in the reign of Richard II. by Thomas Harrington and William Redmarshall. The yearly revenue of this chantry, arising out of tenements in the Sand-Hill,

Side and Close, in Newcastle, amounted to 7l. 3s. 2d. o 5.280. Ralph Watson was the last incumbent, and had an annual pension of 5l. which he en∣joyed A. D. 1553 p 5.281.

The subsequent account of this chantry is copied from the certifi∣cate, cited above, remaining in the Augmentation-Office:

"The chauntrie of Saynt Cuthbert in the parishe churche of Saynt Nicholas within the towne of Newcastell upon Tyne was founded by a licence obtayned of King Richarde the 2^d, by Thomas Herington and William Redmarshill to fynde a prieste ther to say masse and pray for their sowles and all Christen sowles for ever as by the dede of the foundacion shewed befor the saide commissioners it doth appere and also to find one obytt yerely which is so used hitherto—Yerelie value 110s. 2d.—value accordyng to this survey 7l. 3s. 2d. as apereth by a rentall of the same wherof is to be deducted for rents resolut' 7s. 4d. going out of the same for an yerelie obytt 4s. for an yerelie almes 6s. 8d. and for the tenthes paide to the Kinges majestie 11s. quad— 29s. quad.—and remayneth clerelie 114s. 1d. ob. quad. whiche ben employed to the sustentacion and relief of Rauffe Watson, clerk, in∣cumbent ther.—Ornaments &c. 4l. 20d. as dooth appere by a per∣ticler inventorye of the same.—Ther wer no other landes &c."

9. The chantry of St. Loy was founded by Robert Castell. The annual revenue of this, amounting to 4l. 10s. arose out of tenements in the Close, West-Gate, and a little field situated without the West-Gate, called Goose-Green-Close q 5.282.

A licence was granted, May 22d, 1498, to John Galile, chaplain of this chantry, to take annual service r 5.283 for three years, on account of the lowness of its revenues.

Thomas Hollyman, alias Holman, was the last incumbent of this chantry, and had a pension of 4l. 1s. 2d. which he enjoyed A. D. 1553 s 5.284.

The following is the account of it in the certificate so often cited, remaining in the Augmentation-Office:

"The chauntrie of St. Loye in the parishe churche of Saynt Nicholas within the towne of Newcastell upon Tyne was founded by one Ro∣bert Castell by a licence obtained of King Edward 3^d to fynd a priest for ever to pray for the sowles of the said Robert, Johanne his wyffe and all Christen sowles and to thentent that th' incumbent should be ther daily resident by report but the dede of the foundacion was lost or imbecilled away long syns and Thomas Hollyman, clerk now incum∣bent ther is not resident but giveth to one other olde priest 46s. 8d. to supplye his rometh.—Yerely value 4l. 8s.—value according to this survey 4l. 10s. as apereth by a rentall wherof is to be deducted for the yerelie tenths paid to the King's majestie 8s. 9d. ob. quad. and remayneth clerly 4l. 14d. qua. which ar employed to the sustentacion & relief of the incumbent aforesaid.—Ornaments &c. 8s. 6d. as dothe appere by a perticuler inventory.—Ther wer no other lands &c."

10. The following account of a second chantry of our Lady, in St. Nicholas' church, occurs in the certificate so often above-cited, remain∣ing in the Augmentation-Office:

"One other chauntrie of our Lady in the parishe churche of Saynt Nicholas within the towne of Newcastell upon Tyne was founded by one George Carre merchant of Newcastell to fynde a prieste for ever by reports which is discontinued and dissolvyd as hereafter doth appere —Yerely value nil—for it dooth not appere to be charged in the certifi∣cate

taken out of the courte of the first fruits and tenths delivered to the said commissioners—Value accordyng to this survey 106s. 8d. to be paid yerely by the heires of George Carr founder of the said chaun∣trie out of the manors of Irby, Madomysley and Evington in the countie of Yorke and the bishoprick of Durham by way of a rent-charge as by a feoffment thereof made and a wylle declared upon the same beringe date the 16^th day of September (16 Hen. VII.) remain∣inge at present in the custody of Henry Whitereason Esquire to the Kinges majesties use and behofe more plainly is specified and declared to the fyndyng a chauntrie priest which is deteyned by one Thomas Carr as hereafter is declared—Ornaments &c. nil—for that suche goodes and ornaments as were apperteynyng to this chauntrie ar charged be∣fore in the value of the goodes and ornaments of the other chauntrie of our Lady beinge within the same parishe church in the sume of 6l. 1s. 10d. whiche doo serve for the use of booth the saide chauntries. —The said chauntrie hath ben dissolved & the service therof discon∣tinued syth the 4th day of Februar' in the 27th of (Hen. VIII.) now being of a late time by one Thomas Carr without any licence obteyned of the Kinges majestie in that behalfe and by what title or colour we knowe not."

ST. GEORGE'S PORCH.

GREY, for what reasons I know not, has supposed this to have been built by one of the kings of England t 5.285.

Bourne, without giving his authority, says that it was one of the chantries of St. Nicholas' church u 5.286.

This place would unquestionably be made use of when the feast of St. George was celebrated in Newcastle upon Tyne, A. D. 1617 v 5.287.

July 28th, 1710, there was an order of the common-council of Newcastle to give 100l. towards the rebuilding and reparation of this porch w 5.288.

ST. NICHOLAS' STEEPLE.

NO ideas of the elegance of the design of the forgotten architect, or lightness of the execution of the masonry of the pinnacle or upper part of this steeple, can be conveyed by descriptions of the pen: Mr Pennant x 5.289

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STEEPLE OF S^T. NICHOLAS CHURCH. Most respectfully inscribed to John Medley Esq. Alderman of Newcastle upon Tyne

allows it to be very justly the boast of the inhabitants, being a subject truly worthy of the pencil of a Sandby or the burin of a Rooker. It is generally thought to be a superstructure y 5.290, and to have been raised upon the original tower in the time of Henry the Sixth.

The original tower appears to have had a battlement of open stone work and embrasures like those still remaining on the top of Durham Abbey. At present this part is built up with bricks, which probably was done at the erection of the upper structure. However that may be, it is plainly an after-work, which, whatever it may have added to the strength, most certainly in some degree impairs the general beauty of the fabrick. Some have ascribed the building of this steeple to David z 5.291, the first king of Scots of that name, but I think very erro∣neously, and that those have much more probability on their side who suppose it to have been raised by Robert Rhodes a 5.292, a most munificent

friend in general of St. Cuthbert, the great tutelar saint of the diocese, and more particularly of the churches in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he resided.

This steeple contained originally but five bells: the peal at present consists of eight b 5.293. The three latter additional ones were given by the corporation of Newcastle, who appear to have been charged with the reparation of this structure from time immemorial c 5.294.

A former great bell or common bell, so called, it should seem, from

convening the burgesses to guild or other publick assemblies at the an∣nual election of officers, appears to have been cast in the year 1593 d 5.295.

In the year 1608, some of the higher part of this steeple was taken down and rebuilt e 5.296.

A. D. 1615, the great bell here, which weighed 3129 pounds, was sent to Colchester to be new cast f 5.297.

There is a tradition that during the siege, and before the town was taken in the month of October, 1644, the general of the Scottish army sent a threatening message to Sir John Marley, then mayor, in∣forming him, that if he persisted in his refusal to deliver up the town, they would direct their cannon so as to demolish this beautiful steeple.

The mayor, upon this, instantly ordered the chief of the Scottish pri∣soners to be taken up to the top of the tower, below the lanthorn, and returned him an answer, that if that structure fell, it should not fall alone, as their countrymen were placed in it with a view either to pre∣serve it from ruin, or be destroyed with it.—This spirited reply is said to have had the desired effect in preventing its demolition g 5.298.

A. D. 1723, this steeple was repaired at the expence of the corpo∣ration of Newcastle upon Tyne h 5.299.

About 1754, the great bell of this steeple having been broken, was sent up to London to be new cast. The present one weighs 36 hun∣dred weight i 5.300.

In the month of October, 1761, a new clock with chimes, made by Mr. Walker, of Newcastle, was finished and put up in this steeple k 5.301.

In the year 1777, a conductor was affixed to this steeple to preserve it from lightning.—One of the pinnacles was rebuilt, and several other necessary reparations were made at the same time, at the expence of the corporation of Newcastle l 5.302.

GALLERIES AND PEWS.

STAVELEY m 5.303 is of opinion, that before the reformation there were no pews in churches, but such as were appropriated to persons of dis∣tinction.

"Stall Room" and "Stalls" are mentioned in an old parish book of All Saints in this town, of the date of 1488 n 5.304; and Dr. Ellison's MSS. take notice of an old pew-book belonging to this church, of the date of 1579, containing references to a still older one o 5.305.

A. D. 1620, the gallery commonly called the School-Gallery, on the north side of the church, was built p 5.306.—It has been removed q 5.307, in con∣sequence of the late alterations, to the front of St. George's porch.

Some time between the year 1632 and 1645, an order having been received from the King to remove the gallery, which obstructed the chancel (the rood-loft in times of popery), and the church-wardens re∣fusing to comply therewith, Dr. Morton, then Bishop of Durham, wrote to Mr. Alvey, vicar of this church, to inforce their obedience to the royal edict r 5.308.

An organ appears to have been erected upon it afterwards.—See ac∣count of the organ of this church.

A. D. 1635, some new pews or seats were built in this church s 5.309.

A. D. 1785, an entirely new set of pews were erected in this church t 5.310.

CHANCEL OF ST. NICHOLAS.

THE holy table or altar, which in the primitive and in the late re∣forming times was made of wood, in the middle corrupted times was generally composed of stone, "as more corresponding with the import of an altar, whereon the sacrifice of the mass was and is still offered up in the Roman church u 5.311."

This, to distinguish it from the smaller altars dedicated to saints in chantries, was styled in the papal times the high altar v 5.312.

It appears to have been placed anciently in different parts of the church, sometimes in the middle and sometimes in the eastermost part of the chancel, according to the different fashions of the building w 5.313.

In the year 1712, the chancel of this church was wainscotted, &c. at the expence of the corporation of Newcastle x 5.314.

By the late alteration of this church, the chancel has been thrown en∣tirely open, and the communion table removed close under the great eastern window.

FONT.

IN primitive times the rite of baptism was performed in rivers and fountains. Fonts were at first erected in private houses, and afterwards placed in the church porch, and lastly in the church itself, near the en∣trance, as subservient to the sacrament of initiation or admittance y 5.315.

The font of this church, with a wooden cover to it of very light and elegant workmanship, has either been made or repaired by Robert Rhodes, the builder of the upper part of the steeple: for his coat of arms, with another, probably his wife's, is sculptured on the basis z 5.316.

WINDOWS.

"IN this church" says Bourne, "are many sumptuous windows, but that in the east surpasseth all the rest in height, largeness and beauty." Grey says, that there were in this window the twelve apostles, and the seven deeds of charity painted in the glass. He tells us also, that this window was built by the beneficent Roger Thornton the elder,

and that there was this inscription on it: "Orate pro anima Rogeri de Thornton & pro animabus filiorum et filiarum." At present there is nothing remaining of these pictures but fragments—two heads, &c. &c.

The windows of this church have many of them been entirely new built on the late alteration.—The figure of our Saviour in modern stained glass, of very miserable execution, has been happily concealed by it.

ORGAN.

STAVELEY is of opinion that organs a 5.317 are of eastern invention, and tells us that the first used in the western church was sent out of Greece to Pepin, King of France, about the year 766. I have found no account of any organ in this church during the times of popery, though it is very probable there has been one b 5.318.

About the year 1676, the corporation of Newcastle contributed 300l. towards the erection of the present organ. c 5.319. They added a trumpet stop to it June 22d, 1699 d 5.320.

A. D. 1710, the back front of this organ was finished, which cost the said corporation 200l. together with the expence of cleaning and repairing the whole instrument e 5.321.

June 26th, 1749, the common-council of Newcastle ordered a sweet stop to be added to this organ f 5.322.

LIBRARY.

BOOKS, chained in the choirs, and other convenient places, where the parishioners might come and read them, constituted the ancient li∣braries of our churches g 5.323.

Such a collection has originally, no doubt, been in this h 5.324.—No ac∣count has been transmitted at what time they were first shut up in a private and separate apartment.

A. D. 1661, John Cosins, draper, and alderman of Newcastle, be∣queathed 100 volumes (60 folios and 40 quartos) to the library of this church i 5.325.

A. D. 1677, there is an order of the common-council of Newcastle, for three pounds per annum, for a librarian to superintend this col∣lection k 5.326.

In the year 1736, Walter Blackett, Esq. was at the expence of erect∣ing an edifice on the south side of the church of St. Nicholas, the un∣der part whereof to be the vestry, and the upper apartments to con∣tain the original library, together with a great and valuable collection of books bequeathed to this church library by Dr. Thomlinson. The following inscription is on the front:

"This library was built by Walter Blackett, Esq. for the books of the Rev. Dr. Robert Thomlinson and other benefactors."

The ground floor of this edifice is the present vestry of St. Ni∣cholas l 5.327.

In the vestry are preserved the parish registers.

That of baptisms begins A. D. 1558. That of marriages and burials in 1574.

Parochial registers were first appointed in the year 1538.

CHURCH-YARD.

IN the year 1761, St. Nicholas' church-yard was inclosed with a brick wall, with rails upon it. There was left a convenient passage all around it on the outside for foot people. This was done by sub∣scription m 5.328.

LEGACIES LEFT TO THE POOR OF ST. NICHOLAS.

HENRY Hilton, of Hilton, Esq. by his last will, dated February 26th, 1640, bequeathed, for 99 years, commencing A. D. 1640, the sum of six pounds per annum, interest money, to the poor of St. Ni∣cholas' parish. This was reduced, by the interest act, to four pounds per annum n 5.329.

Robert Anderson, Esq. alderman of Newcastle, who died May 9th, 1640, left, by deed, five pounds per annum to the poor of this parish. This was lost in the grand rebellion o 5.330.

Andrew Aldworth, of Newcastle, physician, by his will, dated No∣vember 16th, 1648, left the sum of one pound per annum, issuing out of property in Gateshead, to the poor of this parish, for ever p 5.331.

Thomas Davison, Esq. by his will, dated November 25th, 1675, left to the poor of this parish the sum of two pounds three shillings and six-pence, yearly, payable in December, issuing out of property in the town of Newcastle q 5.332.

Left by Sir Alexander Davison, 2l. per annum Paid half yearly, at Lady-Day and Mi∣chaelmas.

— Sir Thomas Davison, 1l. per annum Paid half yearly, at Lady-Day and Mi∣chaelmas.

— William Carr, Esq. 1l. 10s. per annum Paid half yearly, at Lady-Day and Mi∣chaelmas.

— Mark Milbank, Esq. 3l. per annum Paid half yearly, at Lady-Day and Mi∣chaelmas.

— John Rumney, Esq. 2l. 10s. per annum Paid half yearly, at Lady-Day and Mi∣chaelmas.

— Sir Mark Milbank, 6l. per annum r 5.333 Paid half yearly, at Lady-Day and Mi∣chaelmas.

Left by Mr. Robert Ellison, the sum of 33l. 6s. 8d. the interest whereof to be paid yearly to the vicar and church-wardens.—This was lost s 5.334.

William Carr, Esq. by his will, dated 11th of April, 1660, left to the poor of this parish the sum of two pounds per annum, out of pro∣perty in the town of Newcastle t 5.335.

Sir William Blackett, Bart. who died May 16th, 1680, left to the poor of this parish, out of a house at the Bridge-End, to be paid in the month of December, the sum of two pounds per annum u 5.336.

Left by John Jefferson, to be paid yearly, in March, the sum of two pounds v 5.337.

Left by Timothy Davison, Esq. to be paid yearly, in December, out of the merchants company, one pound five shillings w 5.338.

Left by Mrs. Jane Brokesby a quit-rent of twenty shillings per an∣num, out of houses in Trinity-Chare, now held by Mr. Fenwick and others. Also fifty pounds out of her lands in Forest-Hill, to secure the payment of three pounds per annum. The said sum of four pounds per annum to be distributed at twenty shillings per quarter x 5.339.

Left by Nicholas Ridley, Esq. out of grounds in Heaton, to be paid yearly, in the month of December, one pound ten shillings y 5.340.

Left by Joseph Atkinson, Esq. the sum of fifty pounds, the interest to be paid yearly, on the 30th of September, two pounds ten shillings z 5.341.

Left by Matthew White, Esq. to be paid yearly, in December, out of a house in Pilgrim-Street, one pound ten shillings a 5.342.

Left by Isabel, wife of William Wrightson, Esq. the sum of fifty pounds, the interest to be paid yearly, on the 30th of Septemberb 5.343.

Left by Leonard Wetherly, Gent. the sum of twenty pounds, the interest to be paid yearly, on the 11th of September, one poundc 5.344.

Left by Mr. Richard Randal the sum of seven pounds d 5.345.

Left by Mrs. Ann Davison the sum of two hundred pounds, the in∣terest of which to be distributed at two doles, five pounds each, viz. on St. Thomas's Eve, and on the 7th of February e 5.346.

Left by Mr. William Harrison, the sum of fifty pounds, the interest to be paid yearly on St. Andrew's Day f 5.347.

Left by Mrs. Margaret Ramsey, the sum of twenty pounds, the in∣terest to be paid yearly, for ever, one pound g 5.348.

Left by Mr. James Coward, the sum of twenty pounds, the interest to be paid yearly, for ever h 5.349.

William Grey, of Backworth, Esq. by his will, dated May 26th, 1714, in case of failure of issue, male and female, of his own body, charged his estates in Durham and Northumberland, among other charities, with the payment of one hundred pounds to the church of St. Nicholas, in Newcastle, the interest of which to be given to poor widows and necessitous house-keepers of the parish, at Christmas, for ever.—He left one son, Ralph William Grey, living in 1749. Marga∣ret and Ann, his daughtersi 5.350.

Elizabeth Rogers, of Newcastle upon Tyne, by her will, dated De∣cember 15th, 1733, gave the sum of fifty pounds to the poor of this parish, the interest of which to be given annually, on the day of her death, for ever k 5.351.

George Mallabar, Esq. who died August 20th, 1734, appears to have left some benefactors to the poor of this parishl 5.352.

Dame Jane Clavering, relict of Sir John Clavering, Bart. and who died February 21st, 1735, left, by her will, fifty pounds to the poor of this parish m 5.353.

Mrs. Timothia Davison, sister of Thomas Davison, Esq. of Ferry-Hill, who died June 4th, 1757, aged 88, among other charities, left twenty pounds to the poor of St. Nicholas' parish, in Newcastle, to be distributed immediately after her death n 5.354.

William Moulton, of Newcastle upon Tyne, skinner and glover, by his last will, dated February 26th, 1771, bequeathed an annuity of fifteen pounds, to be divided by his executors (and their successors), in rotation, at the parish church of St. Nicholas, upon the first Sunday in every month, and on Easter-Day, Whit-Sunday, and Christmas-Day, for ever, immediately after the celebration of the sacrament, amongst twenty of the poorest persons who shall then and there have attended divine service, and been partakers of the holy communion. A flaw has been discovered, it seems, in the will, so that Mr. Moulton's pious intentions have never been fulfilled. The annuity was charged upon houses in the Ship-Entry, in the Flesh-Market o 5.355.

CHARITY-SCHOOL OF ST. NICHOLAS.

CHARITY-SCHOOLS, founded with the view of opposing and defeating the pernicious effects of the seminaries set up by the Papists during the reign of King James the Second, first began in this king∣dom about the year 1688p 5.356.

Mrs. Eleanor Allan, of Newcastle, February 20th, 1705, founded this school for forty boys and twenty girls, born in this parish, and in the chapelry of St. John's q 5.357.

A. D. 1708, an annual subscription was entered into by the pa∣rishioners of this parish, to clothe the children of this school r 5.358.

In the year 1723, Mr. Gilbert Campel, innholder, left, by will, the sum of twenty pounds, and Mr. Samuel Nichols, organist, ten pounds, to be put out at interest for the benefit of this school.

The interest of five hundred pounds was left to this school, for ever, by Mrs. Chisholm, relict of the Rev. Mr. Chisholm, of Wooler, in Northumberland t 5.359.

Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers, of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne, by her will, dated December 15th, 1733, bequeathed the sum of fifty pounds to this schoolu 5.360.

John Hewit, alias Huet, of Newcastle, goldsmith, by his will, dated September 9th, 1738, bequeathed to this school of St. Nicholas, the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds, which was lent to the cor∣poration of Newcastle at four per cent v 5.361.

s 5.362

John Fenwick, of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esq. gave in perpetuity fifty pounds to the corporation of that town, for the annual payment of twenty shillings w 5.363 to the charity-school of St. Nicholas, and twenty shillings to the prisoners in New-Gate, to be made seven days before Christmas, for ever.

A. D. 1786, the corporation of Newcastle built a new charity-school for this parish, in the Manor-Chare x 5.364.

SHRINES, MONUMENTS, AND MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS, FORMERLY IN ST. NICHOLAS' CHURCH, MOST OF WHICH HAVE BEEN REMOVED BY THE LATE ALTERA∣TION IN THE INSIDE OF THAT EDIFICE.

IN the north part of this church of St. Nicholas, was a shrine of Henry, the fourth Earl of Northumberland, who, on the day of St. Vitalis the Martyr, i. e. April 28th, 1489, fell a victim to the unre∣lenting avarice of King Henry VII. to whom the parliament, in that year, had granted a subsidy, for carrying on the war in Bretagne, which fell heavy on the people, and put the whole country in a flame.—The good Earl, then Lord Lieutenant, wrote to inform the King of the discontent, and prayed an abatement.—The King's answer was, that not a penny should be abated. This message being delivered by the Earl with too little caution to the populace, who had come in a tu∣multuous manner to complain of the grievance, they supposed him to be the promoter of their calamity, and instantly breaking into his house at Cock's-Lodge, near Thirske, in Yorkshire, murdered him, and several of his attendants. He was buried in Beverly Minster, where

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a very magnificent monument, some vestiges of which remain, was erected to his memory y 5.365.

Grey, in his Chorographia, tells us, that in this part of the church there was such a monument in his time, "that was made in memory of him in his own country, he having a house in this town and pa∣rish z 5.366;" and that part of the inscription upon it was, "Orate pro anima Henrici Percy 4 (com') Northumbriae qui per rebellium manus occubuit &c."

"The Milbank manuscript," as we read in Bourne's History, "says that it was in the north corner of the church: that it was a monu∣ment of wood, on which was painted an old man, our Saviour on his right hand, and the Virgin Mary on his left. There came a label from her mouth, but what it was this authority had forgot; but that from our Saviour's was Quaeso Pater, fac, quod rogat mea mater. Then followed some Latin verses, done in the rhyming way of the monks, but they are so dark and obscure, that little can be made of them." The MS. goes on: "When Mr. William Selby was buried, this monument was removed out of that corner, and Sir George Selby did set his magnificent tomb there."—"After that it was placed against the wall, next to Sir George's tomb, and so continued till Mr. Lanc' Hodshon got leave of Vicar Nailor to remove it, and place his father; where it is now I know not."—At present, 1787, no vestiges of this ceno∣taph remain.

In the north-east corner of this church was the tomb of Sir George Selby. His effigies, and that of his lady, were at length, resting upon pillows, with uplifted hands—On the south of the tomb were the ef∣figies of his children, in a posture of prayer, kneeling, with raised hands.—Upon a marble stone, placed in the wall, a little above the

tomb, was the following inscription: "Georgius Selby eques auratus ab antiqua et clara Selbeiorum de Selby in comitat' Ebor' familia oriun∣dus, quater hujus villae praetor, vicecomes comitat' palat' Dunelm' sere∣nissimi Regis Jacobi hospitio et servitio nobilitatus. Ob lautum certè & affluentem perpetuo apparatum et liberalissimae mensae communica∣tionem merito passim celebratissimus. Margaretae uxoris Joannis Selby de Twifell militis filiae consortio apprimè faelix. Ex qua suscepit quin∣que filius, immatura morte sublatos, et sex silias superstites. Quatuor ante illius obitum nuptas Margaretam primam Gulielmo Balasys de Morton, Elizabetam secundam Joanni Delavale de Dissington equitibus auratis. Barbaram tertiam Roberto Delavale haeredi Radulphi De∣lavale de Seaton equitis aurati. Isabellam quartam Patricio Curwen de Workington armigero. Et duas innuptas Dorotheam & Mariam, per totum vitae cursum lautissima usus fortuna. In hoc vere beatus quod sub indubitata spe plenae peccatorum omnium remissionis et suae ad aeternam vitam resurrectionis spiritum in manus Domini commen∣davit, in coque placide obdormivit 30^o Martii 1625, an. aetatis 68. Corpus sepultum jacet in crypta sub hoc tumulo charae uxoris cura extructa.

"Amoris honoris & memoriae ergo."

Under the coat of arms—"Mortuus vivo."

Within the palisadoes, upon a flat marble stone—"Jesu have mercy of the sowlle of George Selbe merchant-adventurer, some∣time alderman of this town, and Margaret his wife and their children." In the margin, on his side, anno 1542; on her side, 1562.

In the north side of the middle porch, under the great eastern win∣dow, were the remains of a monument on which statues had been inlaid, but taken away, probably, for the sake of the brass. On the south side of it was the monument of George Carra 5.367, with this inscription:

"Orate pro anima Georgii Car quondam majoris istius ville qui obiit anno Domini millesimo cccc Cujus animae propitietur Deus."

The effigies of him and his wife at length, resting on pillows, with their hands raised. Above them an arched canopy, with a defaced inscription; but a MS. in this church gave the following words: "For George Car's sawll his wyffes & childers sawlls all and to make a so∣lem dyrge-mass with all his bruthern in the qwyre and to sing as aperyth in his writing of Rimae."

At the feet of the effigies were the ruins of a large image of our Sa∣viour upon the Cross, with an inscription equally dark as the other, but said to be this: "Our Lady prays him to say at the day."

When the Scots took the town they plundered the churches, and these, and many more, were defaced; for they broke down the carved work thereof with axes and hammers.

On the north side of the south-east porch was a small monument, commemorating the wife of William Wrightson, Esq. "Near this place lies the body of Isabel the wife of William Wrightson, Esq. one of the burgesses in several parliaments for this town and county. She died. the 13th of March 1716."

Almost contiguous was the beautiful monument of Mr. Matthews, the first husband of Isabel above-mentioned, with this inscription:

"Underneath lie interred Mr. Francis Burton, merchant-adventurer, and Ann his wife. Mr. Burton died Sept. 16, 1682 His wife died August 11th, 1676. They had issue one son and three daughters, viz. Francis, Isabel, Elizabeth and Ann.

Elizabeth died January 25th, 1675 Anne died April 9th, 1681 Francis died December 17th, 1684. Thomas Matthews, Gent. married Isabel, in memory of whom she erected this monument. They had issue a daughter named Anne, Who died March 6th, 1684 Mr. Matthews died April 6th, 1697."

"The burial-place of Timothy Davison, alderman, some time mayor of this town, and governor of the merchants company, and Elizabeth his wife, by whom he had issue sixteen children, of which survived them six sons and four daughters: she departed this life the 10th day of September, 1694; and he the 20th day of December, 1696, in the 55th year of his age."

"Here lyeth the body of Robert White, merchant. He departed Oc∣tober 1644."

"The burial-place of Sir Ralph Jennison, of Elswick, in the county of Northumberland, Kt. some time mayor of this town. Obiit 3 die Aprilis, anno 1701, aetatis suae 88."

"The burial-place of Mr. John Stephenson, merchant-adventurer, who died 20th April, 1725."

"Robert Bulman, felt-maker, 16th May, 1716. Rachel, his daugh∣ter, who was wife of William Henderson, upholsterer, died 22d of Au∣gust, 1730."

"The burial-place of John Ogle, Esq.—his daughter Mary Lisle, re∣lict of Robert Lisle, of Hazon, Esq. died 19th December, 1728."

"Roger Rawe, twice mayor of this town, 1596."

"Robert Barker, sometime mayor of this town, and his four wives. He departed 4th of August, 1588."

"Ralph Cocke, Esq. alderman, and sometime mayor of this town, 27th Jan. 1652. His four daughters survived him, and Judith his wife, viz. Dorothy, Jane, Ann, Barbara. The wives of Mark Mil∣bank, William Carr, Thomas (Alexander) Davison, Henry Marley, merchants."

"Robert Jennison, merchant, 27th October, 1668."

"Francis Brandling."

"William Carr, merchant-adventurer, and Jane his wife, by whom he had issue eleven children. He departed April 14th, 1660. She departed Jan. 31, 1666."

"Bartram Anderson, merchant-adventurer, June 24th, 1605."

"Jesu have mercy on the sawlles of Hendry Anderson, M. A. some∣time mayor of this town, 1562."

"Isabell Anderson, his wife, was buried under the next stone to him. She died in August 1582."

"Bertram Anderson, merchant-advent'. August 1606."

"Mark Shafto, merchant-adventurer, sometime mayor of this town, April 1593."

"Under the same lie — Shafto, who died December 1581. And Robert Shafto, alderman of this town, who died September 1623."

"Jesu have mercy on the soul of Mark......."

"Sir Peter Riddell, knight, twice mayor of this town, 18 April 1593." On a table monument, near where the tomb of Sir George Selby stood.

"Lancelot Hodshon, son of John Hodshon, Esq. departed this life the 4th of May, 1677. And Margaret his wife, daughter of Sir Tho∣mas Haggerston, Bart. departed this life August 18th, 1663. Adelm his 2^d wife, daughter of James Cholmley, Esq. departed this life March 19th, 1672 b 5.368."

In the quire.

"The burial-place of Nicholas Ridley, Esq. twice mayor of this town, and governour of the merchants' company, and Martha his wife,

by whom he had issue 9 children, viz. John, Mary, Richard, Ann, Nicholas, Edward, Ann, Martha and John. He departed this life the 22d of January, 1710. John their eldest son dyed April 14th, 1686."

"Sept. 8, 1787. We are favoured with the following description of the elegant monument, lately erected in St. Nicholas' church, in this town, to the memory of Matthew Ridley, of Blagdon and Heaton, in the county of Northumberland, Esq.—A figure in statuary marble, as large as life, bearing a resemblance of the features and person of the late Mr. Ridley (at the period to which the medallion and inscription allude), is represented in a Roman habit, sitting in the curule chair, the seat of magistracy, with a serious, but placid countenance, as con∣sidering of the general welfare of the people over whom he presided; under the chair are placed the scales and fasces, as emblems of justice and authority; beneath this is the entablature, containing the follow∣ing inscription: "To the memory of Matthew Ridley, Esq. of Blag∣don and Heaton, in the county of Northumberland, senior alderman of the corporation of this town, and governor of the company of mer∣chant-adventurers. He four times served the office of mayor, in which station, in the year 1745, he rendered essential service to his country; averting, by his prudence and activity, the attack meditated against this town, by the enemies of the House of Brunswick, and thereby materially checking the progress of their arms. He was unanimously elected by his fellow burgesses to represent them in five successive par∣liaments, and retired from that situation when the declining state of his health rendered him incapable of conscientiously fulfilling the duties of it. He lived respected and beloved, and died unfeignedly lamented, April 6, 1778. Aged 66."

"The base of the monument is formed by a medallion, on which the town of Newcastle is represented by a female figure, crowned with turrets, having a shield by her, bearing the arms of the town; near her is an urn, from which are seen issuing salmon, the peculiar attribute of the river Tyne, attacked by Rebellion, who, treading on the crown and sceptre (ensigns of royalty), bears in one hand the torch of sedi∣tion,

in the other the sword of destruction: in an attitude of suppli∣cation she inclines herself towards an armed figure, who protects her with his shield, and with a sword in his right hand resists the figure of Rebellion; on the shield are represented the arms of the family of Ridley; the helmet is ornamented with a bull, which is the crest. As a finishing, under the medallion two cornucopias are introduced, representing the general effect of plenty (attendant on the care of active magistrates), connected by a civic crown, the reward amongst the Romans of civil virtue. The figure is placed against an obelisk of white marble, eight feet high, on the top of which is a very elegant urn, bearing the family arms emblazoned; and on the foot of it is engraved the motto, "Constans Fidei." The whole is relieved by a ground of dove-coloured marble.

"We feel it a justice we owe to the superior abilities of the artist, to add, that this elegant monument was executed by John Bacon, Esq. of the Royal Academy, whose natural genius, unassisted by foreign travel, has raised him decidedly to the first rank in his profession, and has enabled the present day to vie with the most celebrated ages of antiquity in works of sculpture. The many invaluable proofs of ex∣cellence with which this artist has enriched his native country, as well as foreign lands, it is unnecessary here to enumerate; until the magni∣ficent monument in Westminster-Abbey, designed and executed by him, to the memory of the late Earl of Chatham, shall moulder into dust, his fame will be had in remembrance * 5.369."

"M. S. Janae Yeldardi Alvey, hujus ecclesiae vicarii Uxori lectiff. et dilectiss. decem liberorum Utriusque sexus aequaliter foecundae matri, Cultu in Deum, Obsequio in maritum, Pictate in prolem, dilectione in proximum, Charitate in pauperes ad exemplum celebri, Quae postquam 34 aetat' ann. complevisset

pie et placide in Domino obdormivit. Denata est tempore antelucano magni Paschatis festi 1643. Maritus moerens hoc in amoris aeternum Duraturi testimonium merito posuit."

"Radulphus Jennison quondam major hujus oppidi qui tempore prae∣fecturae suae e vivis decessit anno Domini 1597, hoc tumulo sepultus jacet.

Prudens, pacificus, largus, justusque piusque. Sydera qui quaerit, sis ubi quaerit * 5.370 ubi; Jacet et hic Robertus filius ejus, quondam Theologiae doctor et minister verbi Deic 5.371."

"Mr. Thomas Robinson's burial-place." "Here lieth buried under this stone, Of John Bennet both body and bone, Late of these north parts, master of the ordnance, Which deceased by God's providence The eighth day of the month of July, In perfect faith, love and charity, A thousand five hundred sixty and eight; Whose soul to heav'n he trusted went straight, Through God's great mercy, bloodshed and death, Which only he trusted to during his breath. So trust we his wife and children that caused this, And Captain Carvel a friend of his."

"Here lieth the body of Sir William Blackett, Bart. alderman and sometime mayor of this town, and burgess in parliament for this

corporation, and Dame Elizabeth his wife, by whom he had issue nine children, of which survived him three sons and three daughters, viz. Edward, Michael, William, Elizabeth, Isabel and Christian: she de∣parted this life the 7th of April, 1674, and he the 16th of May, 1680. Michael, his son, sometime alderman, departed this life the 26th day of April, 1683, who had Elizabeth only. She departed this life the 12th day of January, 1677."

"William, Isabel, Edward, Christian, Michael, John, William and Christian, the children of William Blackett, alderman, and Elizabeth his wife.—John buried 4th May, 1654; William buried 9th August, 1654; Christopher buried 8th July, 1678."

There was an escutcheon of Sir William Blackett, Bart. who died in 1728. He married Barbara, daughter of the Earl of Jersey. A sup∣porter to her arms.

"The burial-place of John Rumney, merchant."

"The burial-place of William Jennison, merchant-adventurer."

Arms on the grave-stones: Cookson—Liddell—Ridley.

On white marble, against one of the pillars.

"Near this place lie interred the remains of Thomas Dockwray, A. M. many years lecturer of this church, who, after a life worn out in learned and religious employments, departed to the mercy of God on the 15th of May, 1760, in the 71st year of his age. He had an able head, and an upright heart. As a preacher he was instructive, nervous, eloquent. In private life he was adorned with those virtues which distinguish the worthy man and the good Christian.—His ne∣phew, Thomas Dockwray, placed this monument of his gratitude to the memory of the best of friends."

"Memoriae Edwardi Man, vere generosi, verissimè christiani, cum in transmarinis mercator emporiis, in publico ecclesiarum senior con∣sultissimus moderamine: in secretioribus nobilis hujus Novi Castri con∣ciliis sidelissimè diu laborasset ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣ. Decemb. 9, anno 1654, requievit in Domino.

Dimetrum hoc ΕΠΙΤΑΦΙΟΝ sacrat W. C.

Sub isto jacet marmore Vir inter viros optimus Haud nosse fas est titulus Cognominis alicujus Qui sic quadrat et convenit.

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Vir liberalis spiritus Vir publica propositi Cujus acta et concilia Boni semper ambicrunt Privato quid sublimius?

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Viscerum vir inopibus Amicis amicissimus Vir verè pater famili† 6.2 Desperat nostra ambitio Amantem sic univocè.

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Huic urbi valde nobili Nobile suit ingenium Si manum si vel oculum Dixerim minus fallerem Nam vere fuit omnia.

Sed quod longè felicius Fuit pars aeternae foederis Vir bonus cui religio Suavissimum consortium Et Christus scopus omnium.

Hunc in aeternum amplectitur Et qui sic aegre anhelitans Quaesivit vivus rivulos Coelestes, nunc immergitur Invisceratur ‡ 6.3 fontibus."

South Isle.

"In this isle," says Bourne, "opposite to the altar, against the wall of the church is a beautiful and curious monument of William Hall, Esq. sometime mayor of this town, and Jane his wife, which was erected in commemoration of them by Sir Alexander Hall, Knight, their only sur∣viving son. At the top of the monument are the arms of the family, with an angel on each side of them. The body of the monument has on each side of it a pillar of the Corinthian order; between which is the representation of a desk with open books upon it, and he on the one side of it, and his wife on the other, in the posture of prayer, kneeling before it, with their folded hands upon the books: below this are the essigies of their children in the same posture; one of which is repre∣sented kneeling alone, at one side of a desk, with an open book upon it; and other five on the other side of it, kneeling one after another. The former supposed to be designed for their son, the other for their daughters. Below is the following inscription: "Gulielmus Hall, Ar∣miger, quondam major hujus villae, et Jana uxor ejus charissima: felici prole ditati, juxta hoc monumentum in Domino requiescunt. Ille vi∣cesimo octavo die Julii anno Domini 1631, aetatis suae 63. Illa duo∣decima die Augusti anno Domini 1613, aetatis 36. In quorum me∣moriam Alexander Hall, Eques Auratus, unicus eorum filius superstes hoc merito posuit."

"William Bonner, sometime sheriff of this town, Jan. 22, 1626."

"James Coward, glasier."

"William Grey, Esq. 1707."

"George Dawson, alderman."

"Edward Johnson, alderman and sometime mayor, March 12, 1726, aged 69."

"Jesu have mercy on the sowlle of Edward Surtis, merchant-adven∣turer."

"Thomas Gibson, mason, Feb. 7th, 1699."

"Pray for the sawlle of John Todd, mer. ad. and Elizabeth his wyfe, daughter was unto W^m — merchant and his children."

In this isle against one of the pillars a marble monument with this inscription:

"Memoriae Patricii Crowe d 6.4 olim de Ashlington, Armigeri, cujus corpus haud procul marmore isto sepultum jacet. Obiit die Januarii tricesimo primo Anno Domini 1694."

On a mural monument of elegant design and finely executed, above the vestry door:

"Sacred to the memory of Sarah Blackett e 6.5, who departed this life, July 14th, 1775, aged 35. This monument is erected in testimony of the tender remembrance of an affectionate husband, whose grief for the loss of an amiable wife can only find comfort in full assurance of that promised reward which virtue inherits in the regions of immortality.

Mess. Fishers sculp. York."

On a monument erected against the south wall of St. Nicholas' church, a little west of the vestry door.

"In Saint George's porch are interred the remains of Matthew Duane, of Lincoln's Inn, London, Esq. Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies, and a Trustee of the British Museum.

"He was of great eminence in the knowledge of the law, and of the strictest integrity and liberality in the practice of it, at the same time the friend and patron of the polite and fine arts, and particularly distin∣guished by his singular skill, judgment and taste in chusing and collecting a most complete series of Syrian, Phoenician, Grecian, Roman and other coins, now deposited in the museum of the late William Hunter, M. D. for the illustration and confirmation of history.

"The virtues of his heart were equal to the endowments of his mind; justice, benevolence and charity dictated his sentiments in promoting the happiness of mankind.

"He died the sixth of February MDCCLXXXV. aged LXXVIII. In testimony of her affection and sincere esteem his widow erected this monument to his memory."

"Mr. Chapman's stone.—Mr. Wilkinson's place—Henry Chapman, merchant-adventurer, and sometime mayor of this town: Roger de∣parted 1592—Jane 1592—Susannah 1599—Thomas 1602."

"Michael Kirlair, mer. ad. 31 July, 1620."

"Thomas Bowes, mer. ad. He departed 1593—his wife Agnes, 1624."

"Henry Bowes, mer. ad."

"Robert Bower, mer. ad. 1621."

"William Johnson, alderman, and sometime mayor, departed 1678."

"Robert Ledgard, draper."

"William Sheerwood, mer. ad."

(This is now the burial place of Alderman Sowerbie.—Bourne.)

"Humphry Pibus, mer. ad. April 1691. His daughter Elizabeth was the wife of John March, vicar of this town. She departed in April 1680—He the 2d of December 1692."

"Robert Hessilrigg, March 28th, 1728."

"Richard Wright, sheriff, 1671."

(This is now the burial place of Mr. Roger Wilson, merchant.—Bourne.)

A stone, dated 1531.

"William Jackson, sometime sheriff, 1630."

Opposite to Maddison's monument, a small square mural one, with much labour I recovered what follows of the inscription:

"Margaretta Thomae Ledgard, hujus villae Tunc majoris charissima conjux — — mortalitate Sursum recepta est 13 die Junii Anno — Dei 1648."

Underneath lies the body of an unfortunate young officer of the name of Montgomery, who was accidentally killed by a fowling-piece, when out on a shooting party near Chester-le-Street, 1773.

Maddison's f 6.6 monument, which still remains.

This monument is of marble, which has been painted g 6.7 and gilded

since its first erection—it is assixed to a pillar on the north side of the south isle. At top are the images of Faith, Hope and Charity, with their usual attributes. Below these are the statues of three persons of each sex, in suppliant attitudes, and on their knees. The two on each side of the desk in front are evidently meant for Henry Maddison and Elizabeth his wife, the daughter of Robert Barker.—Above their heads a shield— Maddison impaling Barker—He is represented in the habit of an alder∣man of Newcastle. The two figures behind them on the west side re∣present old Lionel Maddison, also an alderman of that town, who mar∣ried a Seymour.—Above them a shield—Maddison impaling Seymour. The figures on the east side seem intended for Sir Lionel Maddison (knighted by King Charles I. whom he entertained at dinner June 4th, 1633), and his wife, who must have been a Hall—Maddison impaling Hall, on a coat of arms above, with the helmet of a knight, with the crest of Marley, which I find was granted to him, with liberty to quar∣ter the arms of Marley, by Le Neve, norroy king at arms, June 5th, 1635, the crest of Maddison being a lion's head erazed, as it appeared on an adjacent grave-stone. I suppose this Sir Lionel to have erected the monument, having modestly left a compartment without any in∣scription

on that side, which his descendants have never filled up.— Indeed as he deserted the royal cause, he would therefore be an unpo∣pular character after the restoration.

"Lionel Maddison, mer. ad. mayor of this town, July 1624."

"Jane Tempest, wife of William Tempest, Esq. second son of Sir Nicholas Tempest, Knt. and Bart. and daughter to Henry Maddison, sometime mayor, departed 29 December, 1616. Aetat. 20."

"Barbara Maddison, daughter of the said Henry Maddison, 1627, aged 17 years."

On Mr. Forster's stone.

"I've kept the faith, a good fight fought have I; My God and sovereign serv'd here quartered lie; With dust disbanded till the last trump hence Rally these atombs by its influence, Then with the loyal bands receive I may A crown of glory for the general pay." Epitaph of Thomas Loraine, Esq. About the border.

"Hic jacet Thomas Loraine, olim de Kirkharle, Armiger, qui obiit vicesimo quarto die Octobris, aetatis suae 35, anno Domini 1649."

Upon the copper-plate.

"Ite precor, Musae, vos et dolor iste requirit, Iste labor; circum tempora taxus eat; Plangite solicitis moerentia pectora palmis; Rumpat et ornatus quique ....... suos Publica quippe vocat clamantia * 6.8 publica virtus Hujus erat ...... hic dolor ..... minor Fata magistratum rapiunt cum ferrea regnum Debilitant mundum cum rapuere bonos Et bonus et laurus modo cum decesserit orbis Non satis ad stetus, si lachrimarit, erit." Arms on stones: Weldon—Christ. Brigham.

ST. MARY'S PORCH:

Now converted into a place where the daily prayers are read.

"P. M.

Alexandri Davison Equitis Aurati et Annae siliae Radulphi Cocke ejus conjugis charissimae: Ex qua filios quinque Thomam Equitem Auratum, Radulphum Davison de Thornley, Samuelem Davison de Wingate-Grange, Josephum centurionem cordatum (in hujus oppidi contra Scotos rebelles propugnatione strenuè ad mortem usque dimicantem hic juxta tu∣mulatum) Edwardum mercatorem caelibem defunctum; filias etiam binas,

Barbaram primo Radulpho Calverley, Deinde Thomae Riddell de Fenham in comitatu Northumbriae Equiti∣bus Auratis, Ac Margaretam Henrico Lampton Armigero enuptas, suscitavit. Qui quidem Alexander, grassante tunc conjuratione perfidissima, optimo Regi, causaeque regiae semper fidelissimus

Gravem rei familiaris jacturam maximo animo perpessus, tandemque in hujus Novi Castri obsidione cum Scotorum rebellium exercitu irruenti magnanimiter confligens, novissimum spiritum (octo∣genarius fere) fortiter effudit, undecimo die mensis Novembris anno ab incarnatione Domini 1644.

Hoc monumentum posuit Thomas primogenitus Eques Auratus."

"M. S. Egregio adolescenti Thomae Hamiltono, animi indole, forma corporis & robore prae caeteris insigni, Domini Patricii Hamiltonii a Preston filio dignissimo a nobilissima familia Haddingtonia oriundo, centurioni sub Domino Alexandro Leslaeo exercitus Scoticani foederis imperatore, excellentissimo Domino Alex. Hamiltono rei tormentariae praefectus, avunculus moerens posuit. Cum totius exercitus planctu maximo obiit anno Domini 1640, Octobris 29. Aetatis suae 20."

The motto of the coat of arms above. "Mihi palma cupressus."

The arms of Wallis on a stone in the east wall of this porch.

Sir Richard Stote's burial place.

"Quinto die Februarii anno 1615 Richardus Stote quondam hu∣jus villae mercator obiit. Decimo sexto die Aprilis anno 1589 Helli∣nor uxor ejus secunda ex hac vita decessit.

"In sacra memoria parentum suorum Edwardus Stote hoc monu∣mentum posuit.

"Richardus Stote, Miles, serviens Domini Regis Caroli secundi ad legem, obiit vicesimo quinto die Decembris anno Domini 1682."

On a stone, Bulmar, apothecary—Cut in stone against the west wall different quarterings of Grey, Riddell, Lawson, Cramlington, and two unknown. Motto, "Sto firmiter in petra."—Another near it— Grey and Riddell quarterly impaling.....

Under the south window of this porch lie the effigies of a man in stone at full length, with his legs across, and his dog at his feet, having a shield of arms and a sword. "This," says Bourne, "we are informed was the fashion of burying those only who took upon them the cross, and were marked with the badge of the cross for sacred warfare in reco∣vering the Holy Land from the Turks. He is supposed to have been one of the family of the Scroopes." There is a bend on the shield.

See, concerning cross-legged figures, Lethieullier's Observations on Sepulchral Monuments, in the Archaeologia, vol. ii. p. 291 & seq.

Some have supposed this to have been the effigies of the founder of the chantry.—Peter de Mauley, a noble baron, who bore, according to Guillim, or, a bend sable, was in the 42d of Edward III. joined with the Bishop of Durham, and some others, for guarding the east marches— also 43 Edward III. and in the 3d of Richard II. with the Earl of Northumberland and others.—He died March 19th, 6 Richard II.— See Dugdale's Baronage, tom. i. p. 735. As warden of the east marches he would probably reside at Newcastle, where also he might die, and be buried in this church.—However that may be, his arms correspond exactly with those on the shield of the cross-legged figure in this porch.

Coats of arms on grave-stones: Lawson quartering Warmouth; Isaacson impaling Lawson; Roddam impaling.....; Emmerson im∣paling

three wives, of the names of Shafto, Lawson and Sanderson.— Coates—Stote impaling Bertram—Fulthorp impaling Emmerson—Er∣rington impaling Ewbanks.

"Near this place is interred the body of Joseph Huddleston, late citizen and fishmonger of London (second son of Andrew Huddle∣ston, of Hutton John in the county of Cumberland, Esq.) who de∣parted this life the 14th of June, anno Domini 1679. He married Mary daughter of John Emmerson, merchant, sometime mayor of this town, and by her had issue Joseph (who died in his infancy), and Do∣rothy, who survives."

"John Lawson, Esq. of Cramlington in the county of Northumber∣land, 5th Nov. 1680."

"Anthony Isaacson, Esq."

"Robert Roddam, alderman and sometime mayor of this town, July 1682. Jonathan his son, sometime mayor of Newcastle, died 21st August 1712. He left issue by Jane his wife a son and a daughter."

"The burial place of Paul Cook, joyner."

"John Emmerson, sometime mayor, died" —

"Thomas Jennison, sometime mayor, departed December anno 1676."

"Isabel Riddel, 1663."

"Richard Huddleston and Elizabeth his wife; he died June 1707; she 1730, aged 82 years."

"Christopher Nicholson, alderman, departed 29th September 1670, in the 68th year of his age."

Against the wall a monument of Michael Weldon, son of Michael Weldon, of Weldon, Esq. and Sarah his wife, who departed this life 3d April 1680.

ST. MARGARET'S CHANTRY.

Burial place of Bewick Family.

On a monument of variegated marble.

H. S. E. Vir moribus integer fide Christianus Robertus Bewicke,

De Close-House in agro Northumbriae, Eques Auratus, Qui provinciam publicam favore Regis insignitam et sibi Et patriae honorificè administravit, Qui domesticae officiis vitae tam aequo benignoque animo satisfecit, ut omnibus desideratus decessit, Uxori autem desideratissimus, Quae marmor hoc parvulum quoddam amoris sui pignus pie et moerenter P. C. Filiis duobus filiabusque septem Superstitibus. Obiit 3^o die Septembris 1771, Aetatis 44.

"Hic sepultum jacet corpus Gulielmi Bewicke, filii Roberti Bewicke, Armigeri, primogeniti, qui cum Elizabetha Henrici Maddison, Armi∣geri, filia matrimonio conjunctus binos filios filiasque tres ex illa susce∣pit: Et postquam ad tricesimum octavum aetatis suae annum pervenisset animum suum 22 die Februarii religiose expiravit anno Domini 1636." —Arms, Bewick, with the difference of eldest son, impaling Maddison.

"Here lieth interred the bodies of Robert Bewicke, merchant-ad∣venturer and twice mayor of this towne, and also high sheriff of the county of Northumberland, and Ellenor his wife.—He departed this life the 15th day of March, 1641. She departed this life the 1st of June, 1661."

"Jane Bewicke, the wife of Thomas Bewicke, Esq.—She departed this life the 9th of August, 1682. Thomas Bewicke, Esq. departed this life the 17th of November, 1690. Robert Bewicke, Esq. departed this life the 9th of January, 1703-4."

Near Bewick's porch.

"The burial place of John Butler, merchant-adventurer, and some∣times sheriffe of this towne, and his wives Ann and Isabel, and their children. He departed January 12th, 1695-6. Ann his wife, 14th June, 1655."

Henry Lord Borthwick was buried near the south-west door of this church. See "Annals and Historical Events."

West end of the church.

"The burial place of William Errington, master and mariner."

"John Gill."

"William Boutflower."

In the middle isle.

"The burial place of William Rutter, merchant-adventurer."

At the east end of the middle isle.

"Richard Wright, merchant-adventurer, and sometime sheriff, de∣parted this life 5th of May, 1671."

"Cuthbert Ellison, merchant-adventurer." "Now" (says Bourne) "the burial place of Mr. Richard Wall, descended from the elder brother of Robert and Benjamin Ellison."

"The burial place of Robert Ellison, merchant-adventurer, sometime sheriff: he died January 12th, 1677."

"The burial place of Benjamin Ellison, who departed this life 25th June, 1676."

"Abraham Anderson, merchant."

"Joseph Ellison, merchant, who dyed 21st of January, 1686."

Cross isle.

"Richard Wright, sheriff, ob. May 5th, 1671."

ST. GEORGE'S PORCH.

"Samuel Gill, Esq. who died 26th October, 1720."

"William Warriner 1706."

"— Marlay, Esq. 1676." "Now" (says Bourne) "Mr. Perith's."

"Another of John Marlay, merchant, who departed October 16, 1561.

"Under which lies also William Marlay, who departed 16th Jan. 1609.

"And also Sir John Marlay, Knight, son of William, who had been five times mayor, and departed anno 1673, aged 83 years and 3 days."

"Jesu have mercy on George Byrdes soul" on the border of Matfen's stone.

"Matthew Matsen, merchant-adventurer, died 1st October, 1697."

"Timothy Robson, alderman, twice mayor, departed 30th Decem∣ber, 1700."

"The burial place of George Heron, merchant."—On the top of which stone was "Jesu have mercy on the soul of John Ord."

On the wall a handsome marble monument, with the following in∣scription:

"Hic sitae sunt exuviae Roberti Shafto, Equitis Aurati, nec non ad legem servientis, et hujus municipii propraetoris. In desideratissimi patris memoriam hoc marmor posuit unicus defuncti filius Marcus Shafto de Whitworth in comitatu Dunelmen' Arm' Obiit Maii 21^o, A. D. 1705. Vixit annos 72."

"Matthew Jefferson, sometime mayor of this town, departed March 1st, 1687."

"Matthew Newton obiit 1668."

On a mural monument.

"To the memory of William Peareth, Esq. of Uzworth-House in the county of Durham: a man of abilities and worth, whose ami∣able qualities endeared him to his family and friends. He served this corporation with great assiduity and integrity as clerk of the town's chamber and alderman, near fifty years, always declining the office of mayor. He married in 1731 Ann, youngest daughter of Richard Jennens, Esq. of Warwickshire, by whom he had issue fifteen chil∣dren: of these two sons survived him, William, and Richard Thomas; and six Daughters; Susannah, married to Henry Wight, Esq. of North∣amptonshire; Elizabeth, Ann, Mary, Henrietta and Barbara. He died May the 20th, 1775, aged 72 years.

His widow, in testimony of her affection

And gratitude, caused this monument to be erected."

The arms are, quarterly, those of Peareth and Jackson (his mother

having been a Jackson, of Chaitor's Haugh, com. Dunelm.), and on an escutcheon of pretence the coat of Jennens.

Monument—quarterly—Riddell or Grey and Surtees—Supporters, a mermaid with a looking-glass, and a naked man with a club.—On the old carved benches—Grey and Vescy—arms of Archdeacon—Creagh— Rogers—Archdeacon—and Whitaker in surtout.

In the north isle.

"Thomas Partis, tobacconist, who died 9th of May, 1684."

"The burial place of Roger Ive, citizen and stationer of London, who died 6th August, 1675."

"Roger Proctor, merchant-adventurer, who died 20th Nov. 1664." (Now, says Bourne, Mr. Malliburne's burial place.)

"John Winship, tanner, 1607."

Against the north wall a monument of Major Robert Bugg, citizen and haberdasher of London, who died 22d of May, 1688.

"George Winfield, merchant-adventurer, alderman and twice mayor, died 18th Nov. 1684."

"Michael Hall, gentleman, 25th July, 1647."

"Nicholas Stricker, who died August 5th, 1689."

"Barbara Riddell, wife of William Riddell, merchant, and some∣times mayor, 1627."

"Mark Shafto."

Mural monument, north-wall. "In St. George's porch lie interred the remains of Mrs. Barbara Dawson, the widow of Mr. Thomas Dawson. She died in the year 1736, aged 38 years. And of Mrs. Susannah Peareth, her sister, who died in the year 1769, aged 71 years. Both were the daughters of Henry Peareth, Esq. by Elizabeth Jackson his wife. This monument of filial duty and respect for one of the best of mothers, and a sincere regard

for an affectionate aunt, was erected by Dorothy, daughter of the said Barbara Dawson, and wife of Matthew Duane, Esq. in the year 1776." Arms—Dawson impaling Peareth.

Escutcheons of arms affixed to north wall: Mrs. Davison—Mr. Weatherly—Mrs. Wrightson—Mrs. Brookesby—Mr. Procter.

VICARS OF ST NICHOLAS IN NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE h 6.9.

RICHARD de Aurea Valle, or Goldburn i 6.10, was parson of this church in the time of King Henry the First, as was

Gilbert de Lacy in the time of Henry the Third k 6.11.

William de Burdone was vicar in the year 1316—He occurs also in 1327 l 6.12.

Master John de Herlaw was vicar in 1342 m 6.13.

Matthew de Bolton was vicar in 1353 n 6.14.

Henry Headlam was vicar here 10 Ric. II. A. D. 1386 o 6.15.

Nicholas de S ....... occurs as vicar October 10th, 1401 p 6.16.

Roger de Thresk was vicar before 1418 q 6.17.

William Glyn was instituted to this vicarage January 20th, 1418. He exchanged with the above Thresk for the vicarage of St. Michael's, Coventry r 6.18.

John de Heyworth was made vicar A. D. 1436, on an exchange with Glyn s 6.19.

Thomas Harelred was vicar before 1494 t 6.20.

John Deye, D. D. succeeded T. Harelred.—He occurs as vicar at the feast of St. Cuthbert, in March, 1494 u 6.21.

William Fell was vicar before 1499 v 6.22.

John Sanderson was vicar before the year 1532 w 6.23.

John Heryn, L. L. D. occurs as vicar in 1536. Also in 1541. He had obtained a licence, which never took effect, to resign his vicarage to Nicholas Morrey, L. L. B. with a pension reserved to himself. He died A. D. 1543 x 6.24.

Henry Aglionbye, S. T. P. was instituted to this vicarage Novem∣ber 15th, 1543, on the death of Heryn.—He was deprived on account of his not paying his tenths to the King y 6.25.

William Purye, A. M. was instituted July 15th, 1549, on the va∣cancy occasioned by Aglionby's deprivation z 6.26.

William Salkeld, A. M. was vicar about 1553.—He was buried in the chancel of this church, August 25th, 1568 a 6.27.

John Magbrey, clerk, was instituted to this vicarage November 13th, 1568.—He was buried here, November 16th, 1584 b 6.28.

Richard Holdsworth, clerk, was instituted to this vicarage August 10th, 1585, and buried in the church of St. Nicholas, September 5th, 1596 c 6.29.

William Morton, S. T. P. was preferred to this vicarage on the death of R. Holdsworth, and was buried in St. Nicholas' church, July 26th, 1620. In St. Nicholas' Register, January 1601, he occurs with the title of "Archdeacon of Northumberland;" and in the same re∣gister, April 1604, he is called, "Archdeacon of Durham d 6.30."

Henry Power, A. M. was inducted to this vicarage September

23d, 1620 e 6.31. He was buried in this church September 3d, 1623 f 6.32.

Thomas Jackson, S. T. P. was instituted to this vicarage November 27th, 1623, which he resigned in 1630. He was sworn president of Corpus-Christi College, Oxford, February 17th, 1630.—He died September or December 21, 1640, and was buried in the inner-chapel of that college g 6.33.

Yelderd Alvey, S. T. P. was preferred to this vicarage on the re∣moval of Dr. Jackson to Oxford, in 1630. By the title of A. M. of Trinity-College, Oxford, a licence was granted him to preach in the town of Newcastle.—He was collated to the vicarage of Eglingham December 10th, 1627.—He was deposed from this vicarage May 26, 1645, by an order of the Lords and Commons, and was buried in this church March 19th, 1648 h 6.34.

Robert Jennison, D. D. by a resolution of the House of Commons, dated Dec. 5th, 1644, was appointed to the vicarage of Newcastle, in the place of Y. Alvey, removed for his delinquency i 6.35.

By an order of the common-council of Newcastle, dated July 21st, 1645 k 6.36, Dr. Jennison, who had been called from Dantzick, and placed as vicar here, was allowed a salary of 100l. per annum, and ap∣pointed Thursday's lecturer.—By an order of the same body, February 20th, 1645-6, his salary was augmented to 140l. per annum l 6.37.

Dr. Jennison died November 6th, 1652, and was buried in this church on the 8th following.

He wrote a book "concerning the Idolatry of the Israelites;" also, "Newcastle's Call to her Neighbour and Sister Townes and Cities throughout the Land," &c. London, 1637, 12^mo, occasioned by the pestilence.—He had been suspended from a lectureship at All-Saints m 6.38.

November 5th, 1652, there was an order of common-council to appoint Mr. Samuel Hammond to preach at St. Nicholas' on Sunday forenoons, and to lecture on Thursdays, with an annual salary of 150l. He was of the sect called "The Congregational Judgment."

He would not conform at the restoration n 6.39. S. Hammond is said to have been succeeded here by John Knightbridge o 6.40.

Thomas Nailer, A. M. was instituted to this vicarage, February 9th, 1662 p 6.41, with the salary of 100l. per annum. By an order of the common-council, January 18th, 1675, the vicar's stipend from the corporation of Newcastle was settled to be, in future, 60l. per annum, with 10l. more for sermons on Thursday's lecture.

Mr. Nailer was buried in this church April 15th, 1679.

John March, B. D. occurs June 25th, 1679 q 6.42; salary from the cor∣poration

60l. per annum, with 10l. for his turns on Thursday's lec∣tures, "by the unanimous consent of the patron and others concerned in the donation." March 30th, 1682, this salary from the corpora∣tion was increased to 90l. per annum.

Mr. March died December 2d, 1692, and was buried, on the 4th following, in this church. There is an engraved portrait of him.

Leonard Welstead was inducted to this vicarage in February, 1693. He came in by option r 6.43. Mr. Welstead died November 13th, 1694, and was buried on the 15th following, in the chancel of this churchs 6.44.

Nathanael Ellison, D. D. was appointed vicar of this church April 30th, 1695. With consent of the patron, his salary from the corporation to be 80l. per annum, with 10l. more for Thursday's lectures t 6.45.

He had been installed archdeacon of Stafford July 14th, 1682. He was besides rector of Whitburn in the county of Durham, had a

prebend in the church of Durham, and was also a prebendary of Litchfield.

In the year 1700 he published, at London, a sermon preached be∣fore the mayor and magistrates of the town of Newcastle, in this church, October 8th, 1699, on the Sunday after the election of the mayor, intitled, "The Magistrate's Obligation to punish Vice."

A. D. 1701, his sermon on confirmation, preached June 23d, 1700, before the Lord Crew, Bishop of Durham (who made him his chap∣lain), at St. Nicholas' church in Newcastle, was printed at London.

In the year 1710 he printed a sermon at London, which was preached at All-Saints church in Newcastle, on All-Saints day, 1709, at the opening of a charity-school in that parish. It is intitled, "The Obligations and Opportunities of doing good to the Poor," quarto; with an appendix, giving an account of some charities to the poor.

October 7th, 1712, Henry Reay, Esq. mayor, with the recorder and aldermen of Newcastle, wrote a letter of thanks to Lord Crew, Bishop of Durham, on his Lordship's promoting Dr. Ellison to a pre∣bend in the church of Durhamu 6.46. He died May 4th, 1721, aged

sixty-four years, and was buried on the 7th following, under the east window of the south isle of this church.

William Bradford, A. M. and aged twenty-five years, was inducted to this vicarage August 2d, 1728 He was fellow of Bennet-College, Cambridge, and was presented by his father, Samuel, Bishop of Car∣lisle. A little before his death, which was occasioned by a fever, and happened at Bromley in Kent, he was preferred to the archdeaconry of Rochester. He died July 15th, 1728, in the thirty-second year of his age, and was buried in Westminster-abbey v 6.47.

Thomas Turner, A. M. w 6.48 of St. John's College, Cambridge, was inducted to this vicarage August 2d, 1728. He came in by option, having been presented by the executors of Sir William Dawes, Arch∣bishop of York.

He married Martha, daughter of Francis Winnington, of Broadway, in the county of Worcester, Esq. who survived her husband, and was buried in this church September 22d, 1771, aged 74 years.

He died in the 57th year of his age, June 1st, 1760, and was bu∣ried in the chancel of St. Nicholas'.

There is a portrait of him in the possession of Mr. Thomas Gaul, wine-merchant in Newcastle, who married his niece.

John Brown, D. D. was inducted to the vicarage of Newcastle upon Tyne January 6th, 1761. He had been collated, in 1752, to the vicarage of Lazonby in Cumberland, by Dr. Osbaldiston, Bishop of Carlisle: this he resigned in 1756 or 1757, on being presented to the

rectory of Horksley, in Essex, by Jemima Campbell, Marchioness de Grey, and the Honourable Philip Yorke, Esq. afterwards Lord Viscount Royston. This too he vacated on becoming vicar of Newcastle x 6.49.

This ingenious writer both in verse and prose died by an act of sui∣cide, September 23d, 1766, at his lodgings in Pall-Mall, London. He was on his way to the court of Petersburgh, whither he had been invited by the Empress of Russia, to frame a new code of laws for that great empire.

See his life, with an account of his writings, in Dr. Kippis's new edition of the Biographia Britannica.

Richard Fawcett, D. D. was inducted to this vicarage January 3d, 1767 y 6.50. He was the son of John Fawcett, Esq. late recorder of Dur∣ham, who died October 20th, 1760, aged above 80 years.—Dr. Faw∣cett had been fellow of Corpus-Christi College, Oxford—A. M. Feb. 7th, 1737—B. D. April 29, 1745—D. D. November 17th, 1748. —Also rector of Ingelstree and Church-Eyton, in the county of Staf∣ford—one of the King's chaplains in ordinary—chaplain also to John, Lord Bishop of Durham, by whom he was collated, A. D. 1772, to the rectory of Gateshead, which he held by a dispensation with this vicarage.

He was also a prebendary of Durham, where, at his house in the college, he died, April 30th, 1782.

Dr. Law, son of the Bishop of Carlisle, was appointed, on the death of Dr. Fawcett, to the vicarage of Newcastle, but was never

inducted, as he was then in Ireland, attending as chaplain to the Duke of Portland, where, having been promoted to the see of Clonfort, Ste∣phen Lushington, A. M. his brother in law, was nominated to this vicarage, and inducted Saturday, August 10th, 1782.

AFTERNOON LECTURERS AT ST. NICHOLAS'S.

WILLIAM PEIRSON occurs A. D. 1604z 6.51.

Thomas Stephenson is mentioned as lecturer here Aug. 31st, 1634 a 6.52.

—He resigned his lectureship December 9th, 1639 b 6.53.

John Bewick, A. M. was appointed to succeed himc 6.54.

May 12th, 1643, Dr. Wiseheart, or Wishart, was appointed to this lectured 6.55.

There is an order of common-council, May 30th, 1645, for ap∣pointing

Mr. Cuthbert Sydenham and Mr. William Durante 6.56 to this lecture, the former with a salary of 100l. and the latter with one of 80l. per annumf 6.57.

July 5th, 1647, Mr. Sydenham was settled singly at St. Nicholas on Sunday afternoons, with a salary of 100l. per annumg 6.58. April 5th, 1648, there was an addition of 40l. more to his stipend from the cor∣poration h 6.59.

March 20th, 1656, there was an order of common-council for Mr. John Tilsley, "of the presbyterian judgment," to preach here every Lord's day in the afternoon, and once a month in the forenoon, at the monthly sacrament, with a salary of 150l. per annumi 6.60.

March 2d, 1657, Mr. Tilsley having removed into Lancashire, and "the elders and others of Nicholas' having given a call to Mr John Knightbridge, fellow of Peter-House, Cambridge," there is an order of common-council appointing him to preach on Sunday afternoons, and once a month in the forenoon at the monthly sacrament, also on other solemn days, with a salary of 150l. per annum k 6.61.

Dr Wiseheart occurs again about 1660l 6.62.

August 27th, 1662, on the removal of Dr. Wiseheart to the bishop∣rick of Edinburgh, John Bewick, A. M. was appointed to this lecture, with a salary of 150l. per annum, for preaching on Sunday afternoons and holidays m 6.63.

July 27th, 1671, Mr. William Mair or Mayer, was appointed to this lecture, on the death of J. Bewick—salary only 80l. for the same duty.—This was advanced, January 18th, 1674, to ninety pounds per annum n 6.64.

August 30th, 1676, Mr. John March, a conformist, afterwards vicar, was appointed to this lectureship on the removal of W. Mayer to All Saints o 6.65.

June 25th, 1679, Mr. John Rawlett was appointed to this lecture∣ship, on the removal of Mr. March to the vicarage, with a salary of 90l. but raised March 30th, 1682, to 120l. per annum. He died Sept. 28th, and was buried Sept. 30th, 1686, in this church—aged 44 years p 6.66.

October 4th, 1686, Jonathan Davison, B. D. was appointed to this lectureship, with a salary of 120l. per annum, on the death of J. Rawlett q 6.67.

Dec. 2d, 1687, George Tully, A. M. was appointed to this lecture∣ship.—He died April 24th, 1695 r 6.68.

In the year 1695 Mr. (afterwards Dr.) Robert Thomlinson was ap∣pointed to this lectureship, on the death of G. Tully—the salary 120l. per annum. He was rector of Whickham A. D. 1712, and preben∣dary of St. Paul's.—He died March 24th, 1748, aged 79 years s 6.69.

March 7th, 1724, Thomas Dockwray, A. M. of St. John's Col∣lege, Cambridge, was appointed lecturer of St. Nicholas', on the re∣signation of Dr. Thomlinson t 6.70.

A. D. 1752 Thomas Dockwray, A. M. (afterwards D. D.) fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, was appointed to this lectureship on the resignation of his uncle, Dec. 20th, that year, with a salary of 100l. per annum, and March 26th, 1753, to the holiday lecture, with a salary of 20l. per annum.—He died Sunday, December 14th, 1783 u 6.71.

Dec. 17th, 1783, Henry Ridley, A. M. late fellow of University College, Oxford, was appointed afternoon and holiday lecturer of St. Nicholas', on the death of Dr. Dockwray. The brother of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart.

CURATES OF ST. NICHOLAS' v 6.72.

THE vicar's assistant, or curate, is styled in an ancient writing, "The Parish Priest w 6.73."

Sir Hugh of Arnecliffe occurs as curate here April 18th, 1366, and June 10th, 1367 x 6.74.

Alan Whitehead, A. D. 1369 y 6.75.

John de Skyndilby, 1380 z 6.76.

John Mitford, 1424 a 6.77.

Sir Thomas Arthur occurs October 8th, 1499 b 6.78.

Thomas Key, curate, is mentioned in the parish register A. D. 1577.—He died January 25th, 1585 c 6.79.

Mr. Cuthbert Ewbancke, curate, occurs May, 1595. (Ibid.)

William Peirson is mentioned May 20th, 1604. Ibid. See account of Lecturers.

Christopher Forster occurs A. D. 1622 and 1633 d 6.80.

Thomas Turner—ejected A. D. 1645 e 6.81.

Nicholas Stote occurs A. D. 1663 f 6.82. Cuthbert Stote is mentioned in the parish register, March 2d, 1660. Quaere if different persons?

Ralph Astell, A. M. occurs A. D. 1667 g 6.83.

William Drake, A. M. occurs A. D. 1678 h 6.84.

Francis Woodmass, A. M. was appointed June 27th, 1693 i 6.85.

Michael Fenwick, A. M. occurs as curate of St. Nicholas' A. D. 1697 k 6.86.

Edmond Lodge, A. D. 1706.—Removed, Sept. 26th, 1715, to the mastership of the grammar-school l 6.87.

John Cowling, A. M. of Peter-House, Cambridge, was appointed Sept. 26th, 1715, on the removal of E. Lodge m 6.88.

William Wilkinson, A. M. of Christ's College, Cambridge, was ap∣pointed on the death of J. Cowling, A. D. 1739 n 6.89.

December 20th, 1756, Richard Brewster, A. M. was appointed on the removal of W. Wilkinson.—He was afterwards made vicar of Heighington in the county of Durham o 6.90.

June 17th, 1762, Cuthbert Wilson, A. M. of Queen's College, Oxford, on the resignation of R. Brewster p 6.91.

CHAPELS OF EASE TO ST. NICHOLAS. BRIDGE-END CHAPEL.

FOR the ancient account of this place, see the history of St. Thomas' Chapel and the Magdalen Hospital.

After having been beautified and pewed, it was on Sunday, Sept. 10th, 1732 (the whole body of the magistrates of Newcastle coming to it with the usual solemnities and formalities), set apart by the corpo∣ration of that town for a chapel of ease to the church of St. Nicholas q 6.92.

There is an order of common-council, June 15th, 1732, appoint∣ing Mr. Richard Cuthbert and Mr. N. Clayton to read prayers and preach alternately in this chapel, in the Sunday afternoons r 6.93. The

Rev. Mr. Cowling was appointed to have the master of the hospital's share of the revenues for reading prayers and preaching at the said chapel every Sunday in the forenoon, and reading prayers there every Wednesday and Friday s 6.94.

May 6th, 1736, Mr. T. Maddison, on the removal of R. Cuthbert —same alternate duty—salary 10l. t 6.95.

At the same time Mr. John Thompson appointed on the removal of N. Clayton—same duty and salary as above u 6.96.

October 8th, 1739, Mr. Henry Featherstonehaugh morning lecturer, on the death of J. Cowling v 6.97.

Dec. 20th, 1756, Mr. John Ellison, of St. Nicholas', appointed to read weekly prayers here, on the resignation of R. Brewster, who had been Mr. Featherstonehaugh's deputy w 6.98.

Dec. 21st, 1761, Richard Brewster, A. M. appointed alternate af∣ternoon lecturer on the death of J. Thompson x 6.99.

June 21st, 1764, Mr. Cuthbert Wilson, of Gateshead, was appointed alternate afternoon lecturer, on the resignation of T. Maddison y 6.100.

Dec. 17th, 1772, on the death of R. Brewster, and resignation of C. Wilson, Mr. William Hall was appointed sole afternoon lecturer at St. Thomas' chapel—salary 20l. per annum z 6.101.

July 7th, 1773, Mr. Emanuel Potter was appointed sole afternoon lecturer at St. Thomas's, on the removal of W. Hall to St. Ann's a 6.102.

Mr. Nathanael Clayton was appointed morning lecturer at this cha∣pel, on the death of H. Featherstonehaugh b 6.103.

SOUTH-GOSFORTH, OR GOSFORD, A CHAPEL OF EASE TO ST. NICHOLAS'.

ROBERT LISLE, of Gosford, gave to his son, Otwell Lisle, with Isabel his wife, in frank marriage, South-Gosford, with the advowson of the church and the miln, &c.

This Robert Lisle married the daughter of Richard Canvill, who, with consent of his wife, gave him Gosford in Northumberland, and King Henry II. by his charter, confirmed the gift c 6.104.

In the year 1377 disputes occur concerning the advowson of the church of South-Gosford, between the King, the Bishop and Prior of Carlisle, and Matthew Bolton, clerk, vicar of Newcastle d 6.105.

A. D. 1391 Sir Robert Lisle was presented with the lordship of Gosford, with the advowson of the church, with the mill, &c. by his elder brother Thomas Lisle. This Sir Robert Lisle, Knt. married Mary, one of the daughters and heirs of Aymer of Athol, uncle to David Strabolgie, Earl of Athol. This Adamar, or Aymer, of Athol lived at Jesmond, and was buried with his lady in the Trinity chapel, in St. Andrew's church, in Newcastle e 6.106.

March 20th, 1494, an agreement was made between Humphrey Lisle, Esq. and the vicar of Newcastle upon Tyne, when the former appears to have quitted his claim to the advowson of South-Gos∣ford f 6.107.

Sir Edward Maxwell occurs as curate of South-Gosforth, August 5th, 1564 g 6.108; also March 5th, 1563.

Humphrey Sicomer occurs Feb. 1st, 1577; also in 1578 h 6.109.

Thomas Maslet occurs as curate July 6th, 1579 i 6.110.

Michael Frisell, A. D. 1580, and 1586 k 6.111.

Alexander Lighton in 1605 l 6.112.

Richard Cockburne, A. M. 1626 m 6.113.

— Thompson, 1658 n 6.114.

Henry Garnett, A. M. occurs as curate here A. D. 1665 o 6.115.

Master Alex. Reed before 1670. He was buried February 8th that year, at St. Nicholas' p 6.116.

William Musgrave occurs in September 1674 q 6.117.

Rev. Mr. Ellison—Mr. Clark r 6.118.

William Wilkinson, A. M. occurs July 18th, 1754.—Bishop's Visi∣tation.

Richard Brewster, A. M. ibid. August 10th, 1758.

George Stevenson, clerk, present curate—on resignation of the above. —Duty every other Sunday morning.

NORTH-GOSFORTH CHAPEL.

THIS has been pulled down.—The chapel-yard remains, with se∣veral grave-stones.

A clergyman, now alive at Newcastle, remembers to have read the burial service in it.

John Graunger occurs as curate February, 1577 s 6.119.

Umfrid' Sicomer, 1578.—He appears to have officiated at both Gosforths.

Tho. Maslet occurs July 6th, 1579 t 6.120.

Mich. Frisell, January 23d, 1580, and July 7th, 1586 u 6.121.

CRAMLINGTON CHAPEL v 6.122.

THIS is a chapel of ease to St. Nicholas', about eight miles distant from Newcastle.—It is dedicated to St. Nicholas w 6.123.—A perpetual cu∣racy. Patrons by turns—Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. and — Lawson, formerly of Cramlington, Esq.

Chri. Palmer occurs as curate February 1st, 1577, and January 19th, 1578.— Barnes' Visitation.

Alex. Lighton, 1586.—Ibid.

Humphrey Green, clerk, licensed October 19th, 1621.

— Dickenson, — 1663.

John Potter, clerk, licensed September 1722. Died October 30th, 1763, aged 78. His patron was — Lawson, Esq.

George Stephenson, clerk.

William Alderson, clerk, occurs August 6th, 1766.—Bishop's Visita∣tion.—Died October 2d, 1774, of an apoplectick fit at Cramlington.

John Brand, A. B of Lincoln-College, Oxford, presented October 6th, 1774. Patron, Matthew Ridley, Esq. of Heaton, pro hac vice.

John Falcon, A. B. curate of Gateshead, sub-curate, with a salary of 20l. per annum.

CHARITY OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY.

THE charter of King Charles II. for erecting a corporation for the relief of the poor widows and children of clergymen, is dated July 1st, 1678. By this they are not permitted to purchase to above the value of 2000l. per annum. King George I. granted his royal licence, dated December 16th, 1714, to enable this corporation to make far∣ther purchases, not to exceed the sum of 5000l. per annum. This is a general charity x 6.124.

The society of the Sons of the Clergy, belonging to the diocese of Durham, which is at present of so considerable extent, was in its origin a private appointment of a few gentlemen, who lamented the necessities of the descendants of this order, and thought a subscription would be a partial alleviation.

April 7th, 1709, an agreement was entered into by a number of gentlemen at Newcastle upon Tyne, to subscribe annually no less than

five shillings each to this charity. They styled themselves the Society of Clergymen's Sons. Mr. Nathanael Clayton, merchant, and Mr. Deodatus Therlkeld occur among the first promoters of this very pious design, and were appointed the first stewards. They fixed their an∣nual meetings to be on the first Monday in September in every year y 6.125. —The first was on September 5th, 1709, when the subscription amounted but to five pounds: so slender were the beginnings of this institution, the seeds of which may truly be said to have fallen on good ground, and produced an hundred fold.

September 14th, 1709, an attempt of the like kind appears to have been made in Northumberland, for the benefit of the two deaneries of Alnwick and Bambrough z 6.126.

September 10th, 1711, Dr. John Smith, prebendary of Durham, preached a sermon before them at St. Nicholas' church, in Newcastle upon Tyne, which was printed.—This was called their first solemn meeting, and the subscription this year amounted to 13l. 11s. a 6.127.

September 19th, 1712, Nicholas Burton, A. M. lecturer of St. Nicholas', Durham, preached before the society at Newcastle, and his sermon also was printed. A collection, for the first time, was made at church, amounting to 7l. 14s. 7••d.—The subscription in all this year, 25l. 11s. 6d. b 6.128.

George Ritchell, clerk, lecturer of Hexham, by his will dated 14th June, 1717, lest forty shillings per annum to this society, payable out of lands at South-Nun-Bush, near Newbrugh in Northumberland c 6.129.

In 1725 the society at Newcastle, and the above, for the benefit of the two deaneries of Alnwick and Bambrough, were united d 6.130.

September 6th, 1731, Thomas Turner, A. M. vicar of Newcastle, preached before the society. The sermon was afterwards printed. The subscription this year, 213l. 18s. 6d. e 6.131.

Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers, by her will dated 15th December, 1733, be∣queathed 10l. to the use of this society; as also 50l. more by an addi∣tional clause f 6.132.

September 22d, 1737, Edmund Tew, D. D. rector of Boldon in the bishoprick of Durham, preached before this society in St. Ni∣cholas' church, Newcastle, a sermon which was afterwards printed. The subscription this year was 251l. 14s. 3d. g 6.133.

October 23d, 1746, Thomas Sharp, D. D. archdeacon of Northum∣berland, and prebendary of Durham, preached before this society at St. Nicholas', Newcastle, a sermon which also was afterwards printed. The subscription this year amounted to 195l. 14s. 10½d. h 6.134

September 6th, 1750, John Ellison, A. M. vicar of Bedlington, and lecturer of St. Andrew's in Newcastle upon Tyne, preached be∣fore

this society, ibid. a sermon which was afterwards printed. The subscription this year amounted to 242l. 8s. 3d. i 6.135.

September 4th, 1766, John Darch, B. D. fellow of Baliol-College in Oxford, and vicar of Long-Benton in Northumberland, preached ibid. before this society, a sermon which was afterwards printed. The subscription this year amounted to 298l. 16s. 7d. k 6.136.

In the year 1773 it was agreed upon that the anniversary meetings of this society should in future be held alternately at Durham and Newcastle. The first meeting held at Durham was in 1774 l 6.137.

Margaret Dongworth, of Old Elvet, Durham, spinster, by her last will, dated October 11th, 1775, bequeathed a thousand pounds to this charity, to be paid within twelve calendar months after her death, which happened on the 5th of July, 1779 m 6.138.

In the year 1780 this society appears to have had a fund of 1500l. put out at interest with the corporation of Newcastle at 4l. per cent. As also the farther sum of 500l. lent to the same body at 3½ per cent. the interest of both sums amounting to 77l. 10s. per annum n 6.139.

MIDDLE-STREET.

THIS street appears to have been called anciently Glover-Gate o 6.140, alias Middle-Street: Bourne says it bare formerly three names. The upper part of it was called Skinner-Gate, the lower Spurrier-Gate and Sadler-Gate.

Part of Flesh-Market, anciently inhabited by the principal mer∣chants p 6.141 of the town, was called Cloth-Market q 6.142, part of it Flesh-Mar∣ket, and part Fish-Market r 6.143.—See account of Morden-Ward.—Many houses in it paid an annual rent to University-College in Oxford s 6.144.— Mention occurs of one A. D. 1304, near the church-yard, paying six shillings a year to that seminary.

Bourne tells us, that towards the south end of the Flesh-Market was a large cross, with a lead cistern at the top, to hold the water called the New-Water, which was pulled down about three years before he wrote his history t 6.145.

There is a narrow passage, leading from the Flesh-Market to Mosley-Street near the new play-house, called Drury-Lane.

At the foot of the Flesh-Market stands the cordwainer's meeting-house, called formerly "The spinn, or workhouse u 6.146."

A very great market for flesh is held in this street every Saturday, as are also two fairs, each for eight days every year, at Lammas and St. Luke's Mass v 6.147.

There has lately been a new street made to communicate with Pilgrim-Street, from the foot of the Flesh-Market, called, in compli∣ment to the very worthy alderman of that name, "Mosley-Street," in which have been built a new play-house and a new post-office w 6.148.

Before A. D. 1688, the place of worship for Roman Catholicks at Newcastle was in a chapel down a court-yard in the Flesh-Market, adjoining to what is at present the White-Hart-Inn.

On the accession of King James II. the magistracy of Newcastle was composed of papists and protestants, conformists and non-con∣formists; the cap, the mace, and the sword were one day carried to the church, another day to the mass-house, and on a third to the dis∣senting meeting-housex 6.149.

January 28th, 1746, about one o'clock in the morning, a popish chapel at Gateshead was set on fire by the mob, assembled there to wait for the arrival of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, on his way to meet the rebel army.

An attack, equally cruel and unjustifiable, appears to have been made on the same occasion upon another Roman-catholic chapel at the Nuns, in Newcastle y 6.150.

A Mr. Walsh is said to have been priest at the chapel in Gateshead, which was afterwards removed to a house that once belonged to Sir John Marley, the celebrated loyalist, in the street called the Close.

The chapel in the Nuns was removed to a place, the entry to which is near the Black-Horse-Pant, in the Bigg-Market, where Mr. Cordell at present officiates.

The chapel in the Close has also been removed since that time to a house near the foot of West-Gate, at which Mr. Warilow is the present officiating priest.

From the head of the street called the Side, to about the middle of it, there is a very steep descent: this name is plainly derived from the cir∣cumstance of its being erected on the side of a hill. About half-way down it becomes more than double its breadth in the steep descent.

Bourne tells us, that the east side of the wider part was anciently called "Cordiner, or Cordwainer-Rawe z 6.151."

There was a postern, called the Eastern-Postern of the Castle, that communicated by a very narrow and steep flight of steps with the Side, a little above the middle of that street.—See account of the Castle.

A little above, on the opposite side, we descended by a small flight of steps into a short narrow lane, which communicated with the bottom of the street called Painter-Hugh. Bourne supposes that this was an∣ciently called Swinburn-Place a 6.152. At the north end of this lane there was a place called Pencher-Place b 6.153. He adds, "perhaps the whole lane was called so."

It went up as far as the late Nether-Dean-Bridge c 6.154.

"Under this very high and ancient arch," he continues, "I am told the rings are still to be seen that the boats were fastened to, which

brought up the merchant-goods, when the merchants had their shops in the Flesh-Market." This arch was lately taken down.

Lort, or Lork-Burn, up which, for a considerable way, the tide flowed formerly, made a division anciently in the lower part of the Side. This runner of water was covered over with stone, A. D. 1696 d 6.155.

On the north side of Lork-Burn, near the Sand-Hill, stood the Cale-Cross e 6.156, which Grey, in his Chorographia, describes as a "fair one, with columns of hewn stone covered with lead."

There was a cistern at the top of it within my remembrance, to hold what was then called the New-Water. It was taken down about No∣vember 1773 f 6.157. It is sometimes, but erroneously, called Scale-Cross.

This cross was rebuilt, A. D. 1783, after a design of Mr. David Stevenson, architect.—The inscription as follows: "Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. mayor, Richard Bell, Esq. sheriff." Here conti∣nue to be sold eggs, milk, cheese, butter, &c.

High-Friar-Chare, which leads from Newgate-Street, near the New-Gate, to Pilgrim-Street, has had its name to distinguish it from the other called the Low-Friar-Chare, lower down the street, and commu∣nicating with West-Gate.

Adjoining to this street stood the house of Grey-Friars, or Minors, called also Franciscan-Friars.

They were one of the most eminent of the four orders of mendicants g 6.158. St. Francis, their founder, gave them one of their names.—They were called Grey Friars from the colour of their habit, and Minors through humility h 6.159. Their house in Newcastle is said to have been founded by the Carliols i 6.160, wealthy merchants in the time of King Henry III k 6.161.

Bourne, on the authority of ancient writings, observes that they were a regular and settled body, A. D. 1267.

At a general chapter of this order held at Narbone in France, A. D. 1258, it appeared that the English province had seven custodies, where∣of the custody of Newcastle, containing nine convents, was one l 6.162.

A. D. 1284 Hugh of Newcastle, commonly called the Scholastic Doctor, flourished in this house m 6.163.

In the year 1299 the brethren of this house received of the King

for their pittance of one day on his passing through Newcastle, by the hands of Walter de Whitborne, at Berwick, 15th of December, eleven shillings and four-pence, and for their pittance of two days on his coming to that town in the January following, by the hands of Thomas de Dunholme, twenty-two shillings and eight-pence n 6.164.

Dr. John Scot, usually called Duns Scotus, and the Subtle Doctor, entered the order of Minors in this house before A. D. 1300 o 6.165.

August 1st, 1322, the brethren of this house received eight shillings for their pittance of one day, and on the 14th of September following, eight shillings for the same by the King's almoner, on the King's arrival at Newcastle p 6.166.

A. D. 1336 Friar Martin of Alnwick died, and was buried in this convent, where he had taken the habit of a Franciscan, and from whence he was sent to Oxford, where he took a doctor's degree q 6.167.

December 6th, 1342, on a representation to King Edward III. then at Newcastle upon Tyne, by the warden and friars of this house, that they and their predecessors had long held a conduit of water, running to their convent, from a fountain called Seven-Head-Wells, which they had inclosed with stone, and put a door to, of which they were in possession of the key; but the fountain abounding with water, they had granted a part of it to the use of the public of that place, who abus∣ing their favour had broken the conduit, diverted the course of the wa∣ter, and hindered them from recovering it: the King granted them the sole use of this fountain, and empowered them a second time to inclose it, lock it up, and keep the key thereof, in the same manner as before the infringement of their exclusive rightr 6.168 to the same.

A. D. 1350 Henry de Huda, an Englishman, occurs as provincial of England, and of the custody of Newcastle upon Tyne s 6.169.

March 23d, 1497, Thomas Baxter was ordained priest, John Cooke, John Esby, and William Hudson, subdeacons, and John de Macklinia and Francis de Macklinia, acolythists. They all belonged to this order and house—the two last are styled of the order of Friars Minors de ob∣servanciat 6.170.

King Henry VII. who died A. D. 1509, some time in his reign ap∣pears to have expelled the conventuals of this order from this house, and filled it with observants in their stead u 6.171.

In the year 1536 the house of Friars Minors in Newcastle was again made conventual v 6.172 by King Henry the Eighth w 6.173.

It was prevailed x 6.174 upon to surrender January 9th. 1539, at which time it consisted of John Crayforth, prior, eight friars and two no∣vices y 6.175.

James Rokesby occurs as the keeper after the suppressionz 6.176.

The Franciscans having enjoyed nothing either in propriety or com∣mon but a subsistence depending upon the charity of others, their house here had accordingly no rents, and there is on that account so small a value of it recorded at the suppression a 6.177.

Tanner informs us, in his Notitia Monastica, that this house, in 1545, was granted to the Earl of Essex, James Rokesby, and others.

The street called Upper-Dean-Bridge, or High-Bridge, to distin∣guish it from the Nether or Low Bridge, conducts from the foot of the Bigg-Market to Pilgrim-Street. The corporation of Newcastle have lately made on the south side of part of it a covered place for a poultry market, which is held there accordingly every Saturday.

A meeting-house for dissenters was erected not many years ago in this street, of which Mr. James Murray was minister.—He published Sermons to Asses, The History of the American War, &c.—Died Ja∣nuary 28th, 1782, and was buried in St. Andrew's church-yard.

The Low or Nether Dean-Bridge conducted from St. Nicholas'

church-yard into Pilgrim-Street, and has plainly had its name from its situation lower down in the town than the Upper or High-Bridge b 6.178. The Roman Wall, it is said, went along it.

Formerly there was a small descent by stone steps from the church∣yard into the Low-Bridge, and at the foot of these steps was an alms-house, for two or three poor women, which lately remained, but has at present no allowance, nor is the founder known.

Dr. Ellison's MSS. call it "an hospital in the Nether-Deen-Bridge." It often is mentioned in St. Nicholas' old registers—1579, 1581, 1650, &c.

The Painter-Hugh, by a steep descent, conducted from the bottom of Pilgrim-Street to the middle of the Side.—There is a flight of stone steps on one side, for the convenience of foot passengers. Bourne de∣rives the name of it from "painter," a rope by which boats are moored; and "hugh," a steep hill or bank.—The latter is clear, but I should suspect the former to have been the sirname of the owner of the propertyc 6.179.

Pilgrim-Street d 6.180, on I know not what authority, is said to have had its name on account of pilgrims who came from all parts of the king∣dom to worship at our Lady's chapel at Jesmond, in the vicinity of Newcastle.

There was an inn e 6.181 in this street, says Bourne, which the Pilgrims in their journey were wont to call at, which occasioned their constant coming up this street, and so it got its name of Pilgrim-Street, as the inn did that of Pilgrim's Inn.

The meeting-house of the inoffensive sect called Quakers is in Pil∣grim-Street, nearly opposite to the site of the Pilgrim's Inn.

Adjoining to it is a burying-ground for persons of that denomina∣tion.

In Corbridge's Plan of Newcastle upon Tyne, of the date of 1723, a dissenters meeting-house is marked hereabouts, and not far from the Manor-Chare.

The first place of meeting f 6.182 which this sect had in the vicinity of Newcastle upon Tyne, was in the street called Pipewell-Gate, in Gateshead, in a house not many years ago the property of a Mr. Swift, who kept a tavern in it, with the sign of the Fountain.

On the same side of Pilgrim-Street, a little higher up, there is kept, at present, a dispensary, which was opened October 2d, 1777 g 6.183 for the humane purpose of "administering advice and medicines to the poor confined to their own habitations by sickness."

The corporation of Newcastle subscribed 40l. per annum h 6.184 to this

charitable institution, which is a very necessary appendix to the infir∣mary.

The limits for visiting patients were appointed as follows: Shield-Road-Bridge to the eastward, and the utmost extent of the town to the west, north, and south. Gateshead to become a district for medical practice, as soon as a sufficient subscription should be raised. John Baker, Esq. was the first president; Lord Ravensworth was afterwards patron.

In November, 1785, the Duke of Northumberland was chosen pa∣tron of this charity.

In September, 1786, the present Duke of Northumberland was elected patron.

Near the head of this street, on the left hand in going up, stands a princely mansion, the main body whereof is said to have been built out of the ruins of the house of the Grey-Friars.—The two wings were added by Sir William Blackett, Bart. whose grand-daughter married its late lamented owner and inhabitant, Sir Walter Blackett, Bart i 6.185.

The alms-houses built by Christopher Brigham, merchant, and after him called Brigham's alms-houses, stood at the head of this street, near the Grey-Friars' House, and almost contiguous to Pilgrim-Street-Gate.

The founder was sheriff of Newcastle A. D. 1495, and mayor A. D. 1504 and 1505.

This place is mentioned as having been inhabited, in the year 1556, by poor religious women. The site of this place is marked in Speed's Plan of Newcastle, A. D. 1610.

Leland mentions this little hospital, which appears by Speed's Plan to have consisted of several houses, occupying all, or most of that space, separated by a little lane near the head of Pilgrim-Street, and then at a right angle turning northward into the High-Friar-Chare. They were bounded on the east and north by Pilgrim-Street and the said Chare k 6.186.

Between Pilgrim-Street and the town's wall on the east, is a little field l 6.187 that formerly belonged to the family of Carlels, or Carliols, from whom it was called the Carle, or Carliol-Croft. There is a runner of

water through it near the garden walls, the ancient name of which was Ayrekeburn m 6.188.

Near the foot of this street is held a market for wheat and rye every Tuesday and Saturday.

Lord Scrope had a house in this street A. D. 1456, near some pro∣perty of Sir John Heron, of Ford, Knt n 6.189.

The house of Laurence Acton, who was mayor of Newcastle in the year 1433, was in this street.

Pilgrim-Street, growing narrower as it approaches to All-Saints church, winds down the hill towards the foot of the Side, taking the name at present of Butcher-Bank, as being chiefly inhabited by persons of that trade, but it was formerly called All-Hallow-Bank o 6.190.

There was an alms-house near All-Saints church, which was founded about the beginning of the sixteenth century, by Elizabeth Nykson, widow p 6.191. Two houses adjoining were given with it, to the use of the poor of All-Saints parish—Four women, who were allowed twenty shillings per annum for coals, lived in it.—Bourne tells us, that in his time it was going fast to ruin, and that the then sole inhabitant was al∣lowed

eight chaldron of coals by the year, and three shillings a quarter by the church-wardens of All-Saints.

It was opposite to the west stairs of that church.

It appears, by an inquisition taken September 2d, 1577, that a waste in Pilgrim-Street belonged to the nuns of Lamlaye, whose lands were purchased by Albayne Fetherstonehaugh at the dissolution.

Manor-Chare q 6.192, which leads from Pilgrim-Street to Jesus' Hospital, and from thence to the head of the Broad-Chare, by a part r 6.193 of it an∣ciently called Cow-Gate, was formerly styled Austin-Chare, as conduct∣ing to the house of Austin, or Augustine-Friars.

The first appearance of this order of mendicants in England was, ac∣cording to some accounts, in 1250; others place it in 1252.

This house is said to have been founded by William, Lord Ros, Baron of Wark upon Tweed, about the year 1290 s 6.194.

A. D. 1291 King Edward I. granted a licence to John de Capella, to give and assign a messuage in Penrith to the prior and brethren of this house t 6.195.

A. D. 1299 King Edward I. gave to the brethren of this monastery 8s. 4d. for a pittance of one day, on his passing through Newcastle in the month of December, and for their pittance of two days, on his coming to that town on the 8th of January following u 6.196.

In the year 1306 the King granted a licence of mortmain to Bar∣tholomew Patun, of Newcastle upon Tyne, and Christian his wife, to assign to the prior and brethren of St. Augustine, of that town, a cer∣tain place contiguous to their convent, 200 feet in length, and 24 feet in breadth, for the purpose of enlarging their burial-ground v 6.197.

A. D. 1309, there was a patent containing a confirmation of land

lying in Cow-Gate, which had been granted by William Ros to the brethren of this house; as there was also another of the same date, by which King Edward II. granted some messuages in Newcastle, late parcel of the possessions of Robert de Middleton, who had been at∣tainted, for the enlargement of this convent w 6.198.

Tanner, in his Notitia Monastica, mentions a patent to this house, of the date of 1319 x 6.199.

August 1st, 1322, the brethren of this house received eight shillings for their pittance of one day; and September 14th following, on the King's arrival at Newcastle, eight shillings for the same, by the hands of the King's almoner y 6.200.

About this time one Elias was prior of this house z 6.201.

In the year 1323 a patent was granted to this convent, concerning a piece of ground contiguous thereto, 28 feet in length, and 160 feet in breadth, to be procured of John Denton to enlarge their house a 6.202.

Tanner, in his Notitia Monastica, mentions a patent of this fraternity, dated A. D. 1330, which cannot now be found b 6.203.

September 23d, 1331, King Edward III. after an inquisition made by John de Bolingbrok, his eschaetor north of Trent, granted a licence of mortmain to Adam de Colewell, chaplain, to assign three roods and an half of land in Newcastle, contiguous to this house, to the prior and brethren thereof, in order to enlarge it; with a proviso that the mayor and community of that town should have sufficient space between this convent and the town's wall to ride in, for the custody and defence thereof, as they had in other places in the circuit of the said town, within the above wall. This land was held of the King in chief, and paid three-halfpence per annum for all service c 6.204.

A writ of King Richard II. of a date posterior to A. D. 1389, the 12th of his reign, is preserved in Fitzherbert's Natura Brevium, and appears to have been sued forth by this convent. It is directed to the bailiffs of Newcastle upon Tyne, who were ordered to make proclama∣tion to prevent the casting of filth into rivers, ditches, streets, &c. se∣veral persons having thrown excrements, filth, and garbage, in a cer∣tain way that led near to the house of the Austin-Friars, to their great annoyance and peril, and contrary to the tenor of a late statute.

July 24th and 25th, 1503, Margaret, eldest daughter of King Henry VII. was entertained at this house. This princess was at that time affianced to the King of Scotland, and upon her journey thither d 6.205.

By an ordinary of the fraternity of weavers in Newcastle upon Tyne, dated 31st of August, 1525, every brother of that society is enjoined to be "at the Sante Augustines in the daye of the Exaltacion of the Holy Crosse," in every year, and on the "none of the same to go to the dirige and sowle masse to be done for the brederes & susters of the said fellowship e 6.206.

December 23d, 1531, Cuthbert Jordayne and John Ruther.... (probably Rutherford), brethren of this house, were ordained priests f 6.207.

Andrew Kel, prior, with seven brethren and three novices, surren∣dered this house January 9th, 1539 g 6.208.

A. D. 1540, this place occurs as having been reserved to the use of the King, for his council in the north to reside in h 6.209.

A. D. 1551, the house of Austin-Friars is said to have been granted to John, Duke of Northumberland, "as parcel of Tinmouth monastery i 6.210."

August 1st, 1553, Richard Benson occurs as keeper of the house of Augustine Friars in Newcastle, with a fee of forty shillings per annum, under the crown k 6.211.

The Milbank MS. informs us, that King James I. gave it to a person of his own nation, who had begged it of him l 6.212

The same authority tells us, that it afterwards belonged to one Cap∣tain Sykes m 6.213.

This place occurs in Speed's Plan of Newcastle, 1610, under the title of "The King's Manour."

A. D. 1648, it is mentioned as being in the possession of the corpo∣ration of Newcastle, who had either recently purchased it, or claimed it as a waste n 6.214.

March 15th, 1648, the company of barber chirurgeons petitioned the common-council of Newcastle upon Tyne for a grant of part of the Manors, whereon to build themselves a meeting-house o 6.215.

The Manors has since that time continued in the possession of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne. A division of it, still called the artillery ground, was used by the townsmen as a place where they performed the exercise of the pike and gun. Part of it was turned in∣to a house of correction. Part of it the butchers company converted into a tallow p 6.216 house, and at different periods of time the hospital of the holy Jesus, Blackett's hospital, and the hospitals of the two Davisons, the charity-school of All-Saints parish, a work-house, and lastly a pe∣nitentiary house, have been erected on distinct parcels thereof.

The present work-house or general hospital q 6.217, out of which the old

windows were taken about fifty years ago, has formed, it should seem, one of the quadrangles of the convent. In what is called now the cellar of that building, two ancient arches still remain over the door∣ways, near the hall or common eating-room.

Jesus' Hospital, commonly called the Town's Hospitalr 6.218, situated near the foot of the Manor-Chare, was founded, erected, and endowed, at the charge of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne, A. D. 1681.

It is mentioned in the common-council books, Dec. 18th, 1682, under the title of an alms-house or hospital, lately erected for poor people in the Manors, at which time some rules (which, afterwards, April 16th, 1683, were revised with some alterations) were confirmed by that body.

March 26th, 1683, this hospital was incorporated by the name of the master, brethren and sisters of the Hospital of the holy Jesus, founded in the Manors in the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne, at the charge of the mayor and burgesses of that town, for sup∣port of poor impotent people, being freemen and freemen's widows, or their sons and daughters that had never been married, for ever.

Thomas Lewen, merchant, was appointed the first master, with thirty-nine others, to have power to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded—purchase and hold lands, and have a common seal, with a cross graven thereon, and in the circumference, "Sigillum Hospitalis Sancti Jesu in Novo Castro." The mayor, aldermen and common-council of Newcastle, for the time being, were appointed visitors, and to give rules and laws to this hospitals 6.219.

The rules dated at a common-council, April 16th, 1683, were sealed on the 3d of October followingt 6.220.

March 27th, 1683, a messuage, key or quay, and garden, in the street called the Close, in Newcastle, was purchased by the mayor and burgesses of that town for 700l. and settled on the master, brethren and sisters of this hospitalu 6.221.

November 6th, 1683, an estate at Edderley, in the county of Dur∣ham, was purchased by the mayor and burgesses aforesaid for 1610l. and settled in the above master, brethren and sisters: the inheritance thereof to be in fee simple v 6.222.

Sept. 25th, 1685, an estate at Whittell in the county of Northum∣berland, was purchased by the above mayor and burgesses, for 1300l. and settled as above on this hospital w 6.223.

September 18th, 1695, mention occurs of Mr. John Rumney, as having bequeathed 250l. to the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle; the interest whereof to be yearly distributed to this hospital, and the poor of the several parishes of Newcastle x 6.224.

December 19th, 1716, the mayor and common-council of New∣castle petitioned parliament for leave for the master, &c. of this hos∣pital to sell their lands at Edderley and Whittell aforesaid, which they alleged were not a sufficient fund for their support.

The said mayor and common-council were desirous, on this occasion, of charging certain lands and tenements within the manor of Walker, in the county of Northumberland, of the yearly value of 250l. with a yearly rent-charge for ever of 185l. (105l. more by the year than the annual produce of Edderley and Whittell), but they were unable to complete the purchase of the said manor of Walkery 6.225, unless they ob∣tained

leave to dispose of Edderley and Whittell, to raise part of the purchase money.

Mr. John Ord, by his will, proved at Westminster, A. D. 1721 or 1722, devised to this hospital a rent-charge of 1l. 6s. 8d. from a mes∣suage on the west side of the Bigg-Market in Newcastle: also a rent-charge of 6s. 8d. out of another messuage in the Side there for ever: these sums to be divided by his heir at law in the presence of the mayor of Newcastle for the time being z 6.226.

January 2d, 1752, there was an order of common-council for giving forty fothers of coals annually to this hospital, at the festival of Christmasa 6.227.

December 18th, 1769, there was an order of common-council for

the master of this hospital to be paid 8l. and each brother and sister 6l. per annum b 6.228.

March 22d, 1779, the mayor and common-council of Newcastle, in consequence of a resolution to prefer, in future, the most aged claim∣ants to the places that should fall vacant in this hospital, made an order that the several candidates should produce certificates of their respective ages, to be regularly filed in the town-clerk's office c 6.229.

Here also an hospital for matrons, for a governess and five sisters, to be widows of protestant clergymen, merchants, and freemen of the town of Newcastle, endowed by the charity of Mrs. Anne Davison d 6.230, widow of Mr. Benjamin Davison, merchant, was erected by the cor∣poration of that town in a field near the hospital of the holy Jesus, in the year 1725.

George Grey, Esq. surviving trustee, founded this hospital e 6.231 March 25th, 1748.

A. D. 1754, the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle having been appointed the patrons of this charity, by the above surviving trustee, erected a handsome new set of apartments for the governess and five sisters of this hospital, nearly on the same site with the former housef 6.232.

March 21st, 1771, there was an order of common-council for each woman in Mrs. Davison's hospital to have 8 carts of coals in every year g 6.233.

Here also Sir Walter Blackett's hospital for six unmarried men, to be poor and decayed burgesses of the town, was founded in 1754; the worthy baronet, on the receipt of a bond given him by the corpo∣ration, having deposited 1200l. in their hands for that purpose h 6.234.

The foundation-stone of this house was laid July 29th, 1754 i 6.235.

March 21st, 1777, there was an order of common-council to give an allowance of eight carts of fire-coal, yearly, to every man in this hospital k 6.236.

There is a stone put up over the door of their apartments, inscribed as follows:

"This hospital for six unmarried men, to be poor and decayed burgesses, built on the ground, and at the common charge of the corporation of this town, was founded by Sir Walter Blackett, Bart. the munificent magistrate and representative, in seven successive parliaments, of Newcastle upon Tyne, A. D. 1754."

Here also is an hospital for six unmarried women, to be the daugh∣ters or widows of free burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne, indebted for its foundation and support to the charity of Thomas Davison, Esq. of Ferry-Hill in the county of Durham, and his two sisters Timothia and — Davison l 6.237.

A. D. 1754, the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle erected here, on their ground, and at their common expence, an elegant set of apart∣ments for the above six unmarried women, under the same roof with those intended for the two former hospitals of Mrs. Anne Davison, and Sir Walter Blackett, Bart m 6.238.

March 21st, 1771, there was an order of common-council, to give

an allowance of eight carts of fire-coal, yearly, to every woman in this house n 6.239.

The following inscription is on a stone over the door:

"This hospital for six unmarried women, to be daughters and widows of burgesses, built on the ground and at the common charge of the corporation of this town, was founded by Thomas Davison, Esq. of Ferry-Hill in the county of Durham, A. D. 1754."

Ward's alms-house o 6.240 stood near the above, founded in the reign of Edward the Fourth, by John Warde, a rich merchant of Newcastle, for twelve poor men, and the like number of poor women. The site of this building is marked, in Speed's Plan of the town, in what is now called the Manor-Chare, where an old wall towards the street, with a door-way built up in it, is still remaining.

SILVER-STREET.

SILVER-STREET, which leads down a very steep hill from the foot of Pilgrim-Street to Pandon, was anciently called All-Hallow-Gatep 6.241, as also Temple-Gate q 6.242, it should seem from the circumstance of its communicating with All-Saints church. It occurs too in old writings with the name of Jew-Gater 6.243.

There is a presbyterian meeting-house in Silver-Street, of which Mr. George Ogilvie, who died April 21st, 1765, aged 57 years, was minister.—He was succeeded by Mr. Sheilds.

CHURCH OF ALL-SAINTS, OR ALL-HALLOWS.

THE conjecture of Grey s 6.244, in his Chorographia, that this church was dedicated to All-Saints, or All-Hallows, from the ancient name of that part of the town, Pampedon, which, he adds, was so called from the Pantheon at Rome, appears to be too ridiculous to deserve either to be considered or refuted.

It is not known at what period this church was built. Bourne met with an account, of the date of 1286, in which it is mentioned as erected at that time t 6.245.

A deed preserved in the vestry of this church, dated October 29th, 1319, describes the street now called Butcher-Bank, as leading from the Cale-Cross to the church of All-Saints u 6.246.

In the years 1651 and 1655, this church appears to have undergone some material alterations v 6.247.

In the year 1728 a lecture was founded at All-Saints, and settled upon Mr. Henry Bourne, the curate, for instructing the people in the rubrick and liturgy of the church w 6.248.

A. D. 1776 this church was thoroughly cleaned and repaired.

In the year 1786 an act passed for the taking down and rebuilding of All-Saints church, several of the inside pillars of that structure hav∣ing given way, and it being hazardous to assemble any longer therein. See Appendix.

The foundation stone of the new edifice was laid by the Rev. James Stephen Lushington, vicar of Newcastle, on the 19th of the kalends of September, A. D. 1786x 6.249.

CHANTRIES.

THERE were seven chantries here in the papal times—one dedi∣cated to St. Thomas—one to the Virgin Mary—one to St. John the Evangelist—one to St. Peter—one to St. Catharine—one to St. Loye— and one to St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist y 6.250.

1. That of St. Thomas is said to have been founded by John Pul∣hore, clerk z 6.251, about 1356. The yearly value was 4l. 8s. 4d.—Wil∣liam White was the last incumbent, and had a pension of 3l. 10s. or 18s. 6d. per annum.

The following account of it occurs in the certificate of colleges and chantries in Northumberland and Durham, 37 Hen. VIII. remaining in the Augmentation-Office:

"The chauntrie of Saynt Thomas in the parishe churche of All-Saynts within the towne of Newcastell upon Tyne was founded by one John Pulhore clarke, to fynde a preiste to say masse and to pray for hys sowle and all Cristen sowles as by a dede of the foundacion therof exhibited before the said commissioners dothe appere and is so used hitherto by reporte—Yerely value 4l. 7s. 8d.—value accordyng

to this survey 4l. 8s. 4d. as dothe apere by a rentall whereof is paid yerely to the Kinges majestie for the tenthes 8s. 9d. ob. and remayneth clerely 79s. 6d. ob. which ar employed to the sustentacion and relief of Wyllyam White priest incumbent there accordyng to th' order of the foundacion.—Ornaments &c. 106s. 6d. ob. qua. as dothe apere by a perticuler inventory of the same.—Ther wer no other landes &c."

2. The foundation deed of our Lady's chantry in this church ap∣pears to have been lost. Its yearly value was 4l. 5s. 10d.

September 25th, 1334, Thomas de Karliol, of Newcastle upon Tyne, granted to Peter, son of Peter Draper, and to Cecily his wife, and their heirs, his patronage of the chantry of the Virgin Mary, in All-Saints church, reserving to himself one turn of presentation a 6.252.

Robert Manners, chaplain, the last incumbent of this chantry, oc∣curs April 29th, 1518 b 6.253; also July 17th, 1527 c 6.254.—He had a pension of 4l. 6s. 4d.

The following account of this chantry occurs in the certificate of col∣leges, &c. 37 Hen. VIII. cited above:

"The chauntrie of our Lady in the parishe churche of All-Saynts within the towne of Newcastell upon Tyne. Ther is no dede of foun∣dacion to be shewed but it hath ben of olde tyme accustomyd to fynde a preeste ther for the mayntenance of Godd's service and so it is used at this present by reporte—Yerely value 63s. 4d.—value accordyng to this survey 4l. 5s. 10d. as apereth by a rentall wherof is paid yerely to the Kinges majestie for the tenthes 5s. 4d. and remayneth clerely 4l. 6d. whiche Roberte Maners clerke now incumbent ther hath to∣wardes hys lyvynge as it hath accustomably ben used hertofore.—Orna∣ments &c. 4l. 3s. 6d. as dooth appere by a perticuler inventory of the same.—Ther were no other landes &c."

3. The chantry of Saint John the Evangelist was founded by Richard Willeby and Richard Fishlake.—It was supported by some tenements in the Sand-Hill and the Side.—The yearly value was 4l. 15s. 4d.—

The last incumbent, whom one account, I think erroneously, makes Anthony Hexham, alias Houghton, had a pension of 3l. 3s. 1d. d 6.255.

The following account of this chantry occurs in the certificate of colleges, &c. 37 Hen. VIII. cited above:

"The chauntrie of Saynt John the Evangelist in the parishe churche of All-Saynts within the towne of Newcastle upon Tyne was founded by one Richard Willeby and one Richard Fishelake to fynde a prieste for ever to pray for their sowles and all Christen sowles and to kepe two obitts yerely for the founders sowles as it is reported and is so used at this present but the dedes of the foundacion wer lost long syns—Yerely value 72s. 5d.—value accordyng to thys survey 4l. 15s. 4d. as apereth by a rentall whereof is paid yerely for rents resolut' 13s. 8d. for two perpetual obytts 8s. 8d. and for the Kynges majesties tenthes 7s. 3d. —29s. 7d. and remayneth clerly 65s. 9d. which ben employed to the sustentacion and relief of John Musgrope incumbent therof.—Orna∣ments &c. 112s. 2d. ob. qua. as dothe apere by a perticuler inventory of the same.—Ther wer no other landes &c."

4. St. Peter's chantry was founded about A. D. 1411, by Roger de Thornton, when he also founded St. Catharine's hospital on the Sand-Hille 6.256.—The yearly value was 6l.—See account of that hospital, called also Maison-Dicu.

The following account of this chantry occurs in the certificate of colleges, &c. 37 Hen. VIII. cited above:

"The chauntrie of St. Peter in the parishe churche of All-Saynts ibid. was founded by reporte to fynde a priest for ever to the maynte∣naunce of Godds service ther and to pray for all Cristen sowles and the said priest to have for his stipend or salary 6l. yerely to be paid out of all the possessions of the hospital of Saynt Katheryn called La Mai∣son-Dieu in the towne of Newcastell and the same order is observed ther at this present by reporte.—Yerely value 6l.—value accordyng to this survey 6l. as apereth by a rentall wherof is paid to the Kingis majestye for the tenthes 12s. and remayneth clerly 108s. which ar employed to the sustentacion of William Teisdale clerk now incum∣bent ther accordyng to th' order of the foundacion.—Ornaments &c. 8s. 5d. as apereth by a perticuler inventory of the same.—Ther wer no other landes &c."

5. The chantry of St. Catharine was founded in the time of King Edward III.—A copy of the foundation deed is still preserved in All-Saints vestryf 6.257.—The King, by his charter, having granted licence to

Robert de Chirton, burgess of Newcastle upon Tyne, and Mariot his wife, daughter and heiress of Hugh Hankyn, burgess of that town, to give a stipend to a certain chaplain, to perform divine service in the church of All-Saints, for the souls of the said Hugh, and Beatrix his wife, Gilbert Hankyn his father, &c. they, out of their devotion to Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary his mother, the blessed Virgin Ca∣tharine, &c. granted to Sir Ada Nynepenys, chaplain at the altar of St. Catharine in All-Saints, 100s. annual rent, out of tenements in Russel-Chare, near "Olle-Crosse g 6.258." Failing the founders' heirs, the mayor and bailiffs of the town, for the time being, were to be the pa∣trons.—The above Mariot appeared in full court, between the four benches, and was there sworn, before the mayor and bailiffs, never to contradict her husband's act.

The yearly value of this chantry was 5l. 3s. 8d.

The following account of this chantry occurs in the certificate of colleges, &c. 37 Hen. VIII. remaining in the Augmentation-Office:

"The chauntrie of Saynt Katheryne in the parishe churche of All-Saynts within the towne of Newcastell upon Tyne was founded by a licence of King Edward 3^d to one Hugh Hawking and Betteresse his wyffe to fynd one prieste ther for ever to say masse and to pray for their sowles and all Cristen sowles as by a dede of the foundacion therof bering date 20 January A. D. 1335, more playnly dothe appere and it is so used at this presente by reporte.—Yerely value 118s. 18d.—value accordyng to this survey 103s. 8d. as apereth by a rentall wherof is paid owt for a rent resolut' 3s. and for the Kinges majesties tenthes 10s. 9d. ob. qua. and remayneth clerely 4l. 5s. 10d. qua. whiche ben employed to the sustentacion and relief of Myles Swalwell prest now incumbent ther accordyng to the ordynnaunce of the said foundacion.—Ornaments

&c. 119s. 4d. as apereth by a perticuler inventory of the same.—Ther werno other landes &c."

6. The chantry of St. Loy, or Saint Elgie, was founded by Richard Pykeryng, in the reign of King Edward III.—The yearly value was 3l. 8s. 4d. h 6.259.—William Browne was the last incumbent, and had an annual pension of 3l. 2s. 8d.

John Ward, of Newcastle, merchant, by his last will, dated June 24th, 1461 i 6.260, left certain lands in trust, for finding a priest to perform divine service at the altar of St. Loye, in All-Hallows church. The priest's salary to be eight marks.

The following account of this chantry occurs in the certificate of colleges, &c. 37 Henry VIII. remaining in the Augmentation-Office.

"The chauntrie of Saynt Loye in the parishe churche of All Saynts ibid. was founded by one Richard Pykering by a licence obteyned of K. Edward III. to fynde a priest for ever to say masse and pray for all Christen sowles by reporte which is so used at this present, but the dede of the foundacion was loste many yeres syns as it is sayd.— Yerely value 60s.—value accordyng to this survey 68s. 4d. as aper∣eth by a rentall wherof is paid yerely to the Kinges majestie for the tenthes 6s. and remayneth clerely 62s. 4d. which ben employed to the sustentacion and relief of William Browne priest incumbent ther accordyng to the ordynnance of the said foundacion—Ornaments &c. 71s. 8d. as apereth by a perticuler inventorie of the same as well for the goodes and ornaments of this chauntrie as of the chauntrie of St. John Baptist and St. John the Evangelist next ensewyng because the said two chauntries be both founded at one aulter the said ornaments doo serve for theym boothe indifferently.—Ther wer no other landes &c."

7. The chantry of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist was founded by John Warde—yearly revenue 7l. 15s. 8d. William Hepson, alias Hixsonne, was the last incumbent, and had a pension of 5l. per annum. The following account of this chantry occurs in the certificate 37 Hen. VIII. remaining in the Augmentation-Office.

"The chauntrie of St. John Baptist and St. John Evangelist in the parishe churche of All Saynts ibid. was founded by one John Warde to fynde a preest for ever to say masse and pray for all Cristen sowles as by the dede of the foundacion exhibited before the said commission∣ers dothe appere and is so used at this present by reporte —Yerely value 106s. 8d.—value accordyng to this survey 7l. 15s. 8d. as aper∣eth by a rentall whereof is paid owt for a rent resolut' 38s. 6d. and for the Kinges majesties tenthes 10s. 8d.—49s. 2d. —and remayneth clerly 106s. 6d. whiche ar employed to the sustentacion and relief of William Hepson priest incumbent ther accordyng to the said founda∣cion—Ornaments &c. nil here because all the goodes and ornaments of this chauntrie be charged before in the value of the goodes and orna∣ments of St. Loye's chauntrie within the sum of 71s. 8d. as is ther de∣clared.—Ther wer no other landes &c."

For the "altar of the Trinity" in this church, see account of the Trinity-House.

STEEPLE OF ALL-SAINTS.

THE steeple of this church, of somewhat remarkable form as to the spire rising from its square tower, was of mean height, and no very elegant design. Robert Rhodes, the great benefactor to the churches of this town, who lived in this parish, and was buried in the chancel of this church, had his name and arms also under the belfry in this steeple, in which he probably made great alterations k 6.261.

The bells of this church l 6.262 were founded anew, or increased in num∣ber, A. D. 1696.

The clock was made in 1691 m 6.263.

GALLERIES AND PEWS n 6.264.

THE ancient gallery, which divided the chancel from the nave of the church, on the site of which the butcher's gallery lately stood, and which had been the rood-loft in the times of popery, appears to have been taken down, by the chancellor's special directions, A. D. 1639, although great interest had been made with the bishop to suffer it to remain. There were two other galleries in the late church, one be∣longed to the Trinity-House, the other held the organ seats for the children of the charity-schools, &c.

Pews or stalls are mentioned to have been in All-Saints church A. D. 1488o 6.265.

CHANCEL p 6.266.

THE chancel of this church stood upon a large vault or crypt q 6.267.

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Old Foul in the late Church of All Saints.

The Temporary Bridge as it stood on the 25^th. of Oct^r. 1772.

To M^r. DAVID STEPHENSON Architect, this Plate engraved at his expence, is respectfully inscribed by his obliged humble servant J Brand.

It had been beautified some time before Bourne wrote his history.

The communion table was of marble, presented February 6th, 1684, by John Otway, merchant. There was a prothesis, or side altar r 6.268. In the year 1776 a miserable painting, which represented the disco∣very by the breaking of bread, was put upon the altar-piece.—It was a copy from a print in Ryder's Bible.

FONT.

THERE was a very observable font, with eight shields of arms on it, in this church s 6.269.

WINDOWS t 6.270.

SEVERAL curious fragments of painted glass, that had survived the Reformation, remained dispersed about in the several windows of the late church.

There was a figure of St. Barbara in one of the south ones. There were also several skin-marks.

ORGAN.

THE organ of this church is mentioned to have been repaired A. D. 1631 u 6.271.

LIBRARY.

A. D. 1631, mention occurs of books chained in the choir of this church, where they were placed undoubtedly for the general use of the parishioners v 6.272.

LEGACIES LEFT TO THE POOR OF ALL-SAINTS.

BENEFACTIONS to a very considerable amount appear to have been given, at different periods, to the poor of this very extensive and populous parish.

Mr. Thomas Smith, shipwright, by his will, dated Dec. 22d, 1585, lest the sum of 4l. 18s. 10d. to the poor of this parish, payable out of several houses yearly, at Easter for ever w 6.273.

Mr. Cuthbert Woodman, weaver, by his will, dated August 22d, 1636, left the sum of 12 shillings, to be paid out of a house in Pilgrim-Street, yearly, for ever x 6.274.

A. D. 1640, Henry Hilton, Esq. left to this parish as to St. Ni∣cholas y 6.275.—See St. Nicholas.

Robert Anderson, Esq. left, by deed, 5l. per annum. See St. Ni∣cholas z 6.276.

A. D. 1644, Sir Alexander Davison left to the poor of this, as to the poor of St. Nicholas' parish, 2l. per annum a 6.277.

A. D. 1644, Sir Thomas Davison left to the poor of this, as to St. Nicholas' parish, 1l. per annum.

November 16th, 1648, Mr. Andrew Aldworth left, as to St. Ni∣cholas b 6.278, 1l. per annum.

April 11th, 1660, Mr. William Carr, merchant-adventurer, left to the poor of All-Saints, several rent charges, amounting in all to 1l. 6s. 6d. per annum c 6.279.

Mr Mark Milbank, 1677, as to St. Nicholas, 3l. per annum d 6.280.

Mr. William Carr, 1675, as to St. Nicholas, 1l. 10s. per annum e 6.281.

July 17th, 1661, Mr. John Cosyns, draper, left to be distributed in bread, at two shillings worth per week, to the poor of this parish, 5l. 4s. per annum.—Also 5l. per annum for the repairs of the church f 6.282.

Mr. William Gibson, merchant, left a rent-charge of 1l. per annum, out of a house in Cowgate, October 2••th, 1662 g 6.283.

March 23d, 1673, Mr. David Shevil, barber surgeon, left 4l. per an∣num out of several houses h 6.284.

Left by Mr. Leonard Carr, out of several houses in the Butcher-Bank, 5l. i 6.285.

November 25th, 1675, Thomas Davison, Esq. alderman, left 1l. 10s. to be distributed yearly for ever k 6.286.

March 9th, 1679, Sir William Blackett, Bart. left 2l. per annum out of a house at the end of Tyne Bridge l 6.287.

A. D. 1680, Sir Mark Milbank left, as to St. Nicholas, 6l. per an∣num m 6.288.

A. D. 1690, Mr. John Collier, shipwright, left 3l. per annum n 6.289.

May 12th, 1693, Mr. Richard Hutchinson, roper, left 5l. per an∣num o 6.290.

February 7th, 1694, Mr. Timothy Davison left 1l. 10s. to be paid to poor freemen or freemen's widows of this parish p 6.291.

A. D. 1694, Mr. John Rumney left 2l. 10s. per annum q 6.292.

A. D. 1698, Mr. George Collingwood, carpenter, left 2l. to be given annually to two poor widows, who are to have it but once, so that all the poor widows in the parish may enjoy the same r 6.293.

In the year 1707, Henry Holme, Esq. left 6l. per annum s 6.294.

A. D. 1710, Nicholas Ridley, Esq. 1l. per annum t 6.295.

A. D. 1711, March 14th, Robert Fenwick, Esq. 4l. per annum u 6.296.

June 5th, 1711, Mr. John Bee, master and mariner, left 6l. per an∣num v 6.297.

A. D. 1716, Matthew White, Esq. 1l. 10s. per annum w 6.298.

A. D. 1717, Mrs Isabel Wrightson, 2l. 10s. per annum x 6.299.

Mr. William Harrison, hoastman,—150l. interest to be distributed yearly on St. Andrew's day y 6.300.

Mrs. Margaret Ramsay, 20l.—Interest to be distributed yearly z 6.301.

Mr. Edward Ports, shipwright, 20l. interest to be divided yearly a 6.302.

Mrs. Ann Handcock, 50l. interest to be distributed by the church-wardens to such poor people as were constant frequenters of divine worship b 6.303.

John Scaife, slater, about 1764, left 20l. the interest to be given an∣nually to the poor of the parish of All-Saints. (Common-council books, Sept. 24, 1764.)

The corporation of Newcastle gave a bond for the money, to pay at the rate of 4l. per cent.

Thomas Leamon, of Newcastle upon Tyne, Gent. Sept. 20th, 1779, bequeathed 3l. a year for ever to the poor of All-Saints. (From a copy of the will communicated by Mr. Davison, of High-Bridge.)

"Mrs. Mary Buck, who died 21st of May, 1781, left to the poor of the parish the interest of 100l. now lent to the corporation of Newcastle, at four per cent. to be distributed by the curates, church-wardens and overseers, at Christmas, yearly, for ever." (On a compartment on a pillar near the organ.)

CHARITY SCHOOL OF ALL-SAINTS.

THE charity-school of this parish for 41 boys and 17 girls, the former of whom are taught to read and write and cast accounts; the latter, to read, knit, few, &c. both of them being provided with clothes, was founded by a voluntary subscription, A. D. 1709, by which, with the addition of several accidental contributions, it has been supported ever since c 6.304.

The corporation of Newcastle contributed a piece of ground in the Manors, whereon to build a school-house d 6.305.

PARISH REGISTERS.

THE register of baptisms, marriages, and burials, belonging to this church, begins in the year 1600.

There is an hiatus in the register of baptisms from March 1635 to March 1637, as also from March 1643 to January 1644.

There are supposed to be buried communibus annis, at the Ballast-Hills burying ground, about 350 persons, two-thirds of whom belong to this parish e 6.306.

From 1688 to 1707, there were baptized at this church 6818 chil∣dren—married, 1311 persons, and buried, 6046 f 6.307.

From 1730 to 1749, there were baptized ibid. 6953—married, 1358 —buried, 5913.

From 1760 to 1779, baptized 6470—married 2305—buried 3480 persons.

Quota, furnished to the triennial service of the national militia, from All-Saints parish, 23 men g 6.308.

MONUMENTS AND MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS IN THE LATE CHURCH OF ALL-SAINTS.

East end, on a mural monument:

"To the memory of Maria Henrietta Airey, of Benwall, near this place, who died June 10th, A. D. 1779, aged 31, whose character in all the important relations of daughter, sister, wife and parent, made her life truly valuable, her loss irreparable; whose manners in social intercourse were amiable and elegant; whose religion was piety and charity, directed by good sense. But, after all, her best encomium is engraven on the hearts of all who knew her."

"Henry Rawlin, merchant-adventurer, alderman, and sometime mayor of this town, May 8th, 1666."

"Sepulchrum Richardi Burdus. Obiit 20 Dec. 1719."

"Jesus be merciful to the souls of Richard Borrel, his wife and chil∣dren.

He obiit 20 Nov. 1508. This is also the burial place of Mr. Abraham Dixon, master and mariner, who dyed Nov. 11th, 1700."

"Thomas Andrew, 5 Oct. 1708."

"Thomas Wallis' burial place, shipwright."

"Matthew White, Esq. twice mayor of this town, governor of the merchants' and hostmen's companies. He had issue 10 children, Ni∣cholas, Margaret, Elizabeth, Martha, Nicholas, Matthew, Mary, Isabel, Robert and Jane. He departed October 10th, 1716."

"William Aubone, Esq. merchant-adventurer, alderman, and some∣time mayor of this town, Sept. 20th, 1700."

On marble on the wall:

"Under the adjacent marble is interred the body of Thomas Wrang∣ham, the famous and beloved ship-builder of this town: he married Jane the daughter of Mr. Robert Carr, by whom he left issue two sons and one daughter, Thomas, William and Jane. He built five and forty sail of ships, and died of a fever in the 42d year of his age, May 26th, 1689. He was a man of a most generous temper, of a plain and unaffected conversation, and a sincere and hearty lover of his friend. Statutum est omnibus semel mori."

This stone of the Wranghams belonged formerly to the family of Mr. Robert Babington, and had his arms on it.

About a blue stone was inscribed:

"All worldly pomp away doth pass Like fading flowers and wither'd grass, George Borne, cooper, and his wives When death doth end all mortal strifes Trust by the precious death and bloodshedding Of Christ to have life everlasting."

The date worn off, but Bourne met with him in the quality of church-warden of All-Hallows, in the year 1578.

Thomson. Escutcheons: White, Davison, Malabar, Milbanke, Romney, Dame Jane Clavering and Wrightson, as in St. Nicholas' church. Arms on grave stones: Forster—Baxter—Grey—Jefferson —Whiney—Anderson.

In the chancel of All-Saints.

"Ralph Fell, merchant-adventurer, 11th Feb. 1680."

"John Simpson, hoastman, and Jane his wife, their burial place. In this grave of theirs was buried their eldest son, Anderson, so called as being a descendant of the worthy and loyal family of the Andersons of Braidley, who suffered so much in the time of the civil wars in defence of their king and country. He died May 17th, anno 1730, in the 21st year of his age. He was a youth of fine parts, and good learning, a great deal of sweetness of temper and strict religion."

"There is," says Bourne, "in this part of the church a very large stone, insculped with brass, of which several years ago no more could be read than hic tumulatus dono Dei datus mitis clero—promotor ecclesiarum. My authority imagines this to be the burial place of Robert Rhodes. He says the picture upon the stone was very like that of Roger Thorn∣ton; all the difference is, that the gown of this picture is not so deep as that of Thornton's.—He conjectures it to be the burial place of Ro∣bert Rhodes, because of the words promotor ecclesiarum. Lib. All Hall. The words promotor ecclesiarum are not now to be found. However," continues Bourne, "had they been there still, I think they are but a weak argument to prove that Robert Rhodes was buried here, when it is considered that he founded a chantry in St. Nicholas', that his own soul and his wife's might be prayed for. For people were generally buried in the same church, and near the very place, where they erected a chantry or an altar. But whoever it is, this, I think, may be safely concluded from the grandeur of the grave-stone, that he was some wealthy person, and, from his being promotor ecclesiarum, that he was also religious.

"The effigies is very tall, and is surrounded with very curious pictures of the saints and some other things: but the brass is now tearing off, and going very fast into ruin. It is a pity (he adds) there should not be more care taken of it, as it is an ornament to the church, and the monument of its benefactor. The promotors of churches should be always remembered with the most grateful respect, that they may be shining lights to the most distant ages."

Bourne gives an epitaph, said to have been made upon Robert Wal∣las, formerly clerk of this church.

"Here lies Robin Wallas, The king of good fellows, Clark of All-Hallows, And a maker of bellows: He bellows did make till the day of his death, But he that made bellows could never make breath."

South isle.

Nigh the church-porch a large blue stone, the burial place of Mr. William Milbourne, hoastman, who died in the year 1662. This stone formerly belonged to St. Austin's Fryery, and was removed from thence by Thomas Ledger, when he was mayor, in the time of the civil wars. He brought it to St. Nicholas' church, and ordered one Milbourne, a mason, to erase the ancient inscription.

But finding no room to lay it where his father was buried, in St. Ni∣cholas', he sold it to the mason, who sold it again to the person whose name it still bears.

"Henry Milbourne, hoastman, 1698."

"John Binks, master and mariner. Dorothy his wife departed March 11th, 1722."

"Marcus Browellus, generos' attornat' de Banco, Soc' Hospit' Furni∣val Lond' hoc sibi et suis posuit et coelis parata aeterna mansio. Ipse obiit secundo die Novembris, anno Domini 1729 h 6.309."

"Stephen Coulson, merchant-adventurer, married Mary, daughter of Mr. Henry Waters, hoastman. She departed July 6th, 1728. He, the above-named Stephen Coulson, Esq. alderman, and sometime mayor of this town, departed this life October 25th, 1730."

"Sepulchrum Wolstani Paston."

"William Harrison, hoastman, July 10th, 1721."

"As you go," says Bourne, "from the south isle into the body of the church, there is a large blue stone, which was the stone of Christo∣pher Elmer, as appears from the beginning of the present inscription."

"Another authority in this church calls the stone an ancient stone, and says the ancient inscription was, "Jesus have mercy on the souls of Christopher Elmer, his wife and children, and of all souls mercy Lord."

"There were on it the Elmers' arms, the merchants' arms, and his skin mark."

"John Henzell, 1725."

"The burial place of John Morris, hoastman."

"Sub hoc marmore tumulantur exuviae Edwardi Collingwood de Byker Armigeri Northumbriae vicecomitis anno 1699. Qui obiit 11^o Aprilis 1701, annoque aetatis 71, una cum uxoris Annae exuviis, quae obiit 3^o Novembris 1694, per quam hos habuit liberos Radulphum & Martinum mortuos Edvardum & Dorotheam superstites.

"Dorothea Collingwood vita decessit duodecimo die Decembris 1701, et hic sepulta. Gulielmus filius secundus dicti Edwardi filii obiit se∣cundo die Martii 1709. Edvardus filius obiit primo die Martii, 1720. Maria filia natu prior dicti Edvardi filii obiit decimo die Junii 1724. Maria filia Gulielmi Bigg, generosi, uxor dicti Edvardi filii obiit duo∣decimo die Octobris 1727. Quinque enixa liberos, viz. Edvardum, Mariam, Annam, Isabellam & Gulielmum. Isabella filia natu minima dicti Edvardi filii obiit nono die Octobris 1728."

(Additions to the monument of the Collingwoods.)

"Edwardus Collingwood de Byker Armiger hoc sibi suisque posuit 1726. Gulielmus filius natu minimus dicti Edwardi nepotis obiit 29 die Novembris 1740. Maria filia & cohaeres Johannis Roddam de Roddam et Chirton Armigeri, uxor dicti Edwardi nepotis obiit 4^to die Decembris 1766. Quatuor enixa liberos, viz. Gulielmum mortuum; Edwardum, Johannem & Winifridam superstites."

Near the vestry door:

"John Gybson, merchant-adventurer, 1594."

"Edward Nixon, master and mariner."

"Thomas Wetherall, merchant-adventurer, 1640."

"Edward Perkinson, merchant-adventurer, 1698."

"At the east end of the tomb of the family of the Collingwoods (says Bourne), under a stone, with a Latin inscription on it, which formerly belonged to one Blount, lies interred the body of Margaret Bourne, wife of Henry Bourne, curate of this church of All-Hallows. She died August 8th, 1727, in the 30th year of her age.

"〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉." "D. O. M. M. S. Thomae Hockin Gen' et Rogeri Clarke Pronepotis ejus Devoniâ nati. Unâ Eademque die Sept' scil' octavâ, salutis Anno MDCLVIII. aetatis autem Thomae LXX. Rogeri XIX. Novo Castro super Tynam invicem moriere necnon sepulti. Johannes Clarke Priori nepos et Posteriori patruus Utrique charus H. M. M. L. P. Hic cecidere duo queis non separavit amata Sors eadem vivis thalamo, morientibus urnâ."

Near to this monument of Thomas Hockin was an old stone, with this inscription upon it:

"Here lieth buried under this stone, The Right Worshipful Mr. Robert Ellison, Merchant-adventurer of this town, twice Right mayor he was. All worldly pomp for ever thus must pass.

Elisa his wife, his children and friends him by, With all shall rise at the last cry; One thousand five hundred seventy and seven, The last of January he went to heaven."

"Several years ago (says Bourne) the church-wardens were desired by one Matthew Blount to sell this stone, but they loathed the request, because it bore the name of a mayor of Newcastle, which they knew, after the sale of it, would not be long there."

"John Armorer, hoastman."

"Christian Bulman, Oct. 8, 1723."

"Ralph Soursby, merchant-adventurer."

Near the quire door an old stone, which formerly belonged to Mr. Robert Brandling: upon which was the Brandlings arms, with this inscription:

"Here lyeth, under this place, Robert Brandling, merchant-adventurer, by God's grace; Margaret his wife, and children dear, In fear of God they lived here. Like as the brand doth flame and burn, So we from death to life must turn."

"Mr. Nicholas Fenwick (says Bourne) had this stone given him by one Mr. Brandling, who lived at Ipswich, and caused the said inscription to be obliterated: after that he set upon it the arms of the Fenwicks."

"Nigh to this was another stone belonging to the same family of the Fenwicks."

"Charles Atkinson, hoastman."

"There was (says Bourne) an old stone which lay between the vestry and quire-door, with its inscription erased: it belonged to alderman Leonard Carr, who gave 5l. yearly for ever to the poor of this parish, and appointed it out of divers houses in the Butcher-Bank. He was an alderman of the town before the rebellion, and turned out by the re∣bels. He deserves a better monument."

Opposite to the vestry, on the south side of the altar, was a large stone of that kind called touchstone, raised above the level of the church.

It was covered with brass on the top of it, which has cut on it the effigies of Roger Thornton and his wife, and also the figures of the apostles, and other saints, with the family arms; one of the coats, Bourne says, was the arms of Lumley; sed quaere.

Upon the brass plate as follows: "Hic jacet Domicella Agnes quondam uxor Rogeri Thornton que obiit in vigilia Sancte Katerine anno Do∣mini 1411. Propitietur Deus amen. Hic jacet Rogerus Thornton mer∣cator Novi Castri super Tinam qui obiit anno Domini 1429, et 3 die Januarii."

As he was in his life-time a great benefactor i 6.310 to churches, religious houses, the poor, &c. so he forgot them not in his last moments, as appears by his last will and testament.—Vide annals A. D. 1429.

On taking down this monument in 1786, the ground-work of the plate appeared to have been originally filled with differently coloured wax, or paint.

There is a query concerning the arms on this monument in Dr. El∣lison's MSS. whether Thornton's coat and his wife's are not mis∣placed, the man for the woman? I stand indebted for the information to the Somerset Herald, that it was not an unusual thing in ancient times for a son to adopt his mother's coat of arms in preference to his father's k 6.311.—See annexed the representation of this beautiful plate, and

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To Walter Trenelyan Esq. this REPRESENTATION •• the very 〈◊〉〈◊〉 PLATE of BRASS, inlaid on the Table Monument of Roger Thornton the••••••brased Patron of NEWCASTLE upon TYNE, in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Henry ••. and still prescribe in the Church of All Saints in that TOWN, 〈…〉〈…〉 ••xpence is most respectfully inscribed by his 〈…〉〈…〉 and 〈◊◊〉〈◊◊〉 humble Servant John Brand.

in that intitled "Monuments in the churches of St. Nicholas and All-Saints," a view of the whole monument, N^o 3.

"William Robinson, goldsmith, 1652."

"William Ramsey, sometime mayor of this town, 1653."

"William Ramsey, jun. sometime mayor of this town, 1716. Vi∣vimus et vitae mors mala fausta subit."

"George Bulman, baker and brewer, 1710.

Nought can exempt from death's imperial hand, When it arrests the soul at God's command; Each state and sex, as well the high as low, Must once salute the grave, and thither go."

"Ralph Grey, merchant-adventurer, sometimes sheriff of this town, May 30th, 1666, aged 82."

Escutcheons in the south isle: Collier—Collingwood—Fenwick— Harrison—Carr—Aldworth.—Arms and inscriptions, ibid.—Atkin∣son—Ramsay—Wilkinson—Blakiston—Huntley—Varey—Forster— Stewart—Rand.

In the north isle.

"John Cosyn, draper and alderman, died 21st March, anno Dom. 1661."

"Here lyeth interred the body of George Morton, draper, alderman, and twice mayor of this town. He departed this life 26th November, anno Dom' 1693."

"This John Cosyn," says Bourne, "as well as Mr. Rawlin (whose monument is over against his in the south corner), was an alderman in the time of the rebellion, of whom Sir George Baker said, they were not truly justices, though in the place of justices. This Cosyn was the first exciseman that ever was in this town, and a captain against the King: yet upon his stone, Mr. Pringle, as they say, caused this to be written:

"A conscience pure, unstain'd with sin, Is brass without and gold within."

But some took offence, and said thus:

"A conscience free he never had, His brass was nought, his gold was bad."—Milbank.

"The burial-place of Henry Waters, hoastman, and Dorothy his wife. She departed 24th February, 1719."

"Here lyeth the body of Garrat Cocke, gentleman, Isabell his wife, and their children. He departed 1st day of August, 1637. She de∣parted the 22d day of September, anno Domini 1642. And also John Cocke his sonne, marchant-adventurer, and Mary his wife, and their children. He departed this life the 2d of October, 1648. Isabell, his doughter, departed this life the 16th of November, 1639. Cathren de∣parted the 3d of October, 1642."

"Thomas Fletewood, infant, departed ye 22d August, 1666."

"Robert Young, merchant-adventurer, 1670. Post mortem aeter∣nitas."

"John Johnson, hoastman."

"Robert Cook, master and mariner, Nov. 1673."

"Sepulchrum Thomae Potts, gent. et Margaretae uxoris."

"William Liddell, 1580."

"Thomas Brown. Non mortuus sed dormio."

"William Dawson, 1707."

"Thomas Crawforth, 1690."

"Michael Clerk."

"Thomas Dawson, rope-maker."

"The burial-place of Thomas Monkhouse, tin-plate-worker."

"John Colvill, baker and brewer, 1689."

"Timothy Rawlett, hoastman."

"Jesus have mercy on the soules of John Hodshon, taylor, Margaret his wife, and their children. He departed the 11th of November, 1505."

"John Colepitts, hoastman, 27th May, 1729, aged 41 years."

"Robert Watson, 1724."

"Cuthbert Snow, 16 Aug. 1694."

Seamen's Porch.

"James Brankstone, 23d November, 1727."

"Willoughby Hall, shipwright."

"Jacobus Metham generosus vitam pro aeternitate mutavit 23 April, 1684."

"Willielmus Bigg, generosus, & Johannes Hindmarch, Armig' hu∣manae sortis et fragilitatis memores hoc sibi suisque Deo volente su∣premum in terris posuerunt domicilium usque festum resurrectionis mortuorum alta pace gaudendum.

Maxima noscere mori vitae est sapientia, vivit Qui moritur, si vis vivere, disce mori.—23d April, 1684."

"The burial-place of Thomas Airey, hoastman."

"The burial-place of Richard Hinkster, and Jane his wife."

"John Green, consectioner, 13th May, 1681."

"Ann Colvil, October 12th, 1681."

"Thomas Pattison, mason, died 19th April, 1686. His wife Sept. 6th, 1691."

"Near this place lieth interred the remains of William Cooper, Esq. doctor of physick, who departed this life on the 5th day of May, in the year of our Lord 1758, and in the 60th year of his age: whose memory will be revered by his family,

honoured by his friends, and valued by all men who knew the able physician, the polite gentleman, and the honest man."

(He was killed by a fall from his horse.—The father of Sir Grey Cooper, Bart. and the late Rev. Dr. Cooper.)

Insignia of Sir Matthew White, Bart. l 6.312

West end of the church.

"Hic jacet corpus Esther Starkin quae obiit 22 Oct. 1681."

"John Addison, fuller and dyer."

"George Graham, 28th December, 1727, aged 82."

There was a stone near the font, which had long been thought to be very ancient. There was nothing to be seen upon it but the four evangelists, one at each corner. It was the blue stone at the east side of the font. It had on it lately the name of Ridley.

In the middle isle.

"William Stephenson, rope-maker's burial-place."

"Thomas Allison's burial-place."

"George Mitford, barber-surgeon, and Jane his wife."

"Henry Towart, master and mariner, his burial-place."

LECTURERS OF ALL-SAINTS.

ROBERT JENNISON, S. T. P. occurs about A. D. 1622 m 6.313. He was suspended in 1639 for non-conformity. There had been a sub∣scription set on foot for his better encouragement, December 26th, 1631 n 6.314.

October 18th, 1639, Dr. Wiseheart was appointed lecturer of All-Saints, upon Sundays, by order of the King, in place of Dr. Jen∣nison o 6.315.

July 5th, 1641, Mr. William Morton was invited to be pastor of this church p 6.316.

Dec. 17th, 1643, Mr. John Shawe occurs as afternoon lecturer q 6.317.

July 5th, 1647, Mr. Richard Prideaux was appointed afternoon lecturer, and Mr. William Durant morning lecturer, at All-Saints r 6.318.

March 20th, 1656, by an order of common-council, Mr. Richard Prideaux was appointed morning lecturer, and Mr. William Durant afternoon lecturer of this church s 6.319.

August 9th, 1663, Mr. Thomas Davison was appointed lecturer of All-Saints, with a salary of 150l. per annum t 6.320.

March 23d, 1664, Mr. William Cock u 6.321 was appointed on the resig∣nation of T. Davison.

January 26th, 1666, Mr. William Bickerton was appointed, with a salary of 100l. on the resignation of W. Cock v 6.322.

May 8th, 1671, Leonard Shaftoe, A. M. was appointed, on the death of W. Bickerton, both forenoon and afternoon lecturer, with a salary of 70l. per annum w 6.323.

August 30th, 1676, William Mayer, A. M. was removed from St. Nicholas' lectureship to All-Saints, where he was to preach both fore∣noon and afternoon; salary 90l. x 6.324

November, 1686, on the death of W. Mayer, Mr. Nathanael Ellison was appointed, with a salary of 130l. to preach both forenoons and af∣ternoons, and in his turn on Thursday's lecture.—To allow 20l. per annum out of his salary for an assistant y 6.325.

Dec. 2d, 1687, Mr. Thomas Knaggs z 6.326 appointed afternoon lecturer; salary 70l.

About April 30th, 1695, Nathanael Chilton, A. M. morning-lecturer, on the removal of N. Ellison to the vicarage a 6.327.

July 14th, 1698, on the death of N. Chilton, Mr. Leonard Shaftoe, son of the above morning lecturer of the same name; salary 100l. and 10l. for Thursday's lecture b 6.328.

Sept. 21st, 1697, on the removal of T. Knaggs, Ralph Emmerson, A. M. afternoon lecturer; salary 80l. c 6.329

Charles Ward, A. M. occurs as afternoon lecturer. He died A. D. 1715 d 6.330.

A. D. 1715, Hugh Farrington, A. M. afternoon lecturer; afterwards forenoon lecturer.—He died September 3d, 1739 e 6.331.

September, 1731, on the removal of H. Farrington to the morning lecture, Henry Fetherstonhaugh, B. D. late fellow of St. John's Col∣lege, Cambridge, was appointed afternoon lecturer f 6.332.

September 24th, 1739, Robert Swinburne, A. M. morning lecturer, on the death of H. Farrington; salary 100l. g 6.333

April 24th, 1761, Hugh Moises, A. M. morning lecturer, on the death of R. Swinburne h 6.334.

June 14th, 1779, Henry Ridley, A. M. on the death of H. Fe∣therstonhaugh, afternoon lecturer i 6.335.

December 17th, 1783, Cuthbert Wilson, A. M. afternoon lecturer, on the removal of H. Ridley to St. Nicholas' j 6.336.

CURATES OF ALL-SAINTS k 6.337.

JOHN DE HARPHAM occurs in the year 1380 l 6.338.

Robert Croft, in the year 1407 m 6.339.

William Daggett, 1424 n 6.340.

Robert Hart, 1558 and 1562 o 6.341.

George Gray, clerk, occurs Dec. 4th, 1576 p 6.342.

Cuthbert, alias Robert Ewbank occurs February 1st, 1577, when, also, William Brown is mentioned as his assistant or sub-curate q 6.343.

Edward Cleton occurs March 8th, 1585, and July 7th, 1586 r 6.344.

Thomas Edgar, A. D. 1596 s 6.345.

John Wood occurs A. D. 1605, in the parish register.—Also A. D. 1610 t 6.346.

Samuel Barker, clerk, A. D. 1617. He occurs also August 22d, 1633 u 6.347.

Robert Bonner, A. B. licensed December 17th, 1639. He was sequestered and imprisoned for his loyalty in the civil wars v 6.348.

Roland Salkeld, A. D. 1660 w 6.349.

John Wolfall, A. B. ordained priest March 15th, 1662 x 6.350.

Stephen Hegg, A. D. 1664 y 6.351.

Reynold Horsley, A. D. 1665 z 6.352.

Timothy Fenwick, A. D. 1672 a 6.353.

Ralph Grey occurs as curate here, A. D. 1683 b 6.354.

Joseph Bonner, A. D. 1688. Afterwards vicar of Bolam c 6.355.

Peter Straughan, A. D. 1695, on the resignation of Bonner d 6.356.

Anthony Procter, A. D. 1697 e 6.357.

Richard Musgrave, A. B. in 1703 f 6.358.

Cuthbert Ellison, M. A. of Lincoln-College, Oxford, 1708. Re∣moved to the vicarage of Stannington.—He died February 13th, 1744 g 6.359.

Henry Bourne, A. M. of Christ's College, Cambridge, licensed 1722. He wrote "Antiquitates Vulgares," and "The History of Newcastle." He died February 16th, 1733 h 6.360.

Thomas Maddison, A. M. succeeded Bourne, licensed Sept. 7th, 1733.

William Alderson, clerk—head curate, 1758.

George Stephenson, clerk, head curate, December 1774 i 6.361.

One of the two clerks of this parish dying in 1708, it was thought more convenient for the parishioners, as also for the minister, who had

a very laborious cure, to have an assistant curate: whereupon Abraham Wilcox, A. M. was appointed. He was succeeded by Ambrose Fen∣wick, A. M. afterwards vicar of Stamfordham.

William, alias George Hall was appointed April 30th, 1722. He died in 1741.

Thomas Gatis, A. M. of St. John's College, Cambridge. He was found dead in the Shield Field.

William Alderson, clerk, occurs at the Bishop's visitation, July 18th, 1754.

George Stephenson, clerk.

John Hogarth, clerk, curate at Middleton in Teesdale, Dec. 1774. Afterwards vicar of Kirknewton.

PREACHERS AT ST. ANN'S, A CHAPEL OF EASE TO ALL-SAINTS.

MR. JOHN RAWLETT occurs, March 30th, 1682, with a salary of 30l. k 6.362.

October 4th, 1686, Mr. Andrew Bates, on the death of the above, with the same salary.

April 17th, 1710, a new gallery was ordered to be erected in Sand-Gate chapel.

At the same time John Metcalf, A. M. was appointed to preach here once every Sunday, and to read prayers every Sunday, both forenoon and afternoon.

March 6th, 1716, John Chilton, A. M.—Dec. 16th, 1723, his salary was ordered to be stopped.

April 3d, 1717, Mr. Robert Thomlinson to preach here on Sunday forenoons.

March 7th, 1724, order of common-council that 15l. per annum be added to the Reverend John Ellison's salary of 35l. per annum, for St. Ann's chapel, and on the death or removal of J. Chilton, the said J. Ellison to be forenoon lecturer.

Michaelmas, 1725, Mr. Joseph Carr appointed to Sand-Gate chapel.

Sept. 21st, 1726, Mr. Thomas Maddison, on the removal of J. Carr—salary 50l.

June 26th, 1727, Mr. Henry Bourne, Mr. William Hall, curates of All-Saints, and Mr. John Thompson, to preach by turns, on Sunday mornings at St. Ann's—10s. for each sermon.

Sept. 5th, 1727, Mr. Richard Cuthbert, morning preacher.

June 15th, 1732, Mr. Nathanael Clayton appointed to St. Ann's— salary 40l.

May 6th, 1736, Mr. T. Maddison appointed forenoon lecturer—sa∣lary 50l.

Mr. John Thompson appointed at the same time to preach in the afternoons—40l.

Dec. 21st, 1761, Mr. R. Brewster appointed afternoon preacher, on the death of J. Thompson.

The present elegant new chapel was consecrated by Bishop Trevor, on Friday Sept. 2d, 1768, having been rebuilt and endowed by the corporation l 6.363. Salary for morning preacher, 50l.—afternoon ditto, 40l.

Dr. Fawcett preached and published the consecration sermon.

June 15th, 1772, Cuthbert Wilson, A. M. morning lecturer.

At the same time Cuthbert Wilson, curate of Gateshead, was chosen afternoon preacher.—He died May 8th, 1773.

June 17th, 1773, William Hall, A. M. afternoon lecturer, on the death of C. Wilson.

A. D. 1781, Robert Thorp, A. M. afternoon lecturer, on the re∣moval of W. Hall to Heydon-Bridge school.

Dec. 17th, 1783, Thomas Hornby, A. M. of University-College, Oxford, morning lecturer, on the removal of C. Wilson, A. M. to the afternoon lectureship of All-Saints.

Sept. 21st, 1786, Moses Manners, A. M. of Lincoln-College, Oxford, morning lecturer, on the removal of T. Hornby to St. John's.

ST. LAURENCE'S CHAPEL, IN ALL-SAINTS PARISH.

THERE was a chapel or chantry in this parish, dedicated to St. Lau∣rence, said to have been founded by one of the earls of Northumber∣land, and to have been dependant on the priory of St. John of Jeru∣salem m 6.364.

March 4th, 1549, King Edward the Sixth granted to the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne, "all that late chapel or chantry of St. Laurence, within the lordship of Byker, and in the parish of All-Saints, in Newcastle upon Tyne, with little St. Ann's Close, lands and tenements in Byker, a tenement in Killingworth, a fishery in the river Tyne, with an annual rent of four shillings out of lands at Hea∣ton—all belonging to the said chapel or chantry n 6.365."

Leonard Myers was the last incumbent, and had in 1553 a pension of 2l. 14s. o 6.366.

The following account of this place occurs in the certificate of col∣leges and chantries in Northumberland and Durham, 37 Hen. VIII. remaining in the Augmentation-Office.

"No. 14. The fre chappell of Saynt Laurence in the lordshippe of Bycar within the parishe of Saynt Nicholas in the towne of Newcastell upon Tyne. The said fre chapell was founded by the auncesters of the late erle of Northumberland toward the fyndyng of a prieste to pray for their sowles and all christen sowls and also to herbour such * 6.367 persons and wayfayryng men in time of nede as it is reported.

"The yerely value 60s.—value by this survey the same, as appereth by •• rentall, whereof is paid to the Kinge's majestie for the yerelie tenths therof 6s. and remayneth clerely 54s. which one Leonarde Myers hath to his owne use for the term of his lyfe by force of a graunt to hym made by the late earle of Northumberland by hys letters patent under hys seale of armes bering date the 12th day of Auguste in the 25th yere of the Kynges majesties reigne in consideracion of the good service done by the said Leonard heretofore which graunte is confirmed by a decree under the seale of the Kinges courte of augmentations bearing date the 12 daie of Februarie in the 33d yere of the reigne of our soveraigne lord Kinge Henry the 8th. The said fre chapel is within the parishe of Saynt Nicholas aforsaid and about halfe a myle distant from the parishe churche by reporte.

"Ornaments, &c. nil. For ther be neither goodes catalls ne orna∣ments belongyng to the same by reporte. Ther wer no other landes nor yerelie profitts apperteyning to the sayd fre chappell sith the 4 daie of Februarie in the 27 yere of the K. majesties reigne more than is be∣fore mencioned."

DOG-BANK.

DOG-BANK is a street that communicates between the head of But∣cher-Bank and the head of the Broad-Chare, down a very steep hill.

Jews who dealt in silver wares have probably lived here formerly, for this also is called Silver-Street, in some ancient writings p 6.368.

PANDON.

PANDON, or Pampedon, anciently a distinct town from Newcastle, was united thereto by a charter of King Edward I. A. D. 1299 q 6.369.

Horseley, the learned author of the Britannia Romana r 6.370, has conjec∣tured,

with great probability, that the latter syllable of Pandon was deen, a hollow or a brook. No one has hazarded a probable etymon of the first syllable. That the Romans called it Pampedon or Pantheon, from some building like the Pantheon at Rome having stood in it, is an assertion too ridiculous to deserve refutation. I shall mention, in a note, some other conjectures which have been made on this subject, with equal felicity s 6.371.

The kings of Northumberland, after the departure of the Romans, are said to have had one of their palaces in Pandon. A very ancient house, now almost entirely rebuilt, but which retained till very lately the name of Pandon-Hall t 6.372, has been handed down by tradition, if not

as the very mansion, yet as erected on the site of their palace. "A safe bulwark," says Grey, "having the Picts' Wall on the north side, and the river Tyne on the south."

Near Pandon-Hall, says Dr. Stukeley, in his Iter Boreale, p. 64, was found a seal ring, now in Mr. Warburton's possession, who has en∣graved it in his Map of Northumberland.—See a fac-simile copy in plate of Miscellaneous Antiquities, No. 5.

There was anciently a street in Pandon, called Honey-Lane. I know not where to six the site of it u 6.373.

Mention occurs of a water-mill near Pandon-Gate, 38 Hen. VI. The mill-dam was on the outside of the town's wall, in the King's dikes v 6.374.

The arch that crosses Pandon-Burn is called Stock-Bridge w 6.375, which Bourne supposes was anciently made of wood. It appears to have

been of stone about the time of Edward I. Formerly the river flowed up to it every tide, and there was a fish-market near it.

An alms-house at Stock-Bridge is mentioned in a will, dated August 21, 1584; but it is alike unknown by whom, or at what time, it was founded x 6.376.

A pile of buildings, taken down lately to widen the street here∣abouts, was formerly called Alvey's Island y 6.377. These buildings, the site of which was anciently a hill of sand, were situated between the foot of Manor-Chare, the foot of Silver-Street and Stock-Bridge.

The street near this place, extending from the foot of Silver-Street to the head of the Broad-Chare, still retains the name of Cow-Gate, the ancient appellation of Manor-Chare z 6.378.

The street into which we enter, when we have passed Stock-Bridge •••• the way to Wall-Knoll, was anciently called Fisher-Gate a 6.379.

A street that winds up an high hill from the ancient Fisher-Gate, still retains the name of Wall-Knoll, which it has, no doubt, derived from the circumstance of the Roman Wall's having gone over the top of it b 6.380.

A few years ago a meeting-house for protestant dissenters was erected on the Wall-Knoll, of which Mr. Richardson was minister.

Not far from this, in the descent towards Love-Lane, is a place of worship used by the sect of dissenters called Independents, of which Mr. William Leighton was minister.

Upon Wall-Knoll stood anciently the house of the Carmelites, or White-Friars, which was deserted by that order, and afterwards inha∣bited by the Trinitarians.

The Trinitarians, or Maturines, styled of the order of the Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives, also of the order of Ingham, from their house at a place of that name in the county of Norfolk, were brought into England A. D. 1224, and had the lands, &c. of the canons of the Holy Sepulchre allotted them.

Their rule was that of St. Austin, with some peculiar constitutions; and they wore white robes, with a red and blue cross upon their breasts. Their revenues were divided into three parts; the first was for their own maintenance; the second for that of the poor, and the third for the redemption of Christians taken captives by the Infidels. There were ten or twelve houses of this order in England and Wales.

The foundation charter of this housec 6.381 is dated the Wednesday be∣fore Pentecost, A. D. 1360. It was confirmed by the Bishop of Durham, October 2d, 1361, and by the dean and chapter there, April 20th, 1363. The founder was William de Acton, burgess of Newcas∣tle. This house was dedicated to St. Michaeld 6.382, and the place where it stood was called, from its high situation, St. Michael's Mount.

William de Wackefeld was appointed the first warden: the society were to consist of three chaplains of this order, one whereof to be warden; three poor and infirm persons, and three clerks to teach school, and instruct in the chapel of the house. The property, by which they were to be supported, consisted of a tenement that be∣longed to Hugh de Haldenby, two cellars opposite to Cale-Crosse, a

piece of ground near the town-wall, a rent of 33s. 4d. from a house near Lorteburn, a rent of 57s. 4d. from a tenement in the Flesher-Rawe, and another of 10s. out of a tenement opposite Cale-Crosse; all given by the founder in frankalmoigne. The master of St. Ro∣bert's, at Knaresburgh in Yorkshire, was to be visitor, to visit them annually about Trinity Sunday, on which occasion the master of this house was to present him with an horse-load of fish, and make other proper recompense for his trouble: failing him the mayor and bailiffs of Newcastle were to be visitors.

Three beds were always to be kept prepared for accidental guests e 6.383.

February 24th, 1361, King Edward III. after an inquisition made by John del Strother, mayor and eschaetor of Newcastle, granted a licence of mortmain to the Carmelites of that place, to enable them to grant the Wall-Knoll, in which they themselves had formerly resided, to William de Acton, to found thereon this hospital of St. Trinity anew, and to enable the said William to assign to it a messuage that once belonged to Hugh de Haldenby, two cellars, and a piece of ground lying between the land of John de Stanhope, and that of Thomas Milson, and 6l. 3s. 4d. of his annual rents, all in that town, in part of their support, and for the maintenance of their successors for ever. These were all held of the King in burgage of the town of Newcastle by the service of 7d. per annum, and therefore the said William de Acton paid the King a fine of 20l.f 6.384

November 30th, 1370, King Edward III. granted a licence of mortmain to Thomas Bentele, chaplain, to enable him to assign a certain void place, and 13s. 4d. of rent in Newcastle, held of the King in free burgage to William de Wakefeld, keeper, and minister of the Holy Trinity, for the redemption of captives of the Wall-Knoll there, and the brethren of that house, in aid of the support of a chaplain to perform divine service, for the souls of the said Thomas and of William

Thorald, their fathers, mothers, and ancestors, and all the faithful de∣parted, daily, in St. Nicholas' church in that town g 6.385.

A. D. 1378, there was a patent, probably a licence of mortmain, to this house, for tenements in Gallewey-Croft, in Shelefeld, and Byker h 6.386.

May 26th, 1394, King Richard II. granted a licence of mortmain to John de Bamburgh, chaplain, and John de Refham of Newcastle upon Tyne, to impower them to grant three messuages, fourteen cottages, one toft, three gardens, and thirteen shillings of rent in that town, held of the King in free burgage, and by Agnes de Ripon for her life, and which would have reverted to the said John and John and their heirs, at her death, to support for ever certain charges, according to the ordering of the said John and John on this behalfi 6.387.

June 25th, 1397, King Richard II. granted a licence of mortmain to John Gaudes and Robert de Alnewyk, chaplains, to enable them to assign a messuage, with its appurtenances, in Newcastle, held in bur∣gage of the King, to the master and brethren of this hospital, and their successors, in aid of their support for ever k 6.388.

Roger de Thornton the elder, by his will, dated 1429, bequeathed two fothers of lead to the reparation of this housel 6.389.

A. D. 1466, this place is mentioned with the title of "the house of St. Michael of Wall-Knoll," in a grant from the master of St. Tho∣mas's chapel on Tyne-Bridge m 6.390.

John Preston, of Crosgate, in Durham, by his last will, dated Sep∣tember 12th, 1485, gave 3s. 4d. to the brethren of this house n 6.391.

March 11th, 1496, Stephen Sheraton and Cuthbert Yonge were ordained priests on the title of this hospital.

As were also Robert Wales, &c. September 23d, 1497 o 6.392

Before the dissolution, John Felle, of this house, was convicted of incontinence with a married woman and a single woman p 6.393.

Thomas Wayde was the last ma••ter or warden of this house, and surrendered it on the 10th of January, 1539 q 6.394.

Thomas Wayde had a pension assigned him, one account says of 3l.r 6.395 but another of 5l. per annums 6.396.

It appears from the bailiffs' or ministers' accounts from Michaelmas, 30 Hen. VIII. to that term the year following, remaining in the Aug∣mentation-Office, that this place was granted for a term of twenty-one years, from Michaelmas, 31 Hen. VIII. to William Brakenbury of Bis∣lete, in Surrey, at the annual rent of 20s. 2d.t 6.397.

There occurs in the above a particular account u 6.398 of the property of this hospital of the Holy Trinity.

In the year 1546 this house, with its revenues, was granted to Sir

Richard Gresham, and Richard Billingford, Gent. who conveyed them to William Dent, February 21st, 1548 v 6.399.

The property is described as consisting of the house, or priory, of St.

Michael de Wall-Knoll, with a garden and orchard of about an acre of ground; an enclosure, or close, near the town-wall, of about four acres, thirty-four messuages, three gardens and a close: also a close called Colerigges, and four ridges in the Shield-Field w 6.400.

A. D. 1582, William Dent, alderman of Newcastle upon Tyne, with his son William, conveyed this priory, with an house, orchard and garden, consisting of an acre of ground, to William Jennison, then mayor of that town, and Richard Hodshon, alderman, in trust for the corporation, in whose possession it has continued ever since x 6.401. A rent appears to have been reserved to the crown y 6.402.

This building is marked in Speed's Plan of Newcastle, A. D. 1610.

Bourne tells us, that, in his time, the east end of the church of this priory was standing. Some vestiges of the old buildings, door-ways, &c. still remain.

Leaving Fisher-Gate z 6.403, we enter Croswell-Gate, a place the name of which often occurs in ancient writings. The house of Roger de Thornton is said to have been in this street. Several lanes, or alleys, branch out from it: the first is called Blyth's Nook a 6.404, and communi∣cates with the present Cow-Gate, near the foot of the Dog-Bank, and is built over Pandon-Burn.

The next is a narrow lane leading to the Burn-Bank b 6.405, where Pandon-Burn runs into the river Tyne. There follow Byker-Chare, Cock's Chare, and Love-Lane.—See before in the account of the Key, or Quay.

SUBURBS OF NEWCASTLE.

IN the street that leads from Close-Gate to Skinner-Burn are se∣veral glass-houses: one of these was formerly a meeting-house of pro∣testant dissenters c 6.406. This was removed to a place within the walls at the foot of West-Gate.

Timothy Manlove, preacher at Close-Gate, was buried in St. Ni∣cholas' church, August 6th, 1699 d 6.407.

Names of ministers since the removal.

Benjamin Bennet e 6.408, who christened the famous Dr. Akenside. There is a portrait of Mr. Bennet prefixed to his Christian Oratory, in two volumes.

Dr. Laurence.

W. Wilson f 6.409.

Richard Rogerson g 6.410.

Samuel Lowthion h 6.411.

Dr. Hood i 6.412.

Mr. Turner—the present.

There is a charity-school belonging to this meeting-house.

At Skinner-Burn, the boundary of the corporation of Newcastle to∣wards the west, a foundry, and several factories for making nails, &c. have been established.

A wide and convenient road conducts from hence, by a gradual ascent, to the Infirmary and the Firth, &c.

INFIRMARY.

A SUBSCRIPTION for the infirmary, a highly beneficial institution to the northern counties, which appears to have been first projected by Mr. Richard Lambert k 6.413, an eminent surgeon at Newcastle, was opened on the 9th of February, 1751.

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At a general meeting of the subscribers on the 21st of April follow∣ing, statutes, &c. were confirmed, and it was resolved to carry the charity into immediate execution. For this purpose a temporary house, situated in Gallow-Gate, in the suburbs of Newcastle, capable of con∣taining 23 beds, was hired, and application directed to be made to the corporation of that town, for a piece of ground on the Firth-Banks, on which the projected infirmary was to be erected l 6.414.

April 13th, 1751, subscriptions for the new infirmary were opened, and at the same time the physicians, surgeons, apothecary, secretary, matron and servants were chosen.

Between August 16th, 1751, and the finishing of the new building, thirty or forty patients were kept in the Gallow-Gate house, and some additional apartments in the neighbourhood, and supplied with proper advice, medicine, and diet,

June 20th, 1751, the corporation of Newcastle subscribed 100l. per annum to the infirmary, and directed that it should be supplied with water from the pipe that feeds their pant, or public fountain, near New-Gate m 6.415.

September 5th, 1751, the first stone of the new building was laid by the Bishop of Durham, grand visitor, attended by a great number of gen∣tlemen who were assembled at the anniversary meeting of the Sons of the Clergy at Newcastle. A plate of copper was fixed on the stone, with the following inscription: "The foundation of this infirmary was laid on the 5th day of September, in the 25th year of the reign of King George the Second, 1751, by the Right Rev^d Joseph, Lord Bishop of Durham, grand visitor."—On the reverse, "The ground was given by the corporation of Newcastle, Ralph Sowerby, Esq. mayor, William Clayton, Esq. sheriff n 6.416."

This building was opened for the reception of patients, October 8th, 1752 o 6.417.

It was computed to have cost above three thousand pounds.

The receipt for the first year, ending April 6th, 1752, amounted to 2643l. 1s. 2½d. when it appeared that 133 patients had been cured p 6.418.

June 27th, 1753, was held the anniversary meeting of the subscri∣bers to this charity: the Earl of Northumberland, Lord Ravensworth, Sir Walter Blackett, Bart. George Bowes, Esq. and Henry Partis, Esq. mayor of Newcastle, presidents; Sir Thomas Clavering, Bart. Sir Henry

Grey, Bart. Matthew Ridley, Esq. and Matthew White, Esq. vice-pre∣sidents, with a great number of governors and contributors, met at the Exchange in Newcastle, and proceeded from thence with the stewards to St. Nicholas' church, where a sermon q 6.419 was preached on the occasion by the Rev. Dr. Parker, vicar of Elwick, in the county of Durham r 6.420.

Friday, October 18th, 1754, being St. Luke's day, the chapel of this infirmary, dedicated to that Evangelist, and the burying-ground adjoining, were consecrated by the Bishop of Durham.

A sermon was preached on this occasion by the Rev. Mr. Dockwray, fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and lecturer of St. Nicholas' in Newcastle.

Mrs. Byne presented a silver flaggon, and Lady Musgrave two pieces of silver-plate, being a legacy left by Mrs. Hilton, for the use of the chapel s 6.421.

About the year 1758 Sir Walter Blackett, Bart. gave a thousand pounds to this charity, and appropriated ten pounds per annum, part of the interest of that sum, to a chaplain, to perform divine service, and visit the sick in this house t 6.422.

April 3d, 1760, the number of surgeons to this infirmary was aug∣mented from two to four u 6.423.

A. D. 1761, a design was in agitation to build an Inoculation-Hos∣pital, as an appendage to this infirmary; but this generous intention, by whatever means, was frustrated v 6.424.

February 19th, 1763, mention occurs of a benefaction in the will of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Davison of Durham, for the relief of such miserable persons as should be dismissed as incurable from this infir∣mary w 6.425.

A. D. 1770, Mr. Joseph Saint was appointed treasurer of this in∣firmary, on the death of Mr. Joseph Airey x 6.426.

In the year 1778 there was a benefaction of 100l. given by Mr. John Pemberton to the infirmary of Newcastle y 6.427.

A. D. 1782, a legacy of 100l. to this hospital, by the late Mrs. Mary Buck z 6.428.

The same year a legacy of 50l. to this charity by the late Mrs. Pul∣leine a 6.429.

A. D. 1783, Aubone Surtees, junior, Esq. was appointed treasurer, on the death of Mr. Joseph Saint b 6.430.

October 5th, 1786, the Duke of Northumberland was chosen presi∣dent in the place of the late Duke his father.

FIRTH II.

NEAR the infirmary is the Firth or Forth c 6.431, which is said to have been

anciently a fort belonging to the castle d 6.432, and to have been given to the townsmen of Newcastle, for their good services, by King Edward III.

The corporation of Newcastle occur as paying rent for it soon after the restoration of King Charles II. e 6.433

King Henry III. is said to have given licence, in the 23d year of his reign, to dig coals and stones in the Forth f 6.434.

The boundaries of this place are described in an inquisition taken in the castle of Newcastle concerning the possessions thereof, August 18th, in the 18th year of the reign of King James I. g 6.435

Mention occurs of the Forth in an old rental of the sheriff of New∣castle, which appears about the age of King Charles I.h 6.436

It is mentioned also, in a survey of crown lands, &c. in and about Newcastle upon Tyne, taken in the year 1649 i 6.437.

September 25th, 1657j 6.438, there was an order of common-council to lease out the Firth and paddock adjoining, under the common seal of the town, for 21 years, at a rent not exceeding 20l. per annum, the lessee to let it to none but the green keeper, and permit all the liberties, privileges, and enjoyments, formerly used there: among these occur, "lawful recreations and drying clothes."—There is mentioned also "a yearly rent of four pounds, payable by the towne as an out-rent due to the state."

About this time a bowling-green and house for the keeper were made in part of the Forth, by contributions.

July 19th, 1680, there was an order of common-council to build a wall and plant trees round the Firth k 6.439.

September 25th, 1682, there was an order of the same body, "to

make the Firth-House suitable for entertainment, with a cellar conve∣nient, and a handsome room, &c.l 6.440"

The following account of this place occurs in the surveyor-general's report, dated December 22d, 1735. Speaking of the Castle-Garth, he says, "As to the parcells mentioned in this grant, I find several things inserted therein, that were never enjoyed by virtue of any of the grants above mentioned (Stephenson's, Lord Macclesfield's, and that of the town of Newcastle.—See account of the castle). The Castle-Fields and the Frith m 6.441 are entirely distinct parcells, of considerable extent and value, and are enjoyed by the corporation or their assigns, as fee-farm."

SUBURBS OF WEST-GATE.

A SMALL runner of water intersecting the road to Carlisle, a few yards westward of the West-Gate, divides the county of Northumber∣land from the county of Newcastle upon Tyne. A gallows stood lately on the Northumberland side of this runner, where a temporary one is

occasionally erected on the same site, for the execution of criminals be∣longing to that county.

The owners of houses in the street without the West-Gate have votes in the election of members of parliament for the county of Northum∣berland. A road branches off here, on the left hand, leading into the Close by the Firth and Infirmary, and another road, turning upon the right hand, conducts to the Town-Moor, &c. past the Warden's Close, which belonged to the monastery of Black-Friars. Bourne, after Grey, tells us, it seems to be called the Warden's Close n 6.442, because it belonged

to the wardens of the priory of Tinmouth.—I am rather inclined to think it a corruption of Wardell's Close o 6.443, the sirname of some former lessee. Before we come to the Warden's Close, on the left hand is the entrance to the new medical baths, of which a plan and elevation have been published, inscribed to John Erasmus Blackett, Esq. mayor of New∣castle, "W. Craneson, arch^t. R. Beilby sculpsit." See plan of the town.

Higher up on the right hand, and near St. John's Work-House, is the entrance to the Lunatick Hospital.

October 7th, 1765, it having been represented to the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne, that a piece of ground p 6.444 was wanted for the site of an hospital intended to be erected in or near to that town, for luna∣ticks belonging to the counties of Northumberland, Durham, and New∣castle upon Tyne, and the Warden's Close, a field without the walls of that town, between New-Gate and West-Gate, having been judged the properest situation for it, they had appointed a committee of the com∣mon-council

to portion off a part thereof for that purpose; upon whose report that they had measured and staked out a plot of ground for the site of the intended hospital, the common-council aforesaid ordered that a lease should be granted in trust for the use above-mentioned, from the Christmas day following for the term of ninety-nine years, under an annual rent of two shillings and six-pence q 6.445.

Dec. 4th, 1768, the corporation of Newcastle granted leave for a passage to be made into the street called Gallow-Gate, for the additional convenience of this hospital r 6.446.

THE SUBURBS OF NEW-GATE.

THE suburbs of New-Gate appear to have been ruined at the time of the grand rebellion s 6.447.

The street turning to the left hand on the outside of New-Gate has the name of Gallow-Gate t 6.448, because the malefactors for the town of Newcastle pass along it on their way to the gallows, which stands on the entrance to the Town-Moor, in a place called Gallows-Hole.

A lane at the head of this street, intersecting the road from West-Gate to the Town-Moor, joins the Carlisle road at Quarry-House.

The street proceeding straight on from New-Gate to Barras-Bridge is called Sid-Gate u 6.449, by the common people that live in it, and of late, by its politer inhabitants, Percy-Street.

The lane that leads from Sid-Gate or Percy-Street to the Leazes, an∣ciently styled "Myln-Chare v 6.450," has at present the name of "Blind-man's Loaning." Probably some old blind beggar w 6.451 has sat in it formerly to solicit alms. On the same side of the street, but a little nearer to Barras-Bridge, is a burying-ground for dissenters x 6.452.

THE SUBURBS OF PILGRIM-STREET.

THESE also were ruined in the grand rebellion under Charles I. y 6.453 A wide and well-built street at present conducts from Pilgrim-Street-Gate to the Barras-Bridge, which with great propriety is called "Nor∣thumberland-Street." A range of houses just above the gate have the name of "Northumberland-Place."

On the right hand, a little way out of the gate, a row of good houses has lately been erected: it branches off to the east, and is called, in honour of the late Sir George Savile, Bart. "Savile-Row." Near this there is a little opening, denominated "Lisle-Street."

Opposite to Savile-Row stands a large building, wherein the very numerous sect called methodists assemble for divine worship, called the Orphan-House z 6.454.

A little nearer to Pilgrim-Street-Gate, on the other side, was some years ago a conventicle, called "The Tabernacle," but was deserted of its pastor, and has since been converted into dwelling-houses a 6.455.

Northumberland-Street, passing a lane going eastward, called Vine-Lane b 6.456, the Pinfold c 6.457, and Magdalen Hospital, is united with Sid-Gate, a little on this side of the Barras-Bridge.

The hospital of St. Mary Magdalen d 6.458, some parts of which, con∣verted into dwelling-houses, still remain, is said to have been founded by King Henry I. It was a priory, or hospital, for a master, brethren and sisters, to receive persons afflicted with the leprosy e 6.459, a dreadful contagious disease, which anciently, from whatever cause, appears to have been very common in this kingdom.

A bull was granted to this house by Pope Alexander, the third or fourth of that name, the original of which I have seen. It confirmed to the master and brethren the possession of their house, gardens, rents, woods and other property, and favoured them with an exemption from tythes f 6.460.

November 2d, 1291, King Edward I. granted a licence of mort∣main to the master and brethren of this hospital of the blessed Mary Magdalen, to hold a house in Newcastle upon Tyne, which John de Hercelaw had bequeathed to them by his last will g 6.461.

A. D. 1369, John Bland, a great benefactor to this hospital, occurs as the master thereof. He died on the day before the feast of St. Mi∣chael, Sept. 28, 1374, and was buried in the chapel of this house h 6.462.

Tanner, in his Notitia Monastica, mentions a patent for the advowson of this place, of the date of 1382 i 6.463.

Roger Thornton the elder, by his will, dated in 1429, left to the "lepremen" of Newcastle, two pounds k 6.464.

Speed informs us that this house was valued at 9l. 11s. 4d. per an∣num, in the year 1535 l 6.465.

It was dissolved by the statute of the 31st of King Henry VIII. but is said never to have come in charge before the King's auditors of the county, nor to have paid rent to the King's receiver. Yet see after∣wards.

January 20th, 1542, Edward Burrell, clerk, and master of this house, by the title of "Master of the hospitall of St. Mary Magdelayne without Pilgrimstreate yett within the subberbs of the towne of Newcastell upon Tyne, and previsour of the chapell of St. Jaymes and of the lazer-house neighe adjoyneing to the said hospitall;" and the brethren and sisters of the same lazar-house granted to Robert Brandling, merchant, a lease of the lands belonging thereto, for a term of eighty-five years m 6.466.

The following account of this place is preserved in the certificate of colleges and chantries in Northumberland and Durham, 37 Hen. VIII. A. D. 1546, remaining in the Augmentation-Office: "The hospitalle of Mary Magdalen in the suburbes of the towne of Newcastell upon Tyne within the parish of St. Andrewe was founded by reporte to th' entent ther shoulde be a master bretherne and systers to receyve all suche leprose folks as should fortune to be diseased of that kynde of sickeness and with the revennues of the same the said lepers wer relievyd and syns that kynde of sickeness is abated it is used for the comforte and helpe of the poore folks of the towne that chaunceth to fall sycke in tyme of pesti∣lence.—Yerely valew 9l. 11s. 4d.—valew accordyng to this survey

9l. 18s. as apereth by a rentall wherof is paid to the Kinge's majestie for the tenthes 19s. 1d. ob. quad. and remayneth 8l. 18s. 10d. quad. whiche ben employed to the sustentacion and relief of Gilbert Lewen priest, master of the said hospital who is not ther resident for the ayde and comfort of poor people and impotent persones thither resortyng ac∣cordyng to the tenor of the said foundacion—within the parishe of St. Andrewes about a furlong from the parishe church.—Value of orna∣ments &c. 9s. 2d. as apereth by a perticuler inventory of the same. Ther wer no other landes nor yerely profitts, &c."

A. D. 1564, Edmund Wiseman, a servant of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Knight, and keeper of the great seal of England, obtained a presenta∣tion, from the Queen, of this hospital, the true patrons whereof were the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne, who had presented thereto from time immemorial. By virtue of the presentation by Queen Elizabeth, the Bishop of Durham would have inducted n 6.467 the said E. Wiseman, but was prevented by the mayor and aldermen of Newcastle, the hospital being a donative, and not a benefice inductible by any bishop o 6.468.

February 15th, 1569, the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle granted the next presentation of this hospital to Henry Anderson, Robert Mit∣ford, and Christopher p 6.469 Mitford.

February 14th, 1582, and July 7th, 1586, Robert Mydforthe oc∣curs as master of this place q 6.470.

Tanner informs us, that this hospital was granted away by Queen Elizabeth, A. D. 1582 r 6.471, though it was afterwards re-established in the year 1611, when the chapel of St. Thomas the Martyr, on Tyne-Bridge, was annexed thereto, by a charter of King James I.

Fourteen persons, says Bourne, residing in the house, were each allowed a room, coals, and eight shillings per month; and fifteen others were a sort of out-patients, with different allowances, some of eight shillings, some of five shillings, and others of two shillings and six-pence per month s 6.472. This place appears to have paid, till very lately, three shil∣lings and four-pence for episcopal procuration t 6.473.

By a charter of King James I. dated June 12th, 1611, the chapel on Tyne-Bridge was incorporated with this hospital: The preamble sets forth, that because the ancient deeds of endowment, &c. of these two places had either been lost or destroyed by time, and some persons were attempting to appropriate their several possessions to their own use, the King therefore united them, and decreed that the hospital of St. Mary Magdalen, and the chapel on Tyne-Bridge, so incorporated, should consist of a master, who was at least to be a master of arts, and three old poor and unmarried burgesses of the town, who should be a body politick in law, have a common seal u 6.474, power to sue and be sued, let leases, &c. the mayor and the rest of the common-council of Newcastle upon Tyne to be patrons, have the presentation of the ma∣stership, and power to review and alter the statutes. The King gave them, at the same time, the hospital of St. Mary Magdalene, and the chapel on Tyne-Bridge, with all the possessions of each of them, for which they were to render and pay such rents and services as had be∣fore been accustomed to be rendered and paid. The master, after the

death of the first named in the charter, to have a third part of the rents, and the other two parts to be divided amongst the three bre∣threnv 6.475.

Cuthbert Sydenham was appointed master, November 22d, 1652, on the death of Dr. Robert Jennison, named in the charter above∣mentioned w 6.476.

Samuel Hammond succeeded, February 24th, 1653 x 6.477.

Robert Bonner, A. M. August 27th, 1662, on the removal of S. Hammond y 6.478.

Thomas Davison, A. M. October 2d, 1676, on the death of R. Bonner z 6.479.

John Chilton, A. M. March 6th, 1716, on the death of T. Da∣vison a 6.480.

Robert Thomlinson, A. M. (afterwards D. D.) April 3, 1717, on the removal of J. Chilton b 6.481.

Henry Featherstonehalgh, B. D. January 18th, 1748, on the resig∣nation of Dr. Thomlinson c 6.482.

Nathanael Clayton, B. D. June 14th, 1779, on the death of H. Featherstonehalgh d 6.483.

Henry Ridley, A. M. September 21st, 1786, on the death of N. Clayton e 6.484.

Bourne supposes that Barras-Bridge was so called from its conduct∣ing to the Barrows, or burying-ground of the Magdalen hospital f 6.485.

On the north side of Barras-Bridge, before the chapel of St. James, a great cross appears to have stood in ancient times: it was destroyed as a piece of idolatry at the grand rebellion g 6.486.

From hence we enter upon the Town-Moor.

This large track of ground appears to have been called anciently "Castle-More."

Bourne h 6.487, on I know not what authority, tells us, that it was ori∣ginally a wood very famous for oaks, out of which have been built many hundreds of ships, and all the houses of the old town of New∣castle, to the burgesses of whom it is said to have been given by Adam of Jesmond i 6.488, about the reign of King Henry III. More probably it has been originally one of the appurtenances of the corporate town of

Newcastle, for which the burgesses paid their fee-farm rent to the crown k 6.489.

In the 31st Ed. III. the Town-Moor is mentioned as having, from time immemorial, belonged to the town of Newcastle upon Tyne, as it appeared by an inquisition returned into Chancery l 6.490. It was then de∣scribed as extending from a certain place called "the Thorn-Bush m 6.491, near the cross," and then by certain divisions and boundaries set up to∣wards the said town of Newcastle, as far as the gallows, and so between the posts of the gallows: one of which stood on the boundary between the land of the prior of Tinmouth, and that of the town of Newcastle, and so on by the Quarrel (i. e. Quarry) Dyke, and then by the King's way to the said town.

By an inquisition taken at the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne, August 13th, in the 18th year of the reign of King James I. n 6.492 Castle-Moor appears to have contained 848 acres, and the boundaries of it are described at that time as beginning at a certain house called Sick Man's House on the south, and so extending to the fields of Jesmond on the east, to a certain corner there, and from thence turning westward to the gate leading from Newcastle to Morpeth, and so on westward near the limits of Coxlodge on the north to the corner of the Nun-Moor: on the west to a certain corner where a hedge was anciently, near the Cow-Gate, leading from Newcastle to Hexham; by the boundaries of the fields of Elswick on the south to the gallows, and from thence turning westward and north, by the bounds and territories of East-Field on the west, to a certain corner of the Castle-Field, and turning south and east by the

boundaries of the Castle-Field on the south, to the said house called Sick Man's House.

A colliery occurs as working on the Town-Moor at the time of the grand rebellion o 6.493.

March 22d, 1647, grass men, to take care of the Town-Moor, occur in the common-council hooks p 6.494.

By an article of agreement, preserved in the act-book of the common-council, dated April 1st, 1653, between the mayor and burgesses, and Robert Hunter their neateherd, it was stipulated, that the four servants of the latter, every morning, from Lady-Day to Michaelmas betwixt four and five o'clock, and from Michaelmas to Lady-Day between seven and eight o'clock, should enter the several gates of the town, and blow their horns along the streets, as a signal for the owners of cows to bring them out, in order to drive them to the Town-Moor.

October 28th, 1657, there was a petition from Humphry Gill and John Cooke, to the common-council of Newcastle, for leave to make a way, and bring coals out of Fenham-Fields, over the Town-Moor, at the distance of about sixty yards from the highway leading over the said moor; and on the 8th of December following, leave was given them by that body to cause a gate to be hung, and the way to be paved from the gate to the said highway q 6.495.

July 18th, 1747, an advertisement appeared in the Newcastle Cou∣rant, for proposals to be sent in for making a carriage-way, at the expence of the corporation, in the high road leading from Barras-Bridge through the Town-Moor, to the north end of the Cow-Causeway, in that part of the road where the causeway then lay, to be eleven yards in breadth, and ballasted in the same manner as a turnpike road r 6.496.

A. D. 1753, a turnpike-road was made, by order of common-council, over the Town-Moor, from the west end of the Broad Causeway, lead∣ing from Gallow-Gate to the West Cow-Gate, there to join the turn∣pike-road leading from the said West Cow-Gate to the river Wans∣peck s 6.497.

Newcastle races, which at present are annually run upon the Town-Moor, appear formerly to have been run upon Killingworth-Moor, in the vicinity of that town t 6.498.

June 5th, 1753, the first royal purse of an hundred guineas was run for upon the Town-Moor, and won by a horse called Cato, the property of George Bowes, Esq. u 6.499.

January 19th, 1756, there was an order of common-council to give 75l. towards putting the race-ground upon the Town-Moor into good condition v 6.500.

September 24th, 1764, by order of common-council, a way-leave from Fenham to the turnpike on the Town-Moor was granted for 99 years, on the petition of William Ord, Esq. of Fenham, at the annual rent of one shilling, on condition that Mr. Ord should keep the road in repair, which was to be made in a straight line from the end of his own lane to the turnpike-road, at his own expence w 6.501.

January 14th, 1765, by an order of the same body, Mr. Ord was per∣mitted, on his petition, to set up gate-posts, and to hang two gates thereon, in the hedge between the Town-Moor and his estate at Fen∣ham, on his paying an annual rent of a shilling for each gate x 6.502.

Dec. 31st, 1771, that part of the Town-Moor lying on the west side of the western turnpike-road, from Gallow-Gate-Quarry to the West Cow-Gate, containing about eighty-nine acres, was, in pursuance of an order of common-council, advertised to be let, for the purpose of being cultivated and improved y 6.503.

A similar design appears to have been in agitation some time before, but the scheme was then set aside as impracticable by the magistrates and common-council.

This matter occasioned a violent dispute between the mayor and com∣mon-council, and some of the burgesses: Serjeant Glynn, recorder of London, was invited down to Newcastle on behalf of the burgesses in this affair; and by his mediation at the assizes, August 10th,

1773 z 6.504, it was agreed that the leasing of the Town-Moor should be settled by act of parliament.

The burgesses in the opposition called the agreement made on this occasion a victory a 6.505, and appointed a committee, composed of delegates from each company, to carry on the heads of a bill to be presented to

parliament, in the adjusting of which they had no small altercation b 6.506 with the magistrates. The act passed for this purpose A. D. 1774, 14 Geo. III.

Two annual fairs are kept upon the Town-Moor, on a part thereof called Cow-Hill, one on the first of August, and the other on the 18th of October, "of which," says Bourne, "the tolls, booths, stal∣lage, pickage, and courts of pie-powder to each, were reckoned in Oliver Cromwell's time, communibus annis, worth twelve pounds c 6.507."

I have not been able to discover the limits of Castle-Field, or whether any part of it composes that division of the Town-Moor, now called "Castle-Leazes d 6.508."

Grey informs us, that there was a tradition, that Castle-Field was given to the townsmen of Newcastle by King John: however that may be, Castle-Field is mentioned with Castle-Moor, as having, from time immemorial e 6.509, belonged to that town, in a charter cited before, 31 Ed. III. and which confirmed to them the possession of both these com∣mons.

But how are we to reconcile the above with Bourne's account of this place? His words are, "This place was formerly the inheritance of di∣vers persons, owners thereof, who were accustomed from ancient time to take the fore-crop thereof yearly, at or before Lammas-Day; and after that, by an ancient custom, all the burgesses of this town used to put in their kine, and used the same in pasturing of them till Lady-Day in Lent, yearly, and then to lay the same for meadow again till Lammas."

In an inquisition, dated August 13th, 18th of James I. the jurors ac∣knowledge themselves entirely at a loss how to present the certain num∣ber of the acres of Castle-Field, as the certain boundaries and limits thereof neither appeared to them by record, nor any other testimony f 6.510.

The following account of Castle-Fields, alias Castle-Leeses, occurs in an original survey of the Castle-Garth, dated October 29, 1649, re∣maining in the Augmentation-Office:

"Item, one parcell of pasture-ground commonly called and known by the name of the Castle-Fields alias Castle-Leeses containing by esti∣macion 40 acres worth 20l. per annum, but wee could not receave in∣formation of the bounds of it, and although this be leased (as we con∣ceive) by the crown to the sayd Alexander Stephenson, yet hee never had possession therof, but both this and the other parcell of ground called the Frith hath been tyme out of mynde in the possession of divers persons residing in or neare unto Newcastle and (as we are in∣formed) holdeth the same of the crowne in fee-farme. Therefore wee

have not valued the same but leave them to better judgements."—In the margin, "This and the last parcell to be cleered g 6.511."

There is preserved in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle, a grant to the mayor and burgesses of that town, to purchase the sweep∣age of the Castle-Leazes—dated August 12th, in the 33d year of the reign of King Charles II h 6.512.

Mr. Thomas Davison, by his will, dated November 25th, 1675, gave to the company of merchant-adventurers in Newcastle certain lands in the Leazes there for ever, of the yearly value of 10l. 10s. upon certain conditions.

August 10th, 1681, the above merchant-adventurers, in considera∣tion of an annual rent of 13l. payable for ever out of the town-cham∣ber of Newcastle, at Michaelmas, sold the above lands to the corpora∣tion of that place.

They are described, on this occasion, as consisting of "ninety-four ridges of land in the Castle-Field i 6.513."

There is an order of common-council, September 21st, 1710, for "haining the Castle-Leazes, from the 25th of March to and with the 17th of May following." This, no doubt, was intended for the benefit of the herbage k 6.514.

In the surveyor-general's report concerning the castle lands, dated December 22d, 1735, this place is mentioned as follows:

"The Castle-Fields and the Frith are intirely distinct parcels, of con∣siderable extent and value."

There was an order of common-council, September 28th, 1775, to pay ten guineas a year to each of the herds of the Moor and Castle-Leazes, in lieu of the five stints allowed to each of them before that time l 6.515.

NUN-MOOR.

THIS was once the property of, and took its name from, the nuns of Newcastle, to whom, and to St. Mary's hospital in that town, it is said to have been given by Aselack, the founder of that hospital, and confirmed to them by a charter of King Richard I. m 6.516

April 5th, 4th of Henry VII. Dame Joan, prioress of the monastery of St. Bartholomew in Newcastle, and the convent of the same, granted a lease of the Nun-Moor for an hundred years, at the annual rent of 23s. 4d. to the mayor and commonalty of that town n 6.517.

The Nun-Moor, after the dissolution of religious houses, was granted, in the 36th of Henry VIII. August 22d, to John Broxholm, for 1122l. 15s. 6d. o 6.518

There is preserved in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle, dated September 1st, 36 Hen. VIII. a conveyance of the Nun-Moor from John Broxholme, of the Inner-Temple, gentleman, to Robert Brandling, of Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant, in consideration of the sum of 21l. p 6.519.

There is preserved, ibid. dated January 6th, 1604, a feofment with livery and seizin, whereby Robert Brandling, of Felling, Esq. settled the Nun-Moor, and a house on the Sand-Hill, called the Custom-House, on himself for life, and afterwards on his son Richard Brand∣ling, for his life.

About the year 1650 q 6.520, or 1651 r 6.521, Nun-Moor appears to have been purchased of Mr. Charles Brandling, of Gateshead, by the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne, who have annexed it to the Town-Moor.

SUBURBS OF PANDON.

A ROAD from Pandon-Gate leads to Shield-Field, and Ouse, or Use-Burn.

Shield-Field was in ancient times a place where the army used to muster s 6.522. Later accounts represent it as a place of public recreation t 6.523: It is at present become private property u 6.524.

Near the entrance to Shield-Field are the visible remains of a great fort, which was erected here in the time of the grand rebellion v 6.525.

Ouse-Burn is a pretty considerable village, situated on a burn of that name that runs through it, and falls into the Tyne a little below.

The banks of this burn in many places, especially near the village of Heaton w 6.526, are very beautiful and romantic.

The top of Pandon-Bank is commonly called "Conduit-Head." A reservoir still remains x 6.527 behind the houses there, which supplies Sand-Gate Pant with water. There are many fine springs about this hill, and I am much inclined to be of opinion that there has been a reser∣voir here in the most ancient times, for supplying the palace of the Saxon kings, and after that the house of Carmelites, with water. If

I might hazard a conjecture on the true etymon of Pandon, I would define it to mean "the hill of the pand, or pond, or reservoir." See etymology of the word "pant," in the account of Warden's Close in the suburbs of West-Gate.

I shall throw together in this place the several notices I have been able to collect concerning the means used at various periods for sup∣plying the town of Newcastle with one of the chief necessaries of life.

November 24th, 1645, there is an order of common-council for cutting off a vein of water which had lately been discovered and brought into the town, but is said to have been found "hurtfull and dangerous to be used for food and dressinge of meate y 6.528."

July 26th, 1647, an agreement occurs between the corporation of Newcastle, and Mr. William Gray, concerning water to be conveyed from his conduit in Pandon-Bank, to Sand-Gate. It appears, that part of the waste called the King's Dikes had been granted to him by way of recompense. The mayor and burgesses are mentioned at the same time as having a right to bring part of that water to the Mannors, "ac∣cording to its ancient and accustomed course z 6.529."

February 4th, 1654, there is an order of common-council for con∣veying the water from Cow-Gate that came under ground from All-Hallows church end, and had become a nuisance to that street a 6.530.

March 2d, 1656, there was an order of common-council to treat concerning some water in Gallow-Gate, which was intended to be brought in, and to supply the pants in Newcastle b 6.531.

June 3d, 1657, there was a complaint before the common-council, against Mr. Ralph Jennison and Mr. William Wallis, coal-owners, for having diverted a third part of the water usually coming to the pants

in Newcastle, by sinking below the level of the water-course. Mr. Jennison was threatened with a prosecution on this occasion; but, on his submission, and staying the workings, the common-council put a stop to their proceedings against him c 6.532.

A similar complaint occurs before the same body, July 20th, 1657, against the above Mr. Wallis, for working in the Quarry-Close, to the prejudice of the water supplying the several pants in Newcastle d 6.533—as also October 11th, 1658, against Mr. Wallis and others for working a coal-pit in the Gallow-Flatt, that would divert the town's water as above e 6.534.

Dec. 16th, 1675, urgent complaints occur of a great scarcity of wa∣ter at that time in Newcastle, whereupon there was an order of com∣mon-council, that all private cocks should either be stopped or cut off f 6.535.

January 17th, 1675, there was a committee of the common-council appointed to consider about placing another pant "at the Swirle," or elsewhere in Sand-Gate g 6.536.

August 8th, 1677, there was an order of common-council, for the town's surveyor to adorn a well at Gallow-Gate, for the benefit of the burgesses and other inhabitants h 6.537.

October 4th, 1680, a proposal was laid before the common-council by a "Mr. Cuthbert Dikes," to erect a water-engine for supplying the town of Newcastle with water, from the river Tyne, for the convenience of brew-houses, victualling-houses, &c.—A committee appointed for this business fixed a place for it without Sandgate-Gate, where it was after∣wards

erected.—A covenant between the corporation and the proprie∣tors of this work occurs in the common-council books, June 27th, 1693 i 6.538.

September 24th, 1694, there was an order of common-council to treat with Mr. William Soulsby about bringing new water from the spring of the Castle-Leazes, into the town of Newcastle: there appear to have been great complaints about this time concerning the scarcity of water k 6.539.

October 11th, 1697, there was an order of common-council for a lease to be granted to Mr. William Yarnold l 6.540, according to the cove∣nants

then viewed and agreed on for erecting cisterns, and laying pipes in the town's liberties and grounds, in order to bring good and whole∣some water to the inhabitants of Newcastle. This was called the new water, and came from Gateshead-Fell.

June 30th, 1703, there was an order of common-council for the building committee to erect a pant in West-Gate, which had been peti∣tioned for by the inhabitants of that street m 6.541.

June 17th, 1714, also Dec. 18th, 1717, complaints occur in the common-council books, of a great scarcity of water in the town of Newcastle n 6.542.

April 5th, 1737, there was an order of common-council, that the publick water should not be conveyed into the houses of any inhabit∣ants of Newcastle, except those of the mayor, recorder, aldermen, sheriff and town-clerk o 6.543.

October 6th, 1746, there was an order of the common-council for a committee to view a spring of water in the grounds of Coxlodge, belonging to John Stephenson Esq. This was in consequence of a great want of water, repeatedly complained of, for the supply of the inhabitants of Newcastle at the common pants p 6.544.

By an advertisement in the Newcastle Courant for June 25th, 1748, John Hodgson, Esq. of Elswick, informed the publick of his inten∣tions to begin immediately to work his colliery at Quarry-House, by which the greatest part of the water coming to the pants in Newcastle would be taken off, or at least rendered useless: taking it for granted that the publick were to be supplied more easily some other way, as he

had never had the offer of any terms for the continuance of that supply of water, notwithstanding he had given notice twelve months before of such his intention, and, by a publick advertisement of the 14th of the preceding November, had given the town a proffer of it on equitable conditions.

December 17th, 1767, a committee was appointed by the common-council, to consider how the town of Newcastle might be better and more properly supplied with good and wholesome water q 6.545.

September 19th, 1770, the common-council ordered a lease, under their common seal, to be granted to Mr. Ralph Lodge, and the other proprietors of the undertaking, to supply the town of Newcastle with good water, of a piece of ground at the foot or south end of the Town-Moor, with liberty to dig and make a reservoir there, and to erect, set up, and make one hundred fire-plugs, or such further number as should be wanted, in convenient and proper parts of the town, within or without the walls, at the direction of the common-council, to be used for extinguishing casual fires: as also to make a proper pipe trench, and lay and keep pipes therein, for bringing water from Coxlodge grounds, through the Town-Moor to the said reservoir, and from thence into the town, for the term of two hundred and twenty-seven years, from the 11th day of October following, at the annual rent of 13s. 4d. on condition also, that the mayor and burgesses should pay 50l. per annum to the said proprietors for the above hundred fire-plugs, and 10 shillings a-piece, yearly, for any others that might be wanted r 6.546.

December 18th, 1777, there was an order of common-council to impower Mr. Richard Brown, colliery-viewer, and Mr. John Fen∣wick, town's surveyor, to proceed in the necessary works for convey∣ing the water in Spring-Gardens, at the head of Gallow-Gate, into the town of Newcastle, for the use of the publick at large, agree∣able to the particulars and estimate that had been laid before them s 6.547. This water had been generously proffered to the publick, by George Stephenson, Esq. of Elswick, in a letter addressed to the common-coun∣cil, who accepted his kind offer, and are said to have expended about 500l. in preparing aqueducts for conveying it into the town.

SUBURBS OF SAND-GATE.

THE suburbs of Sand-Gate, except some houses near the walls of the town, appear to have escaped the fury of the civil wars t 6.548.

In Speed's Plan of Newcastle, dated 1610, no buildings occur on the site of Sand-Gate. This street has evidently had its name from its situation on the sand by the river's side—it is more crowded with inhabitants than any other place within or without the walls of New∣castle, containing many thousand souls. Sand-Gate is principally in∣habited by those who work in the keels or lighters, an hardy and labo∣rious race of men, but by no means so mutinous as some writers have too hastily chosen to stile them.

On the Garth-Heads, behind Sand-Gate, is a meeting-house for dissenters, of which Mr. Robert Marr u 6.549 and Mr. Thomas Somerville v 6.550 were ministers. The latter died January 8th, 1778.

Between the Keelmen's Hospital, above Sand-Gate and the Town's Wall, stands the Sally-Port meeting-house for dissenters, of which Mr. James Robinson, or Robertson w 6.551, and after him, Mr. Baillie, were ministers.

A runner of water, called anciently the Swerle x 6.552, at present, by cor∣ruption, "The Squirrel y 6.553" divides Sand-Gate, near the middle thereof, from St. Ann's, which, in appearance, is only a continuation of one and the same street.

At the entrance into Sand-Gate is a milk-market z 6.554.

St. Ann's Street has evidently had its name from a neighbouring chapel, dedicated to that Saint.a 6.555 Beyond this is a ropery upon a ballast-hill, which is said to have been the first ballast-shore without the town of Newcastle; for which purpose, and that of erecting lime-kilns upon it, it appears to have been purchased by the mayor and burgesses' of the lord of the manor of Byker.b 6.556

A. D. 1776, a new road for carriages, &c. leading past the Keel∣men's Hospital, and behind the streets of Sand-Gate and St. Ann's, to∣wards the north, was made by the commissioners and trustees of the turnpike-road leading from Newcastle to North-Shields, having ob∣tained a lease of the ground necessary for that purpose, at the yearly rent of one shilling, from the common-council of Newcastle c 6.557.

Before I speak of the Keelmen's Hospital, it will be necessary to give some account of this very useful body of watermen, who work the lighters or keels on the river Tyne, as a preface to the history of this charitable institution.

They occur as a fraternity in Newcastle, A. D. 1539 d 6.558, also about the year 1556, when they appear to have been an independent society e 6.559.

A. D. 1649 f 6.560 they occur as dependant upon the hostmen, and peti∣tioning that fraternity to provide them with a chapel and minister. Whether or not their request was complied with does not appear; but their desire on this occasion evinces that the religious spirit of those times had spread itself as far as this thoughtless and hardy race, the

bulk of whom do not, I fear, at present, spend much of their time in acts of devotion.

January 4th, 1697 g 6.561, I find mention of a charitable fund belonging to this body, and for which there was collected, January 1st, 1699, the sum of 233l. 3s. 11d.

February 17th, 1699 h 6.562, a draught of an act for regulating the cha∣rity of the skippers and keelmen was read, and approved by the society of hostmen.

There is an order of the hostmen's company, dated May 19th, 1699, for the payment of four-pence each tide by every trading brother of the fraternity, to this charitable institution, to be stopped off every keelman. This order appears to have been made at their own re∣quest i 6.563.

January 4th, 1700, the keelmen complained to the hostmen, that the money collected for their charity was improperly applied k 6.564.

July 29th, 1700, the keelmen petitioned the common-council of Newcastle for a piece of ground, whereon to erect themselves an hospital.

August 23d, 1700, the hostmen made an order that the lease for the above ground, which was scaled and executed on the 4th of October l 6.565 following, should be taken in the name of the governor, wardens, and fraternity of hostmen, for the use and benefit of the keelmen m 6.566.

The charge of this hospital, which was finished A. D. 1701 n 6.567, amounted to above two thousand pounds: each keelman paid four∣pence a tide, and twenty persons, five for each quarter, were approved by the hostmen to be stewards or overseers of the keelmen o 6.568.

January 16th, 1706, there occurs before the House of Commons, a petition from the skippers and keelmen of Newcastle upon Tyne, for leave to bring in a bill for confirming their voluntary agreement, and for constituting the mayor of Newcastle, for the time being, governor of their hospital p 6.569.

February 4th, 1706, the hostmen made an order to cancel the former agreement for paying in their four-pences per tide, and to detain the money in their own hand, till a steward should be appointed to collect them by their governor and the mayor of Newcastle q 6.570.

July 3d, 1707, a mutiny occurs among the skippers, or keelmen, some of whom had procured an instrument to be drawn up, in con∣tradiction to the above petition to parliament, subscribed by others for obtaining an act for establishing their hospital r 6.571.

January 4th, 1710, a petition was signed by upwards of an hun∣dred skippers, and presented to the hostmen, complaining that the mo∣ney collected for the hospital was partly detained, and partly wasted and misapplied s 6.572.

May 5th, 1710, the keelmen petitioned the hostmen to apply, on their behalf, to obtain an act of parliament for their better regula∣tion t 6.573.

This request was not complied with, the hostmen being of opinion that an act of parliament for their incorporation, or the establishing of the charity formerly paid by their consent, for the relief of such of them as were past their labour, unless it were under "due regulation, or the government thereof in proper hands, with sufficient power rightly to manage and apply the same, would be an entire ruin, not only to them, the hostmen, but also to the corporation of Newcastle, and to the coal trade in general u 6.574."

January 26th, 1712, the hostmen repealed their former order of the 19th of May, 1699, because the money collected in pursuance thereof had not been applied to the purposes for which it had been originally designed, but had lately been spent in encouraging mutinies and dis∣orders among the keelmen, to the great prejudice of trade; and on the 13th of May, 1713, this repeal was confirmed and signed by all the brethren v 6.575.

March 20th, 1723, the hostmen made an order that the keelmen's charity should be solely under their management and direction w 6.576.

December 4th, 1728, there was an order of the same fraternity, on petition of the keelmen, that no brother should bind any skipper, or keelman, who refused to suffer one penny per tide to be deducted from his wages, towards the support of their own poor x 6.577.

May 16th, 1729, an attestation occurs in the hostmen's books, un∣der the hands of those who inspected the treasurer's accounts for this hospital, when a balance appeared of 200l. 10s. 8d. The keelmen's charity was then, by common consent, laid aside y 6.578.

A. D. 1742, the hostmen paid the rent for the ground upon which the keelmen's hospital is erected, to the corporation of Newcastle for forty-two years, amounting to 2l. 2s. z 6.579.

November 7th, 1758, the governor of the hostmen's company ac∣quainted that fraternity with the alarming increase of the poor-rate in All-Saints parish, said to be occasioned by the great number of poor

in Sand-Gate, employed in working the keels on the river, whereupon a committee was chosen to inquire into the matter.

This committee, on their report, did not admit that the increase of the rate was owing chiefly to those poor, for that since the 16th of May, 1729, no collections had been made among the keelmen for the support of their own poor, except some occasional ones in their societies and box-meetings.

This committee farther gave it as their opinion, that if the former practice of collecting four-pence a tide for every keel in the river, ob∣tained by the consent of the skippers and keelmen, were revised and put under proper regulations, justly divided, and consigned to honest hands, a constant and sufficient provision might be raised a 6.580.

December 19th, 1758, the hostmen recommended it to the keelmen to make some agreement for the better support of their own poor, and to pay one halfpenny per chalder for each tide. And February 3d, 1759, a committee of hostmen was chosen to consider the proper heads of a bill, after they had collected the sense of the greatest part of the skippers and keelmen on the subject.

Nothing however appears to have been finally agreed upon on this occasion.

February 16th, 1765, the above matter was revived, and the host∣men sent instructions to a lawyer to prepare a proper plan for the fu∣ture establishment of an hospital for the relief of the keelmen: but this design also came to nothing b 6.581.

November 26th, 1768, there was a meeting of persons chosen by the keelmen for the above purposes, at which it was resolved to raise a fund, and re-establish the hospital, for the better provision in future of their needy, impotent, and lame poor, by deducting from the wages of every keel's crew one halfpenny for every chaldron of coals c 6.582.

"They say, but do not," may be applied again to these vain resolu∣tions, for nothing more occurs in the books of the hostmen, or appears to have been done in this matter d 6.583.

Below St. Ann's chapel, and the new row of buildings called St. Ann's, after passing by the dock-yards of several ship-builders, we cross the rivulet of Ouse-Burn by an arch of stone, called the Glass-House-Bridge e 6.584, from the glass-houses that are near it. This bridge appears formerly to have been made of wood f 6.585, as was also the other a little higher up the burn, where it is at present crossed by the turnpike-road leading from Newcastle to North-Shields. Between these, a little to the east, is a very large burying-ground, called the Ballast-Hills bury∣ing-ground.

On a table monument at Ballast-Hills g 6.586.

"In memory of the Rev. Mr. Alexander Nimmo, late minister in

the Close. Obiit Februar' 5th, 1770, in the 18th year of his ministry, aged 44.

"How vain the attempt to celebrate on stone His character: his hearers hearts alone Are monuments which longer shall proclaim His praise, than marble rock or short-liv'd fame.

"Here also are deposited the remains of four of his children, viz. Christian, ob. Oct. 1, 1759, aetatis 3. Margaret, ob. July 4, 1769, aetat. 8. Helen, ob. Oct. 19, 1769, aetatis 3. Alexander, ob. Dec. 14, 1778, aetatis 16.

"Lo here mix in one grave the dust Of father, son, and fire: Their kindred souls, adorn'd with crowns, To heav'nly songs conspire."

N. B. This Mr. Nimmo was one of the seceding brethren, who de∣clare against the lawfulness of the burgess oath.

On an upright stone, ibid.

"The burying-place of the Rev. W. Graham, minister in the Close.

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉;" On an upright stone, ibid.

"Here lies the body of the Rev. Mr. James Robertson, late mi∣nister of the gospel in Sally-Port meeting-house, Newcastle, who de∣parted this life 23d September, 1767, aged 39 years.

"Modest, yet resolute in virtue's cause, Ambitious not of man's, but God's applause; Swift was his race, with health and vigour blest, Soft was his passage to the land of rest; His work concluded e'er the day was done, Sudden the Saviour stoop'd, and caught him to his throne.

"Also George, his son, who died August 18th, 1767, aged sixteen weeks.

"Erected by the congregation, as a testimony of their esteem for his memory."

There are to be found, in this place, many of those "frail memo∣rials, with uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd," mentioned in Grey's celebrated Elegy.

The subsequent may truly be said to have been "spelled by th' un∣letter'd Muse."

"When I enjoyed this mortal life, This stone I ordered from Scotland's Fife, To ornament the burial-place Of me, and all my human race."

"Here lies James, of tender affection, Here lies Isabel, of suett complexion, Here lies Katherine, a pleasant child, Here lies Mary, of all most mild, Here lies Alexander, a babe most sweet, Here lies Jannet, as the Lord saw meet." "J. Steel, 1757. Here lies, avarice to strife, _____ _____ for averse. A loving and a faithful wife."

The property which was added to the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne, by act of parliament, 2d and 3d of Edward the Sixth, c. 19, is thus described: "All that ground, commonly called the Bal∣last-Shoars, i. e. the uttermost part of the said ground and houses, at or on the river of Tyne upon the south, where a runnel, or a little running water there called the Swerle, cometh from the north, and runneth thro' the street of Sand-Gate, into the said river of Tine: which runnel, or water, is the division or separation of the said county and liberty of the town of Newcastle aforesaid, from the manor of Bykar h 6.587, and from thence doth extend or lead along by the said river of Tyne towards the east, just by the said river of Tyne, stretching strait forward unto another small river, running also into the said river of Tyne, called Owesburn, and so over the same river of Owes, along by the said river of Tyne to the end of the south-east dike of the ground there, commonly called St. Lawrence-Ground, and so stretcheth northward along by the said dyke unto the north end of St. Lawrence-Dyke aforesaid, and so along the north dyke of St. Lawrence aforesaid,

unto the north-west end of the same dyke of St. Lawrence, and so along by Bykar-Hill towards the north, unto the south side of Stony∣ford, and from thence extendeth straight towards the north-east end of a close called Great St. Ann's Close, joyning to the King's Street there, and from thence so along by the hedge of the same Great St. Ann's Close southward, unto the hedge of a close called Little St. Anne's Close, and so along by the same hedge westward, upon the south part of the hedge of the closes called Durham-Close, Baxter's Close, and Lumley-Close, every one joyning one to another unto the north end of the said little swerle, or runnell, first mentioned, and from thence as the said little swerle runneth towards the south thro' Sand-Gate, and so down unto the said river of Tyne, in the same very place where the first bounds hath his first beginning."

Sir Peter's Key i 6.588, a wharf or quay so called, from having formerly been leased by the corporation of Newcastle to Sir Peter Riddell, Knt. is by an easy corruption commonly called "Saint Peter's Key."

A. D. 1774, a gunpowder magazine, duly licensed, according to the statute 12 George III. was erected by the corporation of New∣castle upon Tyne, at Wincomb-Lee-Quay, a few miles below that town, on the north side of the river k 6.589.

OF THE BOUNDARIES l 6.590 OF THE TOWN AND COUNTY OF NEW∣CASTLE UPON TYNE.

THE boundaries of this town by land, which were undoubtedly

fixed m 6.591 when it first was made a county by itself, are described by Bourne as follows:

"From a small brook, or course of water called the Swerle, in time past in the county of Northumberland, and now in the county of the town of Newcastle on the east, and on the west side of the aforesaid town, along by the shore of the water of Tyne, unto the fields of the town of Elswick in the aforesaid county of Northumberland, by and along the fields of the town of Elswick aforesaid, unto the fields of the town of Fenham, in the aforesaid county of Northumberland, and so towards the north, unto the fields of the town of Kenton, in the aforesaid county of Northumberland, and along by those fields unto the town of Coxlodge, in the aforesaid county of Northumberland, and so towards the east of the fields of Jesmond in the aforesaid county, and by and along the same fields of Jesmond towards the south, unto a certain bridge called Barras-Bridge, in the aforesaid county of New∣castle upon Tyne, and from the same bridge, in and through a certain lane in the aforesaid counties of Northumberland and Newcastle leading towards the east, to another bridge called Sandiver-Bridge, in the aforesaid county of Northumberland, and from the same bridge towards the south, in and through a certain field called Sheild-Field, in the aforesaid counties of Northumberland and Newcastle, unto a certain

lane or street in the same county, leading to the aforesaid water or river of Tyne."

For an account of the additional boundaries by the purchase of cer∣tain lands on the east of Newcastle, tempore Ed. VI. see before under "Suburbs of Sand-Gate."

The boundaries of the jurisdiction, and of the property of the town of Newcastle, are two distinct considerations. It is observable, that round the moor the march-stones, i. e. boundary-stones, are placed a little within the hedge that separates the grounds of other proprietors from those of the town of Newcastle.

GATESHEAD IN THE COUNTY OF DURHAM.

BEDE, in his Church History, mentions a place which he calls "Caprae Caput," which has generally been supposed to mean Gates∣head—quasi the goat's head, from the Romans having an inn n 6.592 at this

place with such a sign, one of the great military roads ending here before the Emperor Hadrian had erected his bridge, and connected it with the station of Pons Aelii, on the opposite bank of the Tyne.

In the year 1068 a battle was fought between William the Con∣queror in person, and Edgar Etheling, heir to the crown of Scotland, in conjunction with Malcolm, King of Scots, and some Danish pi∣rates, upon the common adjoining to this place, called Gateshead Fell. In this conflict the latter were overthrown: the Conqueror having af∣terwards recovered the town, now called Newcastle, laid it almost level with the ground, to prevent in future its becoming a place of refuge to his enemies o 6.593.

Hugh Pudsey, Bishop of Durham, appears to have granted, in the year 1164, liberty of forestage to the burgesses of Gateshead p 6.594.

The Boldon-Book, the Doomsday-Book of the diocese of Durham, which was begun by the above Hugh Pudsey, A. D. 1183, men∣tions possessions of the Bishop of Durham in Gateshead q 6.595.

In the year 1226 mention occurs of an hospital r 6.596 at Gateshead,

dedicated to the Holy Trinity, for the maintenance of a chaplain and three poor men, to which one Henry de Ferlington gave a farm at Kyhoe, in the county of Durham, in frankalmoigne s 6.598. Gerard, son of Geve t 6.599, occurs as procurator of this hospital, as Baldwin cum capite,

Alice de Quickham u 6.600 and Eleanor v 6.601, widow of Simon de Lamford, do as ancient benefactors.

On the foundation of St. Edmund's hospital, in Gateshead, it ap∣peared that so slender provision had been made for the brethren of this hospital of the Trinity, that they lived neither like seculars nor religious, for which reason, Nicholas Farnham, Bishop of Durham, to evince how good and agreeable it was for brethren to dwell together, united them with those of St. Edmund, having first obtained their own con∣sent, with that of the prior and convent of Durham. The hospital dedicated to St. Edmund and St. Cuthbert, in Gateshead, was founded in the year 1248 w 6.602, by Nicholas Farnham, Bishop of Durham x 6.603.

It was originally intended for four chaplains or priests, who were to eat at the same table, and sleep in the same chamber, one whereof was to be master, from whom the other three were to receive 20 shillings

annually. One Gilbert was the first master. The bishop gave them the whole village of Ulkistan, the old lordship of Gateshead, with the wood of Bencham and twenty-nine acres of land, that had

eschaeted to the founder at a place called Alluresacyres, alias Huseacyers, in frankalmoigne, in lieu of all which he granted other places to the church of Durham, the bishops whereof he appointed to be perpetual patrons.

Hugh de Segrave occurs as a very early master or keeper y 6.604.

In the year 1292, St. Edmund's hospital, after the deduction of ne∣cessary expences, appears to have had a clear yearly revenue of 18l. z 6.605

A. D. 1316, John de Denton occurs as master of St. Edmund's hospital a 6.606.

August 20th, 1353, John de Apilby, a lawyer, was appointed master of this hospital b 6.607.

On the Saturday next after St. Andrew's day, 1361, at the Halmot Pleas at Chester-le-street, John Apilby, master of this hospital, occurs, as paying the sum of ten shillings for a certain road through the bishop's park, at Gateshead, from the manor of Frere-Goose to the said hospital, while he should continue master c 6.608.

October 6th, 1378, Skirlaw, Bishop of Durham, granted to Wil∣liam de Brantyngham, then master, three cottages, which had eschaeted

to the see of Durham. "Brethren, sisters and paupers" are mentioned as being at that time in this hospital d 6.609.

At an inquisition held on the Monday after the feast of St. George, 1391, at Durham, before Marmaduke de Lomley, the bishop's es∣chaetor, it appeared that Isabel, relict of John de Birtley, had died seized, amongst other things, of a messuage, and sixty acres of land, at Kyoleche, held of the master of this hospital, by the service of a rose, on the nativity of St. John Baptist, annually, which was worth be∣sides, 14 shillings per annum e 6.610.

December 3d, 1399, Reginald Porter, vicar of Pittington, was ap∣pointed by Walter Skirlaw, Bishop of Durham, to the mastership of this hospital f 6.611.

July 8th, 1391, William Bower of Gateshead, and John Bower, chaplain, acknowledged, in the chancery court of Durham, that they were indebted in the sum of 20l. to the bishop of that see, to be paid on the Christmas day following, on failure of which payment, the bishop to make seizure of their lands, &c. upon condition that, if the bishop would have his whole rent, and the other profits of the chantry of Saint Trinity, within the hospital of St. Edmund of Gateshead, since the sequestration made by John Coker, the said William and John should pay it to the bishop within eight days after the receipt of a mo∣nition, and that then this resignation should be null and void, but other∣wise to remain in full effect g 6.612.

George Radclyfe was master here before the year 1435 h 6.613.

March 12th, 1435, the mastership of this hospital was granted to John Heyworth, vicar of St. Nicholas in Newcastle, on the resignation of G. Radclyfe i 6.614.

May, 1441, Thomas Kirkeby occurs as master of this hospital k 6.615.

October 7th, 1448, Bishop Neville appropriated this hospital, with all its revenues, to the prioress and convent of St. Bartholomew in Newcastle, on account of their poverty; they finding two priests to officiate in the chapel of the hospital.

May 1st, 1449, William Hilderskelfe, master of this hospital, granted it as above, and the bishop aforesaid confirmed the master's grant Oc∣tober 7th, 1449. See the history of that nunnery.

A recognition preserved in the rolls of Bishop Booth sets forth, that, February 10th, 1468, J. Blenkinsop, of Chester, yeoman, and William Billy, of the same, yeoman, came before the bishop and acknowledged they owed him 20l. &c. The condition of this recognition was such, that if John Hylton, of Gateshead, chaplain, should without fraud enter his body in Durham gaol, under the custody of the gaoler, and remain there for ten pounds (owing to the bishop), for a certain way held for carrying sea-coals from the hospital of St. Edmund at Gate∣shead, to the bishop's staith there, with a certain part of the same staith, &c. then the present recognition to be null and void, but otherwise to remain in full force and virtue l 6.616.

March 9th, 1543, John Hochonson, clerk, was instituted chaplain of the chantry of the Holy Trinity in the chapel of this hospital m 6.617.

January 16th, 1544, Anthony Bellasis occurs as master of St. Ed∣mund's hospital n 6.618. The following account of this hospital is taken from a certificate of colleges and chantries in Northumberland and Durham, 37 Hen. VIII. A. D. 1546, remaining in the Augmentation-Office:

"The hospitalle of St. Edmund in the parish of Gatishedde was founded by the predecessors of the bushoppes of Durham by reporte but to what intent or purpose we know not for we have not sene the foundacion therof. Yerely value 109s. 4d. o 6.619—value accordyng to this survey 8l. as apereth by a rentall wherof is paid out for the Kinge's majesties tenthes 12s. 3d. and remayneth clerly 7l. 7s. 9d. which Doctor Bellases now master of the same hath towardes hys lyvyng and giveth out of the same four marks by the year to a prieste to say masse there twyse in the weke for the commoditie and easement of the parishioners that do dwelle farr from the parishe churche.—It stand∣eth about halfe a myle distant from the parishe churche of Gatishedde aforsaid—value of ornaments &c. nil.—for ther be neither goods catalls ne ornaments appertaining to the same to our knowlege.—Ther were no other landes nor yerely profitts &c."

August 15th, 1552, Robert Claxton was collated to the mastership of this hospital, vacant by the death of Anthony Bellasis, L. L. D. p 6.620

A. D. 1553, the 7th of Edward VI. the q 6.621 patronage of this place, according to Tanner, was granted to the mayor and burgesses of New∣castler 6.622.

There is a collation to it of a subsequent date, by Richard Barnes, Bishop of Durham. See afterwards under 1579.

In an article dated March 28th, 1561, between Thomas Tempest of Lanchester, and his wife, and the bailiff and burgesses of Gateshead, mention occurs of parcel of the lands that lately belonged to this hospital s 6.623.

May 6th, 1579, John Woodfall, clerk, was collated to the master∣ship of this house, vacant by the death of R. Claxton, by Barnes, then bishop of Durham t 6.624.

June 4th, 1587, Clement Colmore, L. L. D. was instituted to the mastership of this place, on the presentation of Henry Anderson and William Selby, Esqrs. patrons for that turn only u 6.625.

January 4th, 1611, King James I. refounded this hospital and granted to it a charter by the new name of "King James's hospital in Gateshead." The preamble whereof sets forth that, through the negli∣gence of former masters, and length of time, the charters of founda∣tion and endowment of this house had been lost, and that some persons were endeavouring to convert the property thereof to their own use, and that therefore the King founded it anew, and decreed that it should consist of a master, the rector of Gateshead for the time being, and three poor, old, and unmarried men, to be called brethren, who should be a body politic in law, have a common seal v 6.626, power to sue and be sued, let leases, &c. The bishops of Durham to be the patrons thereof, present masters, revise the statutes, &c. The King gave them all the hos∣pital

of St. Edmund aforesaid, with the mansion-house and gardens of the same, also 40 acres of arable land, and five carrects of hay, from ten acres of meadow; forty acres of pasture for beasts, and a close at Shotley-Bridge, the possessions of the hospital, for which they are to render to the King such rents and services as had been paid and performed before. Each brother to receive 3l. 6s. 8d. per annum, while John Hutton, then master, should continue to preside there, and after his death the succeeding masters to have a third part of the revenues of the house, and the brethren the other two thirds w 6.627.

For an account of the masters of this hospital since the charter of refoundation, granted as above by King James I. see List of the Rec∣tors of Gateshead.

The chapel of this hospital, situated on the east side, and almost close to the road leading from Newcastle to Durham, a little before we arrive at the first mile stone, was disused as to publick service being performed in it while Mr. Lambe was master: this rector compromised a matter in dispute between himself and some of his parishioners, who did not acquiesce in the above cessation of duty, by preaching in lieu thereof a sermon every Sunday afternoon at the parish church.

The same rector, after allowing a small yearly income to the brethren to find them lodgings, pulled down their respective houses which stood very near the chapel.

Mr. Wood, the succeeding rector, obliged his predecessor's widow and administratrix to pay him 300l. for the dilapidations of this hos∣pital, on which he executed to her a general release.

Dr. Fawcett, in 1780, put the chapel into repair, and covered it with red tiles, but it still remains in disuse as to religious purposes x 6.628.

A. D. 1278, it appears to have been customary for the King of Scotland, the Archbishop of York, the Prior of Tinmouth, the Bishop of Durham, and Gilbert de Umfranville (by their bailiffs), to meet the justices coming to Newcastle to hold pleas, and ask their liberties of them, when they came from the parts of Yorkshire, at the head of Gateshead, at a certain well there called Chille-Well y 6.629.

On the Friday before Pentecost, A. D. 1322, an inquisition was taken at Gateshead before the sheriff of Durham, concerning fisheries, gardens, and multure, from the demesnes and lands in Gateshead, and vigils and aids from Pipewell-Gate: when the jurors, on their oaths, declared that a moiety of the water of Tyne, from Stanley-Burn to Tinmouth and the sea, belonged to St. Cuthbert and the Bishop of

Durham, another moiety to the county of Northumberland, and that the third part, in the middle, was common and free: that the bishop had built three fisheries on his part, called Greneyard, which certain persons had broken down and destroyed, to the length of twenty-four perches: that the men of Pipewell-Gate, in the time of Anthony and Richard (de Kellowe), former bishops of Durham, used to be in vigils and aids with the men of Gateshead. And lastly, that the de∣mesnes and lands ought not to give multure z 6.630.

In a deed dated at Gateshead, May 20th, 1324, remaining in the Augmentation-Office, some property is described as bounded on one side by a runner of water in St. Elen's Street, "per rivulum currentem in vico Sancte Elene."

On the last day of February, 1348, Thomas, Bishop of Durham, granted to Roger de Tickhill, by letter of privy seal, the office of keeper of his park at Gateshead, with an allowance of three halfpence per diem a 6.631.

A. D. 1364, mention occurs of a mine of coals in the fields of Gateshead b 6.632.

April 20th, 1369, Thomas, Bishop of Durham, granted to Wil∣liam Forrest, of Gateshead, the office of keeper of his park there, with an allowance of three halfpence per diem c 6.633.

November 28th, 1399, Walter, Bishop of Durham, by writ of privy seal, granted to John Kempe the custody of his park at Gates∣head, with a fee of three halfpence per diem d 6.634.

July 24th, 1403, Walter, Bishop of Durham, granted the office of keeper of his park at Gateshead, to Hugh Attehalle, with an allowance of three halfpence a day, to be paid him by the hands of the head fo∣rester for the time being e 6.635.

October 25th, 1415, Thomas, Bishop of Durham, appointed John Boterell, bailiff of his manor and villa of Gateshead, to hold courts there, and levy rents for his several fisheries in the Tyne and elsewhere, belonging to that manor, from Michaelmas last past to the same term next ensuing f 6.636.

April 8th, 1438, Robert, Bishop of Durham, granted to Robert Preston, the office of keeper of his park at Gateshead, and the custody of the tower there, to receive three halfpence a day for the keeping of the park, to be paid him by the bishop's master forester, and a halfpenny per diem for the custody of the tower, to be paid him by the bailiffs, or others, of the demesne of Gateshead, with other profits, and a robe, or eight shillings in lieu thereof, every Christmas-Day g 6.637.

December 16th, 1495, John Boner, of Gateshead, labourer, went to the cathedral church of Durham, and having struck the bell there, supplicated, with great earnestness, the immunity and liberty of St. Cuthbert, for that fourteen years before he had assaulted one Alex∣ander Stevenson, near Doteland-Park, in Hexhamshire, and feloniously struck him on the breast with a dagger, or whinyard, of which stroke he instantly died h 6.638.

October 1st, 1529, Thomas, Bishop of Durham, constituted Wil∣liam

Thomlyngson, then keeper of Gateshead-Park, and Thomas Thomlyngson, his son, clerk of the mines belonging to that see i 6.639.

In the year 1553 the town of Gateshead was, by act of parliament, severed from the bishoprick of Durham and annexed to Newcastle upon Tyne: the inhabitants were to continue their common in that bishoprick, and have wood in Gateshead-Park for their reparations, and the bishop's liberties were to continue in Newcastle k 6.640.

April 2d, 1554, the town of Gateshead, with all its inhabitants, a parcel of ground called the Salt-Meadows, the waters and bridge, were taken back from Newcastle and restored to the county of Durham l 6.641.

March 17th, 1555, Cuthbert Tunstal, Bishop of Durham, demised the Salt-Meadows in Gateshead to the mayor and burgesses of New∣castle upon Tyne, for 450 years, at an annual rent of 2l. 4s. As also the toll there at 4l. 6s. per annum. This lease was confirmed by the dean and chapter of Durham, March 22d, 1555 m 6.642.

March 28th, 1561, on an original deed of that date occurs an im∣pression, though a good deal mutilated, of the common seal of Gates∣head as a borough town, representing a lady and child on a tower n 6.643.

July 12th, 1565, Henry Lord Scroop, warden of the West-Marches,

granted a protection to two pedlars, John and Jenkin Brown, of Gates∣head, who had been slanderously called Scots, and put in fear of im∣prisonment and loss of goods (but who, upon examination, were found to be, in reality, the Queen's subjects, born at a place called the Moote of Lyddal, and the sons of one David Brown), commanding all per∣sons, without molestation, to suffer them to exercise their craft of pedlars, according to the laws and statutes made on that behalf. This instance exhibits a striking proof of the violent hatred that subsisted between the borderers of the then two hostile kingdoms of England and Scotland. At Newcastle the title of Scot is still used opprobriously by the vulgar, and perhaps another century must elapse before this spirit of national animosity shall entirely subside o 6.644.

February 1st, 1578, a lease of the manors of Gateshead and Whick∣ham, which had been granted to Queen Elizabeth for 79 years, by Richard Barnes, Bishop of Durham, was confirmed by the dean and chapter of that church p 6.645.

June 20th, 1581, the above Bishop Barnes granted a lease of the manors aforesaid to Robert, Earl of Leicester: this must have been done by permission of the Queen, who is said to have given this lease to her favourite courtier. A declaration from the bishop, upon what terms he had granted the lease, occurs, dated June 23d following q 6.646.

January 4th, 1582, Richard, Bishop of Durham, granted a lease of the manors of Gateshead and Whickham to Queen Elizabeth for 79 years: this term must have been thought too short, for we find, on the 26th of April following, the same bishop granting a lease of the above manors, confirmed also by the dean and chapter, to the said Queen for 99 years, from the day of the date, under an annual rent of 117l. 15s. 8d. This grant included all the coal-pits and coal-mines, and all the com∣mon wastes and parks belonging to the said manors r 6.647.

November 12th, 1583, Queen Elizabeth made an assignment to Henry Anderson and William Selby, magistrates of Newcastle, of two terms of the above manors, which had been granted to her by the Bishop of Durham s 6.648.

August 4th, 1591, the above Henry Anderson and William Selby granted to thirteen of the principal burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne, in trust, the reversion of the above manors of Gateshead and Whick∣ham, which had been demised as aforesaid to the Queen, and assigned by the Queen to them as before related t 6.649.

A. D. 1594, Toby Matthew, Bishop of Durham, granted a charter for the incorporation of several trades in Gateshead u 6.650.

September 8th, 1599, Henry Chapman, George Farnaby, William Hodgshon, George Selby, Lyonell Maddison, Ralph Jennison, and Nicholas Hedley, assigned their right and title to the manors of Gates∣head and Whickham, to the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle v 6.651.

May 5th, 1614, an head-court of the mayor and burgesses of New∣castle was held in the borough of Gateshead, before Thomas Riddell, Esq. bailiff, and George Nicholson, steward: a place in Gateshead is mentioned on this occasion, with the appellation of "Pallace-Place," probably where the bishops of Durham had anciently an house or hotel w 6.652.

May 4th, 1620, an head-court of the said mayor and burgesses was held at Gateshead, before the above-mentioned bailiff, then Sir Tho∣mas Riddell, Kt. and George Nicholson, steward x 6.653.

March 14th, 1626, a grant for life was made to Henrietta Maria, Queen consort of King Charles I. A fee-farm of eighty pounds is

mentioned in it, payable from several places therein enumerated, one of which was Gateshead in the bishoprick of Durham y 6.654.

July 28th, 1637, a lease held of the mayor and burgesses of New∣castle upon Tyne, of the bailiwick of Gateshead, and two parcels of ground called the Salt-Meadows and the East-Field, was renewed for 21 years, to Sir Thomas Riddell, Kt. recorder of Newcastle z 6.655.

February 20th, 1645, there was an order of common-council for granting a lease of the bailiwick of Gateshead to Alderman Ledgard, for the term of twenty-one years a 6.656.

December 23d, 1646, mention occurs in the common-council books of a design then in agitation, to annex Gateshead a second time to Newcastle.

An order passed in January following to acquaint Mr. Blakiston, then member of parliament for Newcastle, that the inhabitants of Gateshead were using their endeavours to make that borough a corpo∣ration b 6.657.

February 27th, 1647, the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle peti∣tioned the House of Commons concerning the manors of Gateshead and Whickham, of which they had a term remaining of about thirty-three years.

These manors appear to have been comprised in a survey of bishop's lands, by an ordinance of parliament, and the mayor and burgesses aforesaid were desirous of purchasing the reversion of them, but were prevented by the erroneous estimate made of them, and the excessive price set upon them. They therefore desired a new survey, and that the sale might be suspended till a fresh survey, and a just valuation could be returned c 6.658.

January 27th, 1648, there was an order of common-council to pro∣ceed in the purchase of the manors of Gateshead and Whickham, pro∣vided they could be procured for a sum less than four thousand pounds d 6.659.

February 28th, 1649, there was another order of common-council to go on in the purchase of the aforesaid manors e 6.660.

August 24th, 1649, there was an order of common-council to draw up a petition to be sent to parliament, concerning the Salt-Meadows and the tolls of Gateshead f 6.661.

January 7th, 1650, there was an order of that body, that twelve men out of the companies of the town, viz. six out of the twelve mis∣teries, and six out of the fifteen trades, should be named as feoffees in trust for the Salt-Meadows g 6.662.

September 30th, 1653, the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle grant∣ed to Thomas Bonner, Esq. h 6.663 the office of steward of the manor of Whickham, making him, at the same time, bailiff of their borough, manor, and lordship of Gateshead, with a salary of 20l. per annum for this last office, and 3l. 6s. 8d. yearly, with other fees, for Whick∣ham i 6.664.

May 1st, 1654, Thomas Ledgard, George Dawson, Henry Raw∣ling and Robert Young, in consideration of 100l. conveyed to Mark Shaftoe, Esq. and others, their heirs and assigns for ever, the Salt-Mea∣dows and the toll of Gateshead, which had been sold to them, the said Thomas Ledgard, &c. by the trustees appointed by ordinance of par∣liament, for sale of the lands in possession of the late archbishops and bishops, September 21st, 1649 k 6.665.

June 8th, 1658, the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle demised all their lands and coal-mines in Gateshead and Whickham, to George Dawson, mayor, Thomas Bonner, Mark Milbank, and Henry Raw∣ling, aldermen, to procure the sum of two thousand pounds, to prosecute the building of the new town-court l 6.666.

September 16th, 1661, John Cosins, Bishop of Durham, incorpo∣rated, at their own request, the drapers, taylors, mercers, hardwaremen, coopers and chandlers of Gateshead: their charter of incorporation obliged them to sell any person the freedom of their community, who should produce an indenture that he had served an apprenticeship in any other part, and on the payment of ten pounds to the society; with a like sum to the Bishop of Durham.

They were to choose three wardens annually, keep a clerk, a chest with two keys, and a common seal, called the seal of the wardens and commonalty of drapers, taylors, &c. within the borough of Gateshead m 6.667.

In the royal aids, A. D. 1663 and 1664, the town of Newcastle upon Tyne appears to have been assessed 7l. 10s. for their property at Whickham n 6.668.

June 17th, 1675, a complaint occurs in the common-council books of Newcastle, that the Salt-Meadows are charged and assessed in the book of rates at 100l. per annum o 6.669.

October 8th, 1679, an head-court of the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle was held at Gateshead, before Robert Shafto, sergeant at law, bailiff p 6.670.

March 14th, 1699, a petition of the stewards and company of pewterers, inhabiting in the ancient borough of Gateshead, concerning the adulteration of pewter, occurs before the House of Commons q 6.671.

Between the years 1690 and 1700, the inhabitants of Gateshead, men, women, and children, were computed to be about seven thou∣sand r 6.672.

By a computation of the burials in Gateshead, A. D. 1710, that

place appeared to compose about a third part of Newcastle; two hun∣dred and sixty persons having died there that year s 6.673.

May 21, 1716, Lord Crewe, Bishop of Durham, to which see the manors of Gateshead and Whickham had reverted, demised to William Coatsworth, of Gateshead, Esq. all these two manors, "except so much of Tyne-Bridge as is situate in the precincts of Gateshead, and the soil and ground of the same, and houses and edifices thereon erected, and the tolls used to be taken there; and except the right of collating, or presenting to the two parsonages of Gateshead and Whickham," with a court commonly called Halmote-Court, &c. for the term of twenty-one years, and at the annual rent of 235l. 11s. 4d. t 6.674

A. D. 1731, an alms-house was built in Gateshead, opposite to the Toll-Booth there, by trustees appointed in the last will of Mr. Thomas Powell of Newcastle, who bequeathed all his estate, real and personal, for that purpose u 6.675.

June, 1734, some disputes arose in this borough, the burghers and freemen whereof, by custom immemorial, have had right of common of pasturage on Gateshead-Fell: the stewards, and before them the churchwardens of Gateshead, had for several years past granted leases to erect cottages on the said fell, reserving to themselves an annual rent for damage of the soil. The lord of the manor, who claimed the royalty of the said fell, received in right thereof from the cottagers the same sums as they paid to the borough, and had also granted similar leases for the erection of the like buildings. It was at last agreed upon by both parties, to refer the matter to council, how

they might best ascertain and preserve their respective rights for the future v 6.676.

A. D. 1762, mention occurs of a woollen manufactory established at Gateshead w 6.677.

In the year 1772 a temporary post-office (as it was originally in∣tended to have been) was set up at Gateshead, till Tyne-Bridge could be rebuilt, but it was afterwards thought expedient to suffer this office to be continued x 6.678.

A. D. 1772, the borough of Gateshead petitioned the Bishop of Durham to appoint them a new bailiff; an officer that had been discon∣tinued at that place since the death of Robert Delavall, whose patent was dated August 30th, 1681. They set forth in this petition, that they had in their possession a seal * 6.679, inscribed "Sigillum burgi de Gates∣head." The bishop referred the matter to his attorney-general: as yet, however, no bailiff has been appointed y 6.680.

A new chapel for dissenters was opened in Gateshead, January 1st, 1786 z 6.681.

GATESHEAD-CHURCH.

MENTION occurs of a church at Gateshead in the year 1080, in which Walcher, Bishop of Durham, was assassinated a 6.682: It is said to have stood lower down the river than the present does, in a field once called Lawless-Close, and afterwards the Miller's Field b 6.683.

I have found no account at what time the present edifice, dedicated to St. Mary, was erected.

In a valuation of livings in the diocese of Durham, A. D. 1291, the church of Gateshead is rated at 13l. 6s. 8d. annual value c 6.684.

In another valuation of the same, of the date of 1318, it is only rated at 6l. 13s. 4d.d 6.685

The foundation and endowment of Gateshead rectory were preserved in a MS. in the Cotton library, which was damaged and rendered il∣legible at the fire which happened in Westminster, by which so many valuable records in that collection were either mutilated or de∣stroyed e 6.686.

CHANTRIES.

THERE are said to have been four chantries in this church—one of the Virgin Mary—one of St. Loy—one of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist, and of St. John the Baptist—and the last of the Holy Trinity.

(1) ST. MARY'S CHANTRY.

ON the feast of St. Matthew, 1330 f 6.687, Alan, son of Roger Prester, and Alan Prester, of Gateshead, confirmed to Roger de Thorington, chaplain to the chantry of the blessed Virgin Mary, in the north porch of Gateshead church, ten messuages situated in Gateshead, with an annual rent-charge of 6s. 8d. arising from another in the same place. After their deaths the commonalty of Gateshead were to be the patrons of this chantry, and each successive chaplain was to be sworn before the rector of Gateshead.

This grant of endowment was confirmed to William de Norham, chaplain, by Walter, Bishop of Durham, Nov. 2d, 1402, and by the prior and chapter of that church, August 8th, 1403.

February 19th, 1496, Sir John Turpyne was collated to this chan∣try, vacant by the death of Sir John Bell, the last chaplain, and there was a mandate to William Baker, parochial chaplain there, to induct him g 6.688.

February 6th, 1519, William Gotten occurs as chaplain h 6.689.

March 10th, 1544, William Friende, chaplain, was instituted to the chantry of St. Mary the Virgin in Gateshead, on the presentation of the bailiff and community of that place i 6.690.

In 1553 a pension of 6l. per annum appears to have been paid to Thomas Worthy, incumbent of our Lady's chantry.—Browne Willis's Abbies, vol. ii. p. 75 k 6.691.

The following account of this chantry is taken from the certificate of colleges and chantries in Northumberland and Durham, 37 Hen. VIII. remaining in the Augmentation-Office:

"The chauntrie of our Lady in Gatishedd was founded by one Alan Prestore to fynde a preste for the mayntenaunce of Godd's service and to pray for his sowle and all Cristen sowles by reporte but ther is no dede of eny foundacion therof to be shewed—Yerly value 75s. 4d.— valew accordyng to this survey 8l. 2s. as apere by a rentall wherof is paid out for rent resolut' 29s. 4d. and for the Kinges Majesties tenthes 7s. 6d. ob. as appere by the said rentall—36s. 10d. ob. and remayneth clerely 6l. 3s. 3d. ob. whiche ben employed to the sustentacion and relief of Willyam Blynkynsope prieste incumbent there—within the parishe churche of Gatishede aforesaid—Ornaments &c. 4l. 13s. 11d. as appereth by a perticuler inventory of the same—Ther wer no other landes &c."

(2) ST. LOY'S CHANTRY.

JOHN Dolphamby, of Gateshead, was the founder of this chantry about 1442 l 6.692.

September 28th, 1532, Cuthbert, Bishop of Durham, instituted Sir Robert Galele to the chantry of St. Loy in Gateshead church, vacant by the death of Sir Richard Rande, on the joint presentation of An∣thony Lumley, Esq. (one of the patrons for that turn, on account of the minority of Conand Barton) and John Brown, rector of Gates∣head. The presentation was dated September 27th, 1532 m 6.693.

Richard Jackson appears to have been the last incumbent, and had in 1553 a pension of 3l. per annum n 6.694.

It is observable that no mention occurs of this chantry of St. Loy in Gateshead church, in the certificate of colleges and chantries for Northumberland and Durham, 37 Hen. VIII. remaining in the Aug∣mentation-Office.

(3) ST. JOHN'S CHANTRY.

THIS appears to have been founded by John Dolphamby, of Gateshead, about the year 1421.

On the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, 1421, John Dolphamby, of Gateshead, granted to John Vesci, chaplain of the chantry of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist, which he had lately founded

in the church of St. Mary in that place, and to his successors, chap∣lains of the same for ever, fourteen tenements, situated in Gateshead aforesaid, and held in burgage of the Bishop of Durham, who con∣firmed this grant, June 1st, 1421, as did the dean and chapter there, October 7th, 1424 o 6.695.

June 14th, 1496, the Bishop of Durham admitted Sir Robert Beste, chaplain, to the chantry of St. John in Gateshead church, va∣cant by the resignation of Thomas Hochinson, on the presentation of the true patron, Conane Barton, Esq. p 6.696

Thomas Hochinson was the last incumbent, and in 1553 enjoyed a pension of 6l. per annum q 6.697.

The following account of this chantry occurs in the certificate of colleges and chantries in Northumberland and Durham, 37 Hen. VIII. remaining in the Augmentation-Office:

"The chauntrie of Saynt John Baptist and Saynt John Evange∣liste in Gatishedde aforesaid was founded by reporte by John Dol∣phinbye and William Johnson to fynd a priest for ever for the mayn∣tenance of Godd's service and to pray for their sowles and all Cristen sowles and to kepe one obitt yerely but ther is no dede of foundacion to be shewed—Yerlie value 6l. 12s. 8d. ob.—value accordyng to this survey 7l. 16s. 8d. wherof is paid owt for one yerlie obit 6s. 8d. and for the Kinges Majesties tenthes 13s. 3d. quad. as apereth by the rentall 19s. 11d. quad. and remayneth clerly 6l. 16s. 8d. ob. quad. whiche ben employed to the sustentacion and relief of Thomas Ho∣chison clarke incumbent there—within the parishe churche of Gatis∣hedde—Ornaments &c. 47s. as apereth by a perticuler inventory of the same—Ther wer no other landes &c."

(4) TRINITY CHANTRY.

THE following account of this chantry is taken from the certifi∣cate of colleges and chantries in Northumberland and Durham, 37 Hen. VIII. remaining in the Augmentation-Office:

"The chauntrie of the Trinitie in Gatished was founded by one Alan Prestore to fynde a prieste for the mayntenance of Godd's ser∣vice and to pray for his sowle and all Cristen sowles by reporte but ther is no dede of foundacion to be shewed—Yerelie value 4l. 4s. 2d. —value according to this survey 6l. 18d. wherof is paide owt for a rent resolut' 2s. 6d. and for the Kinges Majesties tenthes 8s. 5d. as apereth by the rental 10s. 11d.—and remayneth clerely 110s. 7d. which ar employed to the sustentacion and relief of John Huchynson, clarke, incumbent of the same.—Within the parishe churche of Ga∣tishedde aforesaid—Ornaments &c. 79s. 1d. as apere by a perticuler inventory of the same—Ther wer no other landes &c."

John Huchynson had a pension of 5l. per annum, in the year 1553 r 6.698.

STEEPLE.

THE present steeple of this church was built about the year 1740 s 6.699. The old steeple being then ruinous, it was found necessary to take it down. The present had at first four fanes mounted on spires, one at each corner.—These spires, being thought too weak for the fanes, were taken down in 1764, and the roof altered. The

builder's name was Camfield.—In the year 1773, in November, the bells t 6.700 of this steeple were taken out, in order to be hung upon a new frame.

GALLERIES, PEWS, AND ORGAN.

IN the year 1763, a new gallery was erected at the west end of the church, with this inscription: "This gallery was built anno Do∣mini 1763.

"Thomas Emerson Headlam, Robert Carr, Taylor Ansell, Benja∣min Ord, churchwardens."

All the pews in this church are of oak, curiously carved.—The pulpit is of the same.

It is observable, that the rose and badge of the Prince of Wales is on each pew.

On some of the pews are the arms of Cole, Liddell impaling Tem∣pest, Hall, Bishop Crew—Riddell and the royal arms within the garter.

On the rector's pew, J. S. in a cypher, and the date 1695.

The organ is placed at the west end of the church.—The following inscriptions on front: "Gloria in excelsis Deo," and "Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord."

THE CHANCEL.

THERE is nothing remarkable in the chancel or choir of this church. On the south side of the communion-table u 6.701, which is a large slab of

common stone, supported by two figures of angels, holding chalices in their hands, is a niche for the holy water, and a recess in the wall, terminated at the top by three pointed arches. On the wainscot above the communion-table are the letters I. H. S. The side windows on both sides seem ancient, but the east window of the chancel is modern, and in a poor style. The following inscription, which is on the outside, seems to indicate that it was built at the charge of a former rector: "Richard Werge, rector of Gateshead, anno 1682."

REGISTER—VESTRY—CHURCH-YARD.

THE oldest register of Gateshead, intitled "The Regester Booke of Geatsyde of all christninges mariages and burialls beginninge this yeare of our Lord God 1559 and so yearlye aftere accordinge to the Queen's majestes injunctions in that behalfe provided," is in fine preservation: There is an hiatus in the latter end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, and at the beginning of that of King James I.

Parochial registers were first appointed in 1538.

A. D. 1710, by a computation of the burials at this church, which were in number 260 that year, Gateshead appeared to be above a third part of Newcastle v 6.702.

There is an observable old chair in the vestry of this church, with arms, probably meant for these of the borough of Gateshead, carved

upon it, i. e. in the field a goat's head erazed. Crest a goat's head.— The following initials probably were those of the then churchwardens' names: " L. A. J. W. P. B. P. T."

In the church-yard w 6.703, at the east end, stands an old monument, said to have been built by Robert Trollop, who was the architect of the ex∣change, and town-court in Newcastle, for the place of his interment. There is a faint traditionary account, which I do not much credit, that there stood formerly a statue of the said Trollop, on the north side of it, pointing to the town-court of Newcastle, and underneath the follow∣ing lines:

"Here lies Robert Trollop Who made yon stones roll up When death took his soul up His body filled this hole up."

It is now, or was lately, the burial place of the family of Harris. There are texts of scripture on every side of this monument.

CHARITY-SCHOOL.

THE school x 6.704 at the Anchorage y 6.705, in Gateshead church-yard, was

founded by Theophilus Pickering, S. T. P. rector of Gateshead, Ja∣nuary 9th, 1701.

Thomas Stephenson left to the use of the charity founded by Dr. Pickering, forty shillings per annum; also other forty shillings per annum, both payable out of a shop on Tyne bridge: The last was in∣tended to have been given by Hauxley Stephenson, brother of the said Thomas, but Hauxley dying first, the above Thomas left it also. This must have been soon after the foundation, as Mr. Hauxley Ste∣phenson was appointed one of the trustees in the deed of gift.

Benefactions to the poor.

An escutcheon of Henry Hilton, Esq.—For an account of his bene∣faction see churches in Newcastle.

An escutcheon of Dr. Aldworth, M. D. who left 1l. per annum. See ibid.

On two escutcheons in the north porch: "James Cole, Esq. deceased 21st October, 1660; at his death gave to the poor of St. Maries in Gateshead, fortie shillings yearly for ever."

"Ralph Cole, Esq. deceased 16 Nov. 1655; at his death gave to the poor of St. Maries in Gateshead, fortie shillings yearly for ever."

Escutcheon for "Matthew Bates of Gateshead, who left twentie shil∣linges yearly for ever."

Escutcheon for "Collinson."— See account of the plate.

Escutcheon inscribed "Isabel formerly widow of Mr. Edmund Sut∣ton of Gateshead, and late of George Watson of Goswick in com. Dunelm. left to poor widows of Gateshead 50l. to be paid by her ex∣ecutor

to such a number of widows, as that none of them should re∣ceive less than 5 shillings, payable at Midsummer yearly."

Escutcheon for "Jo......... pipe-maker, who died October..... 1689. By his last will he gave to the poor of the parish of St. Maries in Gateshead—a house in Hillgate let at 6l. per annum."

Escutcheon for "Mr. Thomas Reed, shipwright, who left 20 shil∣lings yearly for ever."

Escutcheon for "Mr. Andrew Hibson, parish-clerk of Gateshead, who left 20 shillings yearly for ever."

Escutcheon for Mr. Ralph Harrison, of Bryan's Leap, who left 100l. to the poor of Gateshead parish.

Escutcheon for Sir William Blackett, Bart. who left 40 shillings year∣ly out of a house at Bridge-End. This house was burnt down by the fire in 1751. It has since been rebuilt—an inn at present with the sign of Charles XII. of Sweden.

Escutcheon for Mr. Thomas Rawling, of Newcastle, hostman, who left half of his house in Oakwell-Gate, and since his death, his execu∣trix gave the other half of the said house, the rent of which to be distri∣buted to the poor of this parish for ever.

It appears by a list of legacies framed and glazed in the vestry of Gateshead church, dated February 25th, 1736, that "Henry Smith, Esq. left a legacy of 5l. paid by Lord Lumley's steward, due at Mi∣chaelmas;"—that a piece of land, with a dwelling-house at Easington, was left by Mr. Collinson, let at 6l. 5s. per annum;—a legacy of 6l. 13s. 4d. by Mrs. Isable Glover;—a legacy of 20l. by Mrs. Mar∣garet Ramsay; and a legacy of 50l. by William Coatsworth, Esq.

MONUMENTS AND MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS IN GATESHEAD CHURCH. In the choir.

"Here lieth interred the body of Christopher Sanderson, late of Gateshead, mercer, who exchanged this life 22d Dec. A. D. 1660. Likewise here lieth interred with him his brother Charles Sanderson."

"Here lie interred the remains of the Rev. Ambrose Fenwick, and Elizabeth his wife. He departed February 1st, 1732. She departed June 2d, 1738. Jane wife of William Dixon died April 20th, 1761."

"Here lieth the body of Ann Reed, wife of Matthew Reed. She died January 8th, 1769, aged 71 years."

"Deposited under this stone the Rev. William Lambe, cl. A. M. rector of this parish 33 years—Died 29 May, 1769, aged 63."

"Here lieth interred the body of Elizabeth, eldest daughter of George Gray, of the bishoprick of Durham, Esq. late wife to John Clifton, citizen and mercer of London, who departed this life the 6th of May, 1651, near 32 years of age."

"Here lieth interred the body of Timothy Tizacke, merchant-ad∣venturer, and Elizabeth his wife, who had issue by him 7 children: two survived them, viz. Timothy and George. She departed this life the 13th day of October, an. 1659. He departed this life the 6th day of February, 1684." Motto to the arms, "Seigneur je te prie garde ma vie."

"Here sleeps Mrs. Judith Weld, who was to three godly ministers a good wife, to Christ a faithful servant, to the church an affectionate member, for piety, prudence and patience eminent. She departed this life the — 1656. In Jesu dormio, splendide resurgam."

In the nave.

"John Emerson, smith, 1707."—On the same stone "Philip Thompson, merchant, 1714." "Edmund Sutton, 1713." "John Gascoigne, 1720." "Isable Hallen, 1753."

"Francis Rudston." "The burial-place of Robert Akenhead." "Ro∣bert Proctor, master and mariner."—"James Burrell, 1763."—"The burial-place of John Hall, mariner, 1739." "Jonathan Bell." "Charles Newton, mariner, 1703." "John Headlam, shipbuilder, 1761."

Near the font.

"The burial-place of Joseph Lambert, mercer." "The burial-place of Lancelot Turnbull, 1714." "The burial-place of William Lake."

Against the wall under the belfry. "Reader in that piece of earth In peace rests Thomas Arrowsmith. In peace he liv'd, in peace went hence With God and man and conscience. Peace for other men he sought, And peace with pieces sometimes bought. Pacifici may others be, But ex pace factus he. Peace, reader, then do not molest That peace whereof he's now possest, That God of peace for him in store Hath joy and peace for evermore. Pangit plangit Amore et dolore Robertus Arrowsmith,"

Over the south door a compartment with the following:

"Near this place lieth Martha the wife of Thomas Richardson, late of Lyn Regis, master and mariner, who having discharged the duties of a true Christian and a good wife, mother, friend and benefactor to the poor, changed this life for a better upon the 24th of July 1731, in the 50th year of her age. Her husband raiseth this monument sacred to her memory."

Against the wall, on a square marble compartment:

"To the memory of Andrew Wood, M. A. Rector of this church. Born 29 May, 1715. Inducted 9 September, 1770. Interred amidst the tears of his parishioners 15 March, 1772. This monument of their esteem, affection and gratitude was erected by the people of Gateshead."

Mr. Wood was buried in the choir where his atchievement still remains.

"Sub hoc marmore jacet corpus Briani Borrett Mercatoris filii Milonis Borrett de Dowbiggin in parochia Sadbergiensi in comitatu Eboracensi, viri integritate vitae et morum probitate verè prediti. Decessit pace et spe beatae resurrectionis septimo die Februarii anno Domini 1695, et aetatis suae trigesimo sexto. Ex Isabella uxore ejus dilectissima unam filiam Dorotheam suscepit. Abi lector et aeternitatem cogita. Dorothea filia obiit 5 Octobris 1704, aetatis suae 19."

A coat of arms cut in stone on the side of one of the windows in the south isle. A chevron between three hearts.

Besides the atchievement of Rector Wood above-mentioned, there are those also of Rectors Shaftoe and Lambe remaining in the choir.

RECTORS AND CURATES OF GATESHEAD.

• IN the King's books this rectory is valued at 27l. 13s. 4d.
• Yearly tenths 2l. 15s. 4d.—Synodals 2s.
• A pension of 2l. 13s. 4d. is paid yearly out of this parsonage to the school of Houghton-le-Spring, granted by J. Heath of Kepyer, Esq.— Church dedicated to St. Mary—Patron the Bishop of Durham.
• One "Robertus" occurs in the year 1275 z 6.706.
• Henricus Maunselot, 1322 a 6.707.
• Ricardus de Kilwington, A. D. 1344, obiit 1366 b 6.708.
• ...

• Johannes de Castro Bernardi, 1370, resigned c 6.709.
• Adam de Fenrother by exchange—resigned—alive at the feast of St. John Baptist, 1391 d 6.710.
• Johannes de Castro Bernardi again e 6.711.
• Johannes Bathre, 1379, resigned f 6.712.
• Thomas Everard, 1380 g 6.713.
• Willielmus de Darlington, 1389 h 6.714.
• Johannes de Longley, 1408, resigned i 6.715.
• Willielmus Malberthorp, resigned k 6.716.
• Willielmus Wandesford, 1410, resigned l 6.717.
• Johannes de Thoralby, 1419, resigned m 6.718.
• Henricus Eton, 1421 n 6.719.
• Johannes Bonour, 1427 o 6.720.
• Johannes Lethom, 1435, resigned p 6.721.
• Thomas Tanfeld, 1436 q 6.722.
• Robertus Mason, L. L. D. Quaere whether or not he resigned r 6.723.
• October 9th, 1439, Robert, Bishop of Durham, made a grant of the nomination to the parish-church of Gateshead for one turn only to University-College, Oxford s 6.724.
• Charles Mann, 1493 t 6.725.
• William Baker occurs as curate here February 19th, 1496u 6.726.
• John Brown, 1532, resigned v 6.727.
• William Bell, S. T. P. January 1557w 6.728.
• William Byrtch, 1559, resigned x 6.729.
• ...

• Laurence Doddisworthe, minister, July 19th, 1564 y 6.730.
• William Hodgeson, preacher, October 5th, 1571 z 6.731.
• Clement Colmore, 1587, instituted master of St. Edmund's hospital, June 4th, 1587 a 6.732.
• John Hutton, 1595 b 6.733.
• Thomas (alias James) Hooke, A. M. May 25th, 1612; occurs also 2d August, 1613 c 6.734.
• Joseph Browne, A. M. July 18th, 1620, ejected—alive in 1632 d 6.735.

An ordinance occurs in the Journals of the House of Commons, July 18th, 1645, for instituting and inducting Mr. Jonathan Devereux, clerk, into the rectory of Gateside, alias Gateshead, in the county of Durham e 6.736.

Thomas Weld put in by the sequestrators f 6.737.

Sept. 8th, 1652, there is an order of the common-council of New∣castle, appointing 20l. to be given to Mr. Wells, minister of Gateshead, for his good services to the town of Newcastle g 6.738.

John Laidler institut. 16th March 1660—on the 18th to St. Ed∣mund's hospital: King Charles II. patron this turn, sede vacante h 6.739.

John Cave, A. M. resigned—having exchanged with Richard Werge for Nailston in Leicestershirei 6.740.

Richard Werge—he died about Michaelmas 1685k 6.741.

John Cock, 1687, deprived l 6.742.

Robert Brograve, resigned m 6.743.

George Tullie, A. M. 1691; died April 24th, 1695 n 6.744.

John Smith, A. M. collated June 12th, 1695—resignedo 6.745.

Theophilus Pickering, S. T. P.—December 5th, 1695—resigned p 6.746.

Mr. Samuel Simpson occurs as curate of Gateshead, May 11th, 1699 q 6.747.

Leonard Shaftoe, A. M. 1705. He died August 27th, 1731, and was interred in the choir r 6.748.

Robert Stillingfleet, A. M. was inducted 1731; removed to Ryton in 1733s 6.749.

Mr. Gatis, curate, removed to All-Saints.

Mr. Alderson, curate, removed to All-Saints.

William Lambe, A. M. rector, 1733, vicar of Chester-le-Street— died at Gateshead May 29th, 1769, and was buried in the choir.

Mr. George Stevenson, curate, removed to St. Andrews.

Mr. Pool, curate, removed to Chester-le-Street, where he died.

Mr. Spooner, curate.

Mr. Wilson, curate, died 8 May, 1773.

Mr. Busby, curate and school-master—removed to Hexham.

Andrew Wood, A. M. rector, 1769—of Baliol-College, Oxford, rec∣tor of Darlington, and chaplain in ordinary to the King.—He died of a fever, Thursday, 13th March, 1772, and was buried in the choir.

Richard Fawcett, D. D. rector—vicar of Newcastle—collated, in 1772, to the rectory of Gateshead.

—Denton, curate.

John Falcon, A. B. curate and schoolmaster.

Mr. Frederick Farren, curate and surrogate—resigned in 1776.

Mr. Farrier, curate—resigned.

Robert Wilson, A. B. resigned.

August 13th, 1782, Robert Thorp, A. M. was inducted to this rec∣tory, vacant by the death of Doctor Fawcett.—He resigned for this promotion the vicarage of Chillingham, and the perpetual curacy of Doddington,—chaplain to the garrison of Berwick upon Tweed, and afternoon lecturer of St. Ann's in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The oldest Plan I have seen of Newcastle is that in Speed's Map of Northumber∣land. See a fac-simile copy of this in a corner of the new plan that accompanies this work. It was described by William Mathew, who is mentioned in an inquisition 18th James I. in the account of the castle, about the year 1610.

  A. D. 1723, a Plan of Newcastle upon Tyne, dedicated to Matthew Featherstone∣haugh, mayor, the aldermen, sheriff, and common council of that town, was published in two sheets, with twenty-six views of publick buildings, by James Corbridge.

  The plan prefixed to Bourne's History, published in 1736, is without any engraver's name, and seems only a copy of the above, with additions and improvements.

  Gough, in his British Topography, Vol. II. p. 57, tells us, he was informed, that "a very correct plan (of Newcastle) was taken soon after the rebellion, by order, and at the expence, of the late Duke of Cumberland, and is now in the hands of Mr. Thompson, who drew it." I inquired of Mr. Thompson's son, but could neither learn of him whether ever such a plan had been taken, nor into whose hands it had fallen.

  A most correct plan of Newcastle upon Tyne, and Gateshead, taken from an actual survey, finished in the year 1770, engraved in two sheets by J. Ellis, was published by Charles Hutton, mathematician.

  Thoresby, in his Ducatus Leodensis, p. 497, mentions a Prospect he had of Newcastle, drawn by Mr. William Lodge, of Leeds, who was born in 1649, and died 1689.

  A south prospect of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne, taken from the top of Gateshead-Church-steeple, by Samuel Buck, was engraved and published in the month of April, 1724.

  A large north-east view of Newcastle was published by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, 1715.

  Grey, in his Chorographia, p. 27, tells us, that Camden makes Newcastle upon Tyne 22 grad. 30 min. longitude—54 grad. 57 min. latitude: and that Hues makes it 23 grad. 10 min. longitude—55 grad. 20 min. latitude.

  According to Dr. Hutton's plan, it stands precisely in 55 degrees of north latitude, and about 1° 17′ longitude west from London.
• a 1.2

  See History of Newcastle, as a borough town, under that reign: His words are;

  "The towne to builde, and walle as did append, He gave theim ground and golde ful great to spend, To builde it well, and wall it all aboute, &c."

  That part of the wall near St. Andrew's-Church, which is of a more antique fashion than the rest, may perhaps be a specimen of the earliest and original walls of Newcastle—it extends from New-Gate to Ever-Tower.
• b 1.3

  See History of the Merchants Adventurers.—The words are; "Et quod nullus eorum qui fuerit infra gildam suam mercatoriam placitet extra muros Novi Castri."
• c 1.4

  To have a passage into their garden.—The words are; "Quod per medium novum murum circumagentem villam predictam, quem per medium gardini predictorum fratrum fieri oportebit, &c." See afterwards in the account of that house. The wall appears to have been finished a year or two afterwards, by the subsequent extract from the Aubone MS. "A. D. 1283, 11th Ed. I. Upon a writ of ad quod damnum, inquiry was made before the mayor and bailiffs of Newcastle, whether there were, between the town-wall and the house of the friars preachers there, a place called the King's-Place. And it was found that there was such a place, purchased the last year of the issues and profits of the murage, upon part of which the wall was built, and part left for necessary carriages unto it, which is called the void place, and is necessary for the defence thereof."

  Among the writings preserved in the hutch, or common treasury of Newcastle, A. D. 1565, was one intitled, "A grant for building the walls of the town." The original is now lost, and the date has not been transmitted.
• d 1.5

  Leland, in his Itinerary, p. 114, vol. v. tells us, that "The walls of Newcastle were begun in King Edwarde the Firstes day, as I have harde, by this occasion; a great rich man of Newcastle was taken prisoner by the Scottes, out of the town self, as it is re∣ported. Hereupon he was raunsomed for a great sum, and returning home he beganne to make a waulle on the ripe of Tyne ryver, from Sand-Hille to Pandon-Gate, and beyond that to the tower agayne the Augustine-Freres."—He afterwards says, the walls were not en∣tirely finished till Edward the Third's time.—Indeed he speaks merely from the report of others, who plainly appear to have known nothing of the matter.—He adds, "The strength and magnificens of the waulling of this towne far passith al the waulles of the cities of England, and most of the townes of Europe."

  The following I extracted from a MS. in the Cotton Library. Julius, F. 10.— "Edwardo primo regnante civis Novocastrensis vir opulentissimus ex ipso oppido in Scotiam abductus fuit, qui demum pretio redemptus Novocastr' muro primus circumdare coepit, quod reliqui cives imitati, Edwardo Tertio regnante, firmissimo muro circumdedit."
• e 1.6

  A grant to the Carmelites to remove from Wallknoll to another site:—"Eo quod murus ejusdem villae de novo constructus per medium clausi ipsorum, &c." See account of White-Friars.
• f 1.7

  See History of Newcastle, as a corporate town, under that year.
• g 1.8

  Aubone MS.
• h 1.9

  MS. in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Bernard's Catalogue, p. 86.
• i 1.10

  Aubone MS.—Mention occurs of defects in the walls of Newcastle, in the 16th and 18th years of this king's reign. See in the tower of London, "Fin. Anno 16. Ed. III. Et Fin. 18. Ed. III. m. 11."
• k 1.11

  Aubone MS. They had formerly (3 Ric. II.) petitioned to have the defects thereof surveyed.
• l 1.12

  Randall's MSS.—See Historical Events.

  November 20th, 1402. Nightly watches by an hundred persons upon the walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, for the defence of that place and the parts adjacent, appear as established there, and sustained at the charge of the inhabitants. Pat. 4, Hen. IV. p. 1, m. 9.
• m 1.13

  See under that year, in Bourne's History, the receipt for that sum by the mayor, sheriff, and chamber clerk, to Leonard Musgrave, Esq. collector of the customs of that port.
• n 1.14

  See Historical Events.—There is an order of common council, dated March 15th, 1647, to present Sir Arthur Hazlerigg, Bart. with a silver bason and ewer, of the value of 30l. for his good services in that affair. (Common council books.)

  Mention occurs, ibid. March 7th, 1648, of a "Committee about the repayringe of the towne wall att the Friars (probably the White-Friars, near which a great breach was made at the storming of the town), being 56 or 57 yards." There is also, ibid. September 20th, 1647, an order for repayring the towne wall—urged by Colonel Lilburne, the Go∣vernor of Newcastle—especially a breach near a place called "The Pink-Tower," in length 55 yards, about 3 yards thick, and 6 yards and an half high.
• o 1.15

  Common council books.
• p 1.16

  Ibid.
• q 1.17

  At the Court of St. James's, (L. S.) the 17th Nov. 1762.

  Present the King's most excellent Majesty in Council.

  Whereas the mayor, aldermen, sheriff and common council of the town and county of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne, in council assembled, did some time since present to his Majesty at the Board, an humble petition, setting forth, that the ancient wall of the said town, from the Sand-Hill to the Sand-Gate-Gate, is not of any use for defence; and being on the key, where all goods are landed and shipped off, is a very great obstruction to carriages, and a hindrance to the dispatch of business; and humbly praying that his Ma∣jesty would be graciously pleased to grant them leave to remove the said wall, at their own expences, and to make use of the stones, and other materials, for building a church; and whereas the Lords of the Committee of Council, to whom his Majesty was pleased to refer the consideration of the said petition, have this day reported as their opinion, that it may be adviseable for his Majesty to comply with the petitioners' request: his Majesty taking the same into consideration, was pleased, with the advice of his privy council, to ap∣prove thereof; and doth hereby give power and authority to the petitioners to remove the said wall (provided the same be done at their own expence), and to make use of the stones, and other materials, for building a church, as is desired.—Whereof all persons concerned are to take notice, and govern themselves accordingly.

  HEN. FANE.
• r 2.1

  These appear to have been, 1. Close-Gate.—2. White-Friar-Tower.—3. Denton, or Nevil-Tower.—4. West-Spital-Tower.—5. Stank-Tower.—6. Gunner-Tower.— 7. Pink-Tower.—8. West-Gate.—9. Durham-Tower.—10. Herber-Tower.—11. Mor∣den-Tower.—12. Ever-Tower.—13. Andrew-Tower.—14. New-Gate.—15. Bar∣tram-Monbowcher-Tower.—16. Ficket-Tower.—17. Pilgrim-street-Gate.—18. Carlell-Tower.—19. Plummer-Tower.—20. Austin-Tower.—21. Corner-Tower.—22. Pan∣don-Gate.—23. Wallknoll-Tower.—24. Habkyn-Tower.

  Another account makes but 23, as Wallknoll and Habkyn-Towers are said to be "nowe but a warde."

  In the modern distribution of wards, "Sand-Gate and Castle-Garth" occur.
• s 2.2

  In a list of old salaries, entered in the common council books, Dec. 23d, 1669, the following occur:

  	£.	s.	d.
  "To shutting and opening the Water-Gates	5	0	0
  "To shutting and opening the Close-Gate	0	13	4
  "To shutting and opening the Pandon-Gate	1	0	0
  "To shutting and opening the Sand-Gate	1	0	0
  "To shutting and opening the Pilgrim-Gate	1	0	0
  "To shutting and opening the New-Gate	1	0	0
  "To shutting and opening the West-Gate	1	0	0
  "To shutting and opening the Bridge-Gate	2	0	0."

  By which it appears that the gates were shut up every night.

  October 21st, 1695, there is an order for entirely taking off the above salaries.

  Sept. 17, 1745, there is an order of common council to build up all the gates leading into the town, except Sand-Gate, New-Gate, the gates upon Tyne-Bridge, and the Water-Gates, signed by Matthew Ridley, mayor.—This was done for the security of the town against the rebels.
• t 2.3

  There is an order of common council, March 22d, 1648, that "the peeres at the Close-Gate should be repaired."
• u 2.4

  "Close-Yate," says a curious account of the wards, preserved in the archives of the corporation, in a very old hand, but without date, "shal have in warde unto the Javil-Grippe, but nothing of Javil-Grippe. Also from the High-Stare foreanenste Javil-Grippe, so going westward upon the North-Rawe unto the Close-Yate."
• v 2.5

  "White-Freer-Tower," adds the authority above-mentioned, "shall have in warde fro' the east ende of Baly-Gate foreanenste the Javil-Grippe, with all that dwell uppon that High-Stare. Also fro' that High-Stare in the Close, unto and with the west syde of that Stare that ledeth fro' the Sowth-Postern of the Castell towarde the Close, with all Ja∣vil-Grippe, and fro' the Javil-Grippe estwarde to the Sowth-Rawe of the Close, and with all Bryge-Ende."

  The subsequent extract is from Warburton's MSS. penes honoratissimum virum Du∣cem Northumbriae: "On the White Tower, seven yards diameter, is written, Timothy Davison, Esq. mayor, Geo. Morton, Esq. sheriff, 1674."

  There is an order of common council, September 23d, 1776, for a lease of the White-Fryer-Tower to Isaac Cookson, Esq. for twenty-one years, under the annual rent of one shilling, with liberty to make a battlement and way from his summer-house to the top of the said tower, &c. He has converted it into an ice-house.
• w 2.6

  "Denton-Tower, otherwise called Nevel-Tower," our MS. continues, "that stands by north a Yate called White-Freer-Yate, nowe mured up with stones, shall have to ward all the Haire-Hugh behinde the White-Freers, with all the howses standing there upon the Burn-Banck, betwixt the Freer-Kirk and a Burne, unto a stone brigge in Baly-Gate, with all Baly-Gate upwarde that same rawe unto Denton-Chare, but nothing of Galou-Gate."

  John de Denton was a bailiff of Newcastle in 1339. This tower may probably have been built by him, or some of his family, who might also have had great property in the lane called Denton-Chare.

  Ralph Nevil, Lord of Raby, was created Earl of Westmoreland, in the 21st year of the reign of Richard the Second.

  This is at present the hall of the company of wallers, bricklayers and plaisterers.—See account of that society.
• x 2.7

  On the wall over the Postern-Gate is the following inscription: "The walls were repaired and fortified for the defence of this town against the rebels, A. D. 1745; Cuthbert Smith, Esquire, Mayor, Henry Partis, Esq. Sheriff."

  Bourne supposes this postern in the wall to have been an outlet to the (White) Friars, that they might walk to the Forth and the neighbouring fields, and that it might be of use to the castle in times of hostility with the Scots. He imagines also this to have been the gate out at which the townsmen in the reign of Edward III. to the number of three hun∣dred valiant men, issued, and came suddenly, in the night, upon a great army of the Scots, which lay in the west part of the town; and raised and put them to flight, taking Earl Murray prisoner in his tent, &c. See Historical Events. Over this gate, towards the town, are the following arms, cut in stone: Quarterly a Bend; Clavering—On a Bend three mullets; Shaftoe.—Also for the town, three castles.—Persons of the names of Cla∣vering and Shaftoe were mayors and sheriffs here, A. D. 1607—1629—1663.

  The following entries concerning this place occur in the common-council books, June 19th, 1753.

  "Way through the Postern-Gate to the Firth.—Ordered that Mr. Joshua Douglas be applied to to open the way to the Firth through the Postern-Gate, and the closes contigu∣ous thereto, now in his possession, as it has heretofore been. And there being of right no carriage-way through the said Postern-Gate, to or from the said closes—Ordered that a committee of the common-council do cause posts to be fixed, or the passage blocked up in such other manner as they shall direct, so as to prevent any horses or carriages passing that way, to or from the said closes for the future."

  And September 25th, 1753, "Mr. Joshua Douglas having been applied to by a com∣mittee of the common-council, in pursuance of a former order, to open the way to the Firth, through the Postern-Gate, and the closes contiguous thereto, now in his possession; and he having proposed to the said committee, to refer the right of the way through the said closes to Edward Collingwood, Esq. Recorder, and Christopher Fawcett, Esq.—Ordered that bonds of arbitration be entered into with Mr. Douglas, or the present owner of the said closes, by the mayor, appointing the said E. C. and C. F. Esquires, arbitrators, in order to put an end to the said dispute.

  HENRY PARTIS, Mayor."
• y 2.8

  "West-Spitell-Tower," continues our ancient authority, "shall have in warde in the side, that is to saie, upon the West-Rawe, under Castel-Mote, fro' the Castell-Yate; so going downward on that rawe, to and with a great waiste (that belonged) Laurence Acton, now Thomas Heryng, foreanenst a corner shop of a chaunterie in Saint John-Kirk, next the pant. Also fro that pant afore Swinburn-Doore, so going upward upon the East-Rawe in the Side unto the South-Kirke-Stile of Sainct Nicholas, by the east side of Sainct Nicholas-Pant and no farrer."
• z 2.9

  See account of St. Mary's Hospital.
• a 2.10

  "Stank-Tower," continues the above MS. "shall have in warde all Gallow-Gate foreanenst Castle-Yate, so going northward fro' the east end of Gallow-Gate upward that same rawe, unto the est ende of Denton-Chare with the Iron-Market, with all the howseis foreanenst Iron-Market, down to Sainct Nicholas-Pant, as theire doores open towardes the Iron-Markett, or towards the pante, or towards Sainct Nicholas Kirk-Yarde, with all that dwell in the same yarde on the sowth side of the kirck."
• b 2.11

  "Gunner-Tower," proceeds our ancient authority, "shall have in warde from All-Hallowe-Pant beside Cordiner (or Gardiner) ...... so going downwardes the same rawe towardes Cale-Crosse, and so going upward by that Flesher-Rawe unto Painter-Hugh, be∣sids Swinburn-Place, with a place called Pencher-Place, beyonds Painter-Hugh, as it standeth upon the Lorke-Burne."

  Between Gunner-Tower and the next towards West-Gate is a postern conducting to the Firth, made, as appears by an inscription over the gate-way, when Thomas Wasse, Esq. was mayor, and Matthew Matfen Esq. sheriff, A. D. 1705. When this was made, a Mr. Whitfield, of whom Henry Utrick Reay, Esq. is the present representative, gave to the publick, out of his private property, the lane or narrow passage which leads to it from the street, called West-Gate.

  Grey's MSS. say, "1704, 1705, gate to Firth made."
• c 2.12

  West-Yate, "upon the north side of West-Yate," adds the old authority, "aliter Pinck-Towre, shall have in warde in the close fro a high stare that ledes fro the sowth postern of the Castell, towardes the close so going eastward that same rawe, by the north side of Sand-Hill, unto and with Sainct Mary-Lane, with the howseis upon the corner, called Sainct Mary Lands, in All-Hallowe-Kirke, and so going upward all the West-Rawe in the side unto a great waist upon the Castell-Hugh, sumtime called Old Laurence Acton's Waist, now Thomas Heryng's, foreanenst a pante in the side afore Swinborn's Doore, upon Lork-Burn."
• * 2.12.1

  Sic.
• d 2.13

  "West-Yate" proceeds our old MS. "shall have in warde fro that vennell that ledeth into White-Freer-Kirk, so goinge upon the west rawe of West-Gate unto the West-Yate, with all that dwelleth without that yate. Also fro' the west ende of Denton-Chare, so goeng upward upon the est rawe of West-Gate, unto the West-Yate, with those that dwell in Sainct John Kirk-Yard, and with all that dwell fro the said Kirk unto the West-Yate."

  Roger de Thornton is said to have come originally from the country west of Newcastle, according to the old saying, which Bourne gives as follows:

  "At the West-Gate came Thornton in, With a hap and a halfpenny and a lambskin."

  In Stow's transcript of Leland's Itinerary, it is somewhat different;

  "In at the West-Gate came Thornton in, With a happen hapt in a ram's skynn.

  He adds, "This Roger Thornton was the richest marchant that ever was dwelling in Newcastell. The isle and almost all the landes that the Lord Lomely hath in Yorkshire and Northumbreland were this Thornton's". (Vol. v. p. 114.)

  Lord Lumley married his daughter.—There is a tradition in the family that the de∣scendants of this great benefactor to the town were exempted from paying toll at the gates of Newcastle.

  Mention occurs of West-Gate used for a prison, in the following extract from Rush∣worth's Collections, Part IV. vol. ii. p. 1219.—"On Monday night last, in the time of the storm, all that were in West-Gate in the town of Newcastle, to the number of seventeen, of the prisoners lately taken in Northumberland, escaped away. Having had friends come to visit them several times, divers ropes were brought in to them, which was not known till they were gone: In the dark of the night, when the storm was violent, blew hard, and much rain, by the ropes let themselves down by a privy."

  This happened about the beginning of August 1648.—It appears that six of the chief of the prisoners that were in Tinmouth-Castle escaped at the same time, letting themselves down through a privy, built on the north side of the Castle, with sheets sewed together.
• e 2.14

  "Durham-Tower," says the MS. so often cited, "shall have in warde fro Sainct John-Chare to goeng upward by Urd-Place upon the west rawe of Bere-Market, unto the Shod-Freer-Chare, with all the Shod-Freer-Chare."
• f 2.15

  "Herber-Tower," it proceeds, "shall have in warde all the Meale-Markett fro Den∣ton-Chare to Pudding-Chare, with all Pudding-Chare and St. John-Chare.
• g 2.16

  See the books of that society, where it is called "Harbot-Tower.
• h 2.17

  "Mordon-Tower" says the above authority, "shall have in warde both the east rawe of Spurior-Gate, Sadler-Gate and over Flesh-Shamels, from the north-west Kirk-Stile of Sainct Nicholas unto the Fishe-Shamels, as the said rawe opens either to the Clothe-Markett or to the Mele-Market."
• i 2.18

  A gilded ball hangs suspended from the center of this meeting room: it probably had been shot from the cannon of the Scottish army during the great siege of the town in 1644; and having lodged in the wall, was discovered on the alteration of the tower. It is curi∣ous to observe hereabouts on the outside of the wall, how many of the stones still bear the marks of the above very memorable siege.
• k 2.19

  "Ever-Tower," adds the old MS. "shall have in warde the Shod-Freer-Yate, so going up that rawe beside White-Crosse unto New-Yate, with all the Darn-Crooke, and with all the Gallowe-Gate without Newe-Yate, unto the Barriers as men goe to the Gallowes."
• l 2.20

  "Andrew-Tower," it continues, "shall have in warde fro' the Great Nun-Yate, so up∣warde upon that East-Rawe unto a burne besids Lam-Place, that rynns to Lork-Burn, with all the Cockstole Bothes, and with all the west rawe of Sid-Gate, fro' Gallowe-Gate unto the Water-Myln besids Sainct James Kirk." In an original deed dated at Newcastle upon Tyne, Tuesday before the feast of St. Hillary, 1354, "Cockstole Bothes" occur with the appellation of "les Coksour Bothes." By this deed John son of Robert de Castell and Matilda (his wife) released and quitclaimed to William del Strother, burgess of the town of Newcastle, all their right "in tota illa placea terre cum suis pertinen' in villa Novi Castri super Tynam quam Petrus de Ogle tenet de nobis in feodo—Et in toto illo mes∣suagio Ricardi de Werdall sicut jacet in predicta villa in vico Fori ex opposito les Coksour Bothes—Et in illa Botha quam Robertus de Wellis tenet de nobis in feodo sicut jacet in predicta villa in vico pelliperiorum."—Matilda swore on this occasion before the mayor and bailiffs of the town, "infra quatuor bancos. Hiis testibus Ricardo Scot, Johanne de Emeldon, Willielmo de Acton, et Johanne de Camera, tunc ballivis dicte ville Novi Castri, Roberto de Angerton, Gilberto de Duxfeld, Johanne de Stanhope, Thoma Hette, Willo de Cauce, et aliis."
• m 2.21

  "Newe-Yate," adds our ancient MS. "shall have in warde all Raton-Rawe as it opins towards the pillarye in Clothe-Market, with theim that dwell in the north side of Sainct Nicholas, upon that east rawe of the Clothe-Market, unto the Overdene Brig-Ende."
• n 2.22

  Froissart tells us, that the bishop of Durham going to join the English army that sought with the Scots at Otterbourn, A. D. 1388, issued out of Newcastle at "Berwick-Gate," "ils se departitent du Neus-Chastel, et issirent par la porte de Berwick, et se mirent sur les champs," &c. Their route appears to have been by the way of Ponteland, in their road to which place, this is still the usual gate through which travellers go out of the town.
• o 2.23

  Henry the Fifth is said to have been the first of our monarchs that reduced the sleu••s de lis in the royal arms to the number of three.
• p 2.24

  See account of Tyne Bridge, under 1651.
• q 2.25

  In an inquisition in the Tinmouth chartulary at Northumberland-House, mention occurs of this gate with its present appellation, June 19th, 1390. "Tenementum extra le Newjate."
• r 2.26

  The one anno 1702, William Ramsey, Esq. mayor, William Boutflower, Esq. sheriff. The other anno 1706, Sir Ralph Carr, mayor, William Ellison, Esq. sheriff. See com∣mon-council books, March 25th, 1702, and Bourne's History.
• s 2.27

  Common-council books.—William Greenwell was the first appointed, and was suc∣ceeded Dec. 14th, 1686, by John Medcalfe.—The following names of succeeding chap∣lains occur—William Hall after Medcalfe. 1722, William Simcoe. July 20th, 1724, William Wilkinson. Dec. 20th, 1756, — Askew. March 21st, 1763, — Scott. Nathaniel Ellison, John Brunton, John Brand, John Brown, Thomas Ellison. There was an or∣der of common-council, April 15th, 1765, appointing the curate of St. John's and St. Andrew's for the time being, chaplains of the gaol, to officiate monthly by turns, with each a salary of ten pounds per annum. The parish clerk of St. Andrew's to attend them, with a salary of thirty shillings per annum.

  For a particular account of this prison, see Howard on the State of Prisons, 1777, quarto, p. 421, &c. Also the Appendix to that work, 1780, quarto, p. 177.

  The following names of gaolers here were all I have met with:

  • Sep. 21, 1653, William Preston.
  • Before 1718, Christopher Barker.
  • Oct. 13, 1718, Michael Dawson.
  • George Ord.
  • John Craister.
  • Thomas Harle.
  • Martin Mordue.

  January 14th, 1744, the corporation of Newcastle purchased of John Hudson, Taylor, the present gaolef's house, called at that time, "The Old Gaol-House." (Common-council books.)

  It appears, ibid. Sept. 21, 1653, that there had been an ancient custom, which was at that time revived, for the gaoler to have a livery-cloak given him, and to attend the sheriff twice a day on every Sunday to church.
• t 2.28

  "Bartram Momboweher-Tower," continues our ancient authority, "shall have in warde all the west ende of Over-Dean-Brig, with the shoppes betwixte the Fishe-Shamells and the Bere-Market, and fro' the same Brig-Ende unto the Great Nun-Yate."
• u 2.29

  See Fuller's Worthies.—The following occurs in the Harleian MSS. 708. Eschaets 12 Ric. II. "Bertramus Monboucher miles tenuit die quo obiit de Rege in villa Novi-Castri super Tynam, 2 messuagia cum annuo reddit: 10s. exeunt' de quodam ten' in Pil∣grym-Stret juxta murum ville predicte in libero burgagio."
• v 2.30

  "Fickett-Tower," adds the above MS. "shall have in warde from Whelpington-Barne beside the great Crosse standing within Maudlen Barres, without the New-Yate, so coming upon the east rawe of Sid-Gate, without New-Yate unto the New-Yate: And also within the New-Yate, so goeing upon the east rawe sowthward into a burn be∣sides Lam-Place, that runnes towerds Lork-Burn, with all Graie-Freer-Chare, fro the Barres foranenste Fickett-Tower and the North-Kirk-Dower of the said Freers west∣ward, and noe further eastwarde in that lane."
• x 2.31

  "Pilgram-Street-Yate," proceeds our old authority, "shall have in warde without that same yate, beginning at the great waist barn called Emeldon-Barn, foranenst the Mawdlaines, so coming downwerds and inward upon that west rawe of Pilgrim-Street-Yate, within the yate unto All-Hallowes-Pant besides Cordiners (or Gardiners) Place, beside the Sowth-Kirk-Stile of All-Hallowes-Kirke, with all Painter-Hewgh, and with all Nether-Dean-Brig, and with all the north ende of Over-Dean-Brig, both sides thereof fro' Lork-Burn, eastward to Pilgram-Street, with Pencher-Rent, and in Graie-Freer-Lane, fro Fickett-Tower eastward."

  This gate is at present the hall of the joiners' company, who repaired it A. D. 1716. "Thomas French and Paul Cook being wardens."
• y 2.32

  The workmen began in June 1771. Newcastle Courant.
• z 2.33

  "Carlel-Tower," continues this MS. "shall have in warde all the east rawe of Pilgrim-Street, within the yate and without the yate, fro and with the Mawdelens, so coming in warde upon the Fast-Rawe unto the Austin-Chare."
• a 2.34

  One of these was called the Waits' Tower, and was formerly the meeting-house of the town's band of musicians, who still retain that appellation.

  Here is an arch resembling that above Pandon-Gate, which was also the hall of one of the companies.
• b 2.35

  "Carlel-Croft-Tower," proceeds our old MS. "shall have in warde fro the Austine-Chare in Pilgram-Street, upon that east rawe of Pilgram-Street, unto the kirk-yard of All Hallowes, with all Tempil-Gate, otherwaies called All-Hallowe-Gate, beneth All-Hallowe-Kirk, into a burn called Gogo, with all Cow-Gate, and othir placis betwixt Gogo and Kynges-Wall, unto the stone brigg over Pandon-Burn: also upon the Sand-Hill in the east side of Lork-Burn, beginninge at William Barbor's shop, upon the corner in Boothes-Rent, foreanenst the Maison Di••u, so goinge upon the east side of Lorke-Burne, all that rawe towardes Cale-Crosse, to and with the corner called Olmer Rent, and so upwards all that corner unto the northe ende of Grindon-Chair."
• c 2.36

  "Austin-Tower," it continues, "shall have in warde fro' the northe ende of Grindon-Chare, so up that sowth rawe of the Nether All-Hallowe-Gate into Galewaie-Rent, with them that dwell in Brown-Chair, Grindon-Chair, Rodes-Chair, Norham-Chair, Philip-Chair, Shipman-Chair, Oliver-Chair, Galowaie-Chair, with halfe of Freers-Austins."
• d 2.37

  "Corner-Tower," it adds, "shall have in warde all the howseis upon the Key-Side, as their dowirs opin southward towards the King's-Wall upon the Kei-Side, from the Stone-Stair beside the common seigeie , so going eastward upon the Key-Side unto the sowth end of Brade-Chair-Yate, in the said King's-Wall."

  Mention occurs of this tower in the common-council books, June 9, 1688, by the name of "Corn-Hill-Tower," an evident corruption of Corner-Tower.
• * 2.38

  "Siege (a necessary-house), latrina, videri possit desumptum ex G. Siege.
• e 2.39

  "Pampeden-Yate," continues our MS. "shall have in warde fro' Galewaie-Rent, in Cros-Gate, beside All-Hallowes-Pant, both the rawes of that Cross-Gate, so goeng estward downe to the pante called Brad-Chare-Pant, with Bell-Place that stands upon the pant. And with all the Brad-Chare and Narrowe-Chare, otherwise called Colier-Chair, with Michel-Place buttant upon the west side of Pampeden-Burn, beside the comon seegeis upon the same burn."
• f 2.40

  "Wallknol-Tower," concludes our MS. "and Habkyn-Tower, are nowe but a warde, and it shall have in warde fro' the Brad-Chair-Pant, beside Bell-Place, so going to a burn called Gogo, both the towers unto the south side Gogo-Burn, as it runnes besids the Stane-Brig unto Pampeden-Burn, fro Pampeden-Yate to the Sand-Yate, either in Pampeden or in Fisher-Gate, or in another place fro' the said burn castward within the warde, with all that dwell upon north rawe in Sand-Gate."

  There is a postern-gate under the Carpenters' Tower, in which is the hall of the ship-wrights' company, built in the year 1716.

  Bourne, on the authority of his MS. intitled, "Lib' de Reb. Novocastri', informs us, that before the taking down of the top of the old tower, it was much of the same size, model and stone, with the tower of Routchester in Northumberland, which was certainly one of the towers belonging to the Picts-Wall."

  Grey, who wrote his Chorographia in 1649, speaking of the towers of the Roman-Wall, says: "One of these towers remaineth whole in the towne-wall of Newcastle, in Pampden, older than the rest of the towers, and after another fashion, standing out of the wall."
• g 2.41

  Sand-Gate has evidently had its name from being built upon the sand on the side of the river.

  Bourne, speaking of the towers on the walls of Newcastle, informs us, on the authority of the Milbank MS. that "between every one of these towers there were, for the most part, two watch towers made square, with the effigies of men cut in stone upon the tops of them, as though they were watching, and they were called Garret, which had square holes over the walls to throw stones down."
• h 2.42

  The above measures are taken from a MS. communicated by the late Mr. Thomas Aubone, intitled, "The distance of the towers one from another, with the breadth of their faces on the town's-wall, beginning at the Close-Gate." He made the admea∣surement himself, A. D. 1745. His account proceeds as follows: "From Sand-Gate to Close Gate—From Sand-Gate to the Broad-Chare, 143 yards 2 feet.—From the Broad-Chair to Trinity-Chair, 68 yards.—From Trinity-Chair to Sand-Hill-Corner, 198 yards.—From Sand-Hill-Corner to the Bridge-End, 132 yards.—From the Bridge-End to the Mayor's House, 252 yards.—And from the Mayor's House to the Close-Gate, 117 yards and 2 feet,—making the circumference, in all, two miles, two hundred and ninety-three yards, and two feet.

  Bourne makes the whole circumference two miles and an hundred and seventy-six yards.

  According to Hutton's plan, the circuit of the wall now standing, from the Close-Gate to Sand-Gate, is 2740 yards, or one mile and an half, and an hundred yards.

  A passage, leading from the Sand-Hill to the Key-Side, still retains the name of the Water-Gate.—Mention of it occurs in the common-council books, August 24th, 1649, where it is called "the Windowes-Gate." Leland, who visited Newcastle in the time of Henry VIII. tells us, there were "a strong wardyd gate at Gateshed, a strong warde and towre on Tyne-Bridge, and a gate at the Bridge-End"—i. e. that end next the town.

  —Leland's Itinerary, vol. viii. See account of "Tyne-Bridge."
• i 2.43

  Communicated by Mr. Jacob Lambert, clerk.

  St. Nicholas' Parish	444
  All-Saints.	Sand-Gate Quarter	495
  Pilgrim Quarter	312
  Pandon Quarter	202
  Sand-Hill Quarter	137
  	1146	Total of All-Saints Parish.
  St. John's Parish	433	The houses without the West-Gate, which are in the county of North∣umberland, are not included.
  St. Andrew's Parish	366
  	2389	Total of four parishes.

  But it must be noted, that there are several houses marked "poor," which pay no win∣dow-cess, and consequently are not included in the above account.
• k 2.44

  Hutton supposes Newcastle and Gateshead to contain not less than thirty thousand in∣habitants. He adds, that the houses are chiefly built of brick. "This great number of people," he continues, "is supplied with all kinds of provision from the very plentiful markets of the town, here being used, annually, above 5,000 beeves, 10,000 calves, 143,000 sheep and lambs, with swine, fish, poultry, eggs, butter, &c. in a prodigious abundance. The market days for corn are Tuesdays and Saturdays."

  The subsequent extract from the Newcastle Courant informs us how late that town was in adopting the great convenience of having nightly lamps in the streets:

  "October 1st, 1763. Thursday night the lamps put up in the streets of this town were lighted up for the first time."—This was in consequence of an act lately passed for lighting the streets, and other places, and maintaining a regular and nightly watch within the town and county of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne, and for regulating the hack∣ney coachmen and chairmen, cartmen, porters and watermen within the same.

  A proposal was made and published, A. D. 1755, for illuminating the streets of that town with 150 lamps.

  Dr. Stukeley, in his Itinerary, speaking of the inhabitants of Newcastle upon Tyne, observes: "They speak very broad; so that, as one walks the streets, one can scarce un∣derstand the common people, but are apt to fancy oneself in a foreign country."

  The following obsolete and forgotten names of places in this town, occur in the ac∣count of "Fee farm rents, belonging (in 1758) to Edward Pauncefort, Esq. &c." in the possession of John Widdrington, Esq. receiver—"A place called Galls-Trip—A waste place called Bell-Gate—Weddon-Place—and Jackman-House."
• l 2.45

  This place occurs in an original deed now before me, dated September 3d, 38 Hen. VI.—"Sicut jacet in villa Novi Castri super Tynam super le Key-Syde."
• m 2.46

  "On the top of this wall," says Bourne, "was a walk—and at the bottom of it a great many gates, called Water-Gates, A. D. 1616. These were ordered to be locked up every night, except one or two to stand open, for the masters and seamen to go to and fro to their ships. This was done to prevent servants casting ashes, and other rubbish, into the river: and these two gates were watched all night long."

  Ships of great burthen can come up and unload at this wharf.

  In the common-council books, January 23d, 1638, mention occurs of two cranes upon it.

  There is an order, ibid. Dec. 16th, 1771, to forbid the practice of setting up shambles, and exposing beef to sale on the Key-Side, as illegal and prejudicial.
• n 2.47

  See History of the Custom-House of Newcastle upon Tyne.
• o 2.48

  The lane, or passage, adjoining to the Town-Wall, and terminating at Sand-Gate, is not included in this number of chares: a similar passage, for the purpose of conveying am∣munition, &c. during a siege, in many places still remaining open, has anciently conducted quite round the town on the inside of the wall.
• p 2.49

  Cerre, vices, turnes, courses, changes; item, versio, flexus, a turning, winding, or bending.—Diverticulum, anfractus—viae flexus—the turning or bending of a way. Hinc preclari illius diverticuli in suburbris Londinensibus. Charing-Crosse, vulgo vocati ortum nomen, ut nobis jam observatum notis ad Glossas Lipsianas in voce Scurgi.

  (Somner's Saxon Dictionary in verbo.)

  See also Benson's Anglo-Saxon Vocabulary, and Manning's Lye's Saxon Dictionary in verbo.
• q 2.50

  In an original deed, now lying before me, dated August 10th, 1583, six tenements are described, "jacen' infra dictam villam Novi Castri super Tinam in quadam venella , vo∣cat Graipe ... Layne alias dict' Deynes-Chayre & modo vocat' Shipman-Chayer."

  Bourne saw, in a deed drawn in the reign of Hen. VI. the name of a chare which, he quaintly observes, "had it been worth remembering, would, in all probability, have been forgot long before now." See in Drake's Eboracum, an account of a street with a similar immodest appellation.
• * 2.51

  Vennel, in Latin venella, is a legal word.—In Spelman's Glossary it is called, "Via angustior quae in urbe, domibus, in rure, fossis, sepibusque utrinque clauditur, a veniendo dictum ut iter ab eundo.—Anglice, a lane.
• r 2.52

  In Bourne's plan it is written "Granden-Chare."
• s 2.53

  In Bourne's plan, "Colvin's-Chare—Coleman's-Lane" occurs in a deed tempore Ca••. II.
• t 2.54

  Alias "Maryon-House-Chare."
• u 2.55

  A. D. 1376, Robert Plumber occurs as one of the bailiffs of Newcastle.
• v 2.56

  Alias "Fenwick's-Entry,"—So called from its owner Cuthbert Fenwick, esq. alder∣man.—Bourne supposes this was anciently called "Kirk-Chair."
• w 2.57

  In Bourne's plan, "The Dark-Chare."
• x 2.58

  Harleian MSS. 708. Eschaets 14 Ric. II. "Le Brod-Chere" occurs.
• y 2.59

  In Bourne's plan, "Byker-Chare."
• z 2.60

  In Bourne's plan, "Cockis-Chare."
• a 2.61

  In a deed, dated 1666, "Gowerley-Rawe, alias Love-Lane," occurs.

  Bourne could not ascertain the following names which he met with.—"Brown-Chare.—The Chare of Nicholas de Salicibus.—Tod's-Chare.—Norham-Chare.—Phi∣lip's-Chare.—Shipman-Chare.—Oliver-Chare.—Galway-Chare."

  I have seen, in old deeds, "Heworth-Chare," 2 Ric. III.—"Roskel's-Chare," tem∣pore Ed. III.—"Gor-Chayr, alias Rods-Chayr," A. D. 1432.—"Manwell-Chare, other∣wise Heworth-Chare," A. D. 1654.—"Wetwang-Chare," and "Gowerley-Chare," occur 35th Queen Elizabeth.
• b 2.62

  May not this have belonged to the Knights Hospitale••s of St. John of Jerusalem?

  Among the writings preserved A. D. 1565, in the hutch, or common treasury of the town, there occurred one with the following title: "The agreement made betwixt the prior of St. John, and the towne of Newcastle, touching a Water Gate;" whence it seems plain they had property of some kind at this place David, King of Scots, gave them lands at Newcastle.—See King John's Charter, A. D. 1200.

  A. D. 1376, suits and contentions occur between the prior of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, and the mayor and commons of Newcastle, concerning Fenham, a village in the vicinity of that town. See Rolls of Parliament, vol. ii. p. 348. There still re∣mains, in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne, an original receipt, dated 4th March, 1404, from Brother Holdebrand Wotton, preceptor of Clerkenwell, and Henry Grendon, attornies general of the Lord Brother Walter Grendon, prior of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, to the mayor, aldermen, and community of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne, for 12l. 10s. sterling, in part of payment of the sum of 37l. 10s. due the Michaelmas following, for the rent of mines of sea-coal at Fen∣ham, which pla••e was, it should seem, at that time, the property of this famous order.— The above receipt is dated at their house in Clerkenwell, London: they were suppressed about the year 1540. On the express testimony of Boethius, Fordun, and other Scottish historians, David King of Scotland, during his residence at Newcastle, founded a mona∣stery of Praemonstratensians, but no particulars have been transmitted, either where their house stood, or with what lands it was endowed.
• c 2.63

  A. D. 1393. Records in the Tower of London. Novum Castrum super Tinam. A proclamation, commanding to remove all merchandize, and all other stuff, &c. from a certain common place there, called Sand-Hill, where were wont to assemble the inhabi∣tants thereof, for their recreation. Claus. 16 Ric. II. m. 15 Dorso. (Aubone MS. &c.)

  A. D. 1565. There occurred among the town's writings, "A grant for the Sand-Hill and the Windowes."
• d 2.64

  See Leland's Itinerary, vol. v. p. 114, new edition.
• e 2.65

  Ex rotulo 2^ae partis patentium de anno quarto regni Regis Henric. IV. m. 38. Henricus Dei gratia Rex Anglie & Francie et dominus Hibernie omnibus ad quos presentes litere pervenerint salutem. Licet, &c. De gratia nostra tamen speciali et pro decem solidis quos Rogerus Thornton, burgensis ville Novi Castri super Tynam nobis solvit in hanaperio cancellarie nostre concessimus et licentiam dedimus pro nobis & here∣dibus nostris, quantum in nobis est eidem Rogero quod ipse centum pedes terre in longi∣tudine, & quatuor viginti pedes terre in latitudine cum pertinen' in eadem villa que de nobis tenentur in burgagio ut dicitur dare possit et assignare majori vicecomiti & alder∣mannis ville predicte habend et tenend sibi et successoribus suis ad inveniend' certas pauperes personas in victu et véstitu in quadam Domo Dei per ipsum Rogerum super terram predict' edificand' singulis diebus pro salubri statu nostro & majoris vicecomitis & aldermannorum predict' & communitatis ville predict' et ipsius Rogeri dum vixerimus ac animabus nostris cum ab hac luce migraverimus. Nec non animabus patris & matris ipsius Rogeri & animabus omnium benefactorum ejusdem domus juxta ordinacionem ipsius Rogeri in hac parte faciend' oratur' imperpetuum. Et eisdem majori vicecomiti & aldermannis quod ipsi terram predictam a prefato Rogero recipere possint et tenere sibi et successoribus suis predictis sicut predictum est Licentiam similiter tenore presentium de∣dimus specialem statuto predicto seu eo quod terra predicta de nobis tenetur in burg••agio ut predictum est non obstante. Nolentes quod idem Rogerus vel Herodes sui aut presati major vicecomes & aldermanni seu successores sui ratione premissorum per nos vel heredes nostros justic' escaetor' vicecomites aut alios ballivos vel ministros nostros vel heredum nostrorum quoscunque molestent' occonent' in aliquo seu gravent'. Salvis tamen capi∣talibus dominis feodi illius serviciis inde debitis et consuetis. In cujus &c. Teste me∣ipso apud Westmon. duodecimo die Februarii anno regni nostri quarto." "Convenit cum Recordo Aug. Vincent..

  (Murray MS. p. 280 —)
• f 2.66

  See Bourne, from Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii. fol. 474, ex pat. 13 Hen. IV. p. 2, m. 14. Also in the Appendix to this vol.
• g 2.67

  "Tertia pars paten' de anno regni Regis Henrici sexti secundo, m. 9.

  "Rex omnibus &c. sciatis quod cum Dominus II. nuper Rex Anglie avus noster per literas suas patentes concessisset & licenciam dedisset pro se & heredibus suis quantum in ipso fuit Rogero de Thornton quod ipse heredes assignati vel executores sui terras tenemen' & redditus ad valorem decem librarum per annum tam ea que de ipso avo nostro tenebantur in burgagio quam ea que de ipso avo nostro non tenebantur adquirere & custodi fratribus & sororibus hospitalis Sancte Catherine vocati Thornton's Hospitall in Novo Castro super Tynam ac capellano cantarie ad altare beati Petri in capella omnium sanctorum in Novo Castro super Thynam juxta dis••retionem & limitationem suam divisim & proporcionaliter dare assignare & concedere possent habend & tenend poteronem terrarum ten' & reddi∣tuum predictorum prefatis custodi fratribus & soreribus per ipsum Rogerum limitand' dand' & assignand' sibi & successoribus suis ac porcionem inde prelato capellano per ipsum Rogerum limitand' dand' & assignand' sibi & successoribus suis in auxilium sustentacionis sue imperpetuum statuto de terris & ten ad manum mortuam non ponend edito non o••∣stante prout in literis predictis plenius continetur Nos volentes dictam concessionem pr••∣dicti avi nostri predictam effectum debito mancipari de gratia nostra speciali concessimus & licentiam dedimus pro nobis & heredibus nostris quantum in nobis est prelato Rogero quod ipse decem messuagia & decem tofta cum pertinen' in Novo Castro super Tynam que de nobis tenentur in liberum burgagium Et que valent per annum in omnibus exitibus juxta veram valorem earundem septem libras sicut per inquisitionem per Johannem Wall nuper majorem ville Novi Castri super Tynam & escaetor' nostrum in eadem villa de man∣dato nostro captam & in cancellar' nostra retornatam est compertum dare possit & assignare prefatis custodi fratribus & sororibus ac capellano cantarie predicte habend & tenend porcionem messuag' & toft' predict' prefatis custodi fratribus & sororibus per ipsum Ro∣gerum limitand' dand' & assignand' sibi & successoribus suis ac porcionem inde prefato capellano per ipsum Rogerum limitand' dand' & assignand' sibi & successoribus suis in aux∣ilium sustentacionis sue imperpetuum in plenam satisfactionem terrarum ten' et reddituum ad valorem decem librarum per annum predict' Et eisdem custodi fratribus et sororibus & capellano quod ipsi messuagia et tofta predict' cum pertinen' a prefato Rogero in forma predicta recipere possint & tenere sibi & successoribus suis predictis sicut predictum est im∣perpetuum Tenore presencium similiter licentiam dedimus specialem statuto predicto aut eo quod messuagia et tofta predicta de nobis teneantur in liberum burgagium ut premittitur non obstante Nolentes quod predictus Rogerus vel heredes sui aut prefati custos fratres so∣rores et capellanus vel successores sui per nos vel heredes nostros justic' escaetor' vice∣comites aut alios ballivos seu ministros nostros vel hered' nostrorum quoscunque vel occo∣nentur molestentur in aliquo seu graventur Salvis nobis & heredibus nostris serviciis inde debitis et consuetis. In cujus &c. Teste Rege apud Westm' 6 die Julii."

  (This is a true copy, &c. Robert Lemon, clerk.)
• h 2.68

  Bourne in Anno.
• i 2.69

  This was an ancient custom used, it should seem, for the encouragement of matri∣mony.

  The learned author of the Glossary to Douglas' Virgil, verbo "Thig," tells us of something similar to this, in use, formerly, in the Highlands and North of Scotland.
• k 2.70

  Bishop Tunstal's Register, p. 40. "Advocatio libere capelle S•••• Catherine voc' Masyndue. Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit Johannes Lomley miles, Dominus de Lomley, verus et indubitatus patronus libere capelle Sancte Katherine virginis super montem Sabuli infra villam Novi Castri super Tynam fundat' salutem in omnium Salvatore ac fidem indubiam presentibus adhibere Sciatis me pre∣fatum Johannem Lomley dedisse concessisse ac hoc presenti scripto meo confirmaste di¦lectis mihi in Christo Roberto Ayton de Fishborn in comitatu Dun' et Rob. Halyman ville Novi Castri super Tynam yomen conjunctim et eorum utrique per se divisim primam et proximam vacationem & nominationem libere capelle predicte et jus patronatus ejusdem pro unica & proxima vice tantum cum eadem &c. vacaverit. In cujus &c. sigillum meum ad arma apposui. Dat' quinto die Febr' anno Regis Henrici octavi &c. vicesimo quarto. Exhibit' ult' die Dec' anno Domini 1532."
• l 2.71

  Sancroft's MS. valorum.
• m 2.72

  Merchants old books. Bourne, after Grey, tells us, "that upon this building (i. e. the Maison de Dieu), stands the stately court of the merchant-adventurers, &c." Grey's words are, "The merchants-court was built above the Maison-Dieu."
• n 2.73

  Bishop Barnes' Visitation.—Randall's MSS.
• o 2.74

  From a deed remaining in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne.— Bourne says, that it was in 1629, and that Sir Richard did it in consideration of an hun∣dred pounds.
• p 2.75

  Table for rents payable by the town of Newcastle upon Tyne, June 21st, 1676. (Common-council books.)

  "Charnell-House, 13s. 4d.—Towne-Chamber, 3s. 4d.—payable to the Lord Lumley yearly, at Michaelmass, 16s. 8d."—The following occurs, ibid, "March 14th, 1657, ordered to inform Mr. Wilson, Lord Lumley's steward, that the merchants-court is dan∣gerous, and like to fall;"—as does the subsequent entry, "Sept. 24, 1700. Chernol-House, ordered, that (a committee) do examine how the right thereof comes to be in the towne."

  Among the fee-farm-rents, received at present by John Widdrington, Esq. for the re∣presentatives of Edward Noell, Esq. occurs the following: "Sand-Hill, Masondicu— 6l. yearly rent, receipts to the Right Hon. the Earl of Scarborough"—i. e. paid by him.
• q 2.76

  A. D. 1576, the new key at Windowes builded." (Dr. Ellison's MS.) The fol∣lowing memorial occurs, ibid, "1586, clock on Sand-Hiil was set up." I extracted the following note in MS. from a copy of Camden's Britannia, preserved in the Bodleian library at Oxford, written by a Mr. Thomas, about A D. 1690. "In muro Stephani Potts sutoris super Sandy-Hill in Newcastle super Tinam, the picture of an armed knight in cote of mayle cut to the full in stone."—"The Gun-Howse of the Sand-Hill" occurs in St. Nicholas' register of burials, August 19th, 1587.
• * 2.76.2

  The part of the Sand-Hill, near the Water-Gate, has been called "Windowes," as appears by several old records.
• r 2.77

  There is a tradition, that the town's waits, or musicians, stood and played on a small bridge, thrown over this Lork-Burn, opposite to the house called at present Katy's coffee-house, while Oliver Cromwell was entertained at dinner, either on his way to, or on his return from Scotland.
• s 2.78

  Common-council books.—Robert Trollop, of York, mason, was the architect.— He entered into articles, which are still preserved in the archives of the corporation, to build it for 2,000l. sterling. Bourne, on I know not what authority, says it cost, in all, above 10,000l.
• t 2.79

  Leland, in his Itinerary, vol. viii. thus describes the Sand Hill.—"Then turning on the right honde to the Key, a chapell of the towne with a Maison Dieu—with a watar-gate and a square haul place for the towne."—Dr. Ellison's notes say, "that Mr. Shaftoe had a house adjoining to the west end of the old town court, which was bought and pulled down." In a very old deed, a booth is described in the town of Newcastle, "situatam inter Botham Hospitalis occident' & veneliam versus Aulam Ghylde." (See account of nunnery.)
• u 2.80

  The MS. Life of Alderman Barnes, p. 30, has the following account: "A. D. 1658, the Exchange was finished, which is an handsome neat structure, well contrived for the conveniency of merchants, and for the courts of justice, in memory whereof every al∣derman had his name cast in one of the chimes set in the steeple of that edifice.—That bell, which had Alderman Barnes' name upon it, was afterwards removed, and put up in a new chapel erected without the walls."—i. e. St. Ann's, or Sand-Gate Chapel.

  March, 1783, a pair of crows built, and reared their young, above the weather-cock on the very top of this steeple, in a truly singular situation, as the nest shifted about with every change of the wind. They attempted to build it again the year following, but other crows pulled it to pieces before it was finished. In the years 1785, 1786, and 1787, the same crows, as it was thought, built on the same spot, or rather point, and succeeded each year in hatching and rearing their young. See plate of miscellaneous antiquities, No. 7. They have done the same this present year, 1788.
• v 2.81

  It is probable that both these pictures were ordered at one time, and were the work of the same master.—There is an act of the common council of Newcastle, April 12th, 1686, ordering Sir Nathaniel Johnson, Sir William Creagh, Mr. Henry Ball, Mr. Robert Jen∣nison, and Mr. Edward Ridley, to "use their interest, and apply themselves for obtaining his Majesties picture, to be taken by some able artist, if his Majesty can be prevailed with, for which the town will defray the expence." In the riot that happened at New∣castle in 1740, the drapery of these pictures, of the brother kings, was torn, and the painting miserably defaced.—The faces and frames escaped without damage.—In 1753, the drapery was restored and the pictures replaced.

  August 14th, 1779, a portrait of his present Majesty, taken by Ramsay in 1760, a present to the town by Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. was put up in the Guild-Hall, over the entrance into the Merchants-Court.

  The statue of King Charles II. in a Roman habit, which formerly stood over the Ma∣gazine-Gate on Tyne-Bridge, has been lately removed to a niche under the clock of the Exchange on the Sand-Hill.
• w 2.82

  Common-council books, March 16th, 1685. "A figure of his Majesty, in a Ro∣man habit, on a capering horse, in copper, as big as the figure of his majesty King Charles I. at Charing-Crosse, on a pedestal of black or white marble—to be set up for 800l. sterling."

  Ibid. August 27th, 1688. Sir Christopher Wren's certificate was read, "that Mr. Laison had very sufficiently performed his work in casting the said statue."—Bourne, on I know not what authority, says, it cost 1700l. A print of this was published, price 5s. at Newcastle, Dec. 1st, 1742, by Joseph Barber, music and copper-plate printer.—In his proposals, he says, it was done from a drawing in the possession of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart.

  There is a tradition, that when the Duke of Somerset quitted the court, on his nobly refusing to appear in his official character at the publick entrance of the Pope's Nuncio, in that arbitrary reign, and was retiring, to his estates in Northumberland, his Grace took off his hat, and remained uncovered while he passed this statue of his royal master.
• x 2.83

  This statue was afterwards cast into a set of bells.
• y 2.84

  Bourne's History of Newcastle.
• z 2.85

  Ibid. p. 130.
• a 2.86

  Ibid. p. 129.
• b 2.87

  Bourne's History of Newcastle, p. 130.
• c 2.88

  MS. Rental at Northumberland-House.
• d 2.89

  "De cantaria facienda in capella beati Thome in Novo Castro super Tynam Et de sex marcis redditus ibidem conces'-per Willielm' Heron. Pat. 2 R. Ed. III. p. 2, m. 26."—The following account of it is extracted from the certificate of colleges and chan∣tries in Northumberland and Durham, 37 Hen. VIII. remaining in the augmentation-office: "The chauntrie of Seynt Anne in the chappelle of Seynt Thomas upon Tyne-Bridge within the parishe of Seynt Nicholas in the towne of Newcastell aforesaid—was founded by a licence obteyned of K. Edwarde the IIId. by one William Heryng as it is reported to find a prieste to say masse and to pray for his fowle and all Christen fowles for ••••r And it is so used hitherto, but the dede of the foundation thereof is loste—Yearly valew 4l. 15s. 6d.—yerely value according to this survey 4l. 17s. as apereth by a rentall wherof is to be deducted for the yerely tenthes paid to the Kinges Majestie 9s. 6d. ob. qu. and remayneth clerly 4l. 7s. 5d. qua. which ar employed to the sustentacon and relief of Richard Softeley clerke, incumbent that according to th' order of the said foundacon.— A furlonge distant from the perishe churche of Saynt Nicholas—Ornaments &c. 70s. 11d. as doth pere by a perticuler inventory of the same—Ther were no other lands &c."
• e 2.90

  "De quinque messuag' in Novo Castro dimissis ad firmam Thome Creindon pro ter∣mino annotum per capell••num cantarie beati Thome ibidem redd' per annum 5 marc. Pat' 13 R. Ric. II. p. 2, m. 32."—The following account of this occurs in the above certificate, &c. 37 Hen. VIII. "The chauntrie of our Lady in the chappelle of Seynt Thomas upon Tyne-Bridge &c. Ther is no foundacon of the said chauntrie to be shewed, but the incumbent now being is resident upon the same and he and his predeces∣sor have been always presented by the mayre of the towne of Newcastell for the time being, and Christofer Threkeld, patrons of the same by reporte—Yerely value 4l. 3s. 6d. —Yerely value according to this survey 102s. 6d. as apereth by a rentall wherof is to be deducted for rents resolut' 11s. and for yerely tenthes paid to the Kinges Majestie 8s. 4d. ob. qua.—19s. 4d. ob. qua.—and remayneth clerely 4l. 3s. 1d. ob. qua. which ben em∣ployed to the sustentacon and relief of John Littell priest incumbent ther—about a furlong distant from the parishe churche of St. Nicholas—Ornaments &c. 40s. 11d. as doth apere by a perticular inventory of the same—Ther wer no other landes &c."
• f 2.91

  Bourne's History, p. 130.
• g 2.92

  Bourne tells us, that Spynn, with the consent of the corporation of Newcastle, A. D. 1347, confirmed by his own charter to Gilbert de Mitford, burgess of Newcastle, the middle one of the three cellars, or crypts, under this chapel, on condition of an annual payment at Martinmas, of 14s. to the said master. This grant, sealed by the town's seal, was witnessed by Peter le Draper, mayor, William de Acton, Hugo de Angreton, Hugo de Carliol, and John de Emeldon, bailiffs. Bourne, and Wallis after him, spell the mayor's name, erroneously, "Grasser."
• h 2.93

  "De diversis redditibus in Novo Castro pertinentibus reparationi pontis & capelle Sancti Thome. Eschaet. 43 R. Ed. III. p. 2, n. 56, tom. iv. Rot. Turr' Londinen' Northumbr'." The Aubone MS. says, "A fine of twenty marks belonged to the re∣paration of the bridge and chapel of St. Thomas."
• i 2.94

  "Hill. 8 Hen. IV. coram Rege Northumbr. Novum Castrum super Tynam consyderatum fuit quod manus Domini Regis amove∣antur de 3 acris terre vocat' Sandy-Ford-Flatt cum molendin' ventritico infra Gessemouth que per jurat' non tenentur de Rege in capite sed de custode capelle Sancti Thome Martyris super pontem Tyne."

  (From a MS. in a very old hand, communicated by T. Davidson, Esq.) About this time, according to Bourne, George Carr, merchant, of Newcastle, founded here a second chantry of our Lady, which was licensed, and of the value of five pounds six shillings and eight-pence, arising from property in the streets called Sand-Hill and the Side, in that town. But the above certificate of 37 Henry VIII. states this chantry to have been in the church of St. Nicholas.
• k 2.95

  Randall's MSS.
• l 2.96

  From the original in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle.—There is, ibid. a grant in see, from the said John Croft to William Hunter, of a messuage and garden, "prope Pampden-Yate" extending "usque muros domus Sancti Michaelis de Walknoll retro versus orientem"—6 Ed. IV. Ibid. 12 Ed. IV. A lease from the same to John Syde, of a messuage and land in Ravensworth.
• m 2.97

  Bourne.
• n 2.98

  Aubone and Murray MSS.—"Tenementum in Novo Castro super Tynam vocatum Earls Inn of Northumberland tenetur in burgagio & redd. per annum libere capelle Sancti Thome Martyris custodi super pontem aquae Tynae 20s. post mortem Johannis Ducis de Bedford."—Escaet. 14 R. Hen. VI. n. 36.
• o 2.99

  Bourne, p. 131.—There occurs, in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle, dated 13th January, 13 Hen. VII. a conveyance from this Thomas Scott, of a tenement in the Side, to John Bewick, merchant.
• p 2.100

  Randall's MSS. Register of Bishop Tonstal, anno 6. p. 167.
• q 2.101

  From the original, in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle.—There appears, at that time, to have been a little garden at this place; "cum mansione, camera magistrali et gardino capelle predict' spectan' & adjacen' &c."

  There occurs, ibid. 32 Hen. VIII. a grant in fee from the said John Brandlyng, to Thomas Pattinson, cordwainer, of a house and garden without Pilgrim-Street-Gate, "inter fossas vocat' lez Kinges Dickes et muros dicte ville ex parte occidentali." All these grants of the masters here are said to be with the consent of the mayor and burgesses.
• r 2.102

  Register of Bishop Tonstal, p. 48.

  In the account in Grey's MSS. of muniments, remaining in the town's hutch, July 24th, 1565, one occurs, intitled, "A presentacion made by the town of Newcastle to Sir George Carr, priest, to be master of the chapel on Tyne-Bridge."
• s 2.103

  Bourne tells us, "The bridge is of great antiquity, undoubtedly as old as the times of the Romans: there must have been a communication between this and the other side of the river, and therefore there was a necessity for it."—The ingenious Mr. Horsley, p. 104, says, "I think there are some certain and visible remains of a military way on Gateshead-Fell, pointing directly towards the part where, I suppose, the station has been at New∣castle, and coming, as I apprehend, from Chester-le-Street. Dr. Hunter assured me he had also observed visible remains of such a way. And it is the common opinion that there has been a military way from Chester-le-Street to Newcastle. This way tends towards the place where the bridge now is. There must then have been a bridge in the Roman times over the river Tyne, near the place where the present bridge stands." Thus far from Bourne.—Horsley's words are, p. 399, Romana Britannia—"That Dr. Hunter in∣formed him, that "he had observed a military way going off from Watling-Street, near Binchester, which he (Dr. H.) supposed went to Chester-on-the-Street, between Durham and Newcastle; he traced it to Branspeth-Park, but could find it no farther." He adds, p. 391, "That the name of Chester-on-the-Street does not a little confirm the opinion, that there has been a Roman settlement there of some kind or other, and that a military way has passed from Newcastle to it."—He adds farther on this subject, p. 451, "The gardener at Cousins'-House told me, that he had observed, when he wrought thereabouts, the military way from Newcastle to Chester-le-street, and that it lay to the west of the pre∣sent highway, through the Fell. And Dr. Hunter was positive that he had observed the same way upon this Fell: as also some remaining tracks of a via vicinalis beyond Chester, between Binchester and Brancepeth-Castle (as I remember) pointing towards Chester, which he therefore concluded must have gone that way."

  Dr. Stukeley, in his Iter Boreale, p. 69, speaking of Gateshead, says, "The Roman road here, which is the true Hermen-Street, coming from Suffex, coming down Gates∣head-Fell, passes in a strait line to the bridge."
• t 2.104

  Mr. Horsley, author of the Britannia Romana, and Dr. Hunter, of Durham.
• u 2.105

  The Itinerary of Richard of Cirencester, discovered and first printed by Mr. Bertram in Sweden. We trace, on the ancient map, delineated in this very valuable acquisition to English antiquartes, the Roman great road, leading straight from Cataract, in York∣shire, to Binchester, in the county of Durham, where it branches out into two different iters, one of which stretches towards Falkirk, in Scotland, by way of Ebchester, Cor∣bridge, &c. while the other, passing through Chester-in-the-Street, terminates at the Roman wall at Newcastle upon Tyne.

  At Corbridge the remains of a Roman bridge are still visible.

  The very high antiquity of this Itinerary is said, by Dr. Stukeley, to be marked out by such names as "ad Murum—ad Tesam—ad Alaunam—ad Tuedam," &c. shewing that the roads were generally made or marked out, but that towns, cities, and castles were not then built, only some inns for present conveniency.—He adds, that we may reasonably judge from hence, that the original Itinerary and Map, which this Richard of Cirencester copied, was constructed in Agricola's time—though afterwards additions were made to it. Some have supposed that there was one of those inns at Gateshead, called, at that time, from the sign of a goat's head, "Caprae Caput."—But see account of "Gateshead."
• v 2.106

  "Thus," says Pennant, "Jerusalem was styled Aelia Capitolina," and the games he instituted at Pincum in Maesia, "Aeliana Pincensia." It may be added, that the bridge which Hadrian throw over the Tyber at Rome, is called to this hour "Ponte Elio Adri∣ano." See Piranesi's Views.

  Two coins appear to have been struck upon the building of two bridges by this Em∣peror: one is doubtless to be referred to that at Rome: may not the other have been in∣tended to commemorate the work we are now considering? One of the bridges marked on these coins has seven, the other five arches. The Tyber being a very inconsiderable river, when compared with the Tyne, we must therefore claim that with seven arches— especially as we find a view of the Pons Aelius at Rome in Piranesi's Collection, without the modern ornaments, where it is represented as consisting of exactly five arches. See Vaillant, tom. i. p. 68, where, speaking of the coins of Hadrian, he thus describes one of them: "Sine epigraphe Pons Aelius cum septem fornicibus sub eo plurimae figurae;"— and the other, p. 194, as follows: "Sine epigraphe Pons Aelius cum quinque forni∣cibus."—(Edition of Paris, 1692, quarto.)

  See also "Numismatum Antiquorum in Musaeo Pembrochiano Sylloges, pars 3."
• w 2.107

  "I cannot help thinking," says Pennant, Tour, vol. iii. p. 313, "that part of the Roman bridge remained there till very lately: for from the observation of workmen upon the old piers, they seem originally to have been formed without any springs for arches. This was a manner of building used by the Romans: witness the bridge built over the Danube by Trajan, at Severin, twenty Hungarian miles from Belgrade, whose piers, I be∣lieve, still exist." Of the coins that were found, Mr. Pennant describes the following:— "Coins, posterior to the time of Adrian, probably deposited there in some later repairs. One is a beautiful Faustina the Elder, after her deification—her forehead is bound with a small tiara—her hair full, twisted and dressed a la moderne—round is inscribed "Diva Faustina." On the reverse is a Ceres, with a torch in one hand, and ears of corn in the other: the inscription "Augusta S. C."

  "The next has the laureated head of Antoninus Pius—on the reverse, Apollo, with a patera in one hand, a plectrum in the other—the legend defaced.

  "The third is of Lucius Verus, after consecration—reverse, a magnificent funeral pile, and the word "Consecratio, S. C."—The originals of these are in the possession of the Bishop of Durham."

  I have one of Trajan found here also—it is the same as that described in Thoresby's Leeds, p. 297, N^o 294,—as also one of Antoninus, of the larger size.

  I have caused one of the Emperor Hadrian, though much defaced, to be engraved. It was found in the same ruins, and communicated by John Erasmus Blackett, Esq. alderman of Newcastle upon Tyne. See plate of coins.
• x 2.108

  His words are these: "It has been a query whether the bridge was originally of wood or stone, but I think it is altogether needless: all the bridges in England were ori∣ginally of wood.—In the reign of Richard I. Philip, Bishop of Durham, sent to the bur∣gesses of Gateside a grant of forestage, in which are these words: "And it shall be lawful for every burgess to give wood to whomsoever he will, to be spent about the river of Tyne, without any licence." This, I imagine, has been for the building of keys, and especially for the repairing of the Bishop's part of the bridge, which is a further proof that the bridge, which was the original one, was wood." See afterwards under "Gates∣head"
• y 2.109

  See, under that reign, "History of Newcastle as a corporate town."
• z 2.110

  "In Anglia etsi de aliis sileamus, maxima pars burgi qui Novum Castrum super Thi∣nam appellatur, cum ponte, igne quasi suriosa consumpta est." Matth. Paris, Watts Edit. p. 753.
• a 2.111

  From his Liber Cartarum.—Laurentius was then the master of the bridge.—The archdeacon of Northumberland wrote to the clergy of his archdeaconry, and desired them to assist the work of the bridge, inforcing the command of the Bishop of Durham to set about the affair of indulgencies, preferring the episcopal ones to others.—In like manner the official of Carlisle promised an indulgence of ten days to any one that would assist the repairing of Tyne Bridge.
• b 2.112

  See the reasons for this in the History of the River Tyne.
• c 2.113

  Bourne's History, p. 130.
• d 2.114

  Ibid.
• e 2.115

  For the collection of the alms raised by indulgencies, an officer was appointed, who was styled the custos, or guardian of the bridge. This was often held with the mastership of the Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr.
• f 2.116

  Bourne, ut supra.
• g 2.117

  Bourne, p. 129.
• h 2.118

  Ibid.—"John," he says, "the son of Decanus, and Bartholomew, the son of Wil∣liam, son of Benedict, guardian of the alms collected for the support of the Tyne Bridge, with the council and assent of the mayor, bailiffs, and burgesses, confirmed to Gervasius, the son of Ralph, the whole land, with every thing belonging to it, in the fields of Jesemu∣thia, which Henry de Bulmar and Ralph gave, and by their charters confirmed to the said Tine Bridge, &c. on condition that he rendered to the said Tyne Bridge one plank, or six shillings, annually, at the feast of St. Michael: Adam de Jesemuthia was the first wit∣ness to this grant.

  "Adam de Jesumuthia granted to God, and to the Tyne Bridge, on account of the soul of William de Greenville, and the souls of his ancestors, part of tho ground in the land of Jesumuth.

  "Some of the witnesses to this charter were, Gilbert de Valle, Adam de Plesly, Gilbert de Oggell, William de Byker, Elge de Gosford. Richard de Northefold, and Hugh of London, gave nine shillings and six pence out of certain lands lying in the Vico Fori, to the repairing of the bridge. One Stephen, of Benwell, is mentioned in this grant, as hav∣ing land adjoining to that out of which this money is granted. Some of the witnesses to this grant were, Thomas Carliol, then mayor of the town, &c. J. Lindisay, bail. Robert de Mitford, Adam de Blakedon."
• i 2.119

  Bourne, p. 129.
• k 2.120

  Ibid. p. 128.
• l 2.121

  Ibid. p. 129, 130.
• m 2.122

  Ibid. p. 130.
• n 2.123

  Ibid. p. 130.

  I know not the date of the subsequent benefaction recorded by Bourne: "Laurentius de Moreton, and Alice his wife, granted a messuage, in Pampeden, to John de Brinklawe, of Newcastle, and his wife, on condition that they payed to the guardian, or master of the bridge, four shillings, at the terms agreed upon, and gave to them and their heirs one rose, at the Feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist." P. 130 from the Liber Cart' p. 55.
• o 2.124

  From a curious fragment on parchment, supposed to have been taken out of the ar∣chives of the corporation of Newcastle, at the riot which happened there, A. D. 1740.— An hundred and twenty persons were drowned on this occasion.
• p 2.125

  "Item eo qùod pons de Tyne ville predicte est in casu corruendi cadendi et perdendi; pro eo quod reddit' predict' ponti debit' sunt subtract' et detent' Ordinatum est quod magister pontis predict' cum auxilio predict' viginti quatuor misteriorum predict' ac aux∣ilio tocius communitatis predict' reddit' et arreragia predict' ponti debit' absque alicui par••endo levet et operacione directione & reparacione dicti pontis apponat et expen∣dat."—(See History of Newcastle as a corporate town under that year.)
• q 2.126

  Murray MS. p. 287. Ex rotulo patentium anno regni Regis Edwardi Tertii trice∣simo sexto, m. 9.
• r 2.127

  Bourne's History, p. 130. The Aubone MS. calls the whole a fine of twenty marks.
• s 2.128

  Murry MS. p. 282. Ex rotulo paten' de anno regni Regis Ricardi Secundi decimo octavo, m. 40, p. 2••. "Teste Edmundo Duce Eborum custode Anglie apud Scroby 19 die Decembr'."
• t 2.129

  In a petition, presented by Thomas, Bishop of Durham, to the King in Parliament, in ••aster-Term, A. D. 1412, it was set forth, that he, and all his predecessors, Bishops of Durham, from this unmemorial, had h••ld the county and liberty of Durham, between the waters of Te••s and Tyne, together with moieties of these waters, and the soil of the said moieties of the waters, a parcel of the county and liberty, of which they had been seized all that time, with the franchise, jurisdiction, and royalties in them, as the right of their church of St. Cuthbert, of Durham, peaceably and intirely. As also a moiety of Tyne Bridge, on their soil, till the first of May, 1383, when William Bishopdale, mayor of Newcastle, and the commonalty of that town, began to build a tower on the bishop's part of the bridge at Gateshead, and removed, and carried into Newcastle, two stones, called St. Cuthbert's Stones, the ancient boundaries of the liberty aforesaid, and which tower they occupied at that time. The mayor and burgesses of Newcastle, in vindica∣tion of their proceedings, pretended they had authority for so doing, in a charter, dated February 5th, in the 15th year of King John.—The corporation of Newcastle, it is need∣less to add, were cast in this trial, compelled to take back and replace St. Cuthbert's Stones, and give up the tower they had built, together with their claim to the Bishop's right to a third part of this bridge, of which seizin was made for the said bishop as above, January 28th, 1416.—(From a record in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne: see also Wharton's Anglia Sacra, p. 776.)

  The Aubone MS. says, "In the 2d of Henry V. the Bishop of Durham had judg∣ment against the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle, for removing his stones, and incroach∣ing upon his liberties, upon the third part of Tyne Bridge. It appears, in the little black book in the hutch, under 4 Hen. V. that the execution of the said judgment, of the 2d Hen. V. was opposed when Sir Christopher Moresby, sheriff of Westmoreland, Sir Wil∣liam Claxton, sheriff of Durham, and others, came to take seizin of the said one-third part of the bridge for the Bishop of Durham, upon the false verdict (as it is there called) of the jurors of Westmoreland and Cumberland, against the mayor and commonalty of Newcastle."

  "The blue stone," on this bridge, occurs in the common-council books, March 22d, 1648.

  Bourne, speaking of this "blue stone," says, "here is the boundary of Newcastle southwards."
• u 2.130

  This will is dated the Thursday before Christmas day, 1429. "Item, I will that the recluse of Newcastle—be parcel of the thirty priests &c.—and the recluse six marks yearly &c.—till an hundred marks be dispended if they live so long."—(See Bourne under that year.)

  That there was a hermitage on this bridge anciently, appears from a deed remaining in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle, dated November 20th, 1643. "Her∣mitages," says Tanner, in the preface to the Notitia Monastica, p. 28, "were religious cells, created in private and solitary places, for single persons, or communities: many times endowed, and sometimes annexed to larger religious houses."
• v 2.131

  See the will in Bourne, ut supra—on the following singular condition: "if so that the mayor and commons will release me all actions, as I that never hindered them, nor nought awe them at my witting, but this I desire for eschewing of clamour."
• w 2.132

  See account of companies.—So also in the weaver's ordinary, half of the fines are ordered to go to "Tine Brige worke," and "to th' use and reparacon of Tine Brige."

  Before 20th May, 1471, William Blaxton, merchant, held a certain waste messuage, by grant from Henry, Earl of Northumberland, in the street called the Close, paying to the mayor and community of Newcastle, to the work of Tine-Bridge, an annual rent of 26s. and 8d. issuing out of the above messuage.
• x 2.133

  "Hic reparavit tertiam partem pontis Tynae versus Austrum."—Wharton's An∣glia Sacra.
• y 2.134

  From the original, in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne, dated "in Guyhalda dicte ville Novi Castri in crastino claus' pasche." The tenement ex∣tended "a via regia ante ex parte orientali usque le Castle Moote retro ex parte occi∣dentali."
• z 2.135

  "Iste tertiam partem pontis de Tyne versus Austrum reparavit."—Wharton's Anglia Sacra.
• a 2.136

  Bourne sub anno.
• b 2.137

  "Tertiam partem versus Austrum pontis de Novo Castro vocati Tyne Bridge opere lapideo, binis sejunctim temporibus proprio sumptu reparavit."—Wharton ut supra.

  Leland, who visited Newcastle between the years 1536 and 1542, tells us, that when he was there, there was "a stronge wardyd gate at Geteshed,"—that "Tyne Bridge had ten arches, and a stronge warde and towre on it," and that there was "a gate at the bridge ende," i. e. towards Newcastle.—By this strong ward and tower, must have been meant what was lately called, "the tower on the bridge," and an iron gate, which was beyond it, towards the south, and is marked in Speed's Plan of the town. "The gate at the bridge ende," must have been a gate in the town-wall, perhaps considerably nearer to St. Thomas' Chapel than the late magazine-gate, which had the date of 1636 upon it; and Grey, in his Chorographia, published in 1649, mentions it as lately built.

  Bourne tells us, "this bridge had once twelve bold arches, but now only nine, the rest being turned into cellaring at the building of the keys," describing it "as a pretty street, beset with houses on each side." He adds, "At the end of the bridge, which leads into Gateside, is another tower, where has been a draw-bridge."
• c 2.138

  In the parchment fragment before mentioned, supposed to have been stoler out of the archives of the corporation of Newcastle, at the riot there in 1740, is entered, by an after insertion, an account of what is there called "Sir Francis Anderson's ring," under the year 1559.

  Yet the writer of Vox Piscis, or the Book Fish, published in 1627, tells us, p. 13, that this event "fell out in our memorie," to a "citizen of Newcastle, whose name I take to be M. Anderson."—He does not mention the kind of fish in which the ring was found.

  In Grey's Chorographia, M. Anderson is styled an alderman, and the fish called a salmon, which, some say, is incapable of swallowing any thing so large as a ring. See a story similar to this in Herodotus, lib. iii. c. 41.—In Littlebury's translation of that work, it is in vol. i. p. 272.

  There is another of the same kind related in the English Morery, or Collier's Diction∣ary, in verbo "Kentigern."

  Fuller, in his Worthies, takes notice of this event, referring, in the margin, to the Vox Piscis.

  Bourne tells us, p. 132, "This gentleman, from whose finger the ring fell, was mayor of Newcastle, and was ancestor of the present Mr. Abraham Anderson, merchant, on the Sand-Hill: the said Francis Anderson made over his estate to his son, Henry Anderson, who was the father of the said Abraham's grandfather." He adds, "On the inside of the ring, just under the signet, is the picture of a salmon, in commemoration of the fish and the transaction; on the one side of which is the letter F. and on the other, the letter A. in commemoration of the person," calling it, at the same time, "A curiosity so great, that not only the whole kingdom cannot shew the like of it, but the whole world beside."

  This ring is at present, A. D. 1783, in the possession of Mr. Edward Anderson, mer∣chant, who permitted me to take a drawing of it, with an impression on wax of the sig∣net, the engraving on which appears to me to be a Roman antique, though Bourne says, it represents Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.—This Mr. Edward Anderson is a de∣scendant of the person to whom the accident happened, and has a deed of family property, the seal of which exhibits an impression of the signet of this memorable ring, and i•• of a date prior to the supposed date of this most extraordinary, but by no means incredible event. See plate of Miscellaneous Antiquities, N^o 6.
• d 2.139

  See "History of Companies."
• e 2.140

  Aubone MS.
• f 2.141

  It was on the east side of the pier, next on the south to that whereon the tower of the bridge stood. "In this tower," says Bourne, "are kept lewd and disorderly persons, till they are examined by the mayor, and brought to due punishment, except the crime be of a very gross nature, and then are removed to New-Gate, and there continued till the assizes." There was a stone, with the town's arms on it, placed on the south front of this tower, with the motto, "F Fortiter defendit triumphans, 1646." It is at present built up in the garden wall of Hugh Hornby, Esq. alderman.

  In the MS. Life of Alderman Barnes, p. 73, is given a ludicrous account of one Harry Wallis, a master shipwright, who was so abusive to the said Alderman B. that he committed him to the tower on the bridge, where being enraged at the stone doublet, which his rudeness had got him, and finding a quantity of malt lying in the chamber, where he was lodged, the chamber standing over the Tyne, he threw it out of the win∣dow, with a shovel, into the water, and made the following verses on the occasion, with such wit as his ale had inspired him with:

  "O base mault, Thou didst the fault, And into Tyne thou shalt."

  There is thought to have been, anciently, a chapel in this tower also, for on taking it down, after the fall of the bridge in 1771, a stone coffin and a skeleton were found in it: see Newcastle Courant, for July 8th, 1775. On the north side of this tower there was cut, rudely, in stone, on a shield, a Holy Lamb, passant. Arms attributed by Nesbit, in his Heraldry, to some northern bishop.
• g 2.142

  The common-council had directed, that application should be made to the Parlia∣ment for forty trees, there marked for the King's use, to be employed in the said reparation.
• h 2.143

  In the particular of lands belonging to the Bishop of Durham, sold by virtue of an ordinance, intitled, "An ordinance for abolishing of archbishops and bishops within the kingdom of England and dominion of Wales, and for settling their lands and possessions upon trustees, for the use of the common-wealth, to be disposed of as both Houses of Par∣liament shall think fit and appoint." Strype's Annals, vol. ii. Appendix, p. 65, Willis' Cathedrals, I find the following articles:

  	£.	s.	d.
  "1647, Feby. 2d, Houses, shops, and waste-ground, on Tyne Bridge, sold to Francis Alder, for	59	2	6
  "1651, March 12th, Several parcels of land on Tyne Bridge, sold to Francis Alder, for	52	5	8
• i 2.144

  Common-council books.—The following mottoes ordered to be engraven on the same—"the same beinge englished as followeth:

  Principatus ac libertas res dissociabiles, Anno Domini 1651. That is: princedome and liberty things unsociable. Vera libertas nullius jus imminuit. True liberty takes away noe mans right, or hinders no mans right. Ea demum libertas est quae suum cuique tuetur.

  That indeed (or at last) is true liberty that defends every man's right or partie."

  Grey's account of Tyne-Bridge, in his Chorographia, published in 1649, is to the fol∣lowing effect: "The bridge of this town, over the river Tyne, consisteth of arches high and broad, having many houses and shops upon the bridge, and three towers upon it: the first on the south side, the second in the middle, and the third in Newcastle side, lately built upon an arch in the bridge, used for a magazine for the towne, and an old chappell. There is a blew stone about the middle of the bridge, which is the bounds of Newcastle southward, from Gateside in the county palatine of Durham." P. 9.
• k 2.145

  "In July, 1770, Richard Trevor, Bishop of Durham, repaired, with stone, one of the south arches of the Tyne-Bridge, then in decay, having been made of large beams of timber, and overlaid with thick planks, upon which the pavement had been made.— Begun on Saturday night, or Sunday morning, and finished on Thursday following; all the materials, of stone, being prepared before-hand, with a proper number of work∣men, and boats and wherries above and below bridge, for conveying passengers and car∣riages over the river, during the time the repair was carrying on."

  Gyll's interleaved Bourne, p. 129.

  There were anciently three portcullises on this bridge—one at the Magazine-Gate; a second at the tower, called the Tower on the Bridge, and the third at the South-End, in Gateshead, near to which last was also a draw-bridge.—On the front of the covered entrance to Tyne-Bridge from Gateshead, were the arms, cut in stone, of Nathaniel Lord Crew, Bishop of Durham. This stone is at present built up in the garden-wall of Hugh Hornby, Esq. alderman, in Pilgrim-Street.
• l 2.146

  The water rose six feet higher than in the fresh which came down in the river Tyne in 1763. See "Historical Events."

  November 20th, 1771, an order was published by the magistrates of Newcastle upon Tyne, in consequence of a survey of the ruins of Tyne Bridge, to prevent the passage of keels, boats, &c. through any other of the arches, but the four that remained on the north side of the river.

  "The arches of the old bridge," says Hutton, in his Plan of Newcastle, dated January 10th, 1772, "were of different figures; some of them resembling Gothic ones, and others scheme arches; nor did the arches decrease regularly from the middle to the ends, and the exceeding narrowness of the passage over it, which was still more contracted by the houses built upon it, rendered it exceedingly inconvenient."
• m 2.147

  Common-council books.
• n 2.148

  Ibid. This was signed by the mayor, aldermen, and common-council, and was pre∣sented to the House of Commons on Friday the 28th following.

  January 13th, 1772, the common-council appointed two receivers of the taxes that were taken for crossing the river Tyne, in the ferries they had provided for that purpose. L••mps were also ordered to be fixed on each side of the landing places, one of which, as likewise the station of the fare-gatherers, was at Wide-Open, in Sand-Gate, and the other on the opposite shore.—The following appeared in the Newcastle Courant, for Ja∣nuary 25th, 1772: "Last Friday, as the workmen were clearing away the rubbish of Tyne-Bridge, the stones were so cemented, that they were obliged to be separated by mall and hammer—on separating two stones, they discovered a parchment, with old characters on it, very fresh, but on being exposed to air, the characters disappeared, and the parch∣ment mouldered away."
• o 2.149

  In 1772, an Act passed, to enable the Lord Bishop of Durham, and his successors, to raise a competent sum of money, to be applied for repairing, rebuilding, and improving such part of Tyne-Bridge as belongs to the see of Durham. This is to be done by raising 12,000l. to be secured by granting annuities upon lives, not exceeding ten per cent." Gyll's MSS.
• p 2.150

  In the year 1772, an Act of Parliament passed for building a temporary bridge here, from which it appears, that the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne had agreed to ex∣pend 2400l. out of its revenues on the occasion, and if the work cost more, the overplus was to be reimbursed by a toll.—It was limited in the Act to stand seven years.
• q 2.151

  Hand-bill of that date—also Newcastle Courant, February 19th, 1774.

  In the year 1774, a quarry was opened at Elswick, for stones to rebuild the Newcastle part of Tyne-Bridge, and another at a village a little way down the river, called St. An∣thony's, for the same purpose.—The Bishop of Durham wrought stones for his part of the bridge, in a field behind Oakwell-Gate, in the same quarry where the stones had been formerly won for building Gateshead Church-steeple.

  The foundation stone of the Bishop of Durham's part of Tyne-Bridge was laid on Friday, October 14th, 1774.

  On Saturday, July 8th, 1775, the first arch of the Bishop's side of Tyne-Bridge was closed in.—Newcastle Courant.

  "Tuesday evening, April 25th, 1775, the first stone on the Newcastle side of Tyne-Bridge was laid by Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. mayor, amidst a great concourse of people, who ardently wished prosperity and permanency to the undertaking."—Ibid. April 29, 1775.

  August 15th, 1772, "The Principles of Bridges, &c. by Charles Hutton, mathemati∣cian," was advertised in the Newcastle Courant.

  January 4th, 1772, Mr. John Smeaton, and Mr. John Wooler, published their first Report relating to Tyne-Bridge. Newcastle, printed by T. Saint. 8vo, 16 pages.

  March 12th, 1772, Mr. Robert Mylne, architect of Black-Friars-Bridge, London, published a Report respecting Tyne Bridge, with a plan for a temporary bridge, and Mes••••. Rawling's and Wake's abstract of the borings into the bed of the river Tyne. Newcastle, printed by Isaac Thompson, Esq. 8vo, 24 pages. With a plan by R. Bellby.

  March 17th, 1772, Mr. John Wooler published some Observations on the above-mentioned Report of Mr. Mylne, in 8 pages—no printer's name—Addressed to the mayor, aldermen, and common-council of Newcastle.

  There was an intention, but it was over-ruled, of having the new bridge built from the Javil-Groop to the opposite shore.—The following occurs in the Newcastle Courant, for February 1st, 177••▪ "At a very respectable meeting of the inhabitants of this town, yesterday, a subscription was entered into for the support of a petition to Parliament against the building of the intended bridge over the Tyne, at the Jabel-Groop."—The subscription then amounted to upwards of fifty pounds.
• r 2.152

  Newcastle Chronicle, July 13th, 1776.
• s 2.153

  Common-council books.
• t 2.154

  It appears, by this act, that the corporation of Newcastle had expended, of their own money, December 29th, 1778, the sum of 21042l. 16s. 11d. including 1838l. 9s. 8d. the price of property on the old bridge; and that it was supposed, that before it was finished, it would cost them 10,000l. more. It appears, also, that on the above 29th of December, 1778, they had expended above the sum of 2400l. mentioned in the former Act, for building the temporary bridge, the sum of 321l. 18s. 9d. more than the tolls on that tem∣porary bridge had produced, nor was it expected that the money to be taken for tolls there, from that time to June 24th, 1779, would reimburse the overplus of expence.

  September 13th, 1779, in the forenoon, the sixth and last arch of that part of the new stone bridge belonging to the corporation of Newcastle was closed.—Newcastle Courant.

  November 13th, 1780, the workmen began to pull down the houses on the west side of Tyne-Bridge, for the purpose of widening the avenue to the new bridge.—Ibid.

  On the last day of April, 1781, the workmen began to take down the temporary bridge.
• u 2.155

  Bourne says, "it was formerly the part of the town where the principal inhabitants lived, Sir John Marley, Sir William Blackett, Sir Mark Milbank; and the houses of many other gentlemen of figure are still remembered by the ancient inhabitants. The houses within speak magnificence and grandeur; the rooms being very large and stately, and for the most part adorned with curious carving. Of late," he adds, "these houses have been forsaken, and their wealthier inhabitants have chosen the higher parts of the town."

  A deed now lies before me, dated March 31st, 1518, that mentions a waste tenement in this street, lately belonging to Sir Thomas Ilderton, Knight.

  A finely carved chimney-piece was removed a few years ago from Sir John Marley's house, to that of Charles Williams, Esq. without the Close-Gate.
• v 2.156

  Vulgo, "The Round Stone Entry."
• w 2.157

  "Henry Erle of Northumberlande Lorde of th'onor of Cok'rmouth and Pettworth Warden of Est and Middel Marches of England anenst Scotland and Justice of all the Kings Forests from Trent north to all true Christen men to whom yis present writyng shal come se or here greting in our Lord God everlasting And whereas my right wel 〈◊〉〈◊〉 deservant George Byrde is seised and possessed in his demen as of fee of a tenement with the appurtenaunce latly called ye Erles In within the town of Newcastell upon Tyne 〈…〉〈…〉 ye Close bitwixt a tenement pertayning unto ye Hospitall of Saynt Ka∣•••••• 〈…〉〈…〉 upon ye ••••nd-Hille of ye sayd town late in the haldyng of William Byrd 〈…〉〈…〉 and a vennell called Bower-Chare upon the est syde and extend from 〈…〉〈…〉 ••way before anenst the north unto the ground ebbe of the water of Tyne 〈…〉〈…〉 ••st the south by the right metis and bounds of the yift and feoffment of 〈…〉〈…〉 ye which tenement with the appurtenance ye said Willm late hadd by ye g••f•• and 〈…〉〈…〉 ye said Erle yeldyng yerfor yerly to me the same Erle and myn h••y••••. 13••. 4l. by yere as by a charter indented under myn sealle beryng date the 10 daye of May in the 11 y•••••• of ye ••••••gne of our Soveraigne Lord King Edward ye Fourth y^• upon made to the said Willm Blakston more at large it appers. Knowe ye me ye said Erle ye astate 〈…〉〈…〉 and possession of the said George in the said tenement with the ap∣purtenaunce 〈…〉〈…〉 present 〈◊〉〈◊〉 have ratefyed approved and confermed for me and myn 〈…〉〈…〉 knowe ye me ye sayd Erle by y••es presents to have remysed and 〈…〉〈…〉 ye 〈…〉〈…〉 and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••yat I have hadd o•• sh••ll have in ye said tenement with 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••purt••naunce to ye sayd George his heyres yerlye to be reserved And I for∣soth•• ye said tenement with th' appurtenaunce for ye 〈…〉〈…〉 said yerely 〈…〉〈…〉 said George Byrd his heyrs and assignes shall warrant and defend 〈…〉〈…〉 In witness whereof I ye said Erle to veis presents have do 〈…〉〈…〉 Castell W••••wyk ye 10 daie of April in ye 23 yere of ye 〈…〉〈…〉 Edward ye 4th after ye conquest of England.

  "〈◊〉〈◊〉 NORTHUMBERLAND." S•••••• red wax. append.

  〈…〉〈…〉 from th•• original 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in the possession of his Grace the Duke of 〈…〉〈…〉 Mr. Robert Harrison.)
• x 2.158

  In a deed preserved in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle, dated 20 Hen. VII. A. D. 1505, the name of it is spelled "le Gaoell Grype in vico vocat' le Closse." And in St. Nicholas' register, April, 1590, "Jayle-Groupe." I am informed that "Gaol" is called "Javell" in the Cumberland dialect.

  In Corbridge's Plan of Newcastle, dated 1723, the name of this place is spelled "Ga∣ble-Groope."—In Bourne's History, "Javill-Gripp," and in an inrolment in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle, Sept. 6, 1723, "Gavell-Groop."
• y 2.159

  There were formerly two pants in the Close—one near the place called Aubone's Entry —the other near the mansion-house, and opposite the foot of the Tuthill-Stairs.
• z 2.160

  They are called Castle-Stairs.
• a 2.161

  Long-Stairs, or part of the street so called, appears, anciently, with the name of "The Castle Mote."—In a deed of property, on the Long-Stairs, belonging to Mr. John Stephenson, house-carpenter, the tenement is described as being "in quodam vico vo∣cato le Castle Mote."
• b 2.162

  Bourne's conjecture concerning the etymology of the name of this hill appears very erroneous: "The proper name of it," says he, "should be Touthill, from the ••••••••ting or winding of a horn upon it, when an enemy was at hand." It seems more probably to be a corruption of Toothill, i. e. the Hill of Observation.—•••• Sir John Maundevile's Voyage, p. 378: "In the myd place of on of his gardyns is a lyttile mountagne where there is a little medewe and in that medewe is a l••ylle Toothill with toures and pynacles —and in that littyl Toothill wolle he sitten oftentym for to taken the ayr and to disportyn hym."
• c 2.163

  There is an order of common-council, May 7, 1706, to enforce the mayor's residence in this house during the year of his mayoralty.
• d 2.164

  Dr. Ellison's MSS.—There appears to have been a house on the same site, appropri∣ated to the same purpose, which belonged to an hospital of the town, and which the com∣mon-council had thoughts of altering, or rebuilding, A. D. 1683. (Common-council books, Sept. 18th, 1683.) Bourne calls this mansion-house, "a building grand and stat••ly, and, considering the place it stands in, very ornamental."
• e 2.165

  Common-council books, May 15, 1694.—Order to provide two beds for the judges' chambers in the mansion-house.—There is an order of common-council, Sept. 29, 1760, to discontinue the custom of giving vails to servants in the mansion-house.

  When no prisoner is capitally convicted at the assizes, it is customary for the corporation to present the judges, &c. with white gloves.

  July 7th, 1773, order to discontinue the entertainment annually given on Michaelmas Monday in the mansion-house.—The mayor is allowed a state-coach, a barge, &c.— There is an ord•••• for a barge with eight oars, common-council books, Dec. 16, 1675.— A new one was ordered, April, 1709.—A new one was sent down, by sea, from London, in 1785.
• f 2.166

  The following inscription is on the great mace, of silver gilt, and carried before the mayor in processions: "Made for the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne, anno regni Jacobi Secundi tertio annoque Domini 1687; Nicholas Cole, Esq. mayor, Thomas Pace, Esq. sheriff." The arms of the town, with those of Cole, on the knob, at the bottom—on the part under the crown, the rose, thistle and flower de luce, and the harp, with a crown ever catch, and the initials, J. R.—Under the mound, the King's arms, with J. 2. R. th•••• is carried by the water bailiff.—Here are also kept two swords of state, of very ele∣gant workmanship—the one covered with black, the other with scarlet velvet—the black 〈…〉〈…〉 in common p••••ce••••••••ns, the red one on great festivals, when the magistrates wear scarlet gowns.—In these processions, the sword-bearer wears on his head a cap of maintenance, covered with fur, with tassels of crimson and gold.

  On a silver bason and ewer are the subsequent inscriptions:

  "This basin and ewer was by Sir Gilbert Gerrard Bart. and his two sons Gilbert and Samuel Gerrard Esquires grand-children to the Rev. Father in God Dr. John Cosins late Bishop of Durham, presented to the right worshipful Sir Nathanael Johnson and the Court of Aldermen of the ancient towne of Newcastle and is designed for the use of the Mayor that annually governs accordingly to be delivered by the present Mayor to the Court of Aldermen and by them to the next Mayor that shall be chosen and soe succes∣sively for ever June 8, 1681." The arms also of the town, and those of Johnson and Gerrard, are engraved on them. On the ewer is this inscription: "This ewer with a basin was presented by Sir Gilbert Gerrard Bart. and his two sons Gilbert and Samuel Gerrard Esqrs. to the use of the annual Mayor of the antient towne of Newcastle for ever June 8, 1681."—Arms also of Johnson and Gerrard, with those of the corpo∣ration.

  On a large silver bason is the following:

  "Ex dono Lioneli Vane armigeri majori & burgensibus villae & comitatus Novi Castri super Tinam."—Arms of the town, and those of Vane and Fenwick.

  On a silver salver and epergne, given by Mr. Bowes:

  "The first royal purse of one hundred guineas, run for at Newcastle upon Tyne, was won, June 25th, 1753, by a bay horse called Cato, belonging to George Bowes, Esq. who generously presented it to the corporation to purchase a piece of plate, in remembrance of his Majesty's grace and favour."—The King's arms, those of the town, and Bowes.

  There is preserved, also, in this house, a gilt silver cup, of very elegant design and exe∣cution, in which it is usual to present mulled wine to the new mayor, at his first entrance into the mansion-house; for which purpose it is said to have been given to the corporation.
• g 2.167

  Above hang buckets and fire-caps, for the use of fire-men, and to supply the engines for extinguishing fires, with water.—Over the chimney-piece some fragments of ancient armour claim the attention of the curious visitant.
• h 2.168

  December 15th, 29 Hen. VIII. "Johannes Lumley Miles Dominus de Lumley," feoffed Edward Baxter with a house in the Close.—This lately belonged to Mr. Russell, wine-merchant, near the Close-Gate.—(From a deed, in Latin, communicated by Mr. George Anderson, master-builder.)
• i 2.169

  Hoga, Hoghia, Hogium & Hogum; Hough, Heugh, How, Ho, i. e. Hill a Germ' Hoch. S. Hog. Belg. Hooh, idem. Hence Gr••••nhow, i. e. Green-Hill.—Stanhow Stone-Hill, &c.—Harrison's MS. Notes, in an interleaved copy of Bourne's History of Newcastle.

  There is a meeting-house for dissenters in the Close. I have only discovered two names of the ministers there—Mr. Alexander Nimmo and Mr. Graham.
• k 2.170

  To call the street "West-Gate-Street" is a pleonasm.

  "Gate in locorum nominibus significat viam, semitam: in quo sensu apud boreales vox etiamnum usurpatur: australibus autem significat januam, portam." In the Islandic, "Gata" est via—In the north, porta, seu janua, is commonly called "Yate."
• l 2.171

  This order is said to have commenced in Provence, A. D. 1245, when the General Council of Lyons was sitting, by means of an expelled novice. It was confirmed by Pope Nicholas the Fourth. They are reported to have admitted both sexes, who were allowed to have property. If they were married persons, they were to continue so; and although they could not lawfully or regularly marry after admission, yet, if they did, the marriage was still reputed valid. It was not a perfect, or complete religion, and has been accounted not a true order, so that, though its members were esteemed ecclesiastical persons, authors are not agreed whether or not they enjoyed the personal and real privileges of clerks and religious.—See Hospinian de Monachatu.
• m 2.172

  A name supposed to have been taken from the shape, or stuff of their habit. Dufresne, in verbo, tells us: "Saccus, vulgo inter monachicas vestes recensetur, diciturque fuisse sordidum quoddam amiculum, quod ceteris vestimentis superaddebatur: in quo a cilicio differebat seu tunica, e pilis caprinis texta, quae carni nudae adherebat."
• n 2.173

  In 1268, in a patent of the 51st of King Henry III. by which, at the desire of Robert Bruce, the King gave them an additional place, called, at that time, Stable-Garth. Bourne calls it, Constable-Calgarth. His words are as follow: "King Henry III. by his letters patent, dated 20th of November, in the 51st year of his reign, at the instance of Robert de Bruce, "dedit fratribus de penitentia J. Christi quandam placeam vocatam Constable-Calgarth in villa Novi Castri super Tinam et quae contigua erat clauso et placeae dictorum fratrum in eadem villa." p. 38. Wallis, in his History of Northumber∣land, vol. ii. p. 210, seems to quote the very words of the patent, thus: "Nov' Castr' su∣per Tynam. Fratres de penitentia Jesu Christi de quadam placea ibidem vocata Stable Garth contigua claus' dictorum fratrum concessa ad placeam suam elargendam."—Pat. 51 R. Hen. III.

  In 1272 they are mentioned by Mr. Pegge, in a paper in the Archaeologia, vol. iii. p. 130, concerning this order.

  The first house of this order (in England) was near Aldersgate, in London, in 1257.— They were put down in 1307, by the Council of Lyons.
• o 2.174

  "Such," says Bourne, citing here a MS. de rebus Novi Castri, p. 13, "was the opinion of Sir John Fenwick."—He adds, "it was late in the holding of Sir Ralph Dela∣val, then (i. e. tempore Hen. III) called by the name of Domus tratrum de penitentia J. Christi."
• p 2.175

  "Fratribus de Sacco ville Novi Castri per Tynam pro pitancia sua duorum dierum in adventu Regis Ibid. mense Januar' per manus fratis Walteri de Carleton Ibid. 8 die Januar'. 2••."—Wardrobe account of 23 •• d. •• published by the Society of Antiquaries of London.
• q 2.176

  See afterward in the account of the White-Friars.
• r 2.177

  This order of mendicants, called Carmelites, or White-Friars, and sometimes the brethren of the Blessed Virgin, with whom they were fond of boasting a familiar inter∣course, are reported, by some, to have come into England, A. D. 1240, and to have held their first European Chapter at Ailesford, in Kent, in the year 1245—but according to others, not till A. D. 1250, when they settled at Holme, now called Huln-Abbey, near Alnwick, in Northumberland. Speed, very erroneously, p. 1076, says, that their house in Newcastle was founded by King Edward I.

  Leland and Dugdale, both of them most egregiously mistaken, ascribe the foundation of it to Roger Thornton, merchant.
• s 2.178

  "Quandam placeam terrae vocatam le Walkenoll—quam quidem placeam quondam fratres de ordine predicto (i. e. beate Marie de Monte Carmeli) de Johanne de Byker tempore Domini Henrici quondam Regis Anglie proavi nostri de licentia ejusdem proavi nostri dictis fratribus & successoribus suis in feodo adquisiverunt." Prima pars paten' de anno Ed. III. 34^to m. 28.—See account of the Trinitarians.

  Bourne had discovered this from a writing of the date of 1287, in which some land is thus described: "Quae extendit in longitudine super le Wallknoll in australem partem domus fratrum de Monte Carmel, usque ad communem viam quae solebat ducere versus Fishergate."
• t 2.179

  "Fratribus de Monte Carmeli Novi Castri super Tynam pro pittancia sua unius dici in transitu Regis per ibid. mense Decembr' in principio per manus fratris Rogeri de Felton 9s.—Fratribus de Monte Carmeli ejusdem ville pro pittancia sua duorum dierum in adventu Regis Ibid. mense Januar' per manus fratris Rogeri de Felton ibidem 8 die Januar'."—Wardrobe account of 28 Ed. I. before cited.
• u 2.180

  "Edwardus Dei gratia Rex Anglie Dominus Hibernie & Dux Aquitanie omnibus ad quos presentes litere pervenerint salutem Sciatis quod cum locus in quo dilecti nobis in Christo prior & fratres ordinis beate Marie de Monte Carmeli in villa nostra Novi Castri super Tynam morantur eo quod murus ejusdem ville de novo constructus per medium clausi ipsorum prioris & fratrum prope eorum ecclesiam se extendit, in tantum artatus sit & restrictus, quod iidem prior & fratres ibidem non poterunt competenter nec honeste nec eciam absque magno incommodo & gravamine ville predicte diucius commorari Nos predictis priori & fratribus in hac parte ac eciam securitati ville predicte providere volen∣tes, dedimus & concessimus pro nobis & heredibus nostris quantum in nobis est eisdem priori & fratribus locum illum in quo fratres de penitencia Jesu Christi morari solebant in eadem villa, habend' & tenend' eisdem priori & fratribus de Monte Carmeli & successo∣ribus suis ad commorand' ibidem imperpetuum adeo integre libere & quiete sicut dicta fratres de penitencia locum illum prius tenuerunt sine occone vel impedimento nostri vel hered' nostror' justic. esc' vic' aut aliorum ballivor' seu ministror' nostrorum quorum∣cunque Ita tamen quod iidem prior & fratres de predicto ordine beate Marie, fratri Waltero de Carleton de predicto ordine de penitencia in eodem loco adhuc commoranti ad totam vitam suam prout statui suo convenit rationabilem inveniant sustentationem. In cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste meipso apud Karliolum 26 Maii anno regni nostri tricesimo quinto."—The above was confirmed by an Inspeximus of the 4th of Ed. II. Teste Rege apud Berewycum super Twede 16 die Feb. A. D. 1311.
• v 2.181

  Wardrobe account of the 15th, 16th, and 17th of Edward II. penes Th. Astle Ar∣mig. p. 31. See under Black-Friars.—"Fratribus de Monte Carmeli ejusdem ville pro eodem per manus ejusdem ibidem eodem die 8s.—14 Septembr' fratribus de Monte Car∣meli ejusdem ville &c. (ut supra) 8s."—There occurs, ibid. p. 215, "13 die Augusti ponebatur per preceptum Regis super corpus Johannis Estmer clerici hospicii Regis defuncti die sepulture ejusdem in ecclesia fratium de Monte Carmeli ejusdem ville unus pannus ad aurum in canabo."
• w 2.182

  "Secunda pars paten' de anno regni Regis Edwardi tercii decimo, m. 14. pro fra∣tribus carmelis de Novo Castro super Tynam. Rex omnibus &c. Licet &c. Volentes tamen dilectis nobis in Christo priori & fratribus ordinis beate Marie de Monte Carmeli in villa Novi Castri super Tynam gratiam facere specialem concessimus et licenciam de∣dimus pro nobis et heredibus nostris quantum in nobis est Ade Page de dicta villa Novi Castri quod ipse unum gardinum cum pertinentiis in eadem villa manso ipsorum prioris et fratrum ibidem contiguum quod de nobis non tenetur, sicut per inquisitionem per dilec∣tum nobis Johannem de Denton majorem dicte ville Novi Castri escaetorem nostrum ibi∣dem de mandato nostro captam et in canc' nostram retornatam, est compertum dare possit et assignare predictis priori & fratribus habend' et tenend' sibi & successoribus suis ad elargacionem mansi sui predicti imperpetuum &c. In cujus &c. Teste Rege apud Bothevill 20 die Novembr'."—In the Tower of London.
• x 2.183

  Steph. Addit. 2 vol. in Carm'. He wrote on the Master of the Sentences, Originals of Doctors, Resolutions of Questions, and against Wickliff's Articles.
• y 2.184

  See the Account of that Hospital.
• z 2.185

  "Lis inter Willielmum Glynn vicar' & Willielmum Boston priorem domus Carmelit' de oblatione candelarum cerearum die purificationis cum submissione prioris 17 Feb. 1424."—Reg. Langley, fol. 119.
• a 2.186

  Bale Scriptor' Brit' p. 94. Tanner's Bibliotheque, p. 228.
• b 2.187

  Randall's MSS. e Registro Fox p. 15.

  "Fr. Rob. Benton ord. frat. Carmelit. ord. presbiter Martii 23^o. 1497."
• c 2.188

  "Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit Geraldus Spore prior sive gardianus domus conventualis fratrum carmelitarum ville de Novo Castro super Ty∣nam et in comitatu ejusdem ac ejusdem loci conventus salutem in Domino sempiternam et fidem indubiam presentibus adhibere Noveritis nos prefatos priorem sive gardianum et con∣ventum unanimi assensu et consensu nostris ex quibusdam causis justis et racionabilibus animas et conscientias nostras specialiter moventibus ultro et sponte dedisse concessisse ac per presentes dare et concedere reddere et deliberare et confirmare illustrissimo in Christo Principi et Domino nostro Henrico octavo Dei gratia Anglie et Francie Regi Fidei De∣fensori Domino Hibernie et in terris supremo ecclesie Anglicane sub Christo capiti totam dictam domum nostram conventualem ac totum scitum fundum circuitum et precinctum ejusdem necnon omnia et singula maneria dominica mesuagia gardina curtilagia tofta terras et tenementa nostra prata pascuas pasturas boscos redditus reversiones servicia mol∣lendina passagia communias libertates aquas piscarias pensiones porciones annuitates decimas oblaciones ac omnia et singula emolumenta proficua possessiones hereditamenta ac jura nostra spiritualia et temporalia quecun{que} tam infra regnum Anglie et marchias ejusdem quam alibi ubicun{que} prefate domui nostre quoquomodo pertinentia spectantia sive incum∣bentia habend' tenend' gaudend' & libere percipiend' domum nostram conventualem predict' ac scitum fundum circuitum et precinctum ejusdem necnon omnia et singula predicta maneria dominica mesuagia gardina curtilagia tofta terras et tenementa ac cetera premissa cum suis juribus et pertinenciis universis prefato invictissimo Principi et Domino nostro Regi heredibus et assignatis suis imperpetuum cui in hac parte ad omnem juris effectum qui exinde sequi poterit aut potest nos et domum nostram conventualem predict' ac omnia jura nobis qualitercun{que} acquisita ut decet subjicimus et submittimus dantes et conce∣dentes eidem regie majestati omnem et omnimodam plenam et liberam facultatem aucto∣ritatem et potestatem nos et domum nostram predictam una cum omnibus et singulis manerijs terris tenementis redditibus revercionibus ac ceteris premissis cum suis ju••••••u•• et pertinentijs universis disponend' ac pro sue libere voluntatis regie libito ad quo••••un••∣••sus majestati sue placentes alienand' donand' convertend' et transferend' hujus•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 positiones alienaciones donaciones conversiones et translaciones per dictam majestatem suam quovis modo fiend' exnunc ratificantes et ratificamus ratas{que} et grat•••• a•• p••pe••••t•• firmas habitu••os nos promittimus per presentes Et ut premissa omnia et singula 〈◊〉〈◊〉 debitum sorti••i valeant effectum electionibus nobis et successoribus nostr•• 〈…〉〈…〉 querelis provocationibus appellationibus actionibus littibus et inst•• 〈…〉〈…〉 cun{que} juris et facti remedijs ac beneficijs nobis forsan et successoribus nostris in ea parte pretextu dispositionis alienacionis donacionis conversionis et translacionis predict' ac cete∣rorum premissorum qualitercum{que} competentibus et competituris omnibus{que} doli metus erroris ignorancie vel alterius materie sive disposicionis exceptionibus objectionibus et allegacionibus prorsus semotis et dispositis palam publice et expresse ex certa scientia nostra animis{que} nostris spontaneis renunciavimus et cessimus prout per presentes renunciamus et cedimus ac ab eisdem recedimus in hijs scriptis Et nos prefati prior sive gardianus et conventus et successores nostri dict' domum nostram conventualem scitum fundum cir∣cuitum ac mansionem et ecclesiam nostram predict' ac premissa omnia et singula cum suis juribus et pertinentijs universis prefato Domino nostro Regi heredibus et assignatis suis contra omnes gentes warantizabimus et defendemus imperpetuum per presentes In quo∣rum testimonium at{que} fidem nos prefati prior sive gardianus et conventus sigillum nostrum commune presentibus apposui fecimus. Dat' in domo nostra capitulari x^mo die mensis Januarij anno regni Regis Henrici octavi tricesimo.

  • Per me Gerald' Spor priorem &c.
  • Johannes Barrow presbyter
  • Wyllielmus Ynggo presbyter
  • Thomas Walls presbyter
  • Edwart Maxwell presbyter
  • Thomas Furnes presbyter
  • Clement Bell presbyter
  • Thomas Hedle presbyter
  • Robert Conere Novicii."
  • Bawge Store Novicii."

  Seal: red wax—Under a castle, the Virgin Mary sitting with her child—a shield of arms on each side of the castle—a figure on each side also—one hand of each lifted up, the other under the castle.—Inscription: "Sig..... de Carmelo Novi Castri super Tinam." See seals, plate ii. No. 5.

  (From the original surrender, remaining in the Augmentation-Office.)
• * 2.189

  It is thus in the record, but ought to be "apponi."
• d 2.190

  The following occurs in the Harleian MSS. 604. "A brefe certificate made upon the dissolucons of diverse monasteres & priores &c. 30 Hen. VIII. surrend—Newcastle —White Freres ther—Sir George Lawson keper—cler valew &c. 5s. Nombre 10.— The clere money &c. 5s.—The stock &c. 117s. 2d.—Rewards &c. 65s.—The remaner &c. 52s. 2d.—Leade and bells. 12 fother lead—Bells 2.—Woods &c. nil. plate &c. 41 unc.—Detts owyng unto and by nil."

  The following occurs in the minister's, or bailiff's accounts of divers religious houses in the county of Northumberland, from Michaelmas 30 Hen. VIII. to 31 Hen. VIII. at the same term.—"Domus nuper fratrum carmelit' infra villam Novi Castri—compu∣tus Georgii Lawson militis firmarii ibidem per tempus predictum—arreragia—nulla quia primus computus dicti computantis—summa nulla—redditus & firm'—sed reddit de firma scitus dicte nuper domus cum edificiis eidem annex' & scituat' in West-Gate infra villam Novi Castri super Tinam, et gardinis eidem pertinen' continen' unam acram sic' dimiss' Jacobo Lawson militi per indentur' dat' 28 Junii, anno regni Regis Hen. VIII. tricesimo primo pro termino viginti et unius annor' extunc sequen' reddend' inde an∣nuatim ad terminos Sancti Michael' Archi & Annunciat' beate Marie Virginis porcioni∣bus equalibus—summa 5s. summa totalis rec. 5s. quos solvit Guillielmo Grene receptori Dom' Regis ibidem ex recogn' dicti receptoris super hunc computum."

  From the original remaining in the Augmentation-Office.
• e 2.191

  "From West-Gate to Tynside," says Leland, "I saw the White Freres, whose Garth came almost to Tynside." See his Itinerary.
• f 2.192

  Sir Richard Gresham, an eminent merchant of London, third son of John Gresham, of Holt in Com. Norfolk, Esq. and father of the famous Sir Thomas Gresham, who built the Royal Exchange in London—in the 37th year of King Henry VIII. had, in con∣junction with Richard Billingford, a grant of the house of White Friars, between the West-Gate and the Side of the river Tyne in Newcastle.—Tanner's Notitia Monastica, p. 397-8. Biog. Brit. vol. iv. 2375.
• g 2.193

  Common-council books—January 27th, 1647—"moved that a pound of pepper claimed by Dr. Jennison as belonging to his house, called the Friars, payable every 25th of December, be paid, and the common-council desire that they may be informed by him for what cause it is to be paid."

  A person still alive informed me, that, within her memory, all the ground from the Close to the Postern was laid out in gardens, except the house of the White Friars, o•• at least a considerable part of the remains thereof, standing in the midst of them, and con∣verted into a gardener's house. It then belonged to a Mrs. Jennison, who claimed and received yearly of the town the above pound of pepper.—This was considered as an ac∣knowledgment, that that part of the town-wall that lies near it had been erected on the ground of this convent.
• h 2.194

  On the wall facing the town-wall are discoverable two small windows of the old priory, and in the corner an arched door-way, now built up, and appearing to be sunk deep in the earth.—See "Denton-Tower," in the old account of the wards of the town.

  A. D. 1364, a grant was obtained for founding in the town of Newcastle a fraternity in honour of the nativity and resurrection of our Lord—This was repealed the year fol∣lowing: "Pro fraternit' in Novo Castro super Tynam faciendo in honorem nativitatis et resurrectionis Jesu Christi. Pat. 37 R. Ed III. p. 2. m. 30. et anno 38. p. 2. m. 33. pro revocatione ejusdem. Et m. 12. in dorso—Et anno 39. p. 1. m. 24. Tom. iv. Rot. Turr' Londinen."—Northumbrie.

  In a MS. account of records relating to Newcastle, remaining in the Tower of Lon∣d••n, communicated by Thomas Astle, Esq. is the following entry: "Pat. 37 Ed. III. p. 1. m. 2. pro fraternitat' ibidem sac' et 20^th terre acquirend." And in the year 1404 a grant was obtained for founding a fraternity in honour of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Apostle, in that town.—I have not been able to discover the reasons why the above design was not carried into execution.

  "De fraternitate Sancti Johannis Baptistae & Johannis Apostoli in Novo Castro fa∣cienda et fundanda." Pat. 5 R. Hen. IV. p. 2. m. 25. tom. iv. Rot. Turr. Londinen.

  The above MS. account of Mr. Astle calls this a Guild or Fraternity. Can this have been founded in St. Mary's Hospital? See account of that hospital under A. D. 1412.
• i 2.195

  Bourne says, that it was built by the Baron of Bywell and Bolbeck about the 9th of King Edward III. when Ralph, Nevil, Lord of Raby, was created Earl Marshall—It is now the property of Mr. George Anderson, master builder—A remarkable wall about 8 feet broad pas••es the garden—it has been converted into a terrace—under this there is a vaulted pass••••e, made of very old bri••k••, and leading to Nevil-Tower.
• k 2.196

  "Jacobu•• Bertram tenet ••••um tenementum in villa Novi Castri in vico vocato West-Gate, quod quidem tenementum dictus Jacobus tenet libere de Comite Westmoreland ••n libero ••ocagio. Et reddit inde per annum ad Fest' Pentecostes & Martini in hieme equal' 3s. 4 l."—From the record in the Remembrancer's Office in the Temple, London.
• l 2.197

  Bourne, from his "Lib. de Rebus Novi Cast."
• m 2.198

  Bourne, p. 31.—"Ego Aselack de Killinghowe fundavi hospitale Sanctae Mariae Vir∣ginis & capellam super terram meam in Novo Castello super Tynam et ibi posui duos fratres regulares et unum capellanum ad serviendum Deo et pauperibus: reddidi meip∣sum Deo & beatae Mariae, & fratribus ejusdem hospitalis ibidem Deo servientibus ad hos∣pitandum pauperes et egenos clericos & peregrinos transeuntes pro salute animae patris mei matris meae & omnium pertinentium & pro salute animarum omnium hospitalis benefactorum.—Lib. Cart. Some of the witnesses were "Gilbert, parson of Eland, Richard, parson of Standfordham, Waldon, parson of Newburne, Eustachius, parson of Benton."—

  The words above, "super terram meam fundavi," seem plainly to infer that he raised the structure from the ground, although Bourne, on the authority of the MS. he so often cites, and which he calls "Liber Cartarum," styles Aselack the second founder. Having found in Cambden's Britannia, a Lord Walter de Bolbeck conveying lands to the church of Winchester, A. D. 1135, and one of the same name among the first benefactors to this place, he thinks them one and the same person, adding, that "it is a strong reason that this hospital was founded in King Henry I.'s reign." Yet we find in Tanner's No∣titia Monastica, p. 393, a Walter de Bolbeck founding the Abbey of Bl••nchland, A. D. 1165, at or near the time, it may be supposed, of the first foundation of this house, and to which that Baron may have been a benefactor before he was sixty years of age. It may be added, that what he has cited from the charter of Henry II. to the m••ns of Newcastle, favours out hypothesis; as does also the confirmation charter to this house by Richard I. mentioned afterwards, in which Aselack the founder 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••poken of as then alive. What Tanner, in his Notitia Monastica, has recorded concerning the different foundations of this house, being only a transcript of Bourne's very confused account, must necessarily follow the fortune of its original.
• n 2.199

  This house has been called at different periods, "The Hospital of Newcastle." See Bishop Pudsey's Charter to it, and that of Henry II. to the nuns.—"Of St. Mary the blessed virgin of West-Gate," see afterwards various records;—"of St. Mary and St. John the Evangelist," see a record from Bishop Langley's Register, A. D. 1412; also, "The West-Spittle," and, since the Hospital of the Trinity, which stood in an eastern extremity of the town, has been generally forgotten, "the Spittle," omitting the epithet which had clearly been used by way of contradistinction. "Spital" is evidently a corrup∣tion of "Hospital."—
• o 2.200

  "H. Dei gratia Dunolm' Episcopus omnibus hominibus tocius episcopatus sui cle∣ricis et laicis Francis et Anglis salutem. Sciatis nos concessisse & presenti carta confir∣masse fratribus de hospitali de Novo Castello omnes terras & tenuras que eis rationabi∣liter date sunt vel quas in futuro Deo juvante poterint adipisci. Quare volumus et precipimus quod predicti fratres de prescripto hospitali habeant et teneant omnes terras suas et tenuras et elemosinas pacifice quiete et integre cum omnibus libertatibus et li∣beris consuetudinibus et quietanciis suis sicut carte sue quas inde habent testantur. Testibus Willielmo Archid. Symone Camerario Magistro Ricardo de Colding Magistro Willielmo Blesen Willielmo filio Archiepiscopi Willielmo de Hoved Ricardo Capel∣lano de Novo Castello Magistro Waltero Capellano Episcopi Magistro Hamoe Wil∣lielmo Elemosinar' et aliis plunibus."—From the original still preserved among the writings of this hospital. It is finely written, and in the highest preservation. Enough of the seal remains to prove it is the same seal which has been engraved under the direction of Mr. Allan of Darlington.
• p 2.201

  "H. Rex Anglie & Dux Normann' et Aquitan' et Comes And' Archiepiscopo Ebor' et Episcopo Dunelm' & justic' & baron' & vic' & ministris et omnibus fidelibus suis de Northumberlanda Francis et Anglicis salutem. Sciatis me concessisse et confirmasse Deo et ecclesie Sancte Marie et hospitali de Novo Castello & fratribus ibidem Deo servientibus omnes terras et tenuras que eis rationabiliter date sunt vel in futur' Deo adjuvante po∣terint adipisci. Quare volo & firmiter precipio quod predicta domus hospitalis & fra∣tres ejusdem loci habeant et teneant omnes terras et tenuras & ••lemosinas suas bene & in pace et quiete et integre cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis consuetudinibus & quie∣tanciis suis sicut carte sue quas inde habent testantur. T. Willielmo fil' Johannis et Si∣mone fil' Petri et Nigello de Brok apud Dunolm."

  (Transcribed from a charter of inspeximus of 24 Ed. III. p. 1. m. 20. to this hospital— See afterwards.)

  "Simon filius Petri" occurs in the list of the Barons of the Exchequer, in the 11th year of the reign of Henry II.—Madox's Exchequer, p. 743.
• q 2.202

  See a charter of confirmation to that nunnery, in which is the subsequent clause:

  "H. Rex, &c. Sciatis me concessisse et charta confirmasse monialibus Sancti Bartholo∣mei de Novo Castello super Tynam omnes donationes que eis rationabiliter factae sunt: videlicet, &c.—Et hospitale Sanctae Mariae de predicto Castello et terram, &c."—Bourne, p. 48, who supposes this hospital to have been a cell to that nunnery. Leland, in his Col∣lectanea, vol. i. p. 41, new edition, has the following note: "Monasterium monialium S. Bartholomei in Novo Castro super Tinam Fl.'—Hospitale S. Mariae de predicto Castello in usus monialium datum."
• r 2.203

  "Sciatis me dedisse et concessisse Domino et Sanctae Mariae & Sanctimonialibus de Novo Castello pro salute animae meae et antecessorum meorum.—Aselack burgensem meum de Novo Castello &c.—Lib. Cart. Bourne, p. 3••. from a charter of Richard I. —In this too is pointed out the connection of this house with the nunnery.
• s 2.204

  "Carta Walteri de Bolebec—Hec est agnicio de terra Walteri de Bolebec de Nor∣thumberland, &c. occurs in the Liber Niger Scaccarii tempore Henrici secundi, p. 33••. vol. i."
• t 2.205

  Bourne, p. 31. No mayor's name as principal witness is affixed to this deed—Other witnesses are "Reginald de Benwell, John Morress, and several others."
• u 2.206

  "Sciant omnes presentes & futuri quod ego Adamus de Neusum concessi et presenti carta mea confirmavi Deo et beatae Mariae et fratribus hospital' Sancte Marie de Novo Castro in West-Gate totam terram quam ipsi tenent in villa de Neusum cum omnibus per∣tinen' suis in liberam puram et perpetuam elemosinam. Et sciend' quod ego remisi eis et quietum clamavi redditum tredecim denariorum quos ipsi solebant reddere mihi annuatim pro firma predicte terre pro salute anime mee et uxoris mee Eve & antecessorum & here∣dum meorum. Hiis testibus Walt' Grafard Ricardo de Hereford Willielmo de Stikelaw Johanne Maudut Rogero de Halewell Simon de Walteden Petro Scotto & multis aliis." (From the original in the archives of the hospital.) Dorso "Quieta clamatio omnium in Newsham per Adamum de Newsham, Petro Scotto majore de Novo Castro test."—Peter Scot was mayor A. D. 1251.
• v 2.207

  See Tanner's Notitia Monastica, p. 395. "Cart. 36 Hen. III. m. 5. pro libertatibus."
• w 2.208

  Bourne, p. 31.—Henry de Carliol, mayor, Adam Clericus, Thomas de Carliol, John Flemmynge, John Sante, bailiffs of Newcastle, occur as witnesses to this deed. Our author farther informs us, that Robert Lacy was at that time rector of this hospital: an office which one Simon had held A. D. 1251. As had one Radulphus before him, but it is unknown at what time.
• x 2.209

  Bourne, p. 31. To this writing was annexed the seal of the town of Newcastle, Henry de Carliol being mayor that year, which was probably the year 1••59, the sixth year of his mayoralty, for he was mayor ten years together—Other witnesses were Robert de Mitford (probably of the Northumberland family of that name) and Adam de Blakedene.
• y 2.210

  Ibid. p. 32.
• z 2.211

  Ibid. p. 31. Witnesses, Nicholas Scott, Gilbert de Tindale, Robert Scott.
• a 2.212

  From the original deed still preserved among the writings of this house—"Hiis testi∣bus Rad. Capellano Toma Capellano de Hospitali Jurdano Capellano Sancti Johannis, &c."
• b 2.213

  From the original, ibid. "Habendum et tenendum de prenominato hospitali et nobis illi et heredibus ejus reddendo annuatim prenomin' hospitali 5 fol. scilicet 2 fol. & dimid. ad Pascham & 2 sol. & dimid. ad Fest. Sancti Michaelis sicut pro hoc tenemento nobis predictus Udardus in Gersuma duo tilleta" Nicholas Scot, who was mayor 1269, occurs as a witness.
• c 2.214

  See Rotuli Parliament. vol. i. p. 57—59, and Tanner's Notitia Monastica, p. 395. Pat. 18 Ed. I. m. 6. de posterno faciendo in muro civitatis. Tanner cites, ibid. "Pla∣cita in com' Northumb' 21 Ed. I. Assis. Rot. 5. dorso, de Mess. in Novo Castro."
• d 2.215

  Bourne, p. 31. The names of witnesses to this deed were those of Hugo de Carliol, William de Og••el, and Walter de Cowgate—the first was mayor, and the others two of the bailiffs of Newcastle that year.—At this time Hugo de Pandon was master of this hospital.
• e 2.216

  Prynne's Records, vol. iii. p. 684. "Pat. 24 Ed. I. m. 22. dorso, protectiones pro per∣sonis ecclesiasticis—Magister hospitalis beatae Mariae de West-Gate de Novo Castro super Tynam."
• f 2.217

  From an authenticated copy of the original record, "Paten' de anno regni Regis Edwardi primi tricesimo secundo, m. 19.—See also Tanner's Notitia Monastica, p. 395.
• g 2.218

  Bourne, p. 31. Witnesses to this deed, Peter le Graper, Nicholas Scott, Walter de Cowgate, Richard Emmelden, the first of whom was mayor, and the second one of the bailiffs of Newcastle that year.
• h 2.219

  Bourne, p. 31.—Witnesses, Richard de Emmeldon, mayor of Newcastle, and Tho∣mas de Morpeth. One James occurs as master of this hospital about this time, and also A. D. 1333.

  Bourne has preserved, but without dates, the names of a few more of the benefactors to this place. Alan de Wylam, Alan de Gateside, John Porter, Thomas de Gosforth, Radulphus de Causi, William, son of Robert de Corbrigg, Gilbert de Mora, &c.
• i 2.220

  "Hiis testibus Domino Johanne Marmeduck, Willielmo de Farneacres, Alexandro de Trifford, Gilberto Gategang—Johanne de Birteley, Johanne de Kyblesworth, Thoma de Pelton, Willielmo de Redhow," &c.
• k 2.221

  From the original licence preserved among the writings of this hospital, to which a very large seal of white wax still remains appendant; each side of which corresponds with the cut of the great seal of King Edward III. prefixed to the account of his reign in Speed's Chronicle.—Dorso in another hand—"Postmodum vicesimo die Martii anno regni Regis Edwardi tertii vicesimo quinto magister & fratres infra scripti praetextu con∣cessionis ist••us adquisiverunt terras & tenementa ad valorem sexaginta et quatuor solido∣rum"—purporting that eighteen years afterwards, the house, in consequence of this licence of mortmain, had purchased lands and tenements to the value of sixty-four shillings per annum.

  See also Tanner's Notiti•• Monastica, p. 395, "Pat. 7 Ed. III. p. 2, m. 5, vel 6."
• l 2.222

  From the original, still preserved among the papers of this hospital. The seal is much defaced.
• m 2.223

  From the original, still preserved, ibid. "Hiis testibus Ricardo de Galoway tunc majore dicte ville Novi Castri, Willielmo de Acton Johanne Wodeman Thoma Fle∣myng Roberto de Penreth, ball••••is ejusdem ville. Dat' apud villam Novi Castri pre∣dictam die Jovis pro••im' ante festum Sancti Pe••ri in Cathedra anno Domini 1343."
• n 2.224

  See "History of Newcastle upon Tyne and corporate town."
• o 2.225

  From the original, preserved among the papers of this house: "Hiis testibus Roberto de Raymes tunc vicecomite Northumbr', Roberto de Fenwick, Johanne de Ovyngham, Johanne de Whitchester, Gilberto Scot, &c. Dat' apud Neubiggyng super Moram die Sabbati prox' ante (seu post) festum Sancti Valentini, A. D. 1347."

  See also Tanner's Notitia Monastica, p. 395, "Pat. 25 Ed. III. p. 1, m. 10, vel 20, pro terris in Newbygging,"—probably a licence of mortmain to confirm the above gift of Gilbert Palmer.
• p 2.226

  From an authenticated copy of the original record in the Tower of London: "Pars prima paten' de anno regni Regis Edwardi tercii 24, m. 20 de confirmatione."—See also Tanner's Notitia Monastica, p. 395.
• q 2.227

  "Praefectio in prioratum de West-Spitall.

  "Reg. Hatfield Dun. p. 66.

  "Thomas permissione divina Dunolm' Episcopus dilecto filio Roberto de Morton cano∣nico ecclesiae B. Mariae in West-Gate de Novo Castro ordinis S. Augustini nostrae dioc' in priorem dictae ecclesiae electo salutem gratiam & benedictionem. Praesenta' nobis ex parte tuâ et confratrum tuorum nuper de tua electione in ecclesia seu prioratu B. Mariae predict' (ipso prioratu per mortem fratris Willielmi de Norton, ultimi prioris loci ejusdem vacante) de tuâ person••i facta verumque ipsam absque decreto et aliis juris solemniis de facto invenimus attemptatam, ac canonicis obviam institutis. Deliberato concilio candem elec∣tionem electionis vitio non personae cassavimus et ad tuae personae meritum nostrae mentis oculos convertentes, te Robertum predictum in dicti prioratus priorem et auctoritate nos∣tr•• propri•• praesecimus et creamus, tibique plenam et liberam administrationem tam in spiritualibus quam in temporalibus in omnibus que ad officium seu dignitatem dicti prio∣ratus pertinent seu pertinere poterunt quoquomodo concedimus et communicamus p•• presentes jure et dignitate nostris et ecclesiae nostrae Dunolm' in omnibus semper salvis. In cujus rei &c. Dat' in manerio nostro de Aukland &c. et consecrationis nostrae 25."
• r 2.228

  From an authenticated copy of the original record in the Tower of London. "Anno 41 Ed. III. p 2, m. 11, pro magistro hospit. B. Marie in de West-Gate de Novo Cas∣tro—Teste Rege apud Westmon."
• s 2.229

  Original grant, among the writings of the hospital.
• t 2.230

  See the Register of Bishop Langley, p. 91.
• u 2.231

  Bourne says, but it should seem erroneously, that John Colman was master here, A. D. 1415. The form of collation runs thus: "Thomas permissione divina Dunelm' Episcopus dilecto filio & religioso viro fratri Willielmo Karlell ordin. regular. S. Augus∣tini in domo sive hospitali B. Marie & S. Johannis Evangelistae vulgariter nuncupat' West-Spitell de Novo Castro ordinis supradicti nostrae dioc' &c." See Bishop Lang∣ley's Register.
• v 2.232

  Regist. Langley, p. 91.
• w 2.233

  Ibid. In the citation mention occurs of the keeper, or master, the canons, brethren, and sisters, presbyters and servants of this house.
• x 2.234

  Vide Bishop's Register.
• y 2.235

  Ibid. "Ad de nunciendum omnes & singulos sore excommunicatos qui quampluri∣ma et diversa bona hospitalis de West-Spittell dictae villae Novi Castri, viz. libros, calices aliaque jocalia & ornamenta de ipso▪ hospitali substraxerunt et ad loca ignota asportaverunt, te••••asque re••d••tur & possessiones nec non cartas, literas & munimenta ac alia jura dicto hospitali pe••••nen' a diu detinnerunt et adhuc detinent, concelant & occultant Et qui etiam ••botes de boscis dich hospitalis apud St. Mary Sheles & Chesterhop exciderunt & abduverunt, &c."
• z 2.236

  Bourne, p. 210.
• a 2.237

  "Three gilt chalices, one entire vestment of bloody velvet, woven about with gold fringes, with one cap, one casule, and three albs for the principal festivals.—Also one cap of cloth of gold, of red colour, wrought with golden images, with one casule, and three albs.—One cap of a black colour, woven, with dragons and birds, in gold.—One single vestment, wrought in with peacocks, with a corporal belonging to the same.— Another single vestment, for the priest, only of white, bordered about with roses, and with a corporal belonging to it.—Another, of a bloody colour, with a corporal.—Ano∣ther, of cloth of gold.—Another of the same, interwoven with leopards and birds.—One hood, or cap.—One casule.—One alb, with a stole.—A single vestment, for the priest, in the hands of John Fitzhenry, the present master.—One single vestment, for the priest of St. Nicholas.—One hood.—A cover of bloody velvet, for a sepulchre.—Two casule 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the middle of white colour.—One hood, of a red colour, for an ornament to the altar of St. Nicholas.—Two linen cloths, of a red colour, for the side ornament of the altar.— One frontale, of sattin, of a bloody colour, woven with golden images, for the altar.— One quadrigesimal veil, of linen cloth, of white colour, with a red cross below in the same.—One table, set apart as an ornament for the linen of the altar.—One table, gilded, with the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary.— Two tables, with the pax, one of them gilded, and beset with precious stones, &c."—Bourne, p. 32, 33.
• b 2.238

  Hutchinson's Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 392, from Randall's MSS. "Mag••. Jo∣hannes Bird in legibus B. custos, 1501."
• c 2.239

  See History of the Misteries.
• d 2.240

  See Tunstal's Register, p. 6.
• e 2.241

  Regist. Tunstal, p. 6.
• f 2.242

  Itinerary, vol. vii. p. 60, new edition.—Ibid. vol. v. p. 112, 113, 115. "Between West-Gate and the Tyne side, I saw the hospitall of St. Mary Virgin."
• g 2.243

  Deed in the archives of the hospital, dated January 1st, 25 Hen. VIII.
• h 2.244

  Aubone MS.
• i 2.245

  See Sancroft's MS. valor' cited in Tanner's Notitia Monastica, p. 395.—But by an extract out of the First-Fruits-Office, preserved among the writings of this house, and dated January 30th, 26th Hen. VIII. the clear value thereof is said to be 26l. 8s. 4 ¼d. "Unde pro decima Domino Regi 53s. 4d."

  The following account of this house is preserved in a certificate of colleges and chan∣tries in Northumberland and Durham, 37 Hen. VIII. A. D. 1546, remaining in the Augmentation-Office:

  "The hospitalle of our Ladye called West-Gate-Spittell within the towne of New∣castell upon Tyne—was founded (as it is reported) by the inhabitants of the towne of Newcastell to have a master contynually resident upon the same and a chaplayn with hym to say divyne service the•• and to kepe six bedefolks in the almes howse ther and to lodge all ••o•••• and waifayring people beinge destitute of lodginge and to bury suche as fortuned ther to dye at the costs and chan•••••• of the said master and to distribute yerely nine chal∣ders of coles amonge poore people and to give ten shillings yerely in redy money to the be••••••olks towards the maintaining of their lyvynge, which order is not observyd at the present—Yerely value 25l. 13s. 4d.— value according to this survey 33l. 15s. as apereth by a rentall whereof is to be dedu••ted for a rent resolut' 13s. 4d. for an yerely almes 19s. and for the tenthes paid to the Kinges majestie 53s. 4d.—4l. 5s. 8d.—And remayneth 〈◊〉〈◊〉 29l. 9••. 4d. which Robert Davell doctor of the lawe now master of the said hospitall taketh and perceiveth yerely to his own use and is not resident upon the same hospital nor in hospitalitie ther kept savyng one preest that kepeth the house and orchards and hath fyve pounds yerely for his stipend by way of one annuitie. The said hospitall is no parishe church of itself but is within the parish of Seynt Nicholas afforesaid—Value of orna∣ments, jewells, plate, goodes and catalls 9l. 14s. 3d. as apereth by a perticuler inven∣tory of the same. Ther wer no other landes nor yerely profitts belonging to the said hos∣pitall syth the 4th of February in the 26. yere of the Kinges majesties reigne more than is mentioned to our knowlege."

  Bourne, p. 31, cites from the authority "de Rebus Novocastr'," something like the substance of the above, which he calls a third foundation of this hospital.

  In St. John's Register, September, 1592, "Spitle Almous House" occurs.—This, which stood near this hospital in West-Gate, was pulled down a few years since, and its inhabitants removed to that in the Pudding-Chare, with which this hospital is at present connected, and where the brethren of it now live.

  Randall's MSS. say this hospital is valued, in the King's books, at 9l. 11s. 51d.—The yearly tenths, 19s. 1¾d.—Episcopal procuration, 13s. 4d.
• k 2.246

  Preserved among the writings of the house.—There is another of the date of 1572, when John Raymes was master, and George Gray, chaplain.
• l 2.247

  In a MS. note of such muniments and writings as remained in the common hutch of Newcastle, A. D. 1565, I found the following articles relating to this house: "An ex∣emplification of certain presentations made touching the West-Spittell.

  "An indenture, containing goods, and the contents of them, sometime belonging to the West-Spitell.

  "An instrument, declaring that certain priests, there named, desired (of) the mayor and bailiffs of Newcastle, as patrons and founders of the West-Spittell, to be admitted as bre∣thren into the same.

  "An indenture of the goods belonging to the West-Spitell.

  "The presentation of the West-Spitell."

  And in an inquisition, dated September 2d, 1577, I found the subsequent, concerning this and the other hospitals of the town.

  "Item, the Weste-Spittell, the hospitalle called the Magdalens and the chapell of Saint Thomas otherwyse called the chapell of Tyne-Brydge-Ende hath been gyven by the maior and comburgesses of the said towne of Newcastell tyme without memorye of man,—for we have sene dyvers and sundrye auntient graunts remaynyng in our towne chamber of the donations thereof soo that we find no confilement thereof harthe bene from her majestie nor from any of her noble progenitors."
• m 2.248

  5 Edward VI. Aubone MS.
• n 2.249

  Tunstal's Register, p. 50.
• o 2.250

  Barnes' Register, p. 6.—Yet there is found, in that of Bishop Pilkington, p. 59, an institution, dated at Aukland, January 19th, 1564, of Richard Master, M. D. "Regiae majestatis in aula servientis" to the custody of this hospital.

  Randal observes upon this: "There seems to be a sort of contradiction as to the dates of the two last instruments, and also of the subject matter thereof: for Raymes was insti∣tuted to the mastership, April 25th, 1558, and was not deprived till May 1579; and if Richard Master was appointed warden as above, in 1564, it was most certainly whilst Raymes was master, which is inconsistent, not only to have two masters or wardens at the same time, but because Raymes held the wardenship for above fourteen years after this institution of Master bears date; and likewise, because Anthony Garforthe is said to be Raymes's successor in the instrument by which he was appointed on Raymes's depri∣vation.

  The preamble to King James's charter to this hospital sets forth, that John Raymes, in the rebellion in the north, was committed to Durham gaol.

  He occurs, as master of this hospital, in a lease dated January 30th, 1575.
• p 2.251

  Barnes' Register, p. 9.
• q 2.252

  Grey's MSS. Yet he subjoins a query, "When, and to whom, such grant was made?" The subsequent note, which perhaps answers Mr. Grey's query, was copied at the Rolls chapel, in May, 1781, and communicated by N. Punshon, Esq. under-sheriff of Newcastle. "At the Rolls, 9 Dec. 22 Eliz. p. 8. (A. D. 1580) Grant to John Farneham in fee of the Hospital of the Blessed Mary in West-Gate in Newcastle called the West-Spittle: and of a house belonginge to the chantery of the Blessed Mary Mag∣dalene in Newcastle, and divers hereditaments belonging to the said hospital and chan∣tery."

  Bourne, p. 33, tells us, that "In the 24th of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the hos∣pital of St. Mary, in West-Gate, and St. Mary Magdalene, without Pilgrim-Street-Gate, were granted to Theophilus Adams, and James Woodshaws, under the yearly rent of 3s. 4d."

  See Tanner's Notitia Monastica, p. 392, "Pat. 24 Eliz. 431"—he is speaking of the Magdalen Hospital.
• r 2.253

  Register Barnes, p. 12.
• s 2.254

  Ibid. p. 21. In the time of Ewbank's mastership, the great charter of the 42d of Elizabeth was obtained, when the chancel of the old church of this hospital was converted into an election room for the corporation of Newcastle. Bourne says, it was the vestry— but he is plainly mistaken, for the vestry projected to the south—it is now a cellar.—It communicated, in his time, by a door with the chancel.—The grand eastern window, now entirely built up, contained in its painted, or stained glass, an image of the Virgin Mary, with her child on her knees.—In this window, also, Sir George Selby, who was mayor in 1600, put up his own arms, and made, as our author adds, "a traverse over it, and sent to London for twenty-four chairs of mustinie leather (quaere), and there is the election, though the mayor lays down his staff in the old school"—i. e. in the place which is now the writing school, and was formerly the grammar school, before the present one was fitted up. To do this, it appears they have pulled down the side aisles of the hos∣pital church, and inclosed the middle aisle by a wall on each side, under the arches.— There has been a large window, now built up also, at the west end. This was plainly discovered at the opening out of one of these arches, on making a new entrance to this place, A. D. 1782.

  The present wood floor of the school covers the pavement of the old chapel or church, which consisted of Dutch tiles, of different colours, disposed lozenge-wise. There is still preserved a very observable old table in the writing school, over which, on the election day, the old mayor breaks his rod. It appears, from the style of some of its ornaments, as old as Henry VI.'s time.—I found the following names of writing masters here in the common-council books—William Ga••••e. Feb. 4, 1655, George Armstronge.—Nov. 1, 1693, William Banson.—1727, Henry Banson, son of the former.—1744, William Barison, son of Henry.—1776, James Wright.—1778, Robert Askew.
• * 2.255

  Ewbank was prebendary of Durham and rector of Whickham.—See History of Durham.
• t 2.256

  The matrix of a seal still used by the master of this house, and probably made on this occasion, gives an impression as represented in Plate I. of Seals, N^o 2. There is affixed to a deed of Robert de Mordon (who was master, A. D. 1371), and still preserved in the archives of the house, the fragment of what has been a beautiful oval seal, represent∣ing the Virgin Mary and Child under a canopy of Gothic work, the execution whereof much exceeds that of the seal in present use. See "Seals, Plate II. N^o 7."
• u 2.257

  From a copy in Latin, in Grey's MS. collections.—See Appendix.
• v 2.258

  There was a trial at York. The mayor and burgesses of Newcastle against this Ewbank, relative to the rents of St. Mary's Hospital.—The decree of court is dated March 21, 1614, Ewbank to pay one hundred pounds to the mayor and burgesses, but no costs in the suit.—Records of the hospital.
• w 2.259

  This lease is still preserved among the writings of the hospital.
• x 2.260

  Register of Bishop Neile, p. 57.
• y 2.261

  Grey's MSS.
• z 2.262

  He occurs, as such, in a lease still preserved in the archives of this house, dated Jan. 17th, 1630.
• a 2.263

  Records of the house.
• b 2.264

  He occurs, as master, in a lease still preserved among their writings, dated August 26th, 1669.
• c 2.265

  Archives of the house.
• d 2.266

  Occurs in a lease preserved ibid. and dated June 5th, 1691.
• e 2.267

  Occurs in a lease preserved ibid. and dated May 1st, 1703.
• f 2.268

  Occurs, as master, in a lease, dated March 18th, 1714.
• g 2.269

  Occurs, as such, in deeds belonging to the hospital, dated February 2d, 1721. Also September 28th, 1738.
• h 2.270

  Grey's MSS.
• i 2.271

  Archives of the hospital.
• k 2.272

  Archives of the hospital.—January 24th, 15 Geo. III. A. D. 1775, a lease was granted by Henry Featherstonehalgh, bachelor in divinity, master of this hospital, to Phila∣delphia Horseley, of lands in Bolam, belonging to the said hospital, for three lives.—Fine on renewal of one life, 67l. 12s. 8d.—Yearly rent, 1l. 2s. 4d.—Land 120 acres.— Ibid.
• l 2.273

  Newcastle Courant.
• m 2.274

  It is said, in the life of Bishop Ridley, that that prelate received the first rudiments of literature at Newcastle school. Sed quaere.
• n 2.275

  Warton's History of English Poetry, vol. ii. p. 433.

  "Soon after the year 1500, Lillye, the famous grammarian, who had learned Greek at Rhodes, and had afterwards acquired a polished Latinity at Rome, under Johannes Sulpicius and Pomponius Sabinus, as one of the most exact and accomplished scholars of his age, was appointed the first master of St. Paul's School in London, then newly esta∣blished."—Ibid.
• o 2.276

  "Omnibus Cristi fidelibus ad quos pres••ns scriptum pervenerit Thomas Horslay maior ville Novi Castri super Tinam Johannes Watsone vicecomes ejusdem ville ac Cristoferus Brigham, Thomas Riddalle Johannes Blaixtone Edwardus Baxter Henricus Andersonne & Gilbertus Myddeltone, aldermanni dicte ville ac communitas ejusdem ville salutem in Domino sempiternam. Sciatis quod cum predictus Thomas Horslay per ultimam volun∣tatem suam constituerit et declaraverit quod omnes exitus firme & reverciones omnium et singulorum tertarum et tenementorum suorum unde Willielmus Herone, miles, ac alii di∣verse persone conjunct••m scoffati seisiti existunt infra villam Novi Castri super Tinam ex dono et feoffamento predicti Thome Horslay immediate post obitum ejusdem Thome Horslay ac cujusdam Johanne modo consortis sue perciperentur et levarentur per majorem v••cecomitem aldermannos & communitatem dicte ville ad usum & proficuum cujusdam idonei presbeteri sive magistri profunditer etuditi et instructi in grammatica, qui quandam communem scholam grammaticalem infra dictam villam pro eruditione & instructione om∣nium & singulorum scholarium in villa predicta sive ad villam predictam inhabitantium et confluentium absque aliquo regardo seu aliquo alio proinde reddendo seu solvendo custodiet prout per dictam ultimam voluntatem dicte Thome Horslay plenius apparet. Nos vero prefati major vicecomes aldermanni & communitas considerantes ultimam voluntatem pre∣dicti Thome fore pro communi utilitate & proficuo ville predicte temporibus in futuris cu∣pientes et volentes dictam ultimam voluntatem juxta veram intentionem et effectum ejus∣dem perimpleri & observari in augmentationem sustentacionis capellani sive magistri pre∣dicti & successorum suorum unanimi nostro consensu & assensu dedimus & concessimus ac per presentes damus et concedimus Willielmo Herone Willielmo Bulmar juniori Thome Tempeste militibus Roberto Davell clerico Christophero Brigham Christophero Myt∣ford generosis Thome Riddalle Johanni Blaxton Gylberto Middelton Willielmo Blithman Thome Arthore Edwardo Fiffe clericis Georgio Beidnelle & Willielmo Dente quandam annualem redditum sive annuitatem quatuor marcarum exeuntem de camera nostra dicte ville vulgariter vocata Le Towne Chawmer, habend' et percipiend' dictum annualem redditum sive annuitatem quatuor marcarum prefatis Willielmo Herone Willielmo Bul∣mar Thome Roberto Christophero Christophero Thome Johanni Gilberto Willielmo Thome Edwardo Georgio & Willielmo heredibus et assignatis suis in perpetuum ad usum cujusdam capellani sive magistri profunditer eruditi in grammatica post mortem pre∣dicti Thome Horslay & Johanne uxoris sue per majorem vicecomitem aldermannos et communitatem ville predicte providend' nec non et successorum suorum juxta vim for∣mam & intentionem ultime voluntatis dicti Thome Horslay cujus una pars penes nos in camera nostra predicta remanet salvò custodiend' solvend' annuatim ut predictum est ad festa Pasche seu Sancti Michaelis proxim' post obitum dictorum Thome Horslay & Johanne et deinceps ad dicta festa annuatim solvend' equis porcionibus per manus camerariorum nostrorum ville predicte pro tempore existent'. In cujus rei testimonium sigillum nos∣trum commune presentibus apposuimus."—From a deed in the archives of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne, inscribed dorso "1525, A Reciteal of Tho. Horseley's Will, whereby he devised all his lands in Newcastle, after the death of him and his wife, for the endowment of a free school there."
• p 2.277

  In Doctor Eliison's interleaved copy of Grey's Chorographia, p. 20, he says: "The Grammar School was anciently in St. Nicholas' church-yard, as appears by some leases belonging to that church.—See also Speed's Plan of Newcastle, in his Map of Northum∣berland, where the Grammar-School is marked to be in that church-yard—See also Bourne, p 34.

  At the visitation of the Bishop of Durham, Feb. 1, 1577, Humphrey Gray and Tho∣mas Bo••well, schoolmasters (probably of Horseley's School here), occur.—Randall's MSS.

  It appears by St. Nicholas' Register, that Humphrey Gray was buried July 8th, 1594.

  Ibid.—December ••7, 1596, Cuthbert Ogle, grammar schoolmaster, occurs.
• q 2.278

  Dr. Ellison's MS.—Grey's Chorographia, p. 20. Bourne says that the removal was in 1559, but this must be a typographical mistake for 1599, for he himself assigns the incor∣poration by charter for the reason of the removal: adding on his MS. authority, that on the resignation of Mr. Barras, the last master on the old foundation, Mr. Fowberry, on the invitation of George Chapman, mayor, in 1599, 1600, was appointed the first on the new one. The subsequent entry in an old Pew-Book of St. Nicholas' church proves that Burrows was Master in 1598. "Anno 1598. The fifth stall let to Francis Burrows, schoolmaster of the hye School."

  A petition occurs in the common-council-books, Feb. 13th, 1657, to make the old school into a dye-house, which was rejected: part of it has since been made subservient to more necessary purposes, and having experienced the fate of Baal's Temple of old, it "remaineth a draught-house unto this day."
• r 2.279

  Elizabeth Dei gratia Anglie, &c.—Insuper sepius animo nostro volventes quantum interfit reipublice Anglicane, cui Deus optimus maximus praeesse voluit nos, juventutem habere bene institutum et a teneris animis in vere Christiane religionis rudimentis, doc∣trina et bonis moribus instructum, ex gratia nostra speciali et benevolentia quas erga om∣nes subditos nostros et precipue erga inhabitantes ville nostre Novi Castri super Tynam ge∣rimus, voluimus ordinavimus et constituimus ac per presentes pro nobis heredibus et suc∣cessoribus nostris volumus ordinamus et constituimus et concedimus quod infra villam predictam Novi Castri super Tinam, libertates, limites et precinctus ejusdem erigatur et in perpetuum sit una libera schola grammaticalis, que quidem libera schola grammaticalis de cetero erit et vocabitur Libera Schola Grammaticalis Regine Elizabethe in Novo Castro su∣per Tinam et erit et consistet de uno magistro & scholatibus in eadem instruendis et quod iidem magister & scholares ejusdem schole de cetero in perpetuum sint et erunt unum cor∣pus corporatum et politicum in re, facto et nomine per nomen Magistri et Scholarium libere Schole Grammaticalis Regine Elizabethe in Novo Castro super Tinam et unum corpus corporatum et politicum realiter et ad plenum pro nobis heredibus et successoribus nostris elegimus facimus ordinamus constituimus et creamus per presentes. Et quod per idem nomen habeant successionem perpetuam et sint et erunt perpetuis futuris temporibus per∣sone habiles et in lege capaces ad habendum perquirendum recipiendum & possidendum terras tenementa libertates jurisdictiones franchesias et hereditamenta quecunque cujus∣cunque generis nature sive speciei fuerint sibi et successoribus suis in feodo simplici et per∣petuitate aut aliter aut pro aliquo termino annorum dummodo non excedant annuum valo∣rem quadraginta librarum et dummodo non teneantur de nobis heredibus & successoribus nostris in capite aut per servitium militare statuto de terris & tenementis in manu mortua non ponendis aut aliqua alia ordinacione vel statuto in contrarium non obstante. Nec non ad dand' concedend' dimittend' et assignand' eadem terras tenementa et hereditamenta et ad omnia et singula alia facta et res faciend' et exequend' per nomen predictum. Et quod per idem nomen placitare et implacitari respondere & responderi defendere et defendi va∣leant et possint in quibuscunque curiis & locis et coram quibuscunque heredum et suc∣cessorum nostrorum in omnibus et singulis actionibus sectis querelis causis materiis et de∣mandis quibuscunque cujuscunque sint generis nature conditionis seu speciei eisdem modo et forma prout alii legii nostri hujus regni Anglie persone habiles et in lege capaces placi∣tare et implacitari respondere & responderi defendere et defendi et habere perquirere reci∣pere possidere dare concedere & dimittere valeant et possint. — Et quod dicti magister et scholares & eorum successores pro tempore existentes habeant in perpetuum commune si∣gillum pro causis et negotiis suis quibuscunque et successorum suorum agend' servitur' Ac quod bene liceat et licebit eisdem magistro & scholaribus & successoribus suis sigillum illud ad libitum suum de tempore in tempus frangere mutare et de novo facere prout eis melius videbitur expedire. Et volumus ac per presentes pro nobis heredibus et successoribus nostris concedimus prefatis majori et burgen' dicte ville Novi Castri super Tinam et suc∣cessoribus suis quod major & burgenses ville predicte & succe••sores sui aut major pars eo∣rundem quorum majorem ejusdem ville pro tempore existentem unum esse volumus vel major et commune concilium ville predicte pro tempore existen' vel major pars eorum quo∣rum major et sex aldermanni ejusdem ville septem esse volumus habeant et habebunt ple∣nam potestatem & authoritatem eligendi nominandi & perficiendi unum honestum doctum et discretum virum fore et esse primum et modernum magistrum schole predicte ac alium honestum doctum et discretum virum fore primum et modernum hypodidasculum schole illius in officiis et locis predictis remansur' durante bene placito majoris et burgen' ville predicte pro tempore existen' vel majoris partis eorundem quorum majorem et sex alder∣man' ejusdem ville pro tempore existen' septem esse volumus ad scholares ejusdem schole erudiend' et instruendos. Et si contingat magistrum & hypodidasculum vel aliquem eorum sic ut prefertur nominat' et elect' obire aut scholam predictam aut locum suum vel sua in eadem relinquere aut decedere aut ob aliquam justam causam deponi et amoveri quod tunc semper perpetuis futuris temporibus et toties quoties hujusmodi casus evenerint predicti major et burgen' ville Novi Castri super Tinam predicte et successores sui aut ma∣jor pars eorundem quorum majorem ville predicte pro tempore existentem unum esse vo∣lumus vel major & commune consilium ville predicte vel major pars eorundem quorum majorem et sex alderman' ejusdem ville septem esse volumus habeant et habebunt plenam potestatem et authoritatem alium sive alios honestos doctos & discretum virum seu viros eligendi nominandi & perficiendi fore magistrum & hypodidasculum schole illius in loco vel locis ejusdem vel eorundem sic obeuntis relinquent' decedentis depositi aut amoti, qui quidem sic electus nominat et perfectus electi nominati aut perfecti magister & hypodidas∣culus erit et habebitur secundum formam & propositum hujusmodi electionis nominationis & perfectionis—In cujus rei, &c. Teste meipsa apud Westmon' 22 die Martii anno regni nostri quadragesimo secundo.—Per breve de privato sigillo."
• s 2.280

  Chorographia, p. 20.

  See account of the masters of St. Mary's Hospital.
• u 2.281

  The famous Lieutenant Col. John Lilburn received part of his education at Newcastle school. "I was brought up," says he, "well nigh ten years together in the best schooles in the North, namely at Aukland and Newcastle, in both which places I was not one of the dronesset school boys there: and besides my knowledge in the Latin tongue, I was a little entered into the Greek also. And at Newcastle I did not only know, but also was knowne of the principal men there."—Innocency and Truth justified, p. 8, printed 1645, quarto.
• v 2.282

  See account of the masters of St. Mary's Hospital.
• w 2.283

  Common-council books.
• x 2.284

  Ibid. See also Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy, p. 420.

  The subsequent is the preface to an order of the common-council of Newcastle, dated July 28th, 1637: "Whereas there is usually paid out of the revenewes of this towne, to five schollers being freemen's sonnes goeing from this schoole to either of the universityes of this kingdome, the some of 5l. a peece for seaven yeares, for their better encouragement and education."—The order appoints Richard and Cuthbert Stote, the sons of Edward Stote, a free merchant, to the first vacancies—This donation, which the gradual diminution of the value of money had rendered very inconsiderable, was discontinued, by an order dated September 30th, 1736, for I know not what reason; but was revived June 18th, 1778. Highly distinguished as this body is for every other species of munificence and charity, it appears extremely deficient in making no handsome provision, out of its ample and in∣creasing revenues, to encourage the laudable ambition of the scholar of fortune.
• y 2.285

  Common-council books.
• z 2.286

  Ibid.
• a 2.287

  George Ritschel, eldest son of George Ritschel, a Bohemian, by Gertrude his wife, was born at Deutschkana, in the borders of Bohemia, February 13th, new stile, 1616, and was sent by his relations at seventeen, to the university of Strasburg, where he continued about seven years. He gave a very convincing proof of his zeal for protestantism, for on the death of his father, when Ferdinando the Second banished the protestants from his dominions, rather than conform to the errors of popery, he gave up his estate to his younger brother, on condition that he should be furnished with money to travel. On this he came to England, and settled at Oxford, from whence, on the breaking out of the re∣bellion, he went to the Hague, Leyden, and Amsterdam. In the year 1643, he travelled into Denmark, and after passing a year at Copenhagen, and So••a, visited Dantzick, in Poland, and from thence returned to England; where, after passing some time in London, he came again to Oxford, settling in Kettle-Hall, a member of Trinity College, where he became a severe and constant student in the Bodleian library. After he had left the uni∣versity (where he wrote and published a book, but where it appears he took no degree) he became head master of the grammar school at Newcastle, whence, after many years, he was removed to the church of Hexham, where he was both minister and lecturer; prefer∣ments which he enjoyed almost twenty-eight years. This learned and great man, who in his travels had been tutor to the sons of the Prince of Transylvania, died December 28th, 1683, and lies buried in the chancel of the church of Hexham, to the vicarage of which his son George Ritschel, of Edmund Hall, succeeded. Major Allgood, rector of Simonbourne, preached his funeral sermon, which he printed, with an elegy at the end, London, 1684. In the choir of Hexham church, near the reading desk, on a blue marble flat stone, is the subsequent inscription:

  "Sub hoc marmore sacrae reconduntur reliquiae Georgii Ritschel, patria Bohemi Religione reformati: qui, saeviente in protestantes Ferdinando secundo, omnibus gentilitiis Hereditalibus exutus, sed Argentorati Lugduni Batavorum, aliarumque Academiarum exterarum spoliis onustus; Quicquid eruditionis in istis florentissimis Musarum emporiis viguit, secum detulit

  Oxonium anno Domini 1644. Qua celeberrima academia consummatis Studiis, aliorum commodo studere coepit Et contemplationibus metaphysicis Vindiciisque ceremoniarum ecclesiae Anglicanae Aliisque scriptis eruditissimis editis toto

  Orbe statim inclaruit; Tanta fama auctus, ecclesiam Augustaldensem, ad quam electus erat Et cui praesuit annos plus minus 27, Magis augustam et tantum non Cathedralem, qualis olim fuit, reliquit. Natus anno Domini 1616, denatus 1683."

  Ritschel published, at Oxford, in 1648, in octavo, "Contemplationes Metaphysicae ex Natura Rerum et rectae Rationis Lumine deductae, &c." dedicated to Sir Cheney Culpeper and Nicholas Houghton, Esq. This was reprinted at Frankfort, in 1680, under the in∣spection of Magnus Hesenthalerus, the famous professor of Wirtemberg. He wrote also another book, entitled "Dissertatio de Ceremoniis Ecclesiae Anglicanae, quà Usus earum licitus ostenditur, et a Superstitionis & Idolatriae Crimine vindicatur, Authore Georgio Ritschel, Hexhamiae in Northumbriae Comitatu Ministro." This gained him great credit with his diocesan, Doctor Jo. Cosin, is commended by Dr. Durell in his S. Ecclesiae An∣glicanae Vindiciae, and is taken notice of by Bishop Kennet, in his Historical Register. Afterwards, at the request of the Wirtemberg Professor before named, he sent over thither, in MS. two volumes, entitled, "Ethica Christiana," quarto; and another volume, quarto, styled, "Exercitationes Sacrae," in order to be printed, but it does not appear that they ever saw the light. At his death, also, he left with his son two manuscripts, ready for the press; one, de Fide Catholica, and the other, against the English quakers, both in Latin, quarto, which seem also to have been suppressed.—See Athenae Oxonien. vol. ii. p. 754.
• b 2.288

  Common-council books.

  He was the fourth son of Mr. Amor Oxley, of Morpeth, in Northumberland. He was ordained priest, September 19th, 1630.—Neil's Register.—After his sequestration he suffered the greatest distresses. There is an order of common-council, January 26th, 1656, to pay him forty pounds, in part of his arrears due to him at the time of his dis∣charge, "in consideration of the great wants and necessities, and poverty and indigent condition of the said A. Oxley."

  It is said, in a note in Gyll's interleaved copy of Bourne's History of Newcastle, that his father's death may be fixed, A. D. 1609, for administration of his effects was granted to his son Thomas Oxley, Nov. 2d, 1609.

  Lib. Actor. in Cur. Consist. Dunelm. N^o 4, p. 113.

  Amor Oxley appears to have died, November 9th, 1669.—The following is an extract from the register of burials of the parish of Chicknal St. James, Essex. "1692, Mar. 26, Amor Oxley, rector hujus ecclesiae."—Gents. Mag. Dec. 1786.—Can this have been a son of the above?

  It appears, from an order of common-council, dated May 15th, 1657, that the scholars of this, and other schools in the town, were invited to attend the magistrates when they perambulated the boundaries of the town.
• c 2.289

  Common-council books. George Ritschel, son of the above George Ritschel, was a student in Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where, on his being a candidate for the Durham scholarship, the injustice done him by the president and fellows of that society, occasioned the following order of the common-council of Newcastle, dated January 18th, 1674. "Mr. George Ritschel, a student in Corpus Christi College in Oxford. The common-council were acquainted of the injustice the president and fellows the electors of that college had done by the exclusion of the said George Ritschel, and admission of one of another diocese into a scholarship belonging to one of the diocese of Durham of which he was: and of the injury they had done to the Bishop of Winton, the visitor and patron of that college, in not acknowledging his authority upon the appeale made to him. And whereas the counties of Durham and Northumberland are herein concerned as well as the towne of Newcastle, and doe resolve to seek redresse and maintain their privilege. It is therefore ordered that when occasion offers there be paid out of the townes revenues twenty pounds for and towards the managing and prosecutinge of the premisses."—I found nothing more upon the subject.—This George Ritschel, the younger, who was afterwards of Edmund-Hall, published, at Newcastle upon Tyne, 1713, an account of certain cha∣rities in Tyndale Ward, in the county of Northumberland, with a description of the pa∣rish and parish church of Hexham, 8vo. 69 pages.—In Gyll's interleaved copy of Bourne's History of Newcastle, p. 34, is the following note: "One John Ritschell was vicar of Bywell St. Andrews in 1695, and was probably the son of George Ritschell."
• d 2.290

  Common-council books, March 11th, 1690.
• e 2.291

  Ibid.
• f 2.292

  Ibid.
• g 2.293

  Ibid.
• h 2.294

  Common-council books.—He had removed hither from Durham school, to the ma∣stership of which he had returned in 1710.—He was made vicar of St. Oswald's in that city, and collated from thence to Northallerton, and in 1729 to the rectory of Washington, in the county of Durham, where he died, March 17th, 1733.

  In 1707 he published, at Cambridge, in 12^mo, "Syntaxis Anglicè & Latinè et Proso∣dia. Editio altera. Adjicitur de Figuris Grammaticis & Rhetoricis Libellus in usum Scho∣lae Novocastrensis." He wrote the disquisition concerning the true author of the history of the church of Durham, attributed by some to Simeon, and by others to Turgot. It is in Latin, and prefixed to Bedford's edition of that work. London, 1732, 8vo. It ought not to be omitted here, to the honour of Mr. Rudd's memory, that on his motion and re∣quest, backed by the recommendation of Sir Robert Shaftoe, recorder, some valuable edi∣tions of the classics were purchased by the common-council, for the use of this school.— Common-council books, March 20th, 1700.
• i 2.295

  Mr. Jurin published, while at Newcastle, the following edition of Varenius' Geo∣graphy: "Bernhardi Varenii Geographia generalis, in qua Affectiones generales Telluris explicantur. Adjecta est Appendix, praecipua recentiorum inventa ad Geographiam spec∣tantia continens, a Jacobo Jurin, A. M. Collegii S. Trinitatis Socio et Scholae publicae Novo∣castrensis Archididascalo. Cantabrigiae, &c." 1712, 8vo. p. 511. App. 54, and dedicated to Dr. Bentley.

  During his residence at Newcastle he gave lectures on experimental philosophy, and is said to have amassed a thousand pounds, which enabled him to take a degree in physick.

  It appears, by the common-council books, that on April 17th, 1710, James Ferne, clerk, was appointed usher in the room of John Metcalfe, removed to St. Ann's Chapel; and that on July 28th, 1710, Henry Wilson, from Pentith, in Cumberland, was appointed under-usher, on the death of Ralph Wilson, as was Richard Stewardson, Dec. 18th, 1710, on the death of Henry Wilson.

  There was an order of common-council, Dec. 15th, 1714, that the sons of freemen, not living within the liberties of Newcastle, should pay no more that those residing within the same, i. e. one shilling per quarter to this school.
• k 2.296

  Common-council books.—He resigned in 1733, and retired to Whickham, near New∣castle upon Tyne. The subsequent inscription marks the place of his interment, beneath an altar-tomb in the church-yard of that village:

  "Here lies the body of the Rev. Edmund Lodge, curate of this parish, and sometime head master of the grammar school in Newcastle upon Tyne. He died, October 15th, 1742, aged 63."
• l 2.297

  Common-council books.—Mr. Arnot, in his History of Edinburgh, p. 286, gives us an account of the posthumous honours which were paid to Mr. Carr, at Edinburgh.— "These (the Scots, says he) can now behold, without emotion, even the funeral service performed publickly.—Upon the death of Mr. Carr, the first senior clergyman in this (the episcopal) chapel, he was interred under its portico: the funeral service was sung, and the voices were accompanied by the organ."
• m 2.298

  Common-council books.
• n 2.299

  By a bond, dated September 25th, 1749.
• o 2.300

  He acquired, and most deservedly, a great reputation for his intimate knowledge of the niceties and elegancies of the Greek tongue. Bowyer, the learned printer, in his Dis∣sertation "de vero mediae Vocis Usu," prefixed to his edition of Kuster, thus compliments him, when he has occasion to cite his authority. "Ut monet 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 R. Dawes. Misc. Critic. p. 177-8." See also Holwell's edition of Select Treatises of Dionysius Hal. If I mistake not, the same epithet is used by Morell, and others.
• p 2.301

  Vide Birch's Critical Dictionary, vol. vii. p. 587. Biographia Britannica, vol. v. ar∣ticle, "Milton."—See also Peck's Memoirs of Milton.
• q 2.302

  He had, long before his death, been afflicted with an incontinence of urine.—To row a boat upon the river Tyne was his favourite amusement and exercise.
• * 2.303

  Sic.
• r 2.304

  A trumpet, intended for that of Fame, but the idea of it seems to have been taken from one of those toys sold at a fair.—A sword also, and scythe, of equally vile sculpture, drawn and grouped with singular wretchedness of taste, are carved on this "frail memo∣rial," the poor workmanship of some country mason, who knew not how to spell, and which soon would have consigned the most eminent Grecian of his time to oblivion, had he not, in his Miscellanea Critica, built himself a more lasting monument.
• s 2.305

  Common-council books.—He was nominated by Lord Ravensworth, October 8, 1751, to the curacies of Lamesley and Tanfield, with the title of A. M. He published a sermon preached at St. Nicholas' Church, in Newcastle upon Tyne, at the assizes there, Tuesday, July 28th, 1752. He had been appointed usher, June 26th, 1749, on the death of Ferne. May 11th, 1766, he was inducted to the vicarage of Woodhorn, in North∣umberland, and collated, by the Bishop of Durham, to the rectory of Whickham, in Sep∣tember, 1768.—He left behind him a very curious and valuable library, which was pur∣chased by Mr. Payne, in London.
• t 2.306

  By great learning and abilities, the sweetest manners and most uniform conduct, he re∣stored this school, which he found almost entirely deserted of scholars, to a flourishing con∣dition, and for his eminent services in this station, was nominated by the corporation of Newcastle to the morning lecture of All-Saints church in that town. January 15th, 1750, the corporation of Newcastle raised the salary of the master of this school, from 50l. to 120l. per annum.
• u 2.307

  Common-council books.—Munton died January 9th, 1755.
• v 2.308

  Ibid. Clarkson resigned February 6th, 1760.
• w 2.309

  Newcastle Courant.
• x 2.310

  John King was elected fellow of Peter-House, Cambridge, in January, 1760.—He resigned his office here December 15th, 1766, and removed to the school of Ipswich, in Suffolk, where he was appointed lecturer of St. Mary's; and afterwards, June 13th, 1772, presented to the rectory of St. Matthew's in that town.—January 20th, 1776, he was pro∣moted to the rectory of Witnesham, in Suffolk, void by the death of Edward Osborne, A. M. He published, while at Newcastle, "Sententiae ex diversis Auctoribus excerptae, et primis Linguae Latinae Tyronibus accommodatae, opera Johannis King, A. B. apud No∣vocastrenses Sub-praeceptoris." Newcastle, printed by R. Marchbank, and sold by J. Fle∣ming, bookseller, on Tyne-Bridge, 1761.
• y 2.311

  Sub-master of Morpeth school, Sept. 29, 1763.—Editor of a pamphlet "On the Neglect of Publick Worship, in a Letter to a young Gentleman." Newcastle, printed for T. Saint, 1776.
• z 2.312

  Common-council books.—Elected fellow of Christ's, Cambridge, in July, 1776.
• a 2.313

  Published a poem on Illicit Love,—and in 1777, Observations on Popular Antiquities, &c.—In May, that year, he was chosen fellow, as he was afterwards, on St. George's Day, 1784, secretary to the Society of Antiquaries of London;—afterwards A. M. rector of St. Mary at Hill, London, and chaplain to his Grace Hugh Duke of Northumber∣land.
• b 2.314

  The visitor Lord Hardwicke, when he determined an appeal in favour of the late Dur∣ham Fellow, Mr. Hobson, who died in May 1777, decreed that Dunelmia meant the city of Durham, giving it the preference, and ordering that the parts nearest the city of Dur∣ham should be considered in the second place. Fgomet proximus mihi!
• * 2.315

  It is not in the disjunctive.
• * 2.316

  Sic.
• c 2.317

  From a paper now lying before me, in an old hand.—The common street must mean here, it should seem, the narrow passage opposite to the new assembly-house, leading from West-Gate to the Forth, having the town's arms over the arched entrance. Yet see before, "Walls and Towers."

  In the account of University College, in Oxford, in Tanner's Notitia Monastica, p. 416, is the following entry: "Pat. 25 Hen. VI. p. 2, m. 13, de ten' in Novo Castro super Tinam."—Mr. Smith, in the preface to his Annals of University College, Oxford, p. 21, tells us, that he found a great many deeds in the treasury there, "all of them re∣lating to lands and houses, which the college was once possessed of in Newcastle." He farther intimates, that these had lain so long in disorder and obscurity, till the possessions to which they related had been forgotten and lost.
• d 2.318

  There was a hall in it in Bourne's time, very grand and stately, as he tells us, ac∣cording to the hospitality of the times it was built in. There is an order of common-council, dated September 24, 1649, "to save harmlesse Dr. Robert Jennison from dilapi∣dations concerning the vicarage-house," which appears to have been almost entirely de∣stroyed by the Scots, soon after the taking of the town in 1644. This house was repaired and enlarged, A. D. 1694. An elegant great room was fitted up in it by the late Dr. Brown. The Roman wall is said to have passed through the garden of this house.
• e 2.319

  See Bourne's account.
• f 2.320

  In a charter, 15 Ed. I. "Venellum quo itur ad ecclesiam Sancti Johannis."
• g 2.321

  Dr. Ellison's MSS.—"In one of the south-east windows of the south-cross there is a coat of arms in the glass, but not coloured, viz. two fuller's clubs (I think), and in base, a tun. W. H. are set in the dexter and sinister points of the clubs—and in the west gallery, upon one of the pillars there is W. in the clu••l point, and underneath H. U. and a tun."
• h 2.322

  In Nicholas Cooke's will.—See Bourne, sub anno.
• i 2.323

  See Bourne's account—and Wallis's Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 233.
• k 2.324

  Browne Willis, p. 160. In a deed preserved in All Saints vestry, and dated May 24th, 3 Hen. VIII. mention oc•••••••• of land belonging to this chantry.—"Terra pertinen' can∣tarie Sancti Thome Marinis in Ecclesia Sancti Johannis."—One of th••se three chantries is still plainly discernible on the west side of the north cros••.
• l 2.325

  See Bourne's account.
• m 2.326

  See Bourne's account.
• n 2.327

  Browne Willis, p. 166
• o 2.328

  See Bourne's account.—There was written thereon, "For the honour of God and St. John, John Bertram gave this font stone."
• p 2.329

  Bourne, p. 24, from the will of Mr. John Wilkinson, merchant, dated February 1st, 1570.—"I John Wylkinson &c. commend my soule unto almyghtie God and my bodye to be buryed in Saincte John church on the northe syde of the same church, nygh where the organes doithe stande."—A little below this he thus orders: "I wyll have the dyvyne service at the daye of my buryal, according to the lawes and custome of this realme. Item I wyll have delt and gevyn to the poore the daye of my buryal 40s.—Item I wyll that myne executors shall in the daye of my burial make a dynner for my brethren the aldermen and for my neighbourheade in the Myddle-Streete &c."
• q 2.330

  Common-council books.—Ibid. July 12th, 1736, Charles Avison appointed organist. October 20, 1736, James Clark, sadler, on the removal of C. Avison to St. Nicholas. October 10th, 1748, Mr. Bridges, of London, then at Durham, having engaged for 16••l. to put this organ into order, which had been long useless, Mr. Avison offered to give 100l. if the parish would raise the other 60l. and upon condition that the corporation would appoint him organist, with a salary of 20l. and permit him to supply the place by a sufficient deputy.—Ibid.—Mr. Charles Avison, junior, was appointed on the death of his father.—September 25, 1777, Mr. Simpson appointed, on the resignation of the above.
• r 2.331

  In the middle compartment at the top, within a crown of thorns, are the three first letters in the Greek name of Jesus. Underneath is a personage seated with a globe on his knee, with surrounding figure, in the act of adoration—probably meant for Christ.— Below, the arms of England, quarterly, three lions passant gardant, and three fleurs de••li••. —Supporters, a dragon on the side facing the spectator's right— the other seems a lion.— A skin mark.—In the compartment facing the spectator's left, the arms of the town of Newcastle—those of Thornton underneath.—In the compartment facing the spectator's right hand, Lucy and Percy.—Also the arms of Old—with many inverted skin marks and mutilated inscriptions. "Pro animabus, &c."
• s 2.332

  The following account of Benwell is extracted from the minister's or bailiff's accounts of divers reli••••••us houses in Northumberland, from Michaelmas, 30 Hen. VIII. to the same term in the 31st of hunter••••, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in the Augmentation-Office

  "••••nwell 〈◊〉〈◊〉—〈◊〉〈◊〉 23s. 4d. de 〈…〉〈…〉 alii•• ed••ici•• eidem annex' 〈…〉〈…〉 cum 〈…〉〈…〉 ••th Close continent' 〈◊〉〈◊〉 act•• pla•• et 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••lanso voc' Northe Close 〈…〉〈…〉 ••••ti, que omnia e••angula nuper f••••tum 〈…〉〈…〉 occupatione 〈…〉〈…〉 de Parmouth) nunc in t••nura et ••••••••••one Ro•• Pl••keney nuper prioris 〈…〉〈…〉 solvend' alterm' S. M••tim & p••••••t' equalitet."
• t 2.333

  See account of that hospital.
• u 2.334

  Register Bishop Langley, p. 269.
• v 2.335

  Randall's MSS.
• v 2.336

  Randall's MSS.
• w 2.337

  Register Bp. Fox, p. 36. "In ecclesia Sancti Johannis villie Novi Castri super Tynam, 14. d. m. Jan. Ao. 1500. present' Dominis Rob. Bonoret Rob. Woller Cap^nis."
• x 2.338

  Randall's MSS.
• y 2.339

  Lib. Actor. N^o 6. in Cur. Consist. Dunelm'.
• z 2.340

  Randall's MSS.
• a 2.341

  Bishop's Visitation.
• b 2.342

  Parish Register.
• c 2.343

  Ibid.
• d 2.344

  Parish Register.
• e 2.345

  Randall's MSS.
• f 2.346

  Parish Register.
• g 2.347

  Randall's MSS. from a MS. of Dr. Hunter, written soon after the civil wars.

  "Mr. Shaw was, about 1614, lecturer of St. John's, and had a salary quarterly paid him out of the town, and the like for several years after, during his continuance."
• h 2.348

  Randall's MSS.
• i 2.349

  Ibid. and common-council books.
• k 2.350

  Common-council books.
• l 2.351

  Ibid. I find his name spelled three or four different ways Mr. Durant and Mr. Sy∣derham officiated a lectures here, one on the forenoons, and the other on the afternoons, after the removal of Urquart, and before they were settled in other churches in the town.
• m 2.352

  Common council books. See his escuscheon in this church.
• n 2.353

  Ibid.—The writer of the MS. Life of Barnes tells us that "Mr. Cole was a polite man, and an eloquent preacher.—He afterwards conformed."

  September 15th, 1654, there is a humane order of common-council to allow 10l. per annum to Woolfal's widow, who was left with children.
• o 2.354

  Common-council books—The MS. Life of Barnes tells us that "Mr. Leaver was a descendant of a popish prebendary of Durham of that name." He was buried in St. Ni∣cholas' church, June 6th, 1673.

  Kennet, in his Register, p. 909, mentions that "Mr. Henry Leaver was ejected from St. John's in Newcastle.—He was remarkable for his generosity and liberality. Besides his wife's jointure, he had an estate of his own of about 100l. per annum, and he had no children."
• p 2.355

  Common-council books. See Athenae Oxonienses—also Bourne's Account. The corporation of Newcastle appear to have printed some books of his against popery, at their own expence. Common-council books, Dec. 19th, 1676.

  Anthony Proctor, ordained priest September 25th, 1664, was curate of this church—he was buried at St. Nicholas, Nov. 7th, 1688.

  Mr. Bullock succeeded to the curacy on his death. Mr. Bullock was succeeded by John Potts, A. B. of St. John's College, Cambridge.
• q 2.356

  The MS. Life of Barnes, p, 52, says, "Mr. Andrew Bates, a gentleman born, came to St. John's—he had in writing a s••uffle with Dr. Gilpin, touching conformity, wherein the doctor was said to treat him with worse manners than were due to his birth, which was sat superior to his own.—But the doctor had the better of him, the gentleman's zeal fan exceeding his abilities."
• r 2.357

  Bourne.

  Joseph Car•• A. M. of Trinity College, Cambridge, was curate of St. John's, on the death o•• l. ••otts.
• s 2.358

  Bourne.
• t 2.359

  Richard Cuthbert, B. D. second son of John Cuthbert, serjeant at law, and younger brother of William Cuthbert, Esq. respectively recorders of Newcastle upon Tyne—fel∣low of Trinity College, Cambridge—being A. M. he was licensed to Upletham chapel, in the county of York, Nov. 20th, 1722, by Archbishop Dawes. He was proctor of the university in 17...—and on the death of William Crosby, A. M. a native of Durham, was presented by Trinity College to the vicarage of Kendal, in December 1733, where he died November 7th, 1744.
• u 2.360

  Presented by the dean and chapter of Winchester, to the vicarage of Puddletrenthryde, in the county of Dorset and diocese of Bristol, with 150l. per annum, about August 1773. —Newcastle Courant.

  About March, 1775, presented by the Bishop of Durham, to the vicarage of Whelping∣ton in Northumberland. Ibid —And about November 1775, presented by Robert Ogle, Esq. to the vicarage of Ingram in Northumberland, in the room of Mr. Radley.

  April 15th, 1765, there was an order of common-council for the addition of 10l. per annum to the lectureship of St. John's, on condition that the lecturer shall give no less than 30l. per annum to his assistant curate, who was ordered by the same authority to of∣ficiate henceforth every other month at the gaol, with a salary of 10l. per annum.

  September 8th, 1775, it was ordered by the same authority that the yearly sum of 11l. 5s. to each be paid to the lecturers of St. John's and St. Andrew's, as an addition to their respec∣tive salaries, out of the revenues of the corporation, during the pleasure of the common-council.

  "The town of Newcastle," says Bourne, p. 28, "was wont to give to this church at Easter, 15 gallons of wine.

  "The weekly prayers," he continues, "are on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays—on the two former days in the morning, at 9 o'clock—and at 2 in the afternoon. On the latter at two in the afternoon."

  "The sacrament is administered at this church every third Sunday of the month."
• v 2.361

  In an inrolment in the books of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne, Nov. 4th, 1701, "Fenkell-Street, alias Tuthill" occurs.

  Ibid. 1658. "Fenkell-Street, alias the Back-Rawe" occurs.

  "Nicholas Fenkell, merchaunte" occurs in St. Nicholas' Register, January 1577.

  There is the following entry, ibid. October 5th, 1593: "Dame Hall of the Tutehill buryed."

  It appears by the common-council books, August 28th, 1662, that Mr. Thomas Jennison, then sheriff, obtained licence for the conveyance of water into his house, situate in "Tutthill-Street."

  In Corbridge's Plan of Newcastle, 1723, Fenkell-Street at the head of West-Gate is spelled "Fennell-Street."—A pant or public fountain is marked in the same plan, op∣posite Denton-Chare in this street: not many years ago a public pump stood in the same place. In the same plan that part of the lower end of West-Gate between Baily-Gate and Back-Row, is called "Keel-Head," a name which it retained within my memory.

  At present that division of West-Gate from Cross-House to Charlotte-Square is called Fenkell-Street. Bourne spells it, "Fennell-Street."—From the West-Gate there is a little street, called Ratten-Rawe."
• w 2.362

  August 19th, 1773, the subscription for this building commenced.—At a meeting for carrying on this business, February 22d, 1774, the ground adjoining to the vicar∣age house on the west side was pitched upon as a proper site.—The corporation of New∣castle subscribed 200l.—Monday, May 16th, 1774, at noon, the foundation stone of this new assembly house was laid by William Lowes, Esq. in the presence of a great company of ladies and gentlemen: A plate bearing the following inscription was put under the stone:

  In an age when the polite arts, By general encouragement and emulation, Have advanced to a State of perfection, unknown in any former period: The first stone of this edifice, Dedicated to the most elegant recreation, was laid by William Lowes, Esq. on the 16th day of May 1774."—Newcastle Courant.

  "June 24th, 1776, the new Assembly Rooms were opened by a very numerous and brilliant company."—Ibid.

  There was an act of parliament 14 Geo. III. to enable Dr. Fawcet, then vicar, to grant a lease of some part of the ground, belonging to this vicarage, for 999 years, re∣serving to himself and successors an annual ground rent of twenty pounds. See Appendix.
• x 2.363

  Printed state of the accounts from June 24th, 1776, and ending June 17th, 1777.
• y 2.364

  The orders of mendicants were instituted, according to the learned Warton, on the following occasion:—"The monastic orders, in consequence of their ample revenues, had degenerated from their primitive austerity, and, long before the thirteenth century, were totally abandoned to luxury and indolence. Hence a new order of religious was intro∣duced, who being destitute of fixed possessions, and of consequence obliged to rely on their own merits with the people, might restore respect to the monastic institution, and recover the honour of the church."—This order, one and the first of the four, is said to have been founded by St. Dominic, a native of Cologna, in Spain, A. D. 1198. Pope Innocent III. approved it in 1215, and it was confirmed by a bull of Pope Honorius the Third, in 1216. By some they are reported to have come into England, A. D. 1217, but ac∣cording to others, not till the year 1221.—Their first residence was at Oxford.—They boast of having produced a great number of martyrs and confessors—three popes, sixty cardinals, an hundred and fifty archbishops, and eight hundred bishops, and to have fur∣nished in this kingdom no less than eighty writers of eminence.

  Their habit was a white cassock, with a white hood over it, and abroad they wore a black cloak and hood over all.—At the dissolution they had forty-three houses.
• z 2.365

  The lane near this house, called at present Low-Friar-Chare, anciently was styled Shod-Friar-Chare, from the circumstance of its vicinity to this monastery.

  Grey, who certainly mistakes in saying this was called in old time, "The Gray Friars," adds, that they were called also "Bennet-Chessie-Friars," a corruption, some have thought, of "Benoists Chaussès," i. e. "Shod Bennets," from their having adopted, in a certain measure, the rule of St. Bennet or Benedict. The only real evidence for this supposed title (for I do not think they were ever called so) occurs in the common-coun∣cil books of Newcastle, June 1st, 1649, in the account of a

  parcell of ground, called Benny-Chesses-Close,

  in Fenkell-Street, which was, doubtless, part of the possessions of this monastery; but I cannot help being of opinion that it was so called from the name of the lessee, after the dissolution.—In the books of the merchants of Newcastle, A. D. 1560, there occurs one "Bennat Chessye," an officer of that respectable body, and who was buried, as appears by St. Nicholas' Register, October 23, 1587.
• a 2.366

  This Sir Peter Scot was the first chief magistrate of Newcastle, who had the title of mayor, A. D. 1251. His son was one of the four bailiffs in the years 1254, and 1257, and mayor in 1269. Neither of them has the title of knight in the list of mayors, but Leland and a MS. which Bourne often cites, "De Reb. Novocastr" affix a "Sir" to each of their names. According to Leland, they were both merchants in Newcastle, and owners of the lordship of Eshett in Northumberland. "The beginning of these "Scotts," he observes, "was by merchandice."
• b 2.367

  Tanner says, it was about the year 1260, or shortly after.
• c 2.368

  "Paten' de anno regni Regis Henrici tercii quadragesimo octavo.

  "Pro fratribus predicatoribus Novi Castri super Tynam. Rex omnibus, &c. salutem. Quia accepimus per inquisicionem quam per dilect' et fidel' nostrum Adam de Gessemuth vic' nostrum Northumbr' et majorem nostrum Novi Castri super Tinam fieri fecimus quod non est ad nocumentum vel prejudicium nostri aut aliorum quod aqueductus quem fratres predicatores Novi Castri super Tynam de concessione nostra duci fecerunt a quodam fonte extra cur' suam usque domum suam et exinde usque ad villam nostram Novi Castri super Tynam remaneat in codem statu in quo nunc est, immo ad commodum & melioracionem tocius ville predicte concedimus fratribus predictis quantum ad nos pertinet pro nobis & heredibus nostris quod ipsi habeant & teneant predictum aqueductum ibidem sicut predic∣tum est imperpetuum. In cujus, &c. Teste Rege apud Oxon. 6 die Novembr."—From the original in the Tower of London.
• d 2.369

  "Edwardus Dei gratia Rex Anglie Dominus Hiberniae Dux Aquitaniae omnibus ad quos presentes litere pervenerint salutem. Sciatis quod de nostra gratia speciali concessimus dilectis nobis fratribus predicatoribus de Novo Castro super Tynam quod per medium novum murum circumagentem villam predictam, quem per medium gardini predictorum fratrum fieri oportebit, ut dicti (fratres) facere possint quandam strictam portam ad ingres∣sum in gardinum suum habend' portam sust' sibi et successoribus suis tenere in perpetuum. Dum tamen porta illa ad voluntatem nostram, vicecomitis Northumbriae & constabuli nostri ibid' qui pro tempore fuerit, obstruatur. In cujus, &c. Teste meipso apud Dunelm' decimo octavo die Septembris anno regni nostri octavo."—Bourne, p. 14. From the original in the hands of Mr. Joshua Douglas.
• * 2.369.3

  Sic.
• e 2.370

  "Fratribus predicatoribus ville Novi Castri super Tynam pro pittancia sua unius diei in transitu Regis per ibid' mense Decembr' in principio per manus fratris Walteri de Whitborne apud Berewicum super Twed' 15 die Decembr' 11s.—Fratribus predicatoribus ville Novi Castri super Tynam pro pittancia sua duorum dierum in adventu Regis ibid' mense Januar' per manus fratris de eodem apud Novum Castrum 8 die Januar' 22s."— Wardrobe Account, 28 Ed. I. printed by the Society of Antiquaries.
• f 2.371

  "Secunda pars paten' de anno regni Regis Edwardi secundi quinto, m. 5, pro priore & fratribus de ordine predicatorum ville Novi Castri super Tinam. Rex &c. Sciatis quod de gratia nostra speciali concessimus & licentiam dedimus dilectis nobis in Christo priori & fratribus de ordine predicatorum ville nostre Novi Castri super Tinam quod ipsi quendam pontem versatilem latitudinis quinque pedum de ligno ultra novum fossatum ejusdem ville per quem a domo sua infra murum ejusdem ville per posternam suam dicti muri ibidem usque in gardinum suum ultra fossatum predictum transire valeant ac eciam ex utraque parte fossati et gardini predictorum ubi murus ejusdem gardini primitus fuit palicium usque in idem fossatum facere possint ita quod si periculum immineat quod palicium et pons predict' cum omni festinacione amoveantur. In cujus &c. Teste Rege apud Ebor' quarto die Junii per ipsum Regem."—From the original in the Tower of London.
• g 2.372

  "Secunda pars paten' de anno regni Regis Edwardi secundi undecimo, m. 31, pro fra∣tribus de ordine predicatorum. Rex &c. Sciatis quod de gratia nostra speciali dedimus et concessimus dilectis nobis in Christo fratribus de ordine predicatorum de Novo Castro super Tynam unum messuagium cum pertinen' in villa Novi Castri super Tynam quod fuit Gilberti de Middelton proditoris nostri manso & cimiterio ipsorum fratrum ibidem contiguum et quod racione felonie per ipsum Gilbertum commisse pro qua suspensus fuit ad manus nostras tanquam escaeta nostra devenit habendum eisdem fratribus & succes∣soribus suis ad elargacionem mansi et cimeterii suorum predictorum per eadem servicia per que messuagium illud tenebatur antequam ad manus nostras devenit imperpetuum, salvo jure alterius cujuscunque. In cujus &c. Teste Rege apud Westm. primo die Marcii, per ipsum Regem."—From the original in the Tower of London.
• h 2.373

  "Fratribus predicatoribus ville Novi Castri super Tynam de elemosina Regis pro gutura sua unius diei per manus Ricardi de Gippewico elemos' Regis apud Novum Cas∣trum primo die Augusti 8s.—Fratribus predicatoribus ville Novi Castri super Tynam pro putura sua unius diei in adventu Regis ibidem per manus fratris Ricardi de Gippewyco ibidem quarto die Septembris, 8s."

  Wardrobe Account of 15, 16, and 17 Ed. II. penes Th. Astle Armig. p. 31.

  Roger de Gamelton occurs as prior of this house, ibid. p. 267.

  The following occurs, ibid. p. 34: "Morgano de Avene pro expens' per ipsum factis circa exequias corporis Griffini filii Domini Griffini Thloyt militis defuncti et in ec∣clesia fratrum de ordine predicatorum ville Novi Castri super Tynam sepulti 9 die Octo∣bris anno presenti 16 de elemos' Domini Regis in subsidium expensarum predict' per ma∣nus dicti Morgani 40s."—As does the subsequent, p. 35: "Fratribus de ordine predica∣torum de Novo Castro super Tynam de elemosina Domini Regis in denariis quos ipse Dominus Rex eisdem fratribus perdonavit de elemosina & gratia sua speciali per breve suum de scaccario de illis duodecim libtis quas iidem fratres debebant ipsi Domino Regi pro victualibus ipsius Domini Regis eis nuper venditis in villa predict. anno 16 in fine 6l."
• i 2.374

  "Prima pars paten' de anno R. Regis Edwardi tercii m. 17, pro priore & fratribus ordinis fratrum predicat' de Novo Castro super Tynam de quadam placea recipiend' R. omnibus &c. Licet de communi consilio &c. volentes tamen dilectis nobis in Christo priori & fratribus ordinis fratrum predicator' de Novo Castro super Tynam gratiam facere spe∣cialem concessimus & licentiam dedimus pro nobis & hered' nostris quantum in nobis est Johanni Baroun de Novo Castro super Tynam quod ipse quandam placeam terre cum pertinen' in villa Novi Castri super Tinam continentem in se sexaginta pedes terre in lon∣gitudine & sexaginta pedes terre in latitudine manso ipsorum prioris & fratrum in eadem villa contiguam dare possit & assignare eisdem priori & fratribus habend' & tenend' sibi & successoribus imperpetuum in elargacionem mausi sui predicti Et eisdem priori & fratri∣bus quod ipsi placeam predict' cum pertinen' a presato Johanne recipere possint & tenere sibi & successoribus suis predictis imperpetuum &c. Teste Rege apud Eltham 16 die Maii, "per breve de privato sigillo."—From the original in the Tower of London.
• j 2.375

  See Historical Events.
• k 2.376

  "Tertia pars paten' de anno regni Regis Edwardi tercii quinto decimo, m. 4, pro priore & fratribus de ordine predicatorum ville Novi Castri super Tynam. Rex &c. salu∣lem. Monstrarunt nobis dilecti nobis in Christo prior & fratres de ordine predicator' ville nostre Novi Castri super Tynam quod cum ipsi et predecessores sui habere consue∣verint portas in solo suo pro introitu & claustura mansi sui in eadem villa totis tempo∣ribus retroactis quousque quedam contencio ibidem inter homines com' Northumbrie & quosdam de villa predicta tempore quo dilectus & fidelis noster Comes Warr' tunc custos marchie Scocie per nos deputatus in dicto manso habitabat exstitit suscitata, in qua quidem contencione porte predicte preter culpam ipsorum prioris & fratrum confracte fuerant et prostrate Et licet iidem prior et fratres portas illas prout eis licuit de novo construere & eas levare voluissent, quidam tamen homines ville predicte dictos priorem & fratres easdem portas construere et eas levare voluntariè hactenus impediverunt & adhuc impe∣diunt minus justè super quo iidem prior & fratres nobis supplicarunt sibi per nos de remedio provideri Nos intuitu Dei cujus obsequiis fratres predicti specialiter ascribuntur pro salubti statu nostro & animabus progenitor' nostror' jugiter celebrantes volentes ipso, favorabiliter persequi in hac parte concessimus pro nobis et heredibus nostris quantum in nobis est quod iidem prior & fratres portas illas construere et levare et easdem portas sic constructas et levatas habere et tenere possint sibi & successoribus suis imperpetuum sine occone vel impedimento nostri vel heredum nostror' justie' escaetor' vicecomitum aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nostrorum quorumcunque prout ipse prior et fratres portas ibidem habere et eas antequam sic fracte fuerunt habere consueverunt. In cujus &c. Teste Rege apud Novum Castrum super Tinam 6 die Decembr'. Per breve de privato sigillo."—From the original in the Tower of London.
• l 2.377

  "Licentia concessa ordini predicator' ville Novi Castri super Tynam celebrandi missas in ecclesia B. Nicolai.—Reg. Hatfeld, p. 172. Thomas permis. divina Dunelm' Epis∣copus dilectis filiis priori & conventui ordinis predicator' in villa de Novo Castro salu∣tem gratiam & benedictionem. Cupientes quantum cum Deo possumus augmentum divini cultus utrobique & precipue per eos quorum vita & religio multiplicibus meritis decoratur vobis de gratia speciali concedimus ut quicunque fratres vestri in ordinibus presbyteratus constituti presentes & futuri quamdiu nobis placuerit missas tam pro vivis quam defunctis et precipuè ubi devotio paroch' in ultima voluntate expresse hoc dictaverit seu affectaverit aut vobis eo intuitu seu conventui vestro predicto solemni vel nuncupatu legaverit in ecclesia B. Nicolai dicte ville singulisque capellis eidem ecclesie pertinentibus & quibus alii stipendiarii celebrare ibidem consueverunt licite valeant celebrare licentià petitâ a vicario dicte ecclesie qui pro tempore fuerit, licet ab eodem non obtenta cui et per presentes in virtute sancte obedientie conjungimus ne ipse vobis aut alicui vestrum fine causa rationabili per se aut suos impedimentum maliciose prestet de cetero in ea parte ita tamen quod per celebrationem hujusmodi prejudicium dictae paroch' ecclesie aut pa∣rochis ejusdem nullatenus generatur, nec aliis precipue capellanis secularibus occasio seu malum exemplum mobedientiae ac absentandi se more illicito a matutinis aut aliis horis canonicis per vos aut vestrum aliquem quod absit suturis temporibus prebeatur. In cujus &c.—Dat' in manerio nostro de Aukland 27 die Marcii anno Domoni 1380."
• m 2.378

  Appendix to Dugdale by Stevens, vol. ii. p. 369.
• n 2.379

  Foedera, tom. IX. p. 272. "Item recluso apud Novum Castrum in domo fratrum prae∣••atorum 13s. 4d.
• o 2.380

  See Suburbs of West Gate.
• p 2.381

  "This indent^r. made the nient day of October the nien and twentie yeare of the reigne of our sovraign Lorde K. Henry the Eight betwext Rob. Davell clerke arche∣d••kyn of Northumberland appon the oone partie and Rolande Hardynge prior of the Blake Friers otherwise called the Shode Freers within the towne of Newcastell upon Tyne with the expresse and free consent and assent of the hol convent of the same place apon the other partie witnesseth that the said prior and convent hath promised covenanted and grant••d and by these presents covenaunt and grants to and with the said Robert that everi day from the date hereof for evermore betwixt the owr of six of the clocke in the mornyng and the owr of niene of the same morning before the pyctur of our Lorde named the Crucifix that ys betwixt the closyers and the utter quire doore within the church of the same convent shall appon their knes kneling devowteley syng an antem of the holy cross begynning O Crux &c. with the versikle Adoramus te Christe Jesu fili Dei vivi &c. with a collect of the same Domine Jesu Christe fili Dei vivi &c. the which soe doone thei shall devoutly say for the sowles of William Davell John Brygham late of the towne of Newcastell merchant their wyfes and children with their benefactors and all Christeyn soulls de profundis &c. with the proces therto belongyng concludyng or endyng with the oracion of Absolve quesimi' Domine and sede ad dextram &c. And for such antem and pr••irs soe devowtly to be song saide and doon the seyd Robert hath gevyn and p••••d into the hands of the ••••d prior and convent in their great need and necessitie six pound ei••hteen shilling of lawful money of England. The which said some of ••l. 18s. the ••••••d •• and C. knowledge themselves to have had and received at the day of the ••••yng 〈◊〉〈◊〉 And the said Rob^t 〈◊〉〈◊〉 h••••rs and executors thereof ch••••ily acqui••••••d and dis∣•••••••••• 〈…〉〈…〉 by th•••• presents▪ And 〈◊〉〈◊〉 h••mo••e the said P. and C. ••••••••ements 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and promotes to and with the said Rob^t that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the said antem and plairs be not 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and lead owne and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ys afore••••••d ••••yd be the space of two 〈◊〉〈◊〉 then for evry such 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that they shall sing •• solempn d•••••• with a masse of requiem with 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈…〉〈…〉 about the said towne to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the same that s••me day come to the 〈…〉〈…〉 to make ob•••••• 〈…〉〈…〉 then friend 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and all Christen fowles And far thermo•••••• the said P. and C. coven his graunt, and promises to and with the said Rob^t by th•••• presents 〈…〉〈…〉 any of the promisses, as 〈…〉〈…〉 not truly without a any 〈◊〉〈◊〉 or any discert observ••d and kept dayly for ever that then they the said P. and C. and their successors shall redeliver and repay to the said Robert Daval his heirs executors or assigns all the said sum of 6l. 18s. by theis presents. In witness hereof the forseid P. and C. hath set to their covent seale to this parte of the indentre remaynyng in the custodie of the seid R. Davel. Yeven at town of Newcastell uppon Tyne the daye and yere above written."—Randall's MSS.

  By a lease remaining in the Augmentation-Office, dated July 12th, 1537, "Rowland Hardinge priour of the Freazours Preachours of Newcastell upon Tyne lett to Andrew Bewick merchaunt of that towne a medowe cloce called the Horte Clooce within the said towne boundring of the said Freazours Preachours of the west partie and of the walles of the said towne of the northe partie."—Term 80 years.—Annual rent 6s. 8d.
• q 2.382

  "Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit Rollandus Harding prior sive gardianus domûs fratrum predicatorum de Novo Castro super Tynam in com' ejusdem ac ejusdem loci conventus salutem in Domino sempiternam & fidem indubiam presentibus adhiberi. Noveritis nos &c. In quorum testimonium atque fidem nos presatus prior sive gardianus & conventus figillum commune presentibus apponi fecimus.

  "Dat' in domo nostro capitulari decimo die mensis Januarii anno regni Regis Henrici octavi tricesimo. (Thus signed.) Per me fratrem Rolandum Hardynge priorem per me fratrem David Symson presbyterum per Johannis Sowerby presbyterum per me Carolum Newton presbyterum per me Thomas Wyecher presbyterum per me Georgium Borrodon presbyterum, per me Andream Marshall presbyterum per me Georgium Taytt presby∣terum per me Thomam Bowllok presbyterum per me Andream Rye presbyterum per me fratrem Laurentium Robson per me Johannem Watson per me Radolfus Trotter."— Seal, red wax—under a Gothic arch, at bottom, a figure, with a staff in his hand—The virgin and child sitting—Inscription, "Sigill..........cator' Novi Castri super Tynam." —See Seals, Plate II. N^o 9.—From the original in the Augmentation-Office.
• * 2.383

  Sic.
• * 2.384

  Sic.
• * 2.385

  Sic.
• r 2.386

  The following extract concerning this place is taken from the minister's or bailiff's accounts of divers religious houses in the county of Northumberland, from Michaelmas 30 Hen. VIII. to the same time next year, remaining in the Augmentation-Office:

  "Redditus & firm'—sed reddit de 8s. de firma scitus dicte nuper domus (Black-Friars) cum edifici••s eidem' annex' scituat' infra mutos ville Novi Castri super Tynam ac pardinis et pomeriis eidem pertmen' continen'..... acras in tenura predicti Henrici Anderson (nunc majoris ville & custodis ibidem) ad voluntatem Domini Regis an∣nuatim solvend' ad termin' Martin' & Pent' equaliter Et de 13s. 4d. de firma unius alle cum 2 cameris et in sine occidental' alle predict' 1 crosse chamber cum domibus sublim' ac duobus parvis gardinis sic dimiss' Johanni Davell clerico per indentur' annu∣atim solvend' eisdem terminis equaliter Et de 5s. de firma unius claus' jacen' infra por∣tam occidentalem sic dimiss' Andree Bewyke per indentur' cujus tenor nondum vis' an∣nuatim solvend' eisdem terminis equaliter Et de 6s. 8d. de firma unius clausa infra mu∣ros jacen' juxta scitum predict' in tenura Andree Bewyke annuatim solvend' eisdem ter∣minis equaliter Et de 3s. 4d. de firma unius pomarii ibidem jacen' ex parte boreal' scitus dicte nuper domus sic dimiss' Johanni Noble per indentur' annuatim solvend' eisdem terminis equaliter Et de 20s. de firma unius clausi jacen' extra muros ville predicte cum una parva domo scituat' in eadem claus' continen' 3 acras sic dimiss' Jacobo Lawson per indentur' pro termino annorum cujus tenor nondum vis' annuatim solvend' eisdem terminis equaliter Et de 3s. de firma unius domus ibidem vocat' le Yate Howse juxta regiam stratam cum 3 burgagiis eidem domui annex' in tenur' diversor' tenentium ad voluntatem Domini Regis annuatim solvend' eisdem terminis equaliter.—Summa 59s. 4d. quos solvit Willielmo Grene receptori Domini Regis."
• s 2.387

  The following occurs in the Hatleian MSS. N^o 604: "A brefe certificate made upon the dissolucon of diverse monaster' & priores that surrendrid in the moneths of Decembre Januar' & Februar in the 30 yere of the regne of our soverane Lord Kyng Henry th' eght as insuyth "Newcastell—Blake Fretes ther—Henry Anderson keper—clere valew of the possessions over and above the annual reprizes 5s.—The nombre of the prior and brethren 14.—The clere money remanyng of the yerly possessions 5s.—The stock, store and do∣mestical stuff sold with detts receyvyd 103s. 4d.—Rewards with porcions payd unto the priors 73s. 4d.—The remayner of the price of goods and chattalls sold 30s.—Leade and bells— lead 18 sother—bells two.—Woods and underwoods nil.—Playte &c. 38 uno. dotts owyng unto the house nil.—Detts owyng by the house nil."
• t 2.388

  One Richard Marshall prior of the Blacke-Friars at Newcastle in England preach∣ed in St. Andrews, that the Pater-noster should be said to God only and not to the Saints. The doctors of St. Andrew's attended at it, made a Gray-Friar called Tottis preach a••••inst Marshall his tenet, which he did 〈◊〉〈◊〉 (taking his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 out of the 5th of St. Mat∣thew, "Blessed are the poor in spirit"): Seeing we say good day, rather, to any old man in the street, we may call a Saint, Pater, who is older than any alive. And seeing they are in heaven, we may say to any of them, our Father which art in heaven. And seeing they are holy, we may say to any of them, hallowed be thy name. And since they are in the kingdom of heaven, we may say, thy kingdom come. And seeing their will is God's will, we may say to any of them, thy will be done. But when the Gray-Friar preaching came to the fourth petition, give us this day our daily bread, he was hissed at, and so was constrained not only to leave off preaching, but also to leave the city for shame. Yet among the doctors then assembled the dispute continued about the Pater, for some would have it said to God formaliter, and to the Saints materialiter. Others to God principa∣liter, to the Saints minus principaliter; others primario to God, secundario to the Saint••, others would have it said to God taking it strictè, and to the Saints taking it late. Notwithstanding all their distinctions, the doctors could not agree upon the bu∣sinesse. A fellow called Tom, servant to the sub-prior of St. Andrews, one day per∣ceiving his master much troubled with some businesse, and as he conceived weighty, said to him, sir, what is the matter of this your trouble? The master answered, we can∣not agree about the saying of the Pater. The fellow replied, to whom should it be said but to God alone? The master answers, what shall we do then with the Saints? The fellow replies, give them aves and credes enough, that may suffice them and too well too." Bourne tells us, that he saw a grant of a tenement near the White-Cross, signed by friar Richard Marshall, doctor and prior, and friars David Simpson and John Sowrily, dated 28th of Hen. VIII. to Anthony Godsave, on condition of paying 9s. per annum to the said priory—that the grant was, in his time, in the possession of Thomas Marshall, joiner, who had purchased the tenement, and lately rebuilt it, and paid the same rent to the town of Newcastle, as the tenement used to do before to the mo∣nastery.
• u 2.389

  Among the see ••••rm rent, received 1783, by John Widdrington, Esq. for the repre∣sentatives of —Paun••••fort, Esq. occurs the following: "For divers lands and tene∣ments, called Preaching Fryes, received of the mayor and burgesses 5s. 11½d.—parcel of reputed parcel of the late monastery of Tinmouth."
• v 2.390

  From the original preserved in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle, intitled, Dorto, "10 March, 35 Hen. VIII. a grant to the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne, of the Black-Fryers, with the houses and ground thereunto belonging, which was of the yearly value of value of 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 6d. in consideration of 53l. 7••. 6d."—In Latin—much 〈◊〉〈◊〉 — great 〈…〉〈…〉 property specified there in consisted of a close, or little field, within the West-Gate—two gardens and a close on the north—the field, still called Warden's-Close on the west, and without the town's-wall, that anciently had a lodge or house in it—And a house called the Gate-House, near New-Gate-Street, from whence the great entrance seems to have been to this monastery.—Bourne tell us, that a mill at the Barrows-Bridge belonged to it, which in the year 1558 paid a rent of 2s. per an∣num to the town of Newcastle.
• w 2.391

  From an original instrument, much defaced, remaining among the papers of the company of tanners Seal lost off.

  It still continues the property of the several companies to whom it was demised by the corporation of Newcastle.—Enough of this monastery remains, notwithstanding all the alterations that have taken place in it, to give a more than faint idea of what it must originally have been. There is a perspective view of the outside of it in Grose's Anti∣quities.

  This monastery would, long before this time, have been ranked among the places whose very ruins are annihilated, had it not been for the above grant. The chapel has been converted into a meeting-house, and apartments for widows of the company of smiths. The societies of taylors, cordwainers, sadlers, dyers, bakers and brewers, skinners and glovers, butchers and tanners have their respective halls in it, and by that means it has been preserved from dilapidation. The companies of taylors and cordwainers hav∣ing, since the above grant, procured meeting-houses in other parts of the town, sitted up their old ones in this house for apartments for their poor.—But see afterwards in the ac∣count of "Manor-Chare."

  Bourne complains of the d••rtiness that prevailed in this place in his time. I could not, on a late visit, compliment the present tenants with profiting any thing by his censure, of which, however, it is probable they have never heard. Their want of cleanliness is the more to be wondered at, as they still enjoy the advantage of abundance of fine water in the old well adjoining to it, and still called our Lady's Well, which, whatever imagi∣nary qualities it may have 〈…〉〈…〉, to the present hour, its purifying virtues.

  The west window of the chapel, now partly built up, still discovers it to have been of a most elegant design and beautiful execution .—The whole pile ha•• still a monastic ap∣pearance, and affords a mournful instance of the vicissitude of all human things.—Once the recess of a respectable order of religious, who were the sole patrons and possessors of the learning of their times, it is now tenanted by ignorant old women: some of it is con∣verted into stabling, and its out-offices are appropriated to the feeding of hogs.

  In a ground room, on the right-hand as one enters the quadrangle, there are still re∣mains of the wooden ceiling, about the pannels of which are arms, or punning devices, no doubt expressive of the names of its ancient benefactors. I particularly noticed a tun. In the account of St. John's Church, mention is made of a similar device.

  The area, or quadrangle, represented in the view annexed, is about 87 feet square See Plate II. of Seal•• N^• 10, for the representation of an impression, as it is supposed, of a very moment seal of this house.
• * 2.392

  See a sketch of what remains, at the bottom of the annexed perspective view.
• x 2.393

  Hutchinson's Northumberland, vol ii. "To attend the ceremony," says he, "of the dedication of this lodge, there was the most respectable and numerous convention of that order, that ever appeared in the northern parts of this kingdom. The musick was performed by an excellent band, the vocal parts of which were done by the best voices from the choir of Durham cathedral. A pathetic exhortation was delivered by Mr. H••ntley, and an elegant oration, displaying the antiquity, progress, and excellence of the order, by the Rev. Dr. Scott of Simonburn. The festival was held in the New Assembly Room, when near four hundred of the brethren dined together at three tables."
• y 2.394

  An ingenious artist of Newcastle upon Tyne.
• z 2.395

  Mr Francis Peacock, ••••per.
• a 2.396

  A subscription appears to have been set on foot for the establishment of this hospital before September 13th, 1760.—A general court of contributors was held November 26th following, when they elected a physician, surgeon, surgeon extraordinary, man-midwife, and matron. —By an advertisement, dated Rosemary-Lane, Dec. 3d, 1760, notice was given to the publick, that the house was then open for the admission of pregnant women.

  Dec. 10th, 1760, the annual subscriptions to this humane institution amounted to 87 guineas, and the benefactions to 69 guineas.
• b 2.397

  From the book of inrolments in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne.
• c 2.398

  Newcastle Courant.—Mrs. Baker, wife of John Baker, Esq. alderman, added ten pounds, to enable the charity to purchase two hundred pounds stock in the three per cents. where its funds were before deposited.
• d 2.399

  Ibid.
• e 2.400

  It commenced in the winter of 1760. It is the intention of this charity that each married woman or widow, pregnant at her husband's death, and recommended to it by a subscriber, shall be attended and delivered by an experienced midwife; or, if necessary, by a surgeon expert in midwifery: and in difficult cases by a physician, and supplied, during the month, with proper medicines and suitable provision.
• f 2.401

  There was published, "An Address to the Publick on Behalf of the Charity, for the Relief of poor Lying-in Women at their own Houses: to which is added, the General Plan and Rules for conducting the said Charity. Newcastle, 1761." 8vo. No printer's name.
• g 2.402

  January 2d, 1769, it appeared, that, out of 865 women who had been recommended, 835 were safely delivered, and 30 remained on the books.—Newcastle Courant.
• h 2.403

  State of the charity, May 31, 177••,—93•• had been recommended—899 delivered— 31 remained upon the books.—Newcastle Courant.

  Friday, March 3d, 1780, the tragedy of H••••let was performed at the theatre in New∣castle, for the benefit of the charity—the part of Hamlet by Nicholson ••t wart, Esq. and that of the Ghost by Cap•••••• M••••.—Ibid.

  January 20th, 1783, a 〈…〉〈…〉 ••••t St. Nichol••' Church, for the benefit of this charity, by Dr. Scott of ••••••••••burn, on Pr••••n 1, which produced 〈…〉〈…〉.
• i 2.404

  In the Hat••••an MSS. 7••8 〈…〉〈…〉 14 Richard II. mean 〈◊〉〈◊〉 occurs 〈…〉〈…〉 "in Galon Gate, in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 N•••• Castri." The person 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to be 〈…〉〈…〉 county prison in the castle, at brought along it in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 way to the 〈…〉〈…〉 for 〈…〉〈…〉 e••••••tions without the Wall Gate.

  In a••••molm in the archive of the corporation of Newcastle, dat••d November ••th, 16••8, mention o•• ours of "Fenhall Street 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Back Raw."
• k 2.405

  In the Tinmouth Chartulary, at Northumberland-House, in a deed, dated 1••9••, a tenement is described in le West-Gate juxta venellum quo itur ad le Whit-frer-Yate."
• m 2.406

  Grey, in his Chorographia, p. 20, tells us, that "the street of Bailiff-Gate formerly belonged to the castle and county of Northumberland." It appears to have been ob••••medes crown-land, i. e. belonging to the Castle of Newcastle, A. D. 1649. but in the following year was given up again to the town of Newcastle. See Bourne, p. 36.—The south side of this street, that in Bourne's time was chiefly the property of Mr. Joshua Douglas, town clerk, belongs at present to Sir Thomas Cl••••••n, Part. who married his daughter.

  In a deed lying before me, dated 1373, it is called "le Baillye-Gate."

  See Grose's Antiquities, vol. i. preface—And Antiq. Report. vol. 1. p. 51.

  In the Ledger-Book of Brinkbourn Priory, mention occurs of a grant from the master and brethren of St. Mary's Hospital in West-Gate, of a not rising from a house "in fra balleam Novi Castri."—The Barly and Barly Gate occurs is names of streets at Dur¦ham and Alnwick, and are contiguous to the castle of each place.
• n 2.407

  Lone Stairs appears anciently to have been called "Le Castle Mate," 〈◊〉〈◊〉 served before.—A deed lies before me, dated •••• November, 1615, in which at 〈◊〉〈◊〉 describ•••• "in quodam vico vocato le Castle Mote—inter tenementum, &c. ••••part•• australi ten mentum, &c. ex parte bortal, v••a regin ante ex parte orientali et quodam venello vo•••••• ••••ley Borne ex parte occidentali."

  As also in another, dated March 2••, 1697, concerning the same property.
• o 2.408

  Thomasin Scott, an old woman about 60 years of age, living on the Wall-Knoll, informed me April 3d, 1783, that several years ago some workmen, in building a coach-house there for Alderman Sowerby, discovered plainly the foundations of the Roman Wall coming over the top of the hill, and bearing to the north side of the present Sally-Port Gate, and that a great many curious gentlemen came to view it.

  The passage of Virgil, lib. vii. may be strictly applied to the etymon of Wall-Knoll, from the Roman Wall.—

  —"Ab illo Dicitur, aeternumque tenet per saecula nomen."
• p 2.409

  Grey, in his Chorographia, speaking of Pandon-Hall, calls it, "A safe bulwark, having the Picts' Wall on the north side, and the river Tyne on the south.
• q 2.410

  The Milbank MS. cited so often by Bourne, tells us, that (about Charles I.'s time) the Roman Wall might be traced down the hill by Mr. Leonard Carr's house, which stood in Pilgrim-Street, on the west side, a little before you come to Silver-Street.

  Grey, in his Chorographia, p. 9, says: "The Picts' Wall came over Nether-Dean Bridge, and so along unto Pandon."

  Horseley, Britannia Romana, p. 132, tells us that "in laving the foundation of a build∣ing in the Groat-Market about 15 or 16 years since, the masons struck upon the Roman Wall at each of the side walls, so that the building stands cross the Roman Wall."

  Dr. Davel, master of St. Mary's Hospital when Leland visited Newcastle in the ••••nge of Hen. VIII. told him that "St. Nicholas' church 〈◊〉〈◊〉 upon the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Wall."

  Leland' 〈◊〉〈◊〉, vol. vii. p 51.

  In la••ing th•• foundation of the new Assembly Houre, the wor•• 〈…〉〈…〉 said to have discovered the foss of Several Wall—but Mr. George And••••••, master 〈…〉〈…〉 of a contrary opinion.

  The north side of the wall of the great wall 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the chancel of th•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 All-Saints church was plainly built with Roman stones, the plunder of this wall.

  The north wall of a stable in the Spread 〈…〉〈…〉 Denton Ch••••e, 〈…〉〈…〉 dently composed of Roman stones.—The followin•• occurs among Dr. Ellison's MSS notes. "The Picts' Wall goes through the 〈…〉〈…〉 of Newcastle."
• r 2.411

  Horseley thus determines the boundaries and situation of the station of Pons Aelii: "I hinted before that there was a traditionary account of the wall's passing through St. George's Porch, near the north-west corner of St. Nicholas' church. But it is certain that the line of the wall lies a little to the north of this end of the church, and I think has not touched this porch, though it comes near it. And therefore I conjecture that the wall which has passed through this porch must have been the east rampart of the station; for the supposition will reconcile these seemingly different accounts: and if a line be erected perpendicular to that of Severus' Wall, so as to pass through that porch, and be continued along the brow of the hill, at the head of the side, till it meet the line of Ha∣drian's Vallum, near the cast end of Belygate, and not far from the Castle, this line seems to answer so well in all respects, that I cannot much doubt its having been the eastern limits of the ancient station: for this brings the station near to the Castle, which probably has been built a little more to the south-east, in order to bring it nearer to the top of a steep hill. And fixing the eastern boundary of the station here, leaves a plain and level area for the station itself, and without it, a descent towards the south and the river, for the town to stand upon, which might extend itself to the bridge, supposing the ancient bridge to have been near the same place where the present one stands. From which bridge the ancient town and station might probably take the name of Pons Aelii. This eastern boundary of the station must at that time have been nearer the river than it is now; since it is certain, that the river formerly flowed farther up towards this part of the town. The position of the eastern rampart of the station being thus determined, the other boundaries may be also defined; for the distance here between the lines of the walls seems to be about 6 charms, and it is not much to be questioned, but the two walls here (as in other cases they frequently did) have fallen in with the northern and southern ramparts of the station; so that these 6 chains have been the breadth of the station. And if we suppose the station to have been of a middle size, we must make it a square, and allow 6 chains for the length of it. If at this distance another line be drawn equal and parallel to the former, and between the lines of the wall, it will be the western boundary of the station, as the two respective parts of the two walls make the northern and southern limits. And upon this supposition, a line drawn from the scot of the Flesh Market to Barly Gate, near the east end of it, will be the eastern limits of the ancient station. That part of the vallum which reaches from Baily-Gate to Mr. Ord's house, will be the southern limit, and a line drawn from hence to that part of the line of Severus' Wall, which is about 30 yards east from the end of Rosemary-Lane, must be the western boundary, and the part of Severus' Wall included between this and the foot of the Flesh-Market, remains for the line of the northern rampart," page 133.
• s 2.412

  It crossed West-Gate, we collect from that writer, between the part or con••luit, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 stood in his time not far from the end of Denton-Chare, and Barly Gate, but 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to Baily-Gate, and, passing near the free school, intersected the line of the town well, but •• West-Gate and the smaller gate that leads to the Earth. 〈…〉〈…〉 that, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 before he wrote, a coin of Vespasian was found 〈…〉〈…〉 he was told by the person that found it. I am of opinion that the inscriptions belonging to the state •••• of Pons 〈◊〉〈◊〉 all built up in the old keep of the castle, and that ••••ch 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of this 〈…〉〈…〉 or other be discovered lurking in its almost impregnable walls by future 〈…〉〈…〉.
• t 2.413

  They are marked G. A. (George Anderson) on the north side, and J. H. (John Hodgson) on the south. Mr. Anderson shewed me a deed, dated Feb. 14, in the 40th of Elizabeth, wherein Elynor Swynborne demised to Robert Heslop, armorer, and others, her stone-quarries in the territories of Elslwick, "boundring upon an old wast quarrye theare in the east parte, upon a corne fielde theare on the west parte, upon the Quenes majestie's high waie there on the northe parte, and upon an old wall theare called the Wall on the south parte by the right meetes, &c."

  Mr. Anderson informed me, that his deeds for the ground on which Mr. Dickenson's house stands, just without the West-Gate, call the site of it "Pies-Wall or Hole."

  N. B. The lines of Hadrian's Vallum and Severus' Wall, the former ending here, the letter passing through Newcastle, are marked in the engraved plan that accompanies this work. For a more particular account of the Roman Walls during the whole progress, consult Horseley's Romana Britannia, Warburton's Vallum Romanum, &c.
• u 2.414

  Dr. Stukeley, in his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Boteale, 1725, says, "that out at West-Gate many shafts of the coal min••s are 〈◊〉〈◊〉 upon the Roman Wall."

  A part of the foss of Severus' Wall very d••••p and observable, yet remains, near the first ••ril•• stone at the west end of the farm-house: as do also some remains of Hadrian's wo••∣•••• a field opposite to it on the south.

  In the deep hollow below Benwall Hill, near the bridge over Denton-Burn, and a few 〈◊〉〈◊〉 south of the tumpike-••ond is preserved a curious fragment of Severus' Wall: it me••∣••ares about nine feet in breadth: five courses of the facing-stones on both sides of it are observed. A small apple-tree at present grows out of the middle of it. See Appendix.
• v 2.415

  "When the Normans," says Grose, in the preface to his Antiquities, p. 5, "found the ruins of an ancient building on the site of their intended structure, they either en∣deavoured to incorporate it into their work, or made use of the materials; as may be seen by many buildings of known Norman construction, wherein are fragments of Saxon archi∣tecture, or large quantities of Roman bricks; which has caused them often to be mistaken for Roman or Saxon edifices."
• w 2.416

  Hemingford's Chronicle. Gale, p. 461. Also Matthew of Westminster, Flores Histor. p. 7. lib. ii.
• x 2.417

  Simeon of Durham apud decem Scriptores, p. 211. Chronicle of Mailross. Gale, p. 161. Dugdale's Monasticon, tom. i. p. 42. Howe's edition of Stowe, 1632, p. 118.
• y 2.418

  Hollingshead, Chron. vol. iii. p. 310. Grafton's Chronicle, p. 15.
• z 2.419

  Chronicle, 1542, fol. 132. 2. "William Rufus," says he, "buylded

  — The Newcastell upon Tyne The Scottes to gaynstande and to defende — he made then Westmynster Hall And the Castel of Newcastell withall That standeth on Tyne, therein to dwell in warre Agayne the Scottes the countree to defende."

  So also Baker's Chronicle, p. 48. And Howe's edit. of Stowe, 1632, p. 131, as if he had forgotten what is before related in p. 118.

  Boethius and Buchanan say this castle was only repaired by Robert Curtois, son of the Conqueror. Boeth. p. 258. Buchanan, vol. i. p. 264.
• a 2.420

  See Bourne.—The Milbank MS. he says, tells us, "that this New Castle may be dis∣tinguished from the old one," i. e. the Round Tower, since called the Half-Moon Bat∣tery, which is supposed to have been a Roman fortress, to command the pass of the bridge over the river Tyne, built by the Emperor Hadrian, and which gave its name to the Ro∣man station, i. e. Pons Aelii. See Account of Tyne-Bridge.
• b 2.421

  Leland, in his Itinerary, vol. vii. fol. 36, says, "Newcastell under Line" is "so cawllid of a brooke renning therby, or of an hille or wodd therby so cawllid. There cummith a broke out of the pole aboute the castell.

  In Rymer's ••••rdera, tom. v. A. D. 1346, "Novo Castro subtus Lynam" occurs.

  The English Monery says it is called Newcastle upon Line from the rivulet Line upon which it is seated, to distinguish it from Newcastle upon Tyne in Northumberland. In the Rolls of Parliament, vol. vi. p. 375, A. D. 1485, there occurs mention of "Newcastell under Lyne, otherwise called Newcastell under Lyme, within our countie of Stafford."
• c 2.422

  The words of Brompton are: "Detecta et cognita eorum fraude, Rex cum exercim m••gno Northumbriam adiit, ubi citò in quadam firmitate quae Novum Castrum vocatur, plures de proceribus se invicem alligatis cepit et eos in custodia posuit pro voto extra Angliam relegandes."—Decem Scriptores. p. 991.

  Huntingdon's account is somewhat different: "Promovit Rex exercitum in Nort∣humbre, statimque in quadam firmitate quae vocatur Novum Castellum omnes meliores consules et proceres cepit."—Hon. Huntingdon. Hist. p. 214, lib. vii.

  Matthew Paris, p. 13, says. "In Novo Castello potentisumos quosque familiae comitis cepit et vinculis redidit"

  The Saxon Chronicle does not contra••he•• the above, and mentions the taking of a great many of Mowbray's adherent, "in a certain fortress."

  The Durham MS. in the Cotton library has these words. "He (the King) entered Newcastell, wherein he took preesoners the best souldiers of the said counte, &c."

  But where is the probability that the best soldiers of this noble delinquent would yield themselves prisoners till a short siege at least, ended perhaps by storming the fortress, had convinced them of the impossibility of holding it out against the king?
• d 2.423

  Thompton's account••••: "Inde vero quodam also castello conquisito et statre consulis in eo capto, apud Bamburgh consulem post haec obsedit; quod cum armis inexpugnabile Rex viderit, aliud castellum ante illud paravit, quod Malveyseyn appellavit, in quo partem exercitus sui relinquens recessit. Cumque postmodum quadam nocte Robertus Consul a castro de Bamburgh latenter recessisset, eum usque Tynmuth regalis exercitus est secutus, ubi cum se defendere non posset ad ecclesiam Sancti Oswyni regis & martyris fugit, in quâ demum vulneratus violenter extrahitur et in Regis custodia securè ponitur."—De∣cem Scriptores, p. 991.

  "Robert" (says Ridpeth, in his Border History, p. 71), "by means of some secret cor∣respondence he had in the garrison of Newcastle, hoped to make himself master of it: for this purpose he set out from Bamburgh in the night, accompanied by thirty horse. But being observed by the garrison of Malvoisin, he was pursued by a part of them; and his pursuers having advertised the garrison of Newcastle to be upon their guard, he found himself shut out from that place, and directed his flight to the monastery of St. Oswin at Tinmouth."

  Odericus Vitalis says that the Earl was betrayed by his own men. See Bourne Account.
• e 2.424

  From the Pipe Rolls.—"Com' de termino Sancti Michaelis 21 Ann. H. R. 2, apud Westm' facte. Regerus de Stutevill reddit comp' de 100l. 45s. 2d. de veteri firma de Northumb' qui remanserit pro werra ut dicitur—Thesaur' 10l. Et in operacione turtis Novi Castri super Tinam 5••l. per breve Regis Et per visum Roberti de Diveliston & Rad. Baiard—Et in operacione turris de Novo Castro 125l. 13s. 6d. per idem breve et per vitum predictorum."—Copied from the original record, July 12th, 1787.
• f 2.425

  By his charter to the burgesses of Newcastle, February 5th, in the 14th year of his reign, King John remitted certain eschaet rents which he had in that town, to the value of 110 shillings and 6d. to such of the inhabitants as had lost, or had their property in∣puted by a foss, and new work, made below the castle towards the water.
• g 2.426

  Dugdale's Baronace, tom. i. p. 76, citing Pat. 14 Joh. m. 4.—"Royal castles were generally committed to the custody of some trusty person, who seems to have been indif∣ferently styled governor and constable: sometimes, also, they were in the possession of the sheriff of the county, who often converted them into prisons."—Grose's Preface, p. 4.
• h 2.427

  Dugdale's Baronage, p. 702, citing Pat. 7 Hen. III. p. 1, m. 5.
• i 2.428

  Ibid. p. 452, citing claus. 8 Hen. III. m. 7.
• k 2.429

  Ibid. p. 571, citing the same.—It was upon the insurrection of the Earl of Chester. Falcase de Breant, and others.
• l 2.430

  Ibid. vol. i. p 107.
• m 2.431

  Ibid. tom. i. p. 107, citing Pat. 9 Hen. III. m. 9.
• n 2.432

  Ibid. p. 53, citing Pat. 22 Hen. III. m. 5, Rot. Pip. de eisdem annis.
• o 2.433

  "Novum Castrum super Tinant. Quod prisa halecis ibidem, viz. de quolibet batello et nave centum halec' non pertineat ad custodem castri Regis ibidem nec sit ad commo∣dum Regis et quod proinde cesset."—Claus. 13 Hen. III. m. 15.—Murray and Au∣bone MSS.
• p 2.434

  Harleian MSS. 624, Plut. 29/•• F. p. 169, b. "19 Hen. III. Rot. 2, in tergo. Ro∣bertus filius Avicie & Robertus de Neuham visores operis castri de Novo Castro affida∣verunt in vigilia Sancti Luce pro 22l. et ob. positis in opere dicti Castri."

  The following occurs, ibid. p. 173: "20 Hen. III. A. D. 1235, pro vicecomite Northumberland. breve Regis de computandis ducentis marcis vicecomiti Northumbr' in exitibus ejusdem comitatus pro custodia predicti comitatus et c••strorum de Bamberg et Novi Castri super Tynam a Festo Sancti Michaelis anno 20, usque in unum annum. Est in fo∣rulo Marescalli."
• q 2.435

  Dugdale's Baronage, tom. i. p. 452. He died in 1263. In the account of an aid granted to the King this year, to marry his sister to the Emperor, the sheriff of North∣umberland occurs as receiving 200 marks for 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••••••ping of the two castles of Newcastle and Bambrough, and the county of Northumberland. Madox's History of Exchequer, p. 412, folio edition
• r 2.436

  Harleian MSS. N^o 624, p. 184, b. "Memorand' penes remem' Domini Thesau∣•••••• anno 33 Hen. III. Rot. 8, in tergo. Northumberland. vis' Willielmus de Burne∣ton & Nicholaus de Wardelesford assidaverunt pro 514l. 15s. 11d. positis in operationibus cujusdam nove porte in castro Novi Castri super Tynam usque ad Festum Sancti Johannis Baptiste anno 31."
• s 2.437

  Ibid. p. 187. "Commun' memorand' penes re••••••m' Domini Thesaura••i de anno •••• Hen. III. Rot. 1••, in tergo.—Northumberl•••••• vis' Nicholaus de Wardelesford & Johannes de ••in••dime vitores operationum Regis in castir de Bamburg & Novi Castri super Tinam affidaverunt pro 36l. 8d. pontis in reparacione porte Novi Castri super Ti∣nam Et pro 17l. 9s. 8d. positis in reparacione tu••••s ad tontem Eilmundi in castro de Bamburg, et Barbecatre ante portam Et pro 33l. 15s. 9d. positis in reparacione molen∣di••••i Regis apud Laumberg."
• t 2.438

  Dugdale's Baronage, vol. i. p. 738, citing Pat. 49 Hen. III. m. 27. After the re∣bellion was crushed, Adam de Gesemue was sheriff and keeper of this castle.—The fol∣lowing occurs, Harleian MSS. 624, p. 201—anno 50 Hen. III.—"Northumbr' visores. Simon le Charpenter & Ricardus le Porter visores operationum Regis in castro Novi Castri super Tynam & expensarum factarum ad predictum castrum muniend' et stipend' militum & commorancium in eodem castro tempore turbacionis habite affidaverunt pro 513l. 9s. 8d. positis in eisdem operacionibus municione & stipendiis tempore predicto per Adam de Ge∣semue vicecomitem Northumbrie."
• u 2.439

  Ibid. p. 202, b.—"Com' ex parte remem' Domini Thesaurarii anno 53 Hen. III. Rot. 2, in tergo.—Northumbr' visores—Novum Castrum super Tinam. Johannes de Bentone & Rogerus Darreyns visores operacionis Regis in predicto castro affidaverunt pro 14l. 16s. 6d. positis in reparacione et emendacione ejusdem castri."
• v 2.440

  Ibid. p. 204, b.—"Anno 55 Hen. III. Rot. 6. in tergo.—Novi Castri super Ty∣nam visores—Johannes de Bentone & Henricus Gerneys visores reparacionis turtis Regis in castro Novi Castri super Tinam affidaverunt pro 67l. 5s. posius in reparacione et emendacione turris predicte."
• w 2.441

  Wallis's History of Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 236, notes—citing claus. 6 R Ed. I. dorso ....... Tom. iv. Rot. Tutr. Londonen'.—Also Murray MS.
• x 2.442

  "Apud Novum Castrum super Tynam in aula palatu ipsius Domini Regis infra cas∣trum &c." Rymeri Foedera, vol. ii. p. 593—p. 600.

  A. D. 1293, John de Eslington occurs as holding the manor of Eslington, in Northum∣berland, by the service of 4l. rent to the King's Exchequer at Newcastle, &c. and making seek at the castle of that town.—Ex Bund. Escaet. Turri Lond. •• anno •••• Ed. I •• 23.
• y 2.443

  Madox's Exchequer, p. 260, folio edit.
• z 2.444

  "Duodecim prisonibus Scotie incarceratis apud Novum Castrum super Tynam de dono Regis ad calciamenta et alia necessaria sibi emenda per manus Alani de Molton jani∣toris castri ibidem ultimo die Octobris—1l. 0s. 0d."—Wardrobe Account, 28 Ed I. p. 181.
• a 2.445

  Wallis's History of Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 39, notes.
• b 2.446

  Ibid. vol. ii. p. 65, notes.
• c 2.447

  Wallis's Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 315, notes.
• d 2.448

  Rymer's Foedera, tom. iii. p. 999. "Un autre quarter amount, de la tour de Novel Chastel."
• e 2.449

  Wardrobe account of the 15th, 16th, and 17th of Ed. II. penes Th. Astle Armig. p. 281.

  "Johannes de Fenwyk vicecom' Northumbr' 20 balist' 2000 quarell et 19 baudi' nov' sibi lib' per Willielmum de Kyrkeby clericum pro municione Novi Castri super Ty∣nam sexto die Marcii anno sexto decimo." And ibid. p. 41, "Johanni Walays et Jo∣hanni Flecher artillariis de Novo Castro super Tynam pro 20 balistis 2000 quarell' et 19 bandt' novis empt' de eisdem per dominum Willielmum de Kirkeby clericum ad hoc as∣signat' et liberat' Johanni de Fenwyk vicecom' Northumbr' pro municione Novi Castri super Tynam, prec' cujuslibet baliste 3s. prec' cujuslibet millene quarellor' 25s. Et prec' cujuslibet bandi' 12d. per manus dicti Willielmi 6 die Marcii—6l. 9s."
• f 2.450

  Bourne says, "This chapel, I have been told, stood on that part of the castle-yard where ••h•• moot-hall is, but, upon searching, I found it in the castle itself, according to this account. The door of it is at the bottom of the south-wall of the castle, adjoining to the stairs which s••••d into the state-chamber. It has been a work of great beauty and ornament, and is still, in the midst of dust and darkness, by far the most beautiful place in the whole building, the inside of it being curiously adorned with arches and pillars. It is easy to observe the 〈…〉〈…〉 part•• of it, the entrance, the body of it, and the chan••••••. On the left side of the entrance, you go into a dark little room, which undoubtedly was the vestry. Th•• full length of it is 15 yards, the breadth of it is 6 yards and a half. It had 3 or 4 windows towards the ••••st, which are now all filled up▪ no•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 there 〈…〉〈…〉 but what comes 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••little 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in the wall.
• g 2.451

  Bourne's History. Wallis's Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 236. Murray MS.—"No∣••um Castrum super Tynam—inquis' de reparacione castri ibidem ad diversas personas pertinen' Et de purprestur' et usurpac' sac' super motam & solum Regis. Esch' 9 Ed. III. n. 68."

  N. B. "Mota" was sometimes used for a fortress or castle.—Blount's Dictionary in verbo.
• h 2.452

  Wallis's Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 250, notes.
• i 2.453

  Grafton's Chronicle, p. 249.—Barnes's Ed. III. p. 254.
• k 2.454

  Dugdale's Baronage, vol. ii. p. 65, citing Rot. Scot. 15 Ed. III. m. 4.
• l 2.455

  Ibid. citing Rot. Fin. 16 Ed. III. m. 9.
• m 2.456

  Barnes's Ed. III. p. 379.—Also Dugdale, ut supra, vol. i. p. 545, citing Rot. Fin. 19 Ed. III. m. 23.
• n 2.457

  Murray MS. p. 279.
• o 2.458

  Rymer's Foedera, tom. v. p. 72••.
• p 2.459

  See History of Newcastle as a corporate town.
• q 2.460

  Wallis's Northumberland, vol. ii p. 270, notes.—A. D. 1393, William de Cram∣lington occurs as doing the same, ibid. p. 270, notes.
• r 2.461

  Murray MS. p. 279.
• s 2.462

  Rymer's Foedera under these years.
• t 2.463

  Rot. Parl. vol. iii. p. 30.
• u 2.464

  Dugdale's Baronage, vol. i. p. 277, from Rot. Fin. 8 Ric. II. m. 16. The next year, also, this Earl was again constituted sheriff of Northumberland, Rot. Fin. 9 Ric. II. m. 22.
• v 2.465

  Dugdale, ut supra, tom. ••••. p. 385, citing Rot. Fin. 13 Ric. II. m. 17.
• w 2.466

  See History of Newcastle as a corporate town under that year. There is said to be, in the Rolls-Chapel, a private act of parliament for putting this castle, and its limits, into the county of Northumberland, for the convenience of the judges at the assizes, &c. Taking this for granted, the act must have been obtained soon after the above charter of se∣paration, for in 1447, in an inquisition dated January 5th that year, it is mentioned in the following words, "Apud castrum Domini Regis de Novo Castro super Tinam in comi∣••atu Northumbriae &c."

  As also in the subsequent extract from the "Bolden Buke," in a memorial of the date of 1461.

  "Be it remembre that I Robert Rodes satt at the castell in the Newcastel upon Tyne in the county of Northumberlande &c."—30th April, 1 Ed. IV.—Randall's MSS.

  It is also said to be in the county of Northumberland in a charter to the corporation of Newcastle, of the 31st of Queen Elizabeth.

  In an old MS. communicated by Thomas Davidson, Esq. intitled, "A Coppy of Sir Thomas Tempest's Instruccions to defend the towne of Newcastle's rights against a survey lately returned wherein it certified that the greatest part of the towne is hold of the crown." Speaking of Henry IVth's charter of separation, it is observed, "But the castle was still reserved to be a prison for Northumberland"
• x 2.467

  The following curious letter from the Duke of Gloucester, afterwards Richard III. to Lord Nevil, is copied, literatim, from the Calverley MS. and selected from what is there entitled, "A coppie of some letters which were found in Rabie-Castle after the re∣bellion to shewe the fashion of those times:

  "To my Lorde Nevyll in hast

  "My Lord Nevyll I recommaunde me to you as hartely as I can and as ever ye love me and your awne weale & sewrty & yis realme that ye come to me with that ye may make defensably arrayde in all the hast that ys possyble and that ye will yef credence to _____ _____ Richarde Ratclyff thys beerer whom I nowe do sende to you enstructed with all my mynde and entent And my Lorde do me nowe gode service as ye have always befor don and I trust nowe so to remember you as shal be the makyng of you and yours. And God sende you good fortune. Wrytten at London 11 day of June with the hande of your hertely lovyng cousyn and master

  "R. GLOUCESTRE."

  It appears, from the Rolls of Parliament, vol. vi. p. 344, that King Edward IV. some∣time in his reign, had granted, by letters patent, to Henry Earl of Northumberland, the offices of constable and porter of Newcastle, sheriff of the county of Northumberland, and constable of the castle of Dunstanborough and Bamburgh in that county. By the list of sheriffs, it appears, that the above Earl was appointed, first in 1475, and continued till 1481.
• y 3.1

  Parliamentary History, vol. ii. p. 376.
• z 3.2

  Bourne's History.—This William Case, who was also steward of the lordship of Trowbridge in Wiltshire, occurs in the act of attainder, 1483—1 Ric. III. "William Case son and heire to John Case gentilman."—Rot. Parl. vol. vi. p. 246.
• a 3.3

  Bourne, ut supra.—He adds, that "Not any letters patent of the office of constable since the last above-mentioned, for the custody of the castle (as supposed) was committed to the sheriff of Northumberland for several years."
• b 3.4

  Perhaps the charter of 1 Hen. IV. had neither power nor intention to sever it from thence. The following is extracted from Grose's Antiquities, vol. i. "The castle of Chester, with the precincts thereof, were reserved out of that charter by King Henry VII. by which that city was made a county of itself, and accordingly hath ever since been used for the King's majesty's service of the county of Chester, and esteemed a part thereof, and not of the county of the city."

  Morant, in his History of Colchester, p. 10, tells us, "The castle of that town, with the bailey, is independant of the corporation."—The Tower of London is exempted from the city jurisdiction—The castle of Norwich stands in the middle of the city, yet is wholly exempted from it—The same may be observed of Worcester Castle, which, as far as the bounds thereof go, is out of the corporation.
• c 3.5

  "Elizabeth Dei gratia &c.—Cumque quoddam vetus et ruinosum castrum scituat' existit infra predictam villam nostram Novi Castri super Tynam sed in com' nostro Northumbric extra libertates &c. ejusdem ville: racione cujus multe et diverse persone nequissime ibidem commorantes qui licet infra villam predictam impunè evadere nullo modo permittuntur ipsi tamen sugientes in castrum predictum multocies puniciones me∣titas evadunt Qui quidem major et alii officiati•• ville predicte nullam habent libertatem seu auctoritatem hujusmodi malefactores in castrum predict' seu clausum procinct' ambit' et c••rcuit' ejusdem castri fugam seu evasionem facientes attachiand' arrestand' seu appre∣hendend' licet vetus castrum illud et clausus circuitus procinctus et ambitus ejusdem cas∣tri ad nullum alium usum conducant quam pro prisona seu communi gaola pro com' nostro Northumbr' predict' et pro communi aula vocat' le Moat-Hall seu Aula Sessionum ejusdem comitat' Sciatis igitur quod nos de gratia nostra speciali et ex certa scientia & mero motu nostris dedimus & concessimus ac pro nobis hered' & successor' nostris pro consideracione predict' per presentes damus & concedimus prefato majori & burgens' ville predict' & successor' suis quod ipsi & successores sui imperpetuum habeant et habere possint & valeant libertatem & auctoritatem de tempore in tempus intrandi in clausur' castri predicti ac in dom' & mansion' quascunque infra ambit' circuit' & procinct' ejusdem castri (except' tantummodo gaola nostra ibidem vulgariter vocat' the Dungeon) ac infra clausum domos & mansion' predict' exercend' faciend' gaudend' tot tanta talia eadem hujusmodi & consimiles authoritat' libertates jurisdictiones praeeminen' & libertat' quaecunque in at∣tachiand' arrestand' corrigend' et puniend' omnes & omnimod' hujusmodi malefactores & personas ibidem seu infra clausum castri predicti domos et mansion' predict' de tempore in tempus commotantes inhabitantes & existen. Nec non in committend' eosdem malefac∣tores gaole ville predicte et eosdem ibidem detinend' quot quant' & qual' auctoritat' li∣bertat' jurisdic' & preeminen' prefat' major & burgen' ville predict' antehac exer••u••••nt habuerunt vel gavisi fuerunt aut exercere habere vel g••udere debuerunt in attach••and' ar∣restand' corrigend' puniend' et committend' malefactores quoscunque infra villam Novi Castri predict' et libertates ejusdem commoran' inhabitari' et existen'—Teste meipsa apud Westmori' 30 die Augusti anno regni nostri tricesimo primo."

  POWLE per breve de privato sigillo. Examinatur per Wilhelmum Ere••che.
• d 4.1

  Books of the taylors' company.—In St. Nicholas' Register, October 1597, "Giles Wallys jailor of the high castel" occurs—he was buried October 25, 1614. He appears to have been the receiver of the above rent from the taylors' company.

  In St. Nicholas' register of burials, August 23d, 1787, "Gilbert Heron, Gent. pri∣soner in the high castle," occurs as having been buried on that day.

  In the register of the same church, November 21, 1625, a child i•• mentioned as having been begotten "in the jall of the hic castell."
• e 4.2

  By the royal arms, cut in stone, over the entrance of the present moot-hall , in which those of Scotland are quartered, it appears that this building cannot be older than the time of James I.

  "Moot (from the Sax. Motian, to treat or handle) is well understood at the inns of court to be that exercise, or arguing of cases, which young barristers and students perform at certain times, for the better enabling them for practice and defence of clients causes. The place where moot cases were argued was anciently called a moot-hall."—Blount's Law Dictionary in verbo.

  I am not satisfied with this etymology for the Moot-Hall in the castle of Newcastle. See before a note under 1336, where "mota" is used, in the original record, for the castle itself.—May not therefore moot-hall mean no more than "the hall of the castle?" See Blount also for this sense of the word "mota."
• * 4.3

  In the survey of the castle, &c. dated October 29th, 1649, remaining in the Aug∣mentation-Office, the following occurs concerning Moot-Hall: "There is an auncient building within the inner-wall of the Castle-Garth which is commonly called or knowne by the name of the Moote-Hall, which is now in the State and is used by the justices of assize, sessions and gaole delivery for the keeping of their assize and sessions for the county of Northumberland. Therefore we do not value the same conceiving it is excepted in the acte."
• f 4.4

  Extracted from a grant of Mrs. Langston's interest in the Castle-Garth to the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne, preserved in their archives.—We gather from it, also, that the grant of King James to Stevenson fell into the possession of Barbara Blacke, widow of Patrick Blacke, from whom, about November 29th, 1648, it was conveyed Jane Langston, of St. Martin's in the Fields, in the county of Middlesex, London: This Jane Langston, in consideration of the sum of 300l. made over her right and title to the Castle-Garth to William Maddison, of Westminster, who was an agent and in trust for the corporation of Newcastle. See afterwards under 1652.

  Gardiner, in his England's Grievance of the Coal Trade, &c. p. 44, chap. xv. tells us, that Stevenson died in October 1640, in debt of 2,500l. and left Mr. Auditor Darel his executor, who was also one of his principal creditors.—This censorious writer goes on to charge the magistrates of Newcastle with greatly abusing their authority in this place, adding, that an information thereupon was exhibited against the mayor and bur∣gesses of that town, by Sir Henry Yelverton, Knt. attorney-general, in the 18th year of the reign of King James I.
• g 4.5

  It appeared, says Bourne, by this inquisition, that the ancient castle, belonging to the King, situated within the walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, belongs to the county of North∣umberland, and is surrounded with a great stone-wall—that below the castle there is a great hall, where the county of Northumberland hold their assizes.—There is also a great tower, full of chinks, under which are two vaults, which are the places where the pri∣soners of the said county of Northumberland are kept, which are within the circuit of the castle itself.—And that there is in being the exterior wall of the castle (He goes on to describe the boundaries of it, which, from the change of owners of the different tene∣ments, &c. surrounding it, is unintelligible at this distance of time.) which contains, by measure, 3 acres of ground and one rood.

  Complaint was made of an enormous dunghill, in length 98 yards, and 32 in breadth, and 10 yards deep, which imposed so prodigious a weight upon the wall on the west side of the castle, in length 40 yards, 10 yards in height, and two yards broad, as to have thrown down a great part thereof to the great detriment of the strength of the castle, the damage of which was computed at 120l.

  It was also complained of, that the great square tower was full of chinks and crannies, and that one-third of it was almost taken away; that all the lead and covering which it had of old was embezzled and carried off, insomuch that the prisoners of the county of Northumberland were most miserably lodged, by reason of the showers of rain falling upon them.—They computed that the charge of repairing it would amount to 809l. 15s.— He adds, in a note, that the above enormous dunghill was taken away by Sir John Mar∣ley, mayor, and his adherents, to rampart the town's walls against the parliament and common-wealth.
• h 4.6

  Books of the company of shipwrights in Newcastle.—"At a meeting, August 21st, 1643, to treat concerning the right worshipful the mayor his propositions, concerning covering the castle with plank, &c."
• i 4.7

  Bourne, p. 233.—"In the year 1644, the round-tower under the Moot-Hall towards the Sand Hill, called the Half-Moon, which was the old castle of Monkchester, was, by Sir John Marley, made use of to secure the river and key-side against the Scots; and the other castle he put into good repair, which was very ruinous: on the former he had great guns for the use above-mentioned, and on the latter he placed great ordnance, to beat off those guns which the Scots had laid upon the banks of Gateshead against the town."
• k 4.8

  Vol. iv. 17th November, 1646.—In a deed, dated November 2, 1615, of an house, at present the property of Mr. John Stevenson, house-carpenter, situated on the west-side of the street at the head of the Long-Stairs, the tenement it conveys is said to stand in a street called "the Castle-Mote."—This street occurs, with the same name, in another deed of the same property, dated March 26th, 1697.

  A deed of a tenement, situated near the castle stairs, dated 16th Charles II. now in the possession of Mr. George Anderson, who favoured me with an extract, describes the pre∣mises as "boundering on the Close, on the south part, and extending itself from the said street called the Close, before, unto the High-Castle-Moote, behinde, on the north-p••••te."
• l 5.1

  The Aubone MS. dates this survey as having been taken in January, 1649, and adds that the castle, and certain lands and houses pretended to be thereto belonging, were thereby valued at 2,000l. 3s. 4d. and returned to the trustees for sale of the King's lands. But upon solemn debate, the right of the corporation of Newcastle was allowed to their ancient possessions, which did not belong, as was pretended, to this castle.—In consequence of which determination, an order was sent down, April 25th, 1650, for annulling and va∣cating the said survey.—See Bourne's account—and afterwards "Castle-Field and the Firth."

  The county gaoler's house is described in the above survey:—"All that cottage or tene∣ment of stone and dawbing scituate on the south side of the Castle-Garth within the inner wall and adjoining thereunto conteyning one lowe roome with a chamber and a shedd where a smith now keepes a shopp now in the tenure or occupacion of Bartholomew Herle gaoler of the prison for Northumberland and is now worth per annum (if it might be let) 50s. and for the same is payd to the crowne yearly by the sheriffe of Northumber∣land 5s. But by what graunte the sheriff holds it wee cannot be informed And there∣fore wee conceiving it to bee a place of publique office and depending upon the Moote-Hall doe only incerte the ancient rent being 5 shillinges."

  In the above survey are also comprised "Two small tenements scituate betwixt the Black-Gate and the draw-bridge of the Castle-Garth."

  "Item—one other wast ground lying west and north of the old castle without the workes or moate thereof over against Bayli-Gate and Back-Rowe containing by estimation 140 poales worth per annum 6s. 8d."
• m 5.2

  Common-council books.—"November 11th, 1652, Order to impower Mr. Mad∣dison to conclude with Mrs. Langston for her interest in the high castle."
• n 5.3

  Collected from original papers concerning "Castle-Garth," preserved in the ar∣chives of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne.

  The three lives were, his own, and those of Charles and Fitton Gerard, his sons. The Moot-Hall, and other conveniences for keeping the assizes, &c. were excepted in this grant, and he to keep all the premises in ••••pan. This Lord Gerard, afterwards Earl of Macclesfield, had petitioned for a grant of the constableship of the said castle, but that was found no ways necessary for his majesty's service.
• o 5.4

  From the petition (a copy), still preserved in the archives of the corporation.
• p 5.5

  The coals were for the use of Chelsea Hospital.
• r 5.6

  From the original papers and records in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne.—This grant cost them 600l.

  King James II. the grantor, died September 6th, 1701.

  The Earl of Macclesfield died without issue, Nov. 5th, 17••1, viz. two months after, when the grant to the town of Newcastle commenced, for it was only a grant of the re∣version of the premises.

  May 15th, 1685, his majesty, King James II. had granted a warrant for Castle-Garth to be parcel of Newcastle.

  From a view of the Castle-Garth, and return made under the hands and seals of Sir William Blackett, Sir Ralph Jennison, and others, in the year 1685, the rental of the premises by building and improvements amounted to 149l. 1s. 8d. per annum: but it was alleged that it rose to that height by strangers and fugitives harbouring there, in a place not subject to the government of the town. Surveyor General's Report, dated 22d December, 1735.
• s 5.7

  The corporation of Newcastle is charged with vexing them with frivolous suits, breaking open their houses, &c. &c. by virtue of some bye laws of their own—seizing their goods—inditing them for following their several trades, &c. on presumption that the Castle Garth was part and parcel of Newcastle upon Tyne, by virtue of the warrant of James II. dated May 15th, 1685—which by this order was set aside and abrogated.
• t 5.8

  Original papers in the archives of Newcastle upon Tyne.
• u 5.9

  Common-council books.—The following is an extract from the Newcastle Courant. "Dec. 14, 1733. This day se'nnight the flying man flew from the top of the castle into Baily-Gate; and after that he made an ass fly down, by which several accidents happened —for the weights tied to the ass's legs knocked down several, bruised others in a violent manner, and killed a girl on the spot."
• v 5.10

  Common-council books. In the Surveyor-General's Report, dated Dec. 22d, 1735, read at a subsequent common-council, he thus stated the then value of the premises. "By the best accounts I have been able to obtain of the present value, the same amounts to 119l. 15s. per annum—clear of taxes and repairs."
• w 5.11

  In this grant the Castle-Garth is said to be in the county of Northumberland—the following exceptions occur: "Excepting nevertheless, and always reserving out of this our present grant and demise all that strong building there used for a common gaol or prison for the said county of Northumberland; and also excepting and reserving the great hall commonly called the Moot-Hall, used for the justices of assize, sessions and gaol-delivery, for the keeping of assize and sessions for the said county, and all other build∣ings and offices to the same usually belonging or appertaining."—"And also excepting and always reserving out of this our grant or demise, all free rents, castle guard rents, and other rents belonging to our honor of the said old castle."—The above grant ex∣pired in the month of July 1786.—
• x 5.12

  Common-council books.
• y 5.13

  Newcastle Courant—"The ancient gate, known by the name of the Black-Gate."
• z 5.14

  Common-council books.
• a 5.15

  From an account communicated by the late Duke of Northumberland.—The follow∣ing occurs in the Newcastle Courant—"February 19th, 1756, several very curiou•• fireworks were played off from this Castle on account of the marriage of the daugh∣ter of the Right Honourable Lord Ravensworth to the Earl of Euston."
• b 5.16

  In the printed proposals for this sale the nett rent of the property was stated as being then 242l. 16s. per annum—and that by the above new lease of May 19th, 1777, they (the then lessees) are bound to repair the old castle, out-walls and stairs, Moot-Hall, grand-jury room, and gaoler's house.

  September 14th, 1782, Mr. Turner published proposals for letting the old castle in the Castle-Garth, to be converted into a windmill for the purpose of grinding corn, bolting flour, making oil, &c.—He has since erected a great many new buildings on the half-moon battery.

  There is a meeting-house for dissenters near the castle, called Castle-Garth Meeting-House. I find the following names of ministers here—Mr. Dawson—Mr. Edward Atkin, obiit 21st October 1771. He founded the first charity-school among the dissenters in Newcastle upon Tyne.—He was succeeded by Mr. Davison, who married his daughter.
• c 5.17

  The subsequent occurs, Harleian MSS. Eschaets, 708, dorso—Duodecima pars— anno regni Regis Edwardi primi 25^to—Walterus fil' Willielmo de Heron tenuit manerium de Haddeston in com' Northumbr' de Rege in capite ac manerium de Parva Benton, ac manerium de West-Swynburne ac manerium de Colewell de Rege in capite per servicium unius feodi militis et reddend' quolibet anno 1 marcam argenti ad wardam Novi Castri super Tynam."
• d 5.18

  "It was no uncommon thing for the conqueror and the kings of those days to grant estates to men of approved fidelity and valour, on condition that they should perform castle-guard with a certain number of men, for some specified time. In process of time these services were commuted for annual rents, sometimes styled Ward Penny and Wayt Fee, bet commonly Castle-Guard Rents, payable on fixed days, under prodigious penal∣ties called sursizes."—Grose's Antiquities, preface, p. 3.

  "Castle-guard rents were restrained by an act of parliament made in the reign of King Hen. VIII. and finally annihilated with the tenure by knights' service, in the time of Charles II. 12 Car. II. cap. 24."—Ibid. p. 4.

  The following notices (of the date of 126••) concerning ward rents, payable to this castle, are extracted from the Harleian MSS. N^o 624, p. 196. "Commun' ex parte remem' domini thesaurarii (scaccar') de anno 46 Hen. III. A. D. 1261, Rot. 5. Me∣morand' de wardis debitis Novo Castro quas Thomas fi••ius Michaelis vicecomes Nor∣thumbrie calumpniabatur. Idem Thomas peciit predictas wardas sicut Robertus de Neville et Willielmus Heerun has habuerunt, set thesaurarius et barones hoc noluerunt concedere Rege inconsulto quia Rogerus de Turkelly et Johannes de Crachale tunc the∣saurarius commiserant eidem Thome comitatum Northumbrie cum Novo Castro super Tynam custodiend' quamdiu Regi placeret. Ita quod redderet per annum pro proficuis ejusdem comitatus 40l. et perficeret corpus comitatus et redderet elemosinas constitutas et custodiret comitatum et castrum ad custum suum et responderet de predictis wardis. Postea ostenso Domino Regi quod predictus Robertus et Willielmus et al••i vicecomit••s ejusdem comitatus consueverunt habere predictas wardas et quod plura deciderunt predicto Thome de perquisitis comitatus per provisionem Oxon' precepit Dominus Rex quod ei sieret justicia. Ita quod haberet quod alii vicecomites consueverunt habere ante cum et ideo consideratum est quod habeat wardas predicta•• sicut alii vicecomites ejusdem comitatus habere consueverunt pro custodia predictorum ca••tri et comitatus."
• * 5.19

  Sic.
• e 5.20

  Tenure by cornage, which was to wind a horn when the S•••••• o•• other enemies en¦tered the land, in order to warn the King's subjects, was a species of grand serjeantry." Blackstone's Commentar. book ii. c. 5.
• f 5.21

  Among the Harleian MSS. Eschaets, 708, dorso, occurs the following: "Duo le••••∣ma pars—Esc' tempore Regis H. filti Regis Johannis: Northumbr'—Hugo de Bailliol tenuit de Rege in capite in com' Northumbr' maner' de Bywell, Cromleclin••, Ovynton et aliam villat' de Bywell pertinen' ad Bywell et maner' de Wodhorn, Newbigging, Seton, Hirst et reddit ad wardam Novi Castri, 5 m. 6d. cund' in exercitu Regis cum duobus militibus sumptibus suis proptits per 40 dies et postea sumptibus Regis."

  N. B. Five marks and sixpence make 3l. 7s. 2d.
• g 5.22

  The following extract from a writ directed to the sheriff of Newcastle upon Tyne, dated 23 June, 17 Geo. III. "Minute Farms, &c." was communicated by N. Punshon, Esq. under-sheriff. "Of Thomas Bolome for the custody of one messuage, and eight gardens, within the King's castle, called Kingsby Castle, 7s. 0d."

  There is a note in Grey's MSS. purporting that King's Meadows, an island in the middle of the river Tyne, opposite to Elswick, belonged to this castle, as also that several streets in Newcastle belonged to it.
• h 5.23

  Bourne, p. 120. For an account of the several villages, &c. see Wallis' History of Northumberland, vol. ii.—Hutchinson's Northumberland, &c
• i 5.24

  Mr. King, in his ingenious Essay on ancient Castles, Archaeologia, vol. iv. speaking of Canterbury castle, says, p. 390, "Whoever looks at that ancient structure attentively, will easily perceive that the present entrances have been forced, and could never have been there originally."
• k 5.25

  "The entrance was not in any ancient castle that I have seen, in the lower story, or upon the ground, or near it, but at a considerable height, and was by means of a grand stair-case—there was also a strong gate about the middle of the stair-case."—Ibid. p. 369.
• l 5.26

  "There were two great strong walls," says Bourne, "which surrounded the castle. The interior wall was of no great distance from the castle itself, as may be still seen in several places. The exterior wall surrounds the verge of the castle bounders. From this outer wall were four gates: the great gate and three posterns. On the north side of the castle is the main gate, now called the Black-Gate. It has had two portcullises, one without the gate, as may be still seen, and another within it at a little distance from it, the ruins of which were to be seen a few years ago. On the east side of the castle there was a postern which led down to the street called the Side, which is still to be seen.—On the south side of the castle is another gate, which leads down the castle stairs to the street called the Close. This was called the South-Postern. There is an old building upon it, which was the county-gaoler's house. On the west-side was the postern facing Bailiff-Gate.—There is an house in the yard (i. e. Castle-Garth or Yard), where they say was the chapel of the garrison, which is called the Chapel-House to this day: it stands north-east from the chapel (he means the chapel of the castle or keep); its common name now is the Three Bulls Heads" (i. e. an Inn with that sign).

  Since Bourne's time, in digging cellars for this inn, human bones, as also a large stone coffin, were found.

  Dr. Stukeley, who visited this castle in 1725, seems to have mistaken a part of its outer-wall for what he calls, "a bit of the true old Roman Wall." See Iter Boreale, p. 64, et seq.

  There is a place still called the Mount, on the south side of this keep, and within the outer wall of the fortification.

  "Large mounts," says Grose, ut supra, p. 7, "were also often thrown up in this place: these served like modern cavaliers to command the adjacent country."
• m 5.27

  "The Herse or Portcullis was a strong grating of timber, fenced with iron, made to slide up and down in a groove of solid stone-work, within the arch of the portal, just as a sash-window does in its frame, and its bottom was furnished with sharp iron spikes, designed both to strike into the ground or floor, for the sake of greater firmness and so∣lidity, and also to destroy and break whatever should be under it at the time of its being let fall; and its groove was always contrived to deep in the stone-work that it could not be injured or removed without pulling down the whole wall."—King, ut supra, p. 370.
• n 5.28

  Pennant, in his Tour in Scotland, vol. m p. 305, speaking of the place, tells us, "The walls of Roberts Tower are thirteen feet thick, with galleries ga••••ed out of them." He adds, "The height of this tower was eighty-two feet: the square on the outside sixty-two by fifty four."
• o 5.29

  "The room," says Bourne, "this grand entrance leads into, has its floor broken down close to the castle-wall, as indeed all the other floors are, to the top of the castles so that, excepting the floor above the county-gaol, there is not one left, though there have been five divisions or stories of the castle besides this. This floored room, flagged by William Ellison, Esq. mayor of Newcastle, in 1723, seems to me, without any doubt, to have been the common hall of the castle—because, on the north side of the same room there is an entrance by a descent of some steps, into one where is the largest fire-place I saw in the castle, which plainly speaks it to have been the kitchen."—Near this kitchen Bourne supposed he could also trace the pantry and cellar.—"On the south of this room," says Bourne also, "there is an entrance into a sort of a parlour, or withdrawing-room, which has a fire-place in it, which has been a piece of curious workman∣ship, as is visible to this day. And this place has no communication with any part of the castle but this room."
• p 5.30

  The water was two yards lower in Bourne's time.
• q 5.31

  Thus King, ut supra, p. 390—speaking of Canterbury castle, he tells us, "There are two circular stair-cases in the corners."
• r 5.32

  Thus King, ut supra, p. 379—"Within the thickness of the wall—a gallery—that orders might be speedily communicated to all parts.—And there was besides another smaller and narrower gallery within the thichness of the wall in the floor above."

  Speaking also of Guildford castle, he says, "There are also galleries in the thickness of the wall, as at Rochester."
• s 5.33

  "These great rooms," says King, ut supra, p. 378, 379, "were undoubtedly hung with arras."
• t 5.34

  "Neither do they seem to have confined themselves to any particular figure in their towers; square, round, and polygonal oftentimes occurring in the original parts of the same building." Grose, ut supra, p. 5.
• u 5.35

  Thus King, ut supra, p. 388.—"The outlets to the sinks and other conveyances of filth were nearly in the same manner (as the chimneys), only reversed and going down∣wards."
• v 5.36

  "Having a hollow in the middle," says Bourne, "of a foot wide, with a lead spout in the side of it."
• w 5.37

  "Windows," says he, "were so contrived, that it was almost impossible for any wea∣pon to be shot into the room, so as to do any hurt: for if it went at all ascending, it would strike against a low arch, purposely contrived over every window, and could not enter the room at all." King, ut supra, p. 374.

  I know not which is the house, which, Bourne says, was anciently the county-gaol, and underneath which, he adds, "It is reported there is a vault which leads to the castle."— "There is indeed a large door," he continues, "still to be seen, which was perhaps the entrance into it: and Mr. George Grey, the present possessor, told me that it was cer∣tainly so because he had put down through his own sloot a bailiff's rod, to the very end, and could find no bottom."

  I know not on what authority Bourne rests his information when he tells us that the castle-gate (I suppose he means the Black-Gate) was begun to be built by one George Hayroy, but was finished by one John Pickle, who kept a tavern in it.
• x 5.38

  On the east side of this street, near the New-Gate, is a tenement which was given by Mrs. Alice Belaysis to University-College in Oxford, A. D. 1444. The site of it is thus described: "Situatum est infra predictam villam, juxta novam portam ejusdem ville inquo quidem tenemento Thomas Gray, Lidster, modo inhabitat, viz. inter tenementum Roberti Daunt ex parte boreali et vicum ducentem ad fratres minores ab ecclesia Sancti Andree ex parte australi." But the same writing goes farther—"Ac tria tenementa et duo tofta inde insimul situantur in eodem vico ducente a dicta ecclesia Sancti Andree usque fratres predictos," &c. Bourne, p. 47.
• y 5.39

  In an inrolment in the archives of Newcastle upon Tyne, dated 15 Car. II. "the Nolt-Market" occurs as "neare the White-Crosse."—Ibid. May 2d, 1722, "the great inns in the Nolt-Market" occur.

  A mutilated deed preserved in St. Andrew's vestry, mentions a messuage in this street, called "Horse-Market-Gate," inter terram abbatis de novo monasterio, &c." dated, 1281.

  In the Harleian MSS. 708, Eschaets 14 Ric. II. a messuage occurs in "Horse-Mar∣ket-Gate."

  There are four fairs kept in this street in the year, one at Lammas and another at St. Lukesmass, both for horses.—The other two are for black cattle: the one on All Souls Day, and the other at Martinmas.—Bourne.
• z 5.40

  See Bourne's account. David King of Scots, it is unknown for what reason, is men∣tioned in the MS. de Rebus Novo Castr', which he often cites, as its founder.

  The arch that separates the chancel from the body of the church is of the semi Saxon style, with zig-zag ornaments, which proves it to have been built not long after the con∣quest.

  In the columns that support this arch, there are proofs hewn out in stone, that some of the Romish exhibitions in churches were, comparatively speaking, no more than inno∣vations. These plainly appear to have been cut away in parallel directions, to gain sup∣ports for the rood loft, which stood under this arch before the Reformation.—For an ac∣count of rood lofts, see Staveley on Churches, p. 199.
• a 5.41

  Chartulary of Tinmouth monastery at Northumberland-house—Anno R. R. II. fil' Johannis 3tio "Item de terr' Gilberti Marishall 3d, unde paroch' Sancti Andree respond."
• b 5.42

  Tinmouth MS. ut supra, fol. 206. "Quod quidem breve Dominis G. et M. justic'— in ecclesia Sancti Andree Novi Castri fuerat ex parte Domini Regis per predictum prio∣rem traditum, &c. anno R. R. E. octavo."
• c 5.43

  It begins, "Anno ab incarnacione Domini M^o. C^oC^o octogesimo primo, &c."
• d 5.44

  See afterwards under the account of the chantry of the Trinity belonging to this church.
• e 5.45

  "Universis sanctae matris ecclesiae filiis ad quos presentes literae pervenerint Oswaldus permissione divina Candidae Casae Episcopus salutem in sinceris amplexibus Salvatoris. Obsequium Deo gratum totiens impendere opinam' quotiens fideles Christi ad pietatis opera excitamus cupientes idcirco per allectiva indulgentiarum munera mentes fidelium ad pietatis et caritatis opera quantum cum Deo possumus propensius excitare de Dei igitur om∣nipotentis misericordia gloriosaeque Virginis Mariae genetricis ejusdem nec non beatorum Petri & Pauli apostolorum ejus, sanctissimique ejus Niniani patroni nostri et omnium sanctorum meritis et precibus confidentes omnibus parochianis nostris et aliis quorum di∣ocesani hanc nostram indulgentiam ratam habuerint et acceptam de peccatis suis vere con∣tritis et confessis, qui ad reparationem seu ornamentum, sive emendationem ecclesiae Sancti Andreae villae Novi Castri super Tynam Dunolm' dioces' ac capellae Sanctae Tri∣nitatis in parte aquilonari ejusdem ecclesiae, aurum, argentum, vestimenta, libros, calices aut quaevis alia ornamenta dictae ecclesiae capellae seu altari et imagini Sanctae Trinitatis in dicta capella existenti necessaria donaverint, legaverint seu donari procuraverint seu qui lampades luminarum vel oblationes fecerint aut qui ante imaginem Sanctae Trinitatis predict' genuflexerint et pro salubri statu Domini Aymeri de Atholi•• militis dum vixerit et pro anima sua post obitum suum et pro anima Dominae Mariae sponsae suae cujus corpus in eadem capella Sanctae Trinitatis quiescit et pro animabus omnium fidelium defunctorum Orationem Dominicam cum salutatione angelica dixerint mente pia totiens quotiens ista predicta fecerint, vel aliquod premissorum quadraginta dies indulgentiae con∣cedimus per presentes. In cujus rei testimonium sigillum quo in presenti utimur est appensum Dat' Eborac' in festo Sancti Martini anno Domini 1392 et nostrae consecra∣tioni 12^o."—From a copy in Dr. Ellison's MS. collections.
• * 5.45.1

  See Bede's Ecclesiastical History, folio, p. 106.
• * 5.45.2

  See Bede's Ecclesiastical History, folio, p. 106.
• * 5.45.3

  Dr. Ellison's MS. adds, "The reason that we find Oswald's indulgence dated at York, perhaps, is because the see of Galloway anciently belonged to the kings of Northumberland. —See decem Scriptores, p. 801, n. 32, where we read: "Rex vero Northumbriae tenent &•• ac eciam isti regno episcopatus Candidae Casae, sive Galeweyae est subjectus:" and in particular to the province of York, see p. 1111, n. 58. "Dicebat enim idem episcopus episcopatum suum ad legantiam Eboracensis Archiepiscopi, qui eum in episcopum conse∣or verat secundum antiquam predecessorum utriusque consuetudinem pertinere." The Bishop of Galloway was suffragan to the Archbishop of York. Matthew Paris, p. 131.
• f 5.46

  St. Andrew's Register. "1645, Ther was no child bapt^d in this parish for 1 years tim after the towne was taken nor sarmon in this church for 1 years tim."
• g 5.47

  Common-council books.
• h 5.48

  Ibid.
• i 5.49

  Old parish book.
• k 5.50

  Common-council books.
• l 5.51

  See Bourne's account.
• m 5.52

  Deed, dated August 12th, 12 Hen. VIII. "between Syr John Sadler, chauntrye preste at the altar of blessed Marye within the church of St. Andrewes with the consente of the church-wardens patrons of the said chauntery, &c." cited in a presentment upon an inquisition, dated September 2d, the 19th of Queen Elizabeth, concerning (inter alia) "a howse perteyning to the chaunterye of our Ladye in St. Andrewe church wherof Syr John Sadler was preste at the suppression of the same, abuttinge of the northe nexte to the New-Yate and of the easte on the Heigh-Street and of the west of Sainct Andrewes church-yarde &c. annui valoris 7 solidorum."

  In a deed of some property (part of which was purchased in 1783, by the parish of St. Andrew, to make an addition to the west end of the church-yard), dated October 30th, 11 Jac. I. it is thus described: "All that their tenement with the appurtenances scituate and being in Darwen Crooke in the towne of Newcastel upon Tyne in the countie of Newcastell upon Tyne now or laite in the tenure or occupation of John Sadler or his as∣signes paying the yearly rent of 6s. 8d. to the crown.—Parcell of the lands and possessions of the late chanterie of the blessed Marie founded in the churche of St. Andrewe within the towne of Newcastle upon Tyne sometyme being."—This property is the highest on the north side of Darn-Crook, next to the town-wall.
• n 5.53

  Deed, dated August 12th, 12 Hen. VIII. "between Syr John Sadler, chauntrye preste at the altar of blessed Marye within the church of St. Andrewes with the consente of the church-wardens patrons of the said chauntery, &c." cited in a presentment upon an inquisition, dated September 2d, the 19th of Queen Elizabeth, concerning (inter alia) "a howse perteyning to the chaunterye of our Ladye in St. Andrewe church wherof Syr John Sadler was preste at the suppression of the same, abuttinge of the northe nexte to the New-Yate and of the easte on the Heigh-Street and of the west of Sainct Andrewes church-yarde &c. annui valoris 7 solidorum."

  In a deed of some property (part of which was purchased in 1783, by the parish of St. Andrew, to make an addition to the west end of the church-yard), dated October 30th, 11 Jac. I. it is thus described: "All that their tenement with the appurtenances scituate and being in Darwen Crooke in the towne of Newcastel upon Tyne in the countie of Newcastell upon Tyne now or laite in the tenure or occupation of John Sadler or his as∣signes paying the yearly rent of 6s. 8d. to the crown.—Parcell of the lands and possessions of the late chanterie of the blessed Marie founded in the churche of St. Andrewe within the towne of Newcastle upon Tyne sometyme being."—This property is the highest on the north side of Darn-Crook, next to the town-wall.
• o 5.54

  "Universis sanctae matris ecclesiae filiis ad quos presentes literae pervenerint Johannes permissione divina Dunelm' Episcopus salutem in sinceris amplexibus Salvatoris. Cupientes per allectiva indulgentiarum munera mentes fidelium ad caritatis et devotionis opera quantum cum Deo possumus propensius excitare de Dei omnipotentis misericordia glo∣riosaeque Virginis Mariae matris suae ac beatorum apostolorum ejus Petri et Pauli nec non sanctissimi confessoris Cuthberti patroni nostri omniumque sanctorum meritis et precibus confidentes, omnibus parochianis nostris et aliis quorum diocesani hanc nostram indulgen∣tiam ratam habuerint et acceptam de peccatis suis vere contritis penetentibus et confessis, qui ad reparationem & emendacionem ecclesiae Sancti Andreae villae Novi Castri super Ty∣nam ac capellae Sanctae Trinitatis in eadem grata de bonis a Deo collatis contulerint sub∣sidia caritatis ac pro falubri statu Domini Aymeri de Athele militis et pro animabus ux∣otis suae & Aymeri filii sui et pro animabus omnium fidelium defunctorum Orationem Do∣minicam cum salutatione angeiica dixerint mente pia quadraginta dies indulgentiae conce∣dimus per presentes sigillo nostro consignatas. Dat' apud Gatesheved decimo nono die ••ensis Julii anno Domini 1387, et nostrae consecrationis sexto."—From a copy in Dr. Ellison's MSS.
• * 5.54.4

  John Fordham.
• p 5.55

  Browne Willis, p. 166.
• q 5.56

  In the window of the north wall of Trinity Chapel, are still preserved three panes of stained glass; the middle one plainly represents a crucifixion.—It has been said, but I know not for what reason, that they were meant to designate the three persons of the Trinity, in the times of the papal superstition.—See before the indulgence, dated 1392, and Bourne's Remarks on the same.
• r 5.57

  See Bourne's account.—It is said in a presentment upon an inquisition, taken Sep∣tember 2d, 19th of Elizabeth, preserved in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle, that a tenement, boundering as follows, was supposed to belong to the chantry of St. Thomas, in St. Andrew's Church:—"On the weste of St. Andrewes churche end and easte of the High-Streete and of the southe agaynste the church-style annui valoris 10s."

  One of these chantries has been on the north side of the church, where it still remains, having been used not very many years ago, as an ale-cellar to an adjoining ale-house.— It appears, from an old parish book, that it was once the habitation of the beadle.—The vestry, perhaps, has been the third chantry.—It is very ancient.—The roof is formed by ribbed arches, and covered with large square stones.
• s 5.58

  Old deed in the archives of the church.—By the witnesses' names, "Petro Scotico Steph. de Lindsey &c." certainly about that date.
• t 5.59

  By a view from the present bell-loft it is discoverable, that the belfry has been an∣ciently supported by intersecting arches, as well as those of the other three churches of the town. These arches were probably destroyed at that time.—Three great windows appear to have been built up.—Against the east end of this steeple, on the outside, there is the same mark of a sloping roof, that is often seen in the remains of churches that have belonged to religious houses.—See Grose's View of Brinkburn-Abbey, &c.
• u 5.60

  Common-council books.
• v 5.61

  The following entry occurs in St. Andrew's register: "December 6th, 1646, Hugh Brown bured the 6 day in the church the King's kouchman," i. e. coachman.

  This seems to prove what tradition informs us, that the unfortunate monarch, during his stay at Newcastle, resided in the house (in this parish) which belonged to the late Sir Walter Blackett, Bart.

  The following entry occurs ibid. "March 19th, 1658, Thomas Smith and Kattren Lawson asked 3 market dayes in the Market-Place, ackording to the late act of parle∣ment and married by Mr. Thompson."
• w 5.62

  Collected from the registers 1781, at the request of Mr. Howlett.

  —"There, where to be born and die Of rich and poor makes all the history; Enough that virtue fill'd the space between Prov'd by the ends of being to have been." Pope's Ethic Epistles to Lord Bathurst, l. 287.

  In the year 1785, 33 males and 55 females were christened—53 males and 63 females were buried at St. Andrew's.—Parish Register.
• x 5.63

  Sir William Blackett died December 2d, 1705, and left one thousand pounds, the profits of the whole, in three parts, equally to be divided, and yearly to be disposed of at Christmas, as followeth, viz.

  One-third part to binding of apprentices to trades.

  One-third part to poor householders.

  The remaining third part to a school-master, to teach 30 children.
• y 5.64

  See Bourne's account.
• z 5.65

  Common council books, April 15th, 1776.
• a 5.66

  Lib. Testament. N^o 68 in consist. Dunelm. p. 215.
• b 5.67

  Old parish book.
• c 5.68

  Bourne.
• d 5.69

  Old parish book.
• e 5.70

  Bourne.
• f 5.71

  Old parish book.
• g 5.72

  Bourne.
• h 5.73

  Ibid.
• i 5.74

  Ibid.
• k 5.75

  Old parish book
• l 5.76

  From the escutcheon preserved in St. Andrew's church.
• m 5.77

  From ditto, ibid.
• n 5.78

  From ditto, ibid.
• o 5.79

  From ditto, ibid.
• p 5.80

  From ditto, ibid.
• q 5.81

  From ditto, ibid.
• r 5.82

  From ditto, ibid.
• s 5.83

  From ditto, ibid.
• t 5.84

  From ditto, ibid
• u 5.85

  Common-council books, September 24th, 1764.
• u 5.86

  Common-council books, September 24th, 1764.
• w 5.87

  Register Hatfeld, p. 135. In a deed belonging to this church dated 1322, "Domino Henrico Edwyn capellan' occurs.—In another ibid. dated 1319, "Domino Roberto de Gosford, capell" occurs.

  In another, ibid. 14 Octob. 1426, "Johanni de Anbell clerico et Johanni de Dalton capell" occur.

  In another, ibid. dated 1434, "Willielmus Blackwell capellanus" occurs.

  In another, ibid. dated July 20th, 1450, Domini Johannis Hall capellani" occurs.

  In another, ibid. of the same date, "Dominum Willielmum More capell" occurs.

  In another, ibid. dated April 14th, 1470, "Domino Johanne Rose, capell" occurs amongst the witnesses. Dr. Ellison's MSS.—Some of the above probably belonged to this church.
• x 5.88

  Randall's MSS.
• y 5.89

  Barnes' Visitation.—He was buried at St. Nicholas, Sept. 20th, 1589.—Register.

  In a deed preserved in St. Andrew's vestry, dated August 12th, 17 Hen. VIII. mention occurs of "unum tenementum sive burgag' vulgariter nuncupat' The Priests Chamber prout jacet et situatur in quadam venella vocat' Darne Cruke infra tenementum perti∣nens ecclesiae predict."
• z 5.90

  Barnes' Visitation.
• a 5.91

  Book of Wills, p. 228.
• b 5.92

  Register of Bishop Morton.
• c 5.93

  Randall's MSS.
• d 5.94

  Parish Register.
• e 5.95

  Common-council books, and Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy, part ii. p. 224.
• f 5.96

  He was of the presbyterian judgment.—The following occurs in the register of this parish:—"1652, January 21, Mr. John Wigham, preacher of the word," buried—Quaere if he belonged to this church.
• g 5.97

  He was buried at St. John's May 28th, 1669. Bishop Cosins wrote a recommenda∣tory letter to the corporation of Newcastle, desiring that Mr. Bonner (see before 1636) might be appointed to succeed on the death of Mr. Ashburnham at St. Andrew's—but it should seem without effect.
• h 5.98

  Cosins Reg. p. 48 and 87.
• i 5.99

  Common-council books.
• k 5.100

  Ibid.
• l 5.101

  Ibid.
• m 5.102

  Ibid.
• n 5.103

  Common-council books.
• o 5.104

  Ibid. See Wood's Athenae Oxon. vol. ii. p. 1072.
• p 5.105

  Parish Register.
• q 5.106

  Ibid.
• r 5.107

  Ibid.
• s 5.108

  Ibid.
• t 5.109

  Ibid.
• u 5.110

  "Hic conditus est Thomas Shadforth, A. M. Ecclesiae Sancti Andreae apud Novocastrenses per annos 19 capellanus et prius hujus parochiae curatus, Qui obiit Sept. 11, 1724. Aetat is suae 58."
• v 5.111

  Parish Register—certainly different persons.
• w 5.112

  Parish Register—certainly different persons.
• x 5.113

  Ibid.
• y 5.114

  Ibid.
• z 5.115

  Ibid.
• a 5.116

  Ibid.
• b 5.117

  Ibid.
• c 5.118

  Ibid
• d 5.119

  Ibid.
• e 5.120

  Vicar of Bedlington—published a sermon preached before the sons of the clergy at St. Nicholas' church in Newcastle upon Tyne, on Thursday September 6th, 1750, quarto.—
• f 5.121

  Richard Brewster, A. M. published in quarto a sermon preached in St. Nicholas' church in Newcastle upon Tyne on Thursday, Nov. 29th, 1759. Thanksgiving.
• g 5.122

  There is a posthumous publication of several sermons preached at Newcastle upon Tyne by Anthony Munton, A. M. Newcastle, printed by John White, 1756, 8vo. in one volume, dedicated to the generous subscribers, by his widow Dorothy Munton.
• h 5.123

  Parish Register.
• i 5.124

  Ibid.
• k 5.125

  Ibid.
• l 5.126

  He was presented by the commissioners of the great seal to the vicarage of Bolam in Northumberland, and inducted June 4th, 1770.—Newcastle Courant. January 12th, 1773, he married Miss Furye, eldest daughter of the late Col. Noel Furye—(Ibid.) In the year 1768, he was appointed one of the domestic chaplains of the Earl of Tankerville.

  In August 1782, he was nominated by the Duke of Northumberland to the perpetual curacy of Doddington, near Chillingham in the county of Northumberland, vacant by the resignation of Mr. Thorp, rector of Gateshead.
• n 5.127

  See Bourne's account.
• o 5.128

  A. D. 1542, Edward Burell, then master of St. Magdalen's Hospital, is styled also "Pre∣visour of the chapell of St. Jaymes, and of the Lazer House neighe adjoining to the said hospitall." See account of that hospital.

  Mention of this place occurs in the account of the wards of the town, as follows:

  "From Gallowsgate unto the Water-Mill beside St. James' kirk."

  In the will of John Cragg, of Newcastle upon Tyne, dated Tuesday after the feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist, 1349, he bequeaths five marks to the chaplain that went to St. James'—"cuidam capellano, &c.

  cuidam hujusmodi eunti apud S. Jacobum quinque marcas."

  See Bourne sub anno.
• p 5.129

  Randall's MSS. say, "St. Mary's Chapel and Hospital of Gesmond, Jesumonde or Jesumuth was a free chapel distant north-east from Newcastle two miles. The name is spelled many different ways. Jes'mont, i. e. the Mount of Jesus, noted for its chapel and hospital." There is said to have been an artificial mount at or near this village, on which a cross or some image of Christ stood, from whence the place is thought to have derived its name. Sed Quaere.
• q 5.130

  See Bourne's account.—It appertained to the barony of Robert de Gaugy in the 3d of Hen. III. Adam de Athol, who lies buried in the chapel of the Holy Trinity in St. An∣drew's church, lived in this village, and is styled "Dominus de Jesmond." It was also in possession of the Orde family.

  A. D. 1370, Hylton died, seized of a third part of Jesmond. Warburton's Collections MS. penes h. v. Ducem Northumbriae.
• r 5.131

  In the Harleian MSS. 708, eschaets 14 Ric. II. I found the following:

  "Jacoba que fuit uxor Johannis Stryndlyn obiit seisit' in feodo talliato sibi et heredibus de corpore suo exeunt' de tercia parte manerii de Jessemuth una cum tercia parte advoc' ecclesiae sive cantariae ejusdem cum acciderit in com' Northumbriae que tenentur de Rege in capite per homagium et fidelitatem redd' per annum 2s. 2d. ad wardam castri Novi Cas∣telli super Tynam.
• s 5.132

  "Anno 1 Henrici quarti.

  Bertramus Mumboucher—et servitium militare tenuit etiam in comitatu Northumbriae —sextam partem manerii de Jesemuth—et advocationem capellae beatae Mariae ibidem cum acciderit de Rege per servitium sextae partis unius feodi militis." Dodsworth, 11 Bod. Library. Extracts from the bundels of eschaets Tower of London.
• t 5.133

  Warburton's Collections, ut supra—et Dodsworth, ut supra.
• u 5.134

  Bibli' Harleian. N^o 433. (Randall's MSS.) "246—Ric. III. (K) granted to Doctor Roby the fre chapelle of our Lady of Gisemond besids Newcastle upon Tyne beinge voide by the decesse of Mr. Lumley."
• v 5.135

  Bibli' Harleian. N^o 433. (Randall's MSS.) "246—Ric. III. (K) granted to Doctor Roby the fre chapelle of our Lady of Gisemond besids Newcastle upon Tyne beinge voide by the decesse of Mr. Lumley."
• w 5.136

  The chapel of St. Laurence was included in this grant. The consideration was 144l. 13s. 4d. which sum was paid by the hands of Sir Robert Brandling, Kt. into the Augmentation-Office, as appears by the receipt still preserved in the archives of the corpo∣ration, 16th February, 3 Ed. VI.

  The original is preserved in the said archives.

  Bourne says, that the same year the mayor and burgesses granted the hospital of the blessed Mary at Jesmond, with the lands and grounds belonging to it, to Sir John Brandling, and his heirs and assigns for ever. See Bourne's account of St. Mary's Well.

  There remains one of the little windows of the hospital in the west gable of a house at present a publick house with the sign of the Nag's Head. The chapel has had a north isle which is now a stable. There is the fragment of a window on the north gable.—The chapel itself is now a barn—within remain two columns with their capitals, with a niche, &c.—on the outside towards the south are the remains of a curious window. See Appendix.

  The chapel and hospital are at present, or were very lately, the property of Dr. Andrew, of Scots-House near Sunderland, by the sea. Com. Dunelm.
• x 5.137

  In a deed preserved in St. Andrew's vestry, dated 12 August, 17 Hen. VIII. there is mentioned "quadam venella vocata Darnecruke insia tenementum pertinens ecclesie predict' (St. Andree) ex parte orientali et gardinum pertinens ecclesie predict' ex parte oc∣cidentali, et extendit in latitudine a quodam Ronul vocat' Lortebourne versus austrum usque cimeter' ecclesie Sancti Andree supradicte retro versus boreal'"—Can Crook be derived from Crecca, a creek?
• y 5.138

  According to the glossary of Kennett's Parochial Antiquities, "Doke," in Essex, is the name of a small brook or stream of water.—See Sulcus Aquae. Ibid.
• z 5.139

  The site of these houses is marked in Bourne's Plan of Newcastle.—They appear to have been anciently styled "Coksour or Cokstole Bothes."—See account of Wards—An∣drew Tower.
• a 5.140

  Dodsworth's Collections, Bodleian Library—11 Hen. IV.

  Mention occurs of "White-Cross-Street" in an inquisition dated September 2d, 1577. "This Cross," says Bourne, on the authority of the Milbank MS. "was pulled down that very night after Sir George Selby died, and King James of sacred memory, March 24th." He adds, "On the place where the cross stood was a cistern for receiving the water which was then called the New Water. This," he continues, "was lately pulled down, and there is now in the place where the cross was, a pillar of stone-work."

  There is an order of common-council, April 4th, 1687, in which mention occurs of the White Cross, as almost quite demolished and fallen down, with directions to the then town's surveyor to rebuild it with steps and other conveniencies.

  A. D. 1773, a milk-market was established at White-Cross.—Newcastle Courant, Sept. 4. In the year 1783 it was pulled down and rebuilt after a design by Mr. David Stevenson, architect.
• b 5.141

  It stood directly opposite to the inn called the Turk's Head. Bourne describes it as an "ancient building, with a large gate, which has formerly been a piece of stately work∣manship." He adds, that "Sir Robert Shaftoe, recorder of this towne (in a MS. de Rebus Novocasti') was of opinion that this was the house of the earls of Northumberland, and was called the Earl's Inn."—Sir Robert was, however, certainly mistaken.—See before in the account of the Close.
• c 5.142

  In an inrolment in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne, dated 17 Car. II. mention occurs of "The Oate alias the Bigg-Markett."

  "At the end of it southward," says Bourne, "is a very great market for poultry, which gives the name of the Pullen-Market to this part of the street."—The Poultry or Pullen-Market has been removed since Bourne's time into the street called High-Bridge.—The street hereabouts is now called Union-Street.

  In Corbridge's Plan of Newcastle, the foot of Bigg-Market is called "The Butter-Markett."

  Bigg is the old name for a particular kind of barley.
• d 5.143

  See Smith's Bede, lib. ii. cap. 14.
• e 5.144

  See under "Annals and Historical Events," the proofs that "Ad Murum" was neither "Wall-Town,"—"Walbottle," nor "Benwall," but stood upon part at least of the site of the present Newcastle upon Tyne.
• f 5.145

  "A. D. 653. His temporibus—Peada, Merciorum Regis filius, venit ad Regem Nor∣danhymbrorum Osvin, postulans filiam ejus Alchfledam sibi conjugem dari; neque aliter quod petebat impetrare potuit, nisi fidem Christi et baptisma, cum gente cui praeerat, ac∣ciperet.—Baptizatus est ergo a Finano Episcopo, cum omnibus qui secum venerant co∣mitibus ac militibus, corumque famulis universis, in vico Regis illustri, qui vocatur Ad Murum." Smith's Bede, p. 125.
• g 5.146

  A. D. 653—Eo tempore—Sigebert (Rex orientalium Saxonum) baptizatus est cum suis a Finano in villa regia cujus supra meminimus, quae cognominatur Ad Murum ubi tunc temporis erat Rex supradictus Oswin."—Smith's Bede, p. 126.
• h 5.147

  "Thus were the East Angles recovered to our faith, whose kingdom bounded on the east and north by the sea, on the west by St. Edmund's Dyke and part of Hertfordshire; and on the south by Essex, containing the present counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cam∣bridgeshire and the isle of Ely.—On his return to his own kingdom, he caused proper places of instruction to be erected, and the new taught religion began greatly to flourish in the kingdom." Strutt's Chronicle, vol. i. p. 154.
• i 5.148

  "Sir Robert Shastoe (a former recorder of Newcastle) was of opinion that Monk-Chester had its name from the neighbouring monks' retiring to it for occasional protection in times of danger and devastation." Dr. Ellison's MS. Notes.
• k 5.149

  Matthew of Westminster informs us that in the year of grace 800, an army of Danish pagans ravaged and spoiled the church of Tinmouth, carrying off the spoil in∣stantly to their ships—That sixty-seven years afterwards, the same cruel victors d••popu∣lated the whole province of Northumberland to the mouth of the river Tyne, and subju∣gated the whole country—As also that three years afterwards, the noble monasteries on our coast, those of Lindisfarn, Tynmouth, Gyrway (Jarrow) and Weremouth were ut∣terly plundered and destroyed.
• l 5.150

  Hoveden's Annal, p. 201.

  Brompton inter decem Scriptores, p. 973.

  Warton's Anglia Sacra, vol. i. p. 785.
• m 5.151

  Ridpath's Border History, p. 65.
• n 5.152

  "Anno 1086—quo anno Clito Eadgarus Etheling frater Sanctae Margaretae, cum ducentis militibus mare transiens Apuliam adiit—reperi autem sic scriptum quod Agatha, mater Sanctae Margaretae et Christina foror ejus apud Novum Castrum super Tyne sponsae Christi consecratae sunt." J. Forduni Scoti Chron. lib. v. p. 269.

  See also Leland's Collectanea, vol. i. p. 531, who says it was of the Benedictine order. This order or rule was common to monks and nuns, the latter of whom, omitting only what was improper for their sex, wore habits of like colour with the former, and had their heads always covered with a veil.
• o 5.153

  See Bernard's Catalogue of MSS. preserved in that most venerable repository—p. 86. "Collectiones quaedam de Berwico et Novo Castro."—"Notandum quod Baron de Hilton, miles olim strenuissimus per generaciones et successiones heredum legitimorum ap∣pellatus est fundator illius monasterii monialium, in Novo Castro super Tynam." This MS. is without date. It refutes Speed's account of the founder of this house, and if it does not confirm, must be admitted not to contradict that of Fordun above-mentioned. "The family of the Hiltons," says Carter in his Analysis of Honor, p. 92, "whose anti∣quity, not only by an ancient pedigree, which I have seen taken out of the office, but by the records of the Tower, doth produce the noblest descent that I know any family in England."
• p 5.154

  See his Catalogue of Religious Houses.
• q 5.155

  On the express testimony of Boethius, Fordun, and other Scottish historians, this David, King of Scotland, during his residence at Newcastle, founded there a monastery of Praemonstratensians. Admitting the fact, no accounts, either by tradition or writing, have been transmitted, where their house stood in Newcastle, or with what lands or pos∣sessions it was endowed.
• r 5.156

  "Moniales apud Novum Castrum fundatae per Sanctum David Regem Scotorum." Appendix ad Joh. de Fordun Scoti Chronicon, p. 1559, Hearne's edit. vol. v.—See also ibid. lib. v. cap. 48, citing this authority: "Ut patet in prologo ejus super statutis bur∣gorum."
• s 5.157

  In a charter of the 2d of King John to the town of Newcastle, mention occurs of a claim from that town, of fifty-one shillings and a halfpenny, from the land which the nuns of that place held at that time, by the gift of King David. See under "History of Newcastle as a corporate town."
• t 5.158

  "Willielmus Dei gracia Dunelmensis Episcopus priori et conventui Sancti Cuthberti et archidiaconis et omnibus sancte matris ecclesie filiis salutem. Notum facimus univer∣sitati vestre nos dedisse et presenti carta nostra confirmasse Deo et Sancto Bartholomeo & sanctimonialibus de Novo Castello, Stellinglei cum omnibus pertinenciis suis in bosco et plano, in aquis et piscariis, in viis et semitis, in divisis et exitibus, in pratis et molen∣dinis et quicquid continetur infra divisas de Stellinglei sit extra forestage, et in forestia mea pascua ad averia sua habebunt et quiete per forestiam erunt de panagio. Merim' et shohail et closturam et virgas in forestia mea ubi eis sit magis ad aisiamentum habebunt. Quare volo et firmiter precipio ne vicecomes vel forestarius vel prepositus nec aliquis ministrorum eorum invasionem in domos vel in terras earum faciet ad namium capiend' vel contumeliam faciendam nec in hospiciis capiendis nec in aliis molestiis faciendis. Hec omnia do eis in puram et liberam et perpetuam elemosinam existere. Siquis autem ali∣quid mihi minuere vel auserre presumpserit Deo reddat rationem in die judicii nisi ad emendacionem congruam venerit. Qui vero hoc in pace dimittere vel augmentare vo∣luerint participes omnium beneficiorum ecclesie Sancti Cuthberti & Sancti Egidii et nostrorum eis facimus nec in presenti sic transeant per bona temporalia nec non amittant eterna. Hiis testibus Rog' Priore Rannulfo Archid' Nic' Canonic' Waltero Monach' Rob' de Tribois, Ingelar' Ric' de Ketelvilla Rob' de Trescoberyard Medic' Sym' Cano∣nico Godwino Canonico."—(Seal broken off.)—From the original grant, confirmed by the prior and convent of Durham, remaining in the Augmentation-Office.—Roger, prior of Durham, died A. D. 1149.—William de St. Barbara was elected Bishop of Dur∣ham, 14th March, 1143.
• u 5.159

  Bourne's History of Newcastle. "H. Rex, &c. Sciatis me concessisse et charta con∣firmasse monialibus Sancti Bartholomei de Novo Castello super Tynam omnes donationes quae eis rationabiliter facte sunt: videlicet ecclesiam Sancti Bartholomei et hospitale Sanctae Mariae de predicto castello et terram &c. et 20 acras de scala et 9 tofta et horseyol et duos solidos de Gatisheved et omnia alia quae eis rationabiliter data sunt vel dabuntur. Quare volo et firmiter precipio &c. Test' Will' de Mandevilla, Reginald' de Curtnay, Willielmo de Stuttevilla, Thoma de Bardulf, Robert de Scutevilla, Richard Gosfard." Bourne seems perfectly right in assigning this charter to the Second Henry, for in Rymer's Foedera, tom. i. p. 50, under A. D. 1177, the 23d of Henry II. mention occurs of "Willielm' de Mandevilla and Rob. de Stutevilla."—Bourne adds, that he was not able to find out the twenty acres mentioned in the above charter. "A MS." he says, "of Mr. Joshua Douglas tells us, that probably all that side of the street, from the Nuns to New-Gate, belonged to these nuns, for their garden reaches to High-Fryer-Chare. This, in∣deed, is highly probable, for the nine tofts, or crofts, confirmed to them in this charter, seem to be a good proof of the truth of it."
• * 5.159.5

  S••••••a—modus agri.—See Dufresne, in verbo.
• † 5.159.6

  Horseyol is probably the same with "horsgal ulum" in Dufresne, which he defines to mean, "Redemptio pecuniaria, nomine census, alicujus servitii, quod cum equo quis debebat."
• v 5.160

  "Hugo Dei gratia Dunelmensis Episcopus priori et contrentui Sancti Cuthberti et archidiacoms et omnibus sancte matris ecclesie silus salutem; notum facimus univer••ati vestre nos dedisse et presenti carta confirmasse Deo & Sancto Bartholomeo & 〈…〉〈…〉 de Novo Castell' omnes donaciones quas Will' predecessor noster •••• dedi•••••• confirmavit, scilicet Stellinglei cum omnibus pertinenciis suis in bosco et plano, in aquis et piscariis in viis et semitis, in divisis et exitibus in pratis et molendinis et quicquid continetur intra divisas de Stellinglei, sit extra forestage et in foresta mea pascua ad averia sua habebunt et quiete per forestiam meam erunt de pannagio Merem' et fuhail et closturam et virgas in foresta mea ubi eis sit magis ad aisiament habebunt. Nos igitur damus eis Twille pro escambio de Olw'rtthe cum omnibus pertinenciis suis in liberam et puram et perpetuam elemosinam. Ita ut ne aliquis ministrorum meorum nec forestarius nec ministri ejus in∣vasionem in domos vel in terras earum faciat ad namium capiend' vel contumeliam facien∣dam nec in hospiciis capiendis nec in aliis molestiis faciendis. Hiis testibus Johanne Ar∣chidiacono Waltero Monac' Willielmo fil' Tosti, Rob' de Tribois Tedbaldo Sene∣scaldo Gill' Cam' Alano de Walesende Walckelin Decano de Werremue."—Seal lost off.
• * 5.160.7

  Sic.
• w 5.161

  Omnibus hoc script' &c. Priorissa de Sancto Bartholomeo Novi Castri et ejusdem loci conventus salutem.—Noverit universitas vestra nos de comuni consilio et consensu capituli nostri dedisse concessisse et hac presenti carta nostra confirmasse Rogero de Bacwith ad firmam sex acras terre arabilis in campo de Haliwell quas Rogerus de Haliwell nobis dedit in ligia potestate sua in puram et perpetuam elemosinam scilicet in Wythenes duas acras in Pipewithrigg versus Chestres unam acram in Hetherigg unam acram in Westlongge∣leyes unam acram et juxta viam que ducit de Seton ad castellum unam acram et unum toftum quod Thoret Molendinar' tenuit in villa de Halliwell habend' et tenend' sibi et he∣redibus suis de nobis in perpetuum cum comuni pastura et aliis aisiamentis pertinentibus ad tantam terram in eadem villa libere quiete ab omni servicio consuetudine & exaccione reddendo inde per annum ad luminare beate Marie quinque sol' ad duos anni terminos scilicet ad Pentecost &c. Et hoc tenemur warantizare &c. Quod ut ratum sit et firmum huic presenti scripto comune sigillum nostrum dignum duximus apponend' Hiis testibus Thom' de Haliwell Steph' de Heddun Joh' fil' Galfrid' Petro de Haliwell Will' fil' Radul' Symone de Neusom et multis aliis."—Seal lost off.
• x 5.162

  "Omnibus sancte matris &c. Robertus de Dyveltune salutem—Sciatis me dedisse consilio et confensu uxoris mee Margarete et hac presenti carta confirmasse Deo & Sancte Marie & Sancto Bartholomeo & sanctimonialibus quatuor solidatas redditus in Milneburnee in liberam & perpet' elemos' pro salute anime mee et antecessor' meorum et successorum meorum scilicet ex illa terra quam Wace tenet et ex illa alia terra quam Helias fil' presbi∣tui tenet, illis reddentibus 4 solid' predict' scil' 2 sol' ad fest' Sancti Joh' & 2 fol' ad festum Sancti Martini salvo alio servicio quam illa terra debet Roberto de Divelstute & hered' suis. His testibus Magistr. Adam Sancti Egidii Dunelm' Radulphus Capellanus Will' de Haveltune Gilb' de Mileburne Nicolas Juvenis Will' ejus filius Randulf' nepos Roberti de Divelstune Helias fil' Gilb' de Mileburne, Wace Clericus."—Sigillo avulso.
• y 5.163

  "Schir Roger Bertram onto every sone of ye holy kirk present and for to cum greit∣ing in our Lord. I mak it knawin me for the luif of God by ye fight of cherite and for my helth and for the sowlis of my father and mothir and all my antecessors to haif giffin and concedit and be yis my present charter to haif confermit to God and to ye holy nunis of Sanct Bertholemew of Newcasstill 2 acreis and ane half of my pasture of Merdesfen in ye est part of ye Stainelie and nixt ye way ane oyir & ane half one y^t oyn part of ye way and ane toft in the town of Merdesfen of ten pratis in lenth and four in breid to heif and to be haldin in liberal pyyr and perpetuall almons of me and my aires frely and quietly without service consuetude or exactione with fre goin to and cuming fro without impedi∣ment of me and myn. Also pasture unto yair oxon als lang as yai draw in cairtis af on yir. Witnes Schir John Symson Schir Waltir of Sanct Petir Schir William Corbet Schir John of Fslington Wid' of Aram William of Prestwic with mony oyiris."—From an ancient grant, copied (perhaps a translation) on old paper, in a very old hand.
• z 5.164

  "Philippus Dei gratia Dunelm' Episcopus priori et conventui Sancti Cuthberti &c. sa∣lutem. Notum facimus universitati vestre nos dedisse & presenti carta confirmasse Deo et Sancto Bartholomeo & sanctimonialibus de Novo Castello omnes donaciones quas prede∣cessores nostri W. et Hugo eis dederunt et confirmaverunt scilicet Stellinglei cum omni∣bus pertinenciis suis in bosco et plano in aquis et piscariis in viis et semitis in divisis et ex itibus, in pratis et molendinis et quicquid continetur infra divisas de Stellinglei sit extra forestage et in foresta nostra pascua ad averia sua habebunt et quiete per forestam erunt de panagio. Merem' et fohal et closturam et virgas in foresta nostra ubi eis sit magis ad aisiamentum habebunt. Quare volumus & firmiter precipimus ne vicecomes vel forestarius vel prepositus nec aliquis ministrorum eorum invasionem in domos vel in terras earum faciat ad namium capiendum vel contumeliam faciendam nec in hospiciis capiendis nec in aliis molestiis faciendis. Hec autem omnia donamus eis in puram et liberam & perpet' elemos' existere sicut in cartis predictor' predecessor' nostror' plenius continetur. Hiis testibus B. priore Dunelmen' Ham' Dunelmen' et Karlcolen' archidia∣cono et Domini Pape subdiacon' et Petro Thebert nepotibus nostris Hen'r decan' Northumbrie Magistro Henric' de Dunelm' officiali nostro et Gilberto officiali Northumbrie et W. de Perci vicecomite Northumbrie Mattho Persona de Kerkeby Adam de Selebi Hugone Clerico Helia filio Torald' Ricard' Oisu Daniele de Novo Castro Ranulfo Bocha et Galerant servientibus nostris et aliis multis."—Seal torn off.

  In a confirmation of Hugh Pudsey, Bishop of Durham, Toce, son of Toce and Alan, his brother, occur; the former as devoting himself to religion in this house, and giving land to it in the town of Durham; the latter as selling it some land.—Madox's Formulare An∣glicanum, p. 50.
• a 5.165

  Madox's Formulare Anglicanum, p. 8 of the Prefatory Dissertation, where, speaking of gifts of land in frankalmoigne, he tells us, that sometimes the donor marked out the particular use to which the profits of the land should be applied.—He instances tapers, pittances, &c. and also this very remarkable designation, "to purchase smocks for the nuns," citing, for his authority, a deed preserved in the Augmentation-Office, and dated about the time of King John, in which these words occur: "ad cammisias ad opus mo∣nialium inveniendas in charta Marmaduci de Tueng et Margaretae sponsae ejus de domo et terra de Hertepol donatâ monialibus S. Barthol' de Novo Castro."—See also Hearne's Liber Niger, vol. i. p. 212, in not.

  There remains in the Augmentation-Office, a grant of Johanna Lawson, prioress and the convent of St. Bartholomew, in Newcastle upon Tyne, to Percival Lambton, for his life, of a burgage, or waste of theirs, in Hertilpool, "in vico vocat' Southgate juxta crucem ibidem," at the yearly rent of 12d.—Dated September 26th, 16 Hen. VII.
• b 5.166

  See Account of Tinmouth Monastery, sub anno 1216.
• c 5.167

  "Omnibus hoc scriptum visur' vel auditur' Dominus Robertus de Neuham salutem in Domino Noveritis me pro salute anime mee & uxsoris mee & antecessor' meor' et suc∣cessor' meor' concessisse & presenti scripto confirmasse domui Sancti Bartholomei de Novo Castello et ibidem monialibus Deo servientibus omnes donaciones & vendiciones quas Willielmus pater meus fecit et contulit dicte domui Sancti Bartholomei & monialibus ibi∣dem Deo servientibus secundum tenorem omnium cartarum suarum. In hujus rei testi∣monium huic scripto in testimonium sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus Domino Ro∣gero de Ridal Domino de Witecest' Domino Hugone de Burneton Domino Rob' de Faudun Domino Gilbert' de Mora Rog' de Neuham et fratre ejus & multis aliis."— Seal lost off.—From original in the Augmentation-Office.
• d 5.168

  Madox's Formulare Anglican. p. 375.
• e 5.169

  Ibid. p. 132.
• f 5.170

  "In nomine Patris &c. ego Milisand Godefray licet egra corpore sana tamen mente condo testamentum meum in hunc modum. In primis animam meam Deo & beate Marie ac omnibus sanctis ac corpus meum in cymeterio ecclesie Sancti Bartholomei sepeliend' do et lego in villa Novi Castri super Tinam. Item lego Deo & dicte ecclesie Sancti Bar∣tholomei & monialibus ibidem Deo servientibus unam botham in dicta villa Novi Castri situatam inter botham hospitalis occident' & venellam versus Aulam-Ghylde. Ita videlicet quod Willielmus filius Osberti le Tollar dictam botham tota vita sua de dictis monialibus teneat ac inde eisdem singulis annis vite sue tres fol' argenti pro requisitione Domini de dicta botha persolvat—Mortuo autem dicto Willielmo dicta botha monialibus in dicta ec∣clesia Sancti Bartholomei Deo servientibus imperpetuum remaneat."—James Tanar and Robert de Buredun, executors.—The seals lost.
• g 5.171

  "Omnibus, &c. Walterus Dei gratia Dunelm' Episcopus salutem in Domino No∣verit universitas vestra nos cartas venerabilium predecessor' nostror' Willielmi Hugon' & Philippi quondam Episcoporum Dunelm' in quibus continentur donaciones quas fece∣runt in puram et perpetuam elemosinam Deo et Sancto Bartholom' & monialibus de Novo Castro, scilicet Stellingel' cum pertinenc' &c. in dictis cartis content' insp••xisse. Quas quidem donaciones auctoritate pontificali confirmamus. In cujus rei testimonium pre∣senti scripto sigillum nostrum fecimus apponi. Hiis testibus Mag^• Ric' de Kirkeham Sy∣mone Goher Gilberto de Hynkell &c. &c."—Seal nearly destroyed.—From the original in the Augmentation-Office.
• h 5.172

  "Universis, &c. Johannes silius Decani et Ysouda uxor ejus salutem. Noveritis nos caritatis intuitu & pro salute anime nostrar' & anime Domini Rogeri de Meilaco & anim' antecessor' & successor' suorum dedisse concessisse & presenti carta confirmasse Deo & Sancto Bartholomeo in Novo Castello & sanctimonialibus ibidem Deo servientibus in pu∣ram & perpe••uam elemosinam quatuor quarteria frumenti Lund' percipienda singulis annis ad fest' Sancti Martini in Hyeme de terra nostra quam Dominus Rogerus de Merlaco dedit nobis in Magna Bentona. Unde volumus & concedimus & presenti carta tam nos quam nostros in perpetuum obligamus vel quicunque post nos predict' terram tenue••it sive fuerit heres vel assignat' mei Johannis sive — mee Isoude solvat singulis annis de pred' terra dictis sanctimonialibus ad festum S. Mart. Hyem. quatuor quarteria frument•• Lund' sine dilacione qualibet ac difficultate Et in hujus rei testimon' pres. script. sigillis nostris signavimus et ad diuturniorem memoriam commune sigillum Novi Castri huic scripto fecimus apponi His testibus Domino Roberto de Wittelle Domino Roberto de Camhou Domino Ada Barat Domino Roberto de Kandun Rad. Baart Magistro Willielmo filio Decani Petro Scotico Bartholomeo Benet Rogero silio Willielmi Henrico de Car∣leolo Hugone Pain Roberto de Valeciis et multis aliis."—Newcastle town seal remains— Original in the Augmentation-Office; as is the following: "Universis &c. Dominus Rogerus de Merlaco salut. Noveritis me pro salute anime mee & anim' antecessor' meor' concessisse & confirmasse domui Sancti Barthol' in Novo Castro et sanctimonialibus ibidem Deo servientibus annuum & perpetuum redditum quatuor quarterior' frument' Lund' quem Johannes filius Decani & Ysouda uxor ejus eis in puram & perpetuam elemosinam contulerunt de terra quam ego dedi dictis Johanni & Ysoude in Magna Bentona Et in hujus rei testimon' huic scripto sigillum meum apposui."—Seal, green wax, inscribed— "Sigill' Rogeri de Me••lai."
• i 5.173

  Roger' de Whytcester "Pro salute anime mee & pro animabus patris mei matris mee Nicholai fratris mei Mabilie sororis mee & antecessor' hered' & parentum meorum dedisse concessisse et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse Deo et ecclesie Sancti Bartholomei de Novo Castro & monialibus ibidem Deo servientibus ad sustentacionem cujusdam capellan•• di∣vin••a celebrantis in ecclesia sua conventuali Novi Castri pro animabus predictis et specialiter pro anima mea cum in fata decessero & pro animabus omnium fidelium defunctorum quinque bevatas terre cum pertinen' in Dunington cum toftis et croftis ad easdem terras pertinen' & Hiis testibus Domino Hugone de Bolebek Eustacho de la Val Willielmo Heyrun tune vic' Northumbr' Roberto de Cumboo Johanne de Haulton Johanne fil' Si••••unis Ad. Baret Johanne de Plesseyt Johanne de Middilton Ricardo de Middilton Willielmo de Whytington Stephano de Hadham Nicholao de Skiringham & aliis. Dat' apud Whytcester vigil' Sancti Michaeli anno gratie 1257."
• k 5.174

  To her confirmation occurs as a witness, Domino Wiscardo de Charun tunc viceco∣mite &c
• l 5.175

  "In vico Fori"—Testibus Henrico Scoto tunc majore Johanne Scoto Johanne le Flemeng Hugone de Karl' Ricardo Tinctor' tunc ballivis—et aliis.—Seal, a bird—in∣scribed, "S. Hugon' Brun."
• m 5.176

  MS. in the Exchequer of that date—Memorandum quod moniales domorum Novi Castri & de Nesham habent pensionem 13l. 6s. 8d. in ecclesia de Wesington et sunt quasi mendicantes.
• n 5.177

  "Omnibus &c. Ricardus D. g. Dunelm' Episc' &c. Noveritis quod nos compati∣entes paupertati monialium Novi Castri super Tynam de consensu capituli nostri Dunelm' & Magistri Ade Len rectoris ecclesie de Wessington intuitu Dei dedimus & assignavimus eisdem monialibus decem marcas annuas de proventibus ecclesie de Wessington per ma∣num rectoris ejusdem ecclesie qui pro tempore fuerit percipiendas ad duos termin' viz. quinque M. ad F. Sancti Martini in Hyeme & quinque M. ad Pentecosten donec per nos vel successores nostros in consimili vel majore redditu in prop••ios usus habendo dictis monialibus fuerit provisum. Cum autem ita fuerit provisum eisdem volumus quod rector ecclesie prefate qui pro tempore fuerit absque reclamacione monialium earundem omnino sit quietus a solucione tocius pecunie memorate. Et in hujus rei testim' &c. dictus Ma∣gister A. sigill. suum apposuit Hiis testibus Domino Johanne de Rumeseye senescallo nostro Magistris Willielmo de Arundell Johanne Forti Hug' de Gaherst Stephano de Bur∣ton Rogero de la Leye clericis nostris & aliis. Dat' apud Dunelm' per manum Henrici capellani nostri decimo kal' Decembris' pontific' nostri anno octavo."—From the original in the Augmentation-Office.—Bishop's seal in fine preservation appendant.—That of Ade Len is broken off.
• o 5.178

  "Thomas prior' & convent' Dunelmensis ecclesie omnibus hoc scriptum videntibus vel audientibus eternam in Domino salutem Noverit universitas vestra nos gratam e•• ratam habere donacionem & concessionem quam venerabilis pater noster Ric' Dei grati•• Dunelmen' Episcopus fecit monialibus de Novo Castro super redditu dec••m marcarum annuatim de ecclusia de Wessington per manum persone qui pro tempore fuerit percipi∣endar' sicut in carta dicti venerabilis patris nostri Ric' Dei gratia Dunelm' Episc' plenius continetur. Et in hujus rei testimonium presenti scripto sigillum nostrum apposuimus. Teste capitulo nostro."—Original in the Augmentation-Office.—Seal lost off.
• p 5.179

  "Gregorius Episcopus servus servorum Dei dilectis in Christo filiabus priorisse & con∣ventui Novi Castri super Tinam ordinis Sancti Benedicti salutem & apostol' benedictio∣nem—Cum a nobis petitur quod justum est et honestum tam vigor equitatis quam ordo exigit rationis ut id per solicitudinem officii nostri ad debitum perducatur effectum. Sig∣nificastis siquidem nobis quod venerabilis frater noster Episcopus Dunelmensis diocesanus vester facultatum monasterii vestri tenuitate pensata decem marcas argenti percipiendas tamdiu annuatim de proventibus decimarum ecclesie de Wessington dioc' Dunelmen' ad ecclesiam Dunelmen' spectantium pia vobis liberalitate sui capituli accedente consensu concessit donec per eum vel successores ipsius in simili redditu vel majori vobis ad usus proprios perpetuo fit provisum vestris igitur precibus inclinati quod ab eodem Episcopo super hoc pie ac provide factum esse dinoscitur auctoritate apostolica confirmamus & pre∣sentis scripti patrocinio communimus. Nulli ergo omnino hominum liceat hanc pagi∣n••m nostre confirmationis infringere vel ei ausu temerario contraire. Siquis autem hoc attemptare presumpserit indignationem omnipotentis Dei & beatorum Petri & Pauli apos∣tolorum ejus se noverit incursurum Dat' Petusii 13 kalend' Maii pontificat' nostri anno nono."—Original bull preserved, ibid.—The leaden seal lost off.
• q 5.180

  "Taxatio bonorum temporalium Domini Dunelm' Episcopi et religiosor' omnium ejusdem Dunelm' dioc' fact' anno Domini 1292.—Priorissa de Novo Castro habet 17l. 10s. 7d."
• r 5.181

  Tanner's Notitia Monastica.
• s 5.182

  Wardrobe account 28 Ed. I. p. 7, a MS. remaining in the archives of the Society of Antiquaries of London: "De catall' felonum—de majore & ballivis ville Novi Castri super Tynam de bonis Henrici Droys, Philippi Droys & Reginaldi Droys fratrum suorum qui tugerunt ad ecclesiam monialium ejusdem ville pro felonya quam fecerant—per ma∣nus ejusdem majoris apud Novum Castrum super Tynam 8^vo die Januar' in sterl' putis 2••l. 15s. 9d. et in crokerds currentibus pro sterling' 75s. 3d. et in pretio 20 coclea••' argenti 20s. et in pretio trium equorum eorundem fratrum liberatorum per eosdem major' & ballivos Domino Waltero de Bellocampo senescallo hospicii Regis et Domino Waltero filio suo ibid. 10 die Januar' 4l. 8d. summa 38l. 11s. 8d."
• t 5.183

  "Omnibus &c. Domina Philippa de Wolteby priorissa monialium ecclesie Sancti Bartholomei de Novo Castro super Tynam & conventus ejusdem loci salutem in Domino sempiternam Noveritis nos unanimi consilio tocius capituli nostri dimisisse concessisse & hac presenti carta nostra cyrograffata confirmasse Roberto de Halliwelle clerico & Alicie uxori sue quatuordecim acras terre arabilis in campo & in territorio de Hallywelle cum tofto & crofto ad predictam terram in eadem villa pertinentibus quarum tres acres jacent super le Norhclavos versus Moram et una acra & dimid' jacent juxta Saltesford et una acra apud Ertheldunlethe et due acre super Papew'rte Rigge dimid' acra super Reverrokys In le Westelangleys tres acre super Goddesbuttes due acre super Cuplethe tres rod' apud le Wodyland una rod' habend' et tenend' dictis Roberto & Alicie & heredibus suis seu eo∣rundem assignat' de nobis & successoribus nostris libere quiete integre bene & in pace cum omnibus suis libertatibus & aisiamentis ad predictam terram pertinentibus in perpetuum reddendo inde annuatim nobis & successoribus nostris sex sol' sterlingorum ad duos anni terminos viz. ad F. Pentecost tres solid' & totidem ad fest. Sancti Martini in Hyeme pro omni consuetudine & demanda & accione seculari &c. In cujus rei testimonium &c. Hiis testibus Nichol' de Ka••liolo tunc capitali ballivo de villa Novi Castri Thoma de Tyn∣dal Johanne Toriald Thoma Clerico Ricardo de Emildun tunc ballivis de eadem Henr' Scoto Petro Graper Nichol' Scoto Gilberto Flamang Johanne de Heton et aliis."— From the original in the Augmentation-Office.—Seal, green wax — impression, a ship— inscription, "S. Gervasi Fil' Nigelli."
• u 5.184

  "Monialibus Sancti Bartholomei ejusdem ville, i. e. Novi Castri super Tynam de ele∣mosina Regis pro putura sua unius dici per manus Ricardi de Gippevico elemos' Regis apud Novum Castrum primo die Augusti 6s. 8d."—Wardrobe account of 15th, 16th, and 17th of Edward II. in the library of Thomas Astle, Esq. p. 31.—The subsequent, which immediately follows, seems to shew that the nuns of Lambley and Halistan had, at that time, deserted their respective nunneries, and fled to Newcastle for safety: "Monialibus de Lambelegh & Halistan morantibus in eadem villa pro eodem per manus ejusdem ibid. eodem die 14s. 8d."—The following also occurs; "In clemosina Regis per manus Ma∣gistri Roberti de Baldock recipientis denarios ad solvend' diversis infra scriptis juxta pre∣ceptum Domini Regis, viz. monialibus de Halistan 10 marc' monialibus de Lambelegh 8 marc' monialibus de Gysnes 5 marc' monialibus Sancti Bartholomei de Novo Castro super Tynam 4 marc' et monialibus de Nesham 40s. apud Novum Castrum pred. 3 di•• Augusti—20l.—priorisse & monialibus de Gysnes de elemos' Domini Regis in subsidium recompensationis dampnorum que sustinuerunt per adventum predictum Wallens' ibidem versus Guerram Scocie per manum Mariote monialis ejusdem domus apud Felton 8 die Augusti, 100s.—14 die Septembr. monialibus Sancti Bartholomei ejusdem ville pro eodem per manus ejusdem ibidem eodem die—i. e. in adventu Regis ibidem, 6s. 8d.—monialibus de Lambelegh pro eodem &c. 7s. 4d.—monialibus de Halistan pro eodem &c. 7s. 4d.— monialibus de Gysnes pro eodem &c. 6s. 8d."
• v 5.185

  Bourne's History, sub anno.

  There is preserved, in the Augmentation-Office, an original deed, in which Agnes, prioress here, "Agnes priorissa ville Novi Castri super Tynam & conventus ejusdem ville," grants a messuage in the village of Haliwell to Robert, son of Walter Truket, of Halli∣well.— The witnesses are, "Domino Roberto Dareys tunc vic' Northumbrie Domino Ro∣berto de la Vall Milite Alano de Fenewyk Thom' de Fenewyk Roberto de Ryall Ro∣berto de Lykere Roberto Vescy de Haliwell Johanne de Kelyngworthe & multis aliis."— Robert Dareys occurs as sheriff of Northumberland, July 8, 1338. Rymer's Foedera, tom. v. p. 62.
• w 5.186

  Bourne's History, sub anno.—From a record communicated by Dr. Hunter.
• x 5.187

  "Ceste endenture tesmoigne que come Dame Isabelle Russell priorisse de la meson des nonayns de la ville de Noeff Chastell sur Tyne & le covent de mesme le lieu ount un anuelle rent de 8 soutz per an issaunt dun burgage od les appurtenanz en le burgh de Du∣resm lequele Robert de Seton tient en fee et le quell burgage gist wast au temps de la con∣feccon de cestes issuit que les ditz priorisse & covent ount pardone & quitt clame touz les arrerages ent dues du temps passe a Richard de Kirkeby tayllour que tient mesme le burgage du dit Robert a terme des aunz en eyde de edifier & repailler le dit burgage pour salvacion de lour rent avant dit et ount grante outre que le dit Richard & sez heirz du∣raunte les primers 10 aunz prochens ensuantz apres la confeccon de cest lettres cest a dire le primer an ils paierount a la fest de St. Martine en yver 12d. & a la fest de Pentecost adungs prochen ensuaunt 12d. & chescon an de les 9 auns adungs ensuanz 4 soutz a mesm les termes de S. Martine & de Pentecost per ouweles porcons a les avant ditz prioresse & covent & a lour successours pour tous maners des accons & chalenges que∣cunq des arrerages du temp passe a touzjours En tesmoignaunce de quele chose a ceste endentures auxi bien les avandiz prioresse & covent com le avant dit Richard entre∣chaungeablement ount mys lour seals. Done a Duresm le Lundy en le semaign de Pente∣cost lan de grace 1360. Ceuz tesmoignes Meistre John Appelby officiale de Duresm Thom' de Coxsidd Richard de Stafford baillifs de meism le burgh John de Heberine Thom' de Appilby John de Bishopdale Thom' de Tudhow et autres. "From the origi∣nal in the Augmentation Office. Seal destroyed.
• y 5.188

  "Cest endentre tesmoigne q' com' Amise prioresse de la meson des nonayns de la ville de Noeschastell soer Tyne & le covent de mesme le lieu ounc un annucle rent de oets soncs per an issant d un burgage od les apurtenanes en le burgh de Dunelm lequ••le Thomas de Loksyde fient en fee lequele burgage gist wast au temps de la conseccon de ••est istiuit q' le dit prioresse & covent ounct pardone & releese a dit Thomas & ses heirs per les pre∣mei••, &c. Tesmoignianes Mestre John de Appelby clerk Robert de Angirton may••e de Noeschastell adongs &c. Don' a Duresme le Mardy procheyn ap••es le fest de Seynt Gregg' ••ane de grace, 1363." From the original—Seal defaced.
• z 5.189

  Randall's MSS. "Commissio ad visitand' mo••iales S. Bartho' de Novo Castro— Reg••. Hatfeld, fol. 46.

  Thomas permissione divina Dunolm' Episcopus dilectis filiis Domino Alano de Shutlyng, vicario nostro generali & Magistro Willielmo de Farnham offic' nostro Dunelm' salutem gr••tiam et benedictionem. De vestris fidelitate et industria plenam in Domino fidem op∣tinentes ad visitand' domum monialium S. Bartholomei de Novo Castro nostre dioc' nec non omnes alias domus monialium nostre dioc' tam in capite quam in membris, non ex∣emptas auctoritate ordinar' et exemptas auctoritate apostolica: nec non ad corrigend' pu••iend' et reformand' excessus, crimina et defectus in hujusmodi visitatione, compert' ceteraque omnia & singula faciend' expediend' et exercend' que in premissis et circa ea ne∣cessaria fuerint seu opportuna de consuetudine feu de jure, vobis conjunctim et divisim et utrique vestrum per se et in solidum cum cujuslibet coercionis canonice potestate com∣mittimus vices nostras; proviso quod nos de omni eo quod feceritis in premissis oppor∣tuno reddatis plenarie certiores per literas vestras patentes harum seriem continentes. Valete. Datum in manerio nostro de Aukland 3 die mens' Januar' A. D. 1365, et con∣secrationis nostre vicesimo primo."
• a 5.190

  "Curatio monialium de Novo Castro.—Reg. Hatfeld, p. 47.

  Thomas permissione divina Dunelm' Episcopus dilecto filio Domino Hugoni de Arne∣cliffe in ecclesia B. Nicholai de Novo Castro nostre dioc' divina celebranti, salutem gra∣tiam et benedictionem. Nostrum convertentes intuitum ad statum miserabilem domus et monialium S. Bartholomei de Novo Castro predict' que quidem domus tam in spiritua∣libus quam temporalibus non modicum patitur detrimentum et vicinam minatur ruinam, nisi eisdem cit••us provideatur de remedio opportuno. De tuis circumspectione provida fi∣delitate et industria plene considentes tibi curam et custodiam domus predicte et monialium ejusdem in spiritualibus & temporalibus committimus per presentes sigilli nostri appensione munitas pro nostro beneplacito duraturas. Priorisse insuper et monialibus dicte domu∣tenore presentium firmiter injungimus & mandamus quod tibi in premissis quatenus uti∣litatem dicte domus quietem et pacem monialium & divini cultus sustentacionem & aug∣mentum respiciunt & concernunt absque contradictione malevola pareant humiliter & inten∣dant censuras etiam ecclesiasticas, si quas in hoc casu rite tuleris in rebelles, rit••s habe∣bimus & acceptas pariter. Ad premissa siquidem eo specialius excitati sumus quo paupe∣rum Christi famularum Deo inibi deservientium per tuam prudentiam suppler•• speramus defectus a•• eas per tuam diligentiam a miseriis et inopiis juvante Deo subleva••i proviso quod nos de omni eo quod feceris et inveneris in premissis et circa ea distincte plenarie et aperte certifices cum circa hoc congrue fueris requisitus. Vale. Datum in manerio nostro de Aukland 18 die mensis Aprilis A. D. 1366."
• b 5.191

  "Commissio secunda contra priorissam S. Bartholomei—Thomas permissione, &c. Dunelm' Episc' dil. filio Domino Hugoni de Ernechife salutem, &c. De vestris fidelitate & industria circumspect' plenam in Domino fiduciam optinentes ad reassumend' et proce∣dend' contra Amisiam de Belford intrusam in prioratu monialium S. Bartholomei ville Novi Castri super Tynam nostre dioc' in quadam causa per nos et commissar' nostros dictum prioratum auctoritate nostra visitantes super intrusione, dilapidatione, incontinen∣tia et aliis in hujusmodi visitatione contra eam compertis ex officio mota et pendente, et si ad ipsius dimissionem ac amotionem seu declarationem nullitatis tituli sui, seu intru∣sionis dilapidationis & criminum predictor' fuerit procedend' et ulterius ad faciend' in dicto negotio exequend' expediend' exercend' diffiniend' omnia & singula que in dicto negotio fuerint quomodolibet opportum vobis vices nostras committimus cum cujus∣libet coercionis canonice potestate. In cujus rei testimon' sigillum nostrum presentibus apponi fecimus. Datis in manerio nostro de Aukland 10 die men' Junii A. D. 1367.

  "Memorandum quod scriptum fuit eisdem die et loco fratri Tho' Stubbes &c. ad reci∣piend' juramentum dicti Domini Hugonis debit' in hoc casu.

  "Et memorand' quod sub dat' apud Aukland 21 die dict' mensis scriptum fuit dicto Do∣mino Hugoni ad monend' Dominam Amisiam asterentem se priorissam dicte domus, quod permittat Dominus Emmam del Hill & Johannam de Farneleye moniales dicte domus libere et pacifice redire ad domum suam et ibidem Deo samulari et quod pertrectet eas af∣fectione debita &c. ut in litera continetur."
• * 5.192

  I suspect that this Emma was afterwards prioress, and granted the following quit-claim to William de Scowland, of half an annual rent of ten shillings to the light of St. Mary and St. Bartholomew in the church of the said nunnery, given them by Margery de Gauland, out of a toft and certain land in Pelton. "Hoc scriptum cyrograffatum factum inter Emmam priorissam & moniales de Novo Castro super Tynam ex una parte et Wil∣lielmum de Scowland ex altera testatur quod cum prefatus Willielmus reddere tenebatur endem priorisse et monialibus decem solid' annuatim ad luminare beate Marie & Sancti Bartholomei in ecclesia dictarum monialium ad duos anni terminos, scil. medictat' ad Pent' & ad fest. Sancti Martini in Hyeme aliam medictat' annuatim percipiend' de uno tofto & tota illa terra quam quondam firmavit Henricus de Granwell in villa de Pelton quem quidem redditum decem solid' Margeria de Gouland dedit & concessit monialibus predictis ad luminare predictum Predicte priorissa & moniales medietat' predicti reddi∣tus scilicet quinque solid' eidem Willielmo, hered' & assignatis suis pro quadam summa pecunie quam idem Willielmus eis red' ........ remiserunt relaxaverunt & quiete cla∣maverunt de se & successoribus suis imperpetuum. Et pro hac remissione relaxatione & quieta clamancia predictus Willielmus concessit quod ipse & heredes sui & illi qui dicta tenementa imposterum tenebunt fideliter reddent annuatim dictis priorisse & monialibus & successoribus suis residuos quinque solidos ad term' predict' ad luminare predict' faciend' percipiend' de predict' ten' sicut predictum est—Clause of distress—In cujus, &c. Hiis testibus Johanne de Hyrteleye Henrico de Scouland Thoma de Urpath Domino Guidone de Dunelm' persona de Fyngal Domino Roberto vicar' ecclesie Sancti Oswaldi & aliis." From the original.
• c 5.193

  "Licentia eligendi confessorem concessa moniali prioratus Sancti Bartholomei." E Re∣gist. Hatfeld. p. 133.

  "Thomas permissione divina Dunolm' Episcopus dilecte nobis in Christo filie devote mulieri Margarete York moniali recluse in monasterio Novi Castri super Tynam nostre dioc' salutem gratiam & benedictionem. Tuis precibus favorabiliter inclinati ut confes∣sorem idoneum eligere valeas cui peccata tua, &c. in casibus a jure nobis permissis et specialiter a canone reservatis quotres et quando ad hoc tua conscientia inclinaverit consi∣teri valeas ac cuicunque confessori sic per te electo pro hujusmodi peccatis sibi confessis manus tibi absolutor' imponendi et penitentiam salutarem injungendi tenore presentium concedimus facultatem hac nost•••• licentia p••••nnum a data presentium continue numerand' duratur'. In cujus rei testimon' sigillum nostrum presentibus apponi fecimus. Dati•• apud Aukland 24 die Marti•• anno Domini 1377, et nostre consecrationis tricesimo tercio."
• d 5.194

  "Monitio sacta priorisse & monialibus S Bartholomei ville Novi Castri super Tynam, pro Idoma de Staunford, commoniali. E Regist. Hatfeld. p. 127.

  Thomas permissione divina Dunelm' Episcopus dilectis in Christo priorisse prioratus S. Bartholomei de Novo Castro super Tynam nostre dioc' et monialibus ejusdem pri∣oratus quibuscunque salutem gratiam & benedictionem. Cum aliàs pro Domina Idoma de Staunford vestri et dicti prioratus commoniali et in eodem prioratu expresse profess', que ex justa et rationabili causa a dicto suo prioratu aliquamdiu absens extiterat et sue absentie hujus tempore quocunque laudabiliter et honeste se gesserit et in commitiva honesta fuerat conversata, prout de premissis omnibus coram nobis sufficiens extitit facta fides; ad ipsius Idome supplicationem juri et equitati consonam, quod vos ipsam ut com∣montatem et sororem vestram spiritualem ad dictum prioratum et statum in quo fuerat tempore quo a dicto prioratu sic recesserat, admitteretis et eam debite tractaretis eidem nullam sue absentie hujus pretextu molestiam aut injuriam inferendo nostras literas moni∣torias direxerimus. Nos etiam affectione paternali rogantes quod ipsam Idomam vobis cum prout convenit et hactenus solebat conversari et Deo debite famulari permitteretis gratanter cum favore. Vos tamen monitiones & rogatum nostros hujusmodi multipliciter contemnentes ipsam Idomam juxta formam & effectum literarum nostrarum hujusmodi inter vos admittere seu eam ut sororem vestram debite pertractare non curastis, sed id fa∣cere expresse recusàstis et plus debito distulistis & differtis in nostri contemptum manifes∣tum & dicte Idomae prejudicium valde grave▪ Quocirca vobis mandamus in virtute obe∣dientie et sub excommunicationis majoris sententie pena quam si monitionibus nostris in ea parte, visis presentibus, quatenus in vobis est, non parueritis cum effectu vos et vestrum quamlibet incurrere volumus ipso facto, firmiter injungentes quatenus ipsam Do∣minam Idomam ut monialem & sororem vestram juxta effectum literarum nostrarum pre∣dict' admittatis & secundum observan••••a, regulates benigne pertract••tis, ipsam occasione absentie sue pre ..... minime puniendo quousque coram nobis aut commissiatiis nostris specialiter ad hoc et legitime deputandis per vos legitime & in forma juris doctum fuerit illam secundum exigentiam regule vestre et ordinis esse merito puniendam. Nosque de omni eo quod 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in premissis citra festum 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Marie prox' futur' post dat' pres••n••ium literis vestri•• patentibus sive clausis harum seriem continentibus sigillo au∣thentico consignatis, sub 〈◊〉〈◊〉 supradicta 〈…〉〈…〉 quod nisi premissa 〈◊〉〈◊〉 provestris ostenta & contemptu contra vos in ••••••vi severus procedemus et vo•• pro vestris d••m••••••tis taliter puniemus quod vestra p••••••tio vobis et aliis nostris su••••lit•••• cedet in terrorem. Datum London', 2^d' nonas Novembr' A. D. 13••••."
• e 5.195

  Regist. Hatfeld.
• f 5.196

  Religiosis & in Christo sibi dilectis domine priorisse Sancti Bartholomei cum suo conventu Novi Castri super Tynam, ordinis Sancti Bernardi (sic) frater Raymundus or∣dinis fratrum predicatorum humilis magister et servus salutem & eternorum affluenciam gaudiorum. Vestre devocionis affectus quem audivi ad nostrum vos habere ordinem exigen∣cia digna requirit beneficia nostro collata ordini a copiosa clemencia Redemptoris vobis gra∣ciosius impartiri, propter quod vobis omnium missarum orationum predicationum jejuniorum abstinenciarum vigiliarum laborum ceterorumque bonorum que per fratres nostri ordinis Do∣minus Jesus Christus per mundum fieri dederit universum, participacionem concedo te∣nore presencium specialem in vita, periculo et in morte, ut multiplici suffragiorum presi∣dio et hic augmentum gracie et in futuro mereamini eterne vite premium possidere. In cujus concessionis testimonium sigillum mei officii duxi presentibus appendendum. Da∣tum Calonie provincie Theutonie anno Domini millesimo trocentisimo nonagesimo septimo quarta die mensis Novembris. J. Cawod."

  From the original remaining in the Augmentation Office.—Curious seal representing the crucifixion—on red wax.
• g 5.197

  Rot. Skirlaw. N^o 93. Joh. Gyldford, Willielmus Gategang, sen. & Thomas Hoton venerunt in cancelar' Dunelm' 21 die Sept. anno pontificat' Domini Walteri Episcopi Dunelm' sexto decimo et recognoverunt se et quemlibet eorum in solid' debere Katerine priorisse domus S. Bartholomei ville Novi Castri super Tynam quatuor libras solvend' in festo Purificationis beate Marie Virginis prox' futur'. Et nisi fecerint concedunt quod vic' Dunelm' & Sadb' fieri fac' &c. A. D. 1403.

  Roger Thornton the elder, by his will, dated the Thursday preceding Christmas day, 1429, left two sothers of lead to the reparation of this nunnery. Bourne's History, sub anno.
• h 5.198

  Bourne's History, sub anno.
• i 5.199

  Madox's Formulare Anglicanum, p. 271.
• k 5.200

  Ibid. p. 69.
• l 5.201

  ••ius Episcopus servus servorum Dei ad suturam rei memoriam digna reddimatur at∣tentione. Soliciti ut in admittendis earum votis gratum prestemus assensum, que mun∣danis illecebris et mortalis viti toro propulsis in illius qui speciosus est pre filiis hominum beneplacitis famulantur et his que pro earum comoditate proinde facta sunt ut firma per∣petuo & illibata persistant cum a nobis petitur adjecimus apostolici muniminis facultatem. Exhibita siquidem nobis nuper pro parte dilectarum in Christo filiarum priorisse & conven∣tus moni••lium monasterit Sancti Bartholomei de Novo Castro super Tynam per priorissam soliti gubernari ordinis Sancti Benedicti Dunelm' droc' petitio continebat quod dudum bone memorie Robertus Episcopus Dunelmen' proinde considerans quod monasterium predictum per ignis incendra et alia mundi infortunia in suis redditibus erat adeo dimi∣nuta quod ad sustentationes priorisse & conventus dicti monasterii ac hospitalitate obser∣vanda et supportationem aliorum onerum eis incumbentium minimè sufficiebant et occa∣sione pensionis decem marcarum super fructibus redditibus & proventibus parochialis ec∣clesie de Ryton predict dioc' priorisse et conventui predictis per bone memorie Robertum olim Episcopum Dunelm' assignate quam rector ecclesie parochialis de Wesschyngton ejus∣dem dioc' eisdem priorisse & conventui solvere consueverat et que propter exilitatem fruc∣titum dicte ecclesie ad prefatam ecclesiam de Ryton per eundem Robertum Episcopum translata fuit: inter priorissam & conventum ex una ac rectorem prefate ecclesie de Ryton parte ex altera lites et controversie oriri dubitabantur ut eadem ecclesia de Ryton a solutione pensionis hujusmodi liberaretur prefateque priorissa & conventus sustentari hospitalitatem servare et alia onera sic incumbentia commodius perferre possent, capellam Sancti Ed∣mundi Episcopi in Gatesheved prefate dioc' ad collationem ipsius Episcopi Dunelmensis pro tempore existentis pertinentem cum omnibus juribus & pertinentiis suis prefato mo∣nasterio ad humilem supplicationis instantiam priorisse et conventus predictarum capituli ecclesie Dunelmen' ad hoc expresso accedente consensu auctoritate ordinaria perpetuo in∣corporavit annexuit et univit ita quod cedente vel decedente rectore seu custode dicte ca∣pelle vel aliàs illam quomodo libet dimittente, liceret eisdem priorisse & conventui corpo∣ralem possessionem dicte capelle auctoritate propria apprehendere & perpetuo retinere et insuper voluit statuit et ordinavit idem Robertus quod quamprimum predicte priorissa & conventus eidem Roberto & pro tempore existenti Episcopo Dunelm' sex solidos & octo denarios Nec non priori & capitulo Dunelm' ecclesie tres solid' & quatuor denarios monete in partibus illis currentis singulis annis in festo Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptiste perpetuis futuris temporibus solvere deberent et tenerentur prout in quibusdam literis auc∣tenticis dicti Roberti Episcopi sigillo munitis quarum tenorem presentibus inferi fecimus plemus continetur. Quare pro parte dictarum priorisse & conventus asserentium quod ipse vigore unionis annexionis & incorporationis predictarum in pacifica possessione dicte capelle existunt, nobis suit humiliter supplicatum ut unioni annexioni incorporationi vo∣luntari ordinationi et literis hujusmodi pro illarum subsistentia firmiori robur apostolici confirmationis adjicere aliasque in premissis opportune providere de benignitate apostolica dignatemur Nos qui dudum inter cetera voluimus quod potentes beneficia ecclesiastica aliis uniti teneantur exprimere verum annuum valorem fructuum tam beneficiorum (co∣rundem) quam illius cui uniti petitur ahoquin unto non valeat et semper in union••••s commissio fiat ad partes onerando conscientiam illorum quibus ...... voluimus in con∣firmationibus unionum observari fructuum reddituum & proventium tam monasterii quam capelle hujusmodi veros annuos valores....... presentibus quod nicholominus voluntate nostra predicta non obstante, valide et efficaces sint et este censeantur, pro expressis ha∣bentes ... hujusmodi supplicationibus inclinati prenussa unionem annexionem & incorpo∣rationem statutum voluntatem & ordinationem ac literas episcopi hujusmodi ratas et gratas habentes illas et inde secuta quecunque auctoritate apostolica et ex certa scientia tenore presencium confirmamus et approbamus ac presentis scripti patrocinio communi∣mus supplentes omnes defectus si qui forsan intervenerint in eisdem non obstantibus hujus∣modi voluntate nostra & aliis premissis ac apostolicis nec non bone memorie Othonis et Octoboni olim in regno Anglie apostolice sedis legator' ac in provincialibus et synodalibus conciliis editis generalibus vel specialibus constitutoribus ordinationibus statutis quoque previlegiis litteris indultis & consuetudinibus monasterii et ordinis ac capelle predictor' incremento confirmationem apostolicam vel quavis alia firmitate roboratis ceterisque con∣trariis quorum omnium tenores pro sufficienter expressis haberi volumus quibuscumque. Tenor vero hujusmodi Episcopi talis est Universis &c."—See Bourne, A. D. 1448.— "Et nos prior & capitulum ecclesie cathedralis Dunelmenii predict' unioni annexioni incorporationi & appropriationi ceterisque omnibus et singulis per prefatum reverendum patrem Dunelmensem Episcopum sub forma predict' ordinatis gestis et habitis nostrum prebentes consensum & assensum ea omnia et singula quantum ad nos attinet ratificamus approbamus & confirmamus per presentes sigillo nostro communi roborato dato quoad appositionem sigilli nostri communis hujusmodi in domo nostra capitulari 20 die dict' mensis Octobris anno Domini etiam supradict' Et insuper cupientes ut premissa omnia firmiter observentur venerabili fratri nostro Episcopo Carleolen' & dilecto filio archidi∣acono Northumbrie in ecclesia Dunelmen' per apostolica scripta mandamus quatenus ipsi vel alter eorum per se vel alium seu alios premissa omnia & singula ubi & quando expediri viderint solemniter publicantes faciant ea inviolabiliter observari dictasque priorissam & conventum pacifica dicte capelle possessione perpetuo gaudere eisque de illius fructibus redditibusque proventibus juribus & obventionibus universis ac juxta modum et formam compositionis per bone memorie Robertum Episc' desuper facte per fructuum sequestrati∣onem censuras ecclesiasticas et alia juris remedia de dicta pensione decem marcarum in∣tegre responderi contradictores per censuras ecclesiasticas appellatione postposita compos∣cendo non obstantibus omnibus supradictis aut si aliquibus communiter vel divisim ab apostolica sit sede indultum quod interdici suspendi vel excommunicari non possint per li∣teras apostolicas non facientes plenam et expressam ac de verbo ad verbum de indalto hu∣jusmodi mentionem. Nulli ergo omnino hominum liceat hanc paginam nostre confir∣mationis appropriationis communionis supplectionis & mandati insringere vel ei ausu te∣marario contraire Si quis autem hoc attemptare presumpserit indignationem omnipo∣tentis Dei & beatorum Petri & Pauli apostolorum ejus se noverit incursurum Dat' Rome apud Sanctum Petrum anno Incarnacionis Dominice mill••simo quadringentesimo quin∣quagesimo octavo, sexto decimo kal' Novembris pontificatus nostri anno primo."— From an inrolment, inscribed dorso, "16 Nov^r. 1458, Pope Pius' bull."
• m 5.202

  "Thys present script indentyd wytnes y^• we Anne Danby prioress of ye hus of Saynt Bartolmew apostyll in ye town of ye Newcastell on Tyn w^t full assent and wyll of ye systers of the sayd hus grawnts and gyffys & be yis present o^r charter indented to Rob^t Schyplaw Smyth of the sayd Newcastell a tenement of ours as it lygs next ye wast of ye sayd nonnys in the haldyng of Thomas Sandelord of the north parte and i•• tenement o•• ye sayd nonnys in the haldyng of Thomes Ochar Weffar of the south parte strech fro ye streyt y^t is callyd ye Notmarket to ye Covent Orchard a part of the sayd orchard in ye haldyng of ye forsayd Ochar to all the bunds y^t langs to ye sayd tenement to hasse & to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ye sayd tenement for 6 ʒer to sayd Rob^t & hys assy••rnes fro Whytsonday next com∣ming in ye ʒer of our Lord God 1470 for vi ʒer yan sewyng next after & folly compleat paying ʒerly till has prioress & our systers 8s. of lawfull mony of Yngland at 2 ter•••• in y ʒer at Mart••nmes & Wytsonday be evyn porcions &c. &c."—Seal annexed, but defaced.
• n 5.203

  Rot. Booth. B. N^o 25. "Memorandum quod Johannes Hylton capellanus nono dic Octobris anno &c. 14. coram Domino Episcopom cancellaria Dunelmensi recognovit •• relaxate & imperpetuum quietum clemare Agneti Danby nunc priorisse domus Sancti Bartholomei in villa Novi Castri super Tynam & ejusdem loci conventui quandam anum tatem quadragnita solidorum sibi per Margaretam Mytford nuper priorissam dicte donnis & conventum ejusdem loci ad terminum vite sue concessam percipiendam annitatim de hospital' Sancti Edmundi Confestoris in Gateshead ad certos terminos ita quod nec ipse nec aliquis alius nomine suo aliquo Ejus, tatulum, statum vel ••anctum in dicta a••••ntate versus dictas nunc priorissam & conventum vel successores suos de cetero exigere vel cla∣mare vel vendicare poterit sed ab omni actione juris et clamii inde sit exclusus per pre∣sentes in perpetuum &c."
• o 5.204

  Madox's Formulare Anglicanum, p. 287.
• p 5.205

  From a deed remaining in the Augmentation-Office.
• q 5.206

  Register Bp. Fox, p. 36. "Ricardus Dinsforth ad titulum monialium Sancti Bartho∣lomei in Novo Castro ordinat' presbyter 27 Mar. 1501."

  "Dame Johane Baxter priores" of this house occurs in a deed preserved in the Aug∣mentation-Office, and dated 26 April, 1511.

  In the pedigree of the ancient northern family of Kinton (Harleian MSS. 1448) we are informed that the heiress thereof married William Hedwen, whose daughter and heiress married a Bennet: a daughter of whom, in the third generation, married a Scotchman against her friends' will, and that another daughter, Jane, was a man at St. Bartholomew's, in Newcastle.
• r 5.207

  See account of Nun-Moor.
• s 5.208

  Ibid.
• t 5.209

  From an original indenture (seal broken off) dated in the chapter-house of the nuns of Newcastell, March 20, 1520, between John Brandlyng, of the town of Newcastell upon Tyne, merchant, and Dame Johan Baxter, priores of the house of Seynt Bartho∣lomew, of the nonnes in the said towne, and convent of the same—This "witnesseth that where the said John Brandlyng hath by the grawnt dimission and lesse of Maister Edward Burrell clerk maister of the hospitall of Mary Magdalen without the walles of the said town brethern and susters of the same with the consent of the meyre burgesses and comonaltie of the said towne patrons of the said hospitall emonges other londs for yeres certeyn ground bilongyng to the said magdalens called the Magdalen-Deyn with th' aisiaments therto bi∣longyng lying on the south syde of the burn called the Magdalen-Burn and it extendith north-west wardes in lynth to the Dycke of the Magdalen church-yarde longest as the ground bylongyng to the said priores and nonnes in the said dene extendith on the north syde of the said burn," as appeared by a writing indented under the seal of the town, &c. &c.
• u 5.210

  See Hearne's Chronicle of Otterbourne and Whethamstede, vol. ii. p. 556, letter-B••and 5.
• v 5.211

  Original in the Augmentation-Office.—"Indenture betwene Dame Agnes Lawson priores of the hows & place of Sancte Bartholomew the apostle within the towne of Newcastell & her susters the convente of the same place of th' one partie and James Law∣son of the said towne of Newcastell merchaunte of th' othir partie witnesseth that the said priores & convente with their hole & voluntarie assent & consente have dimised graunted and to forme latten unto the said James Lawson a parcell of grounde conteynyng 5 acres belonging to their saide hows and place of Sancte Barthol' which parcell of grounde lieth within the bushoprick of Duresme besides the towne of Gatesheved and boundeth the self th' on Tame Brig upon the south parte & the common lonyng called the Swardes upon the northe parte & Bencham-Medows upon the west parte and Bencham-Pasture within the two Lee Closes upon the est parte which parcell of grounde was late in the holding of Sir Henry Boynton Knight."—In confirmation, "The above-named pri∣ores & convente for them & their successors have put there common seale dated at New∣castell &c." ut supra.—This seal represents St. Bartholomew under a canopy—one hand lifted up, the other holding the knife with which he was stead alive.—Red wax.— Inscription that remains, "Sigill ............ ialium Sancti Bartholomei in Novo Cas∣tro."—"Ialium" is plainly part of the word "monialium."—See second plate or seals, N^o 3.
• w 5.212

  Tanner's Notitia Monastica, preface, p. 37. The original royal grant is remaining in the Augmentation-Office—It is dated 30th January, 28 Hen. VIII.
• x 5.213

  Rymer's Foedera.—"Omnibus Christi fidelibus &c. Agnes Lawson priorissa domu∣sive monasterii Sancti Bartholomei apostoli infra com' Novi Castri super Tynam & ejus¦dem loci conventus salutem in Domino sempiternam Noveritis nos &c."—See form.

  "In quorum testimonium nos presati priorissa & conventus huic presenti scripto nostro sigillum nostrum commune apposuimus Dat' in domo nostra capitulari tertio dic menti Januarii anno regni predicti Domini nostri Regis Henrici octavi tricesimo primo. Et memorandum quod die & anno predictis venerunt prefati priorissa & conventus in domo sua capitulari apud Novum Castrum super Tynam coram Ricardo Layton uno clericorum cancellarie dicti Domini Regis & recognoverunt scriptum predictum ac omnia & singula in eodem contenta in forma predicta."

  In the book of pensions, remaining in the Augmentation-Office, the following sums occur under the head of "Monasterium in Novo Castro, 31 Hen VIII." as pensions then granted to the prioress and sisters of this late house.—"Agnes Lawson monialis ibidem 6l. —Johanna Scott 40s.—Johanna Baxter 40s.—Johanna Prior 30s.—Margareta Pendo∣••••th 26s. 8d.—Johanna Colyer 33s. 4d.—Johanna Broderigg 26s. 8d.—Elizabetha Shaf∣too 26s. 8d.—Cecilia Middelton 26s. 8d.—Johanna Yonger 26s. 8d.—Elizabeth Craw∣mere 26s. 8d."—In 1553 there remained in charge the pensions of Agnes Lawson, Jo∣hanna Prior—Johanna Brodrigge—Johanna Younger—Eliz. Craumer and Cicely Mid∣dleton.
• y 5.214

  Allan's printed collections.
• z 5.215

  "In Darn-Crook," says Bourne, "were some wastes and houses belonging to the ••••ms of St. Bartholomew, as there were in almost every street of the town."—"In the Pudding-Chare," he adds, "there is a waste which belonged to the nuns of St. Bartho∣lomew boundering on the west on the common gutter, and on the north on the chantry lands."—This waste is the ground where, in Mr. Bourne's time, were the gardens of Mr. James Bell, post-master, and the old houses on the north of these gardens, at that time the property of Mr. Ralph Trotter, were the chantry lands here mentioned.—Wallis, in his History of Northumberland, is much mistaken in his references on this head.

  By an inquisition, dated September 2d, 1577, it appears, that a waste in a street of New∣castle, called "Allhallow Ban••ke," belonged to these nuns.—There occurs also, ibid. mention of the waste belonging to them in St. John's Church-Chare.—Also of two house, their property, in the Side, and a house and waste in Darne-Crooke, of the annual value of 6s. 8d.—In the above inquisition, it is said, that Sir Robert Brandling, Knight, pur∣chased certain of the lands pertaining to the said nuns of St. Bartholomew.

  Bourne says also, that "Mr. Riddell's house and chapel in Gateshead (commonly called Gate••••d House) was, according to some, a 〈…〉〈…〉 ••••firmary for the nuns of this hos∣pital. Dr. Smith, in a note on Bede, says, there is a tradition that that beautiful chapel was a call to the nuns of Newcastle."
• a 5.216

  The following entry concerning this place occurs in the see-farm rolls, remaining in the Augmentation-Office: "Parcell of the possessions of the house of nunnes within the towne of Newcastle upon Tyne—A free rent or tenth reserved for lands in Nonne-More granted to William Barrantyne, Kenelme Throgmorton Gen. and Henrie Annet∣son by lettres patent of King Henry the VIII. dated at Hampton-Courte the 4th of Au∣gust in the 36 yeare of his raigne yeilding yearely at the feast of St. Michaell th' Arch∣angell on for ever 2s. 4d. a free rent issueing out of the mannor of Halliwell alias Harwell by the yeare 3s. 4d."—In the writs claiming the rents of old and new farms, &c. due to the crown, and still continued to be sent annually to the sheriff of Newcastle upon Tyne, I found (inter alia) the following article:

  "Parcell unius domus sororum monialium in Newcastle sup. Tin. Decim' scit' & Grang' de Owston 16s. Decim' in Neumoore (Nun-Moor) in Novo Castro 2s. 4d. Una cotag' in Pelton in Dunelm' nuper Roth' Millets' 2s. 0d. Unum tenement' in Novo Castro et nuper Rob. Whites' 3s. 0d."
• b 5.217

  It was ordered to be sold by Henry Anderson (probably the son of this Robert), as appears by the following clause in his will:—"Within three yeares next after my death make sale of my house, land and orchards with the appurtenances, called the Nuns of St. Bartholomew in Newcastle."—Vid. Lib. Testamen. N^o 68, in Consist' Dunelm.
• c 5.218

  Leland mentions this deen: "The Nunnes-Dene having two bridges resortyth to∣wards Pilgrime-Gate and so downewarde to Tine."

  "The water of booth the deenes (he had been speaking immediately before of Pandon-Deen) cummith from the cole-pits at Cow-Hill or Cow-More half a mile out of New∣castell."
• d 5.219

  Among the fee-farm rents, received in 1783, by John Widdrington, Esq. for the re∣presentatives of Edward Noell, Esq. occurs the following:

  "2s. 8d. Several tenements called the Nuns in the Bigg-Markett rec^d of the late Sir Walter Blackett."
• e 5.220

  Two great houses are marked out hereabouts in Speed's Plan of Newcastle, 1610— one is called "King's Lodgings,"—the other, "The Manor," a part of the Nuns.— I should think it stood near the spot where a play-house has since been erected. Indeed the play-house seems supported by part of the north-wall of St. Bartholomew's church, in which the north door-way, built up with stone, is still observable; so that where once these daughters of celibacy and retirement heard their masses, Thalia and Melpomene now laugh and weep by turns, and farces of another kind have succeeded to the super∣stitious rites of papal Rome.

  The above play-house, erected by Mr. William Parker, master of the Turk's Head Inn, was finished in the latter end of the year 1748.

  On a view of the Nuns in 1777, I discovered that part of the meadow which, Bourne tells us, was filled up to make the ground level—part seems to have been left in its original state, in order to preserve a very fine well—this has occasioned a remarkable artificial hol∣low. I found also the issues of the two great conduits, where Lamborn and Lorkburn unite in the deen.—One of them points up towards Fickett-Tower, where it passes through the town-wall, and the other towards Execution-Dock.
• f 5.221

  See Grose's account of Godstow nunnery, in Oxfordshire: there is a similar tradi∣tion of a subterraneous passage under the Thames, from Syon nunnery to the friary of Sheen, now called Richmond, in Surry.
• g 5.222

  I have caused a fac simile of this to be engraved. See Plate of Miscellaneous Anti∣quities, N^o 9.
• h 5.223

  An order of common-council, dated June 20th, 1743, confined the meal-sellers, &c. to sell their commodities in this street, "the auncient and accustomed markett-place ap∣pointed for the sale of meal and groats."
• i 5.224

  Gyll's interleaved Bourn, p. 53—"Prout jacet inter tenementum quod Beatrix de Bedlyngton tenet de hospital' b. Marie in le West-Gate ex parte australi et tenementum &c. ex parte boreali et in longitudine a vico vocat' le Mele-Market-Gate usque ad dictum vicum del West-Gate."
• k 5.225

  Also in the inquisition, Sept. 2d, 19 Elizabeth.
• l 5.226

  In the common-council books, August 30th, 1676, the Wool-Market is mentioned as having been removed, "from the Pullen-Markett to the lane betwixt Groate-Markett and Middle-Street, adjacent to Mr. Lewin's house there."

  Near the Wool-Market, and opposite the shop of W. Charnley, bookseller, a house stood in my remembrance, on the top of which a reservoir was built for the water that came from Gateshead-Fell.—It has lately been taken down and rebuilt.
• m 5.227

  In the book of inrolments, in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle, in a deed dated 15th of November, 1672, a tenement is described as situate in a street called "the Iron-Markett at or near the foot of the same street and St. Nicholas' church boundring upon the said street or place called the Iron-Market on the east; a street or place there called Lovers-Laine on the west part: on the King's Street on the south part, and upon or neare to a certaine messuage belonging to one Roger Hudspeth on the north."

  There was a chapel for nonjurors in the Groat-Market.—The sect is said to be nearly extinct, at present, in Newcastle.—Mr. Man-field, the minister, removed from thence to London.

  There is a meeting-house for dissenters in the Pudding-Chare, communicating, also, with the Groat-Market.—Ministers, Mr Arthur, Mr. Andrew Ogilvie, Mr. David Grant.

  Mr. Grant, in 1782, published a sermon on the necessity and advantages of religious consideration, preached in the Groat-Market meeting, in Newcastle, on Tuesday, 1st January, 1782, by the Rev. David Grant.
• n 5.228

  St. Nicholas was Bishop of Myra, a city in Lycia, a province of Asia Minor; he lived about the beginning of the fourth century, and during the persecution of Licinius the Roman Emperor, was sent into banishment: but after the death of that tyrant, he re∣visited his diocese, and threw out all the idols which he found in it. He is said to have assisted at the general council of Nice, where he strenuously opposed the Arians. He commemorated on the sixth of December.

  Bourne says, that in his time a large flag, which was the first step into the church, at the north door, was cut all along the surface with uneven lines, in imitation of the waves of the sea, as a silent remembrancer of this Saint, so famous among some for his miracles and apparitions by sea, that he has merited the title of the Patron of the Sailors.

  There is a perspective view of "St. Nicholas' church in Newcastle upon Tyne," in∣scribed to Lord Crew, Bishop of Durham. W. Horseley, del.
• o 5.229

  See afterwards under Henry I.

  Yet perhaps it was so called by way of eminence: for we find, that although in the ordering of the vicarage by Hugh Pudsey, Bishop of Durham, A. D. 1194, it is called "the church of St. Nicholas, of Newcastle upon Tyne;" yet afterwards, in the year 1248, it is simply styled, "the church of Newcastle," when that of St. Andrew appears to have been built by unquestionable evidence.

  However that may have been, it was certainly the mother, or parish-church, to which the other three were no more than parochial chapels, built, it is probable, at different pe∣riods, as the town was enlarged or became more populous.

  The respective limits of the four parishes, or parochial districts, in Newcastle upon Tyne, are said to have been settled in the year 1220, if we may credit an account in Warburton's MS. collections remaining in the archives of the Duke of Northum∣berland.
• p 5.230

  Dr. Ellison's MSS. inform us, that A. D. 1091, in the fourth year of William Rufus, the church of St. Nicholas was founded by Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, adding that their authority is a book (doubtless a MS.) of this church. I was truly sorry to find, that not only this book, but almost all the other ancient writings and evidences of this church, are now lost.
• q 5.231

  See Godwin de Presulibus Angliae.
• r 5.232

  The Christian names of the Bishops who attested the charter afford internal evidence that it must have been given after the 16th, and before the 29th of the reign of King Henry I.—See Godwin de Presulibus.
• s 5.233

  "Henricus Rex Anglie Archiepiscopo Eborum et Episcopo Dunelmensi & vicecomiti de Northumbrelanda et omnibus baronibus & fidelibus suis de Northumbrelanda salutem. Sciatis me dedisse & concessisse Deo et Sancte Marie de Carliolo & canonicis ejusdem loci ecclesiam de Novo Castello desuper Tynam, et ecclesiam de Newburne et ecclesias quas Richardus de Aurea Valle de me tenet, post obitum ejus: et Richardus & clerici qui ipsis ecclesiis deserviunt, recognoscant de canonicis ipsis et faciant eis servicium quod mihi facere solebant. Et post obitum eorum redigantur ecclesie in manus canonicorum ita quod clerici qui eis deservient habeant inde necessaria et canonici habeant reliquum. Et volo et precipio firmiter ut bene et in pace et quiete et honorifice teneant. T. Willielmo Episcopo Winton. et Bernardo Episcopo de Sancto David, et Roberto de sigillo apud Roth'."—Nicholson's and Burn's Westmoreland and Cumberland, vol. ii. p. 540.

  The above charter appears to have been confirmed by an inspeximus, 8 Ed. II. n. 25, and another, 6 Ed. III. n. 10.—See Dugdale's Monasticon, tom. ii, p. 73.

  Leland, in his Collectan. vol. i. p. 121, tells us, that one Walter, a Norman priest, whom William Rufus set over the city of Carlisle, began to build the monastery there in honour of the blessed Virgin, but that Henry the First completed it, introduced into it regular canons, and gave six churches to the monastery, i. e. Newcastle, Newburn, Wark∣worth, Rothbury, Whittingham, and Corbridge.

  Henry I. appears to have granted to this Richard de Aurea Valle, whom I find called also Richard Goldburn,, the churches of Warkworth, Corbridge, Whittingham, and Roth∣bury, by a charter.—See afterwards under A. D. 1293.
• t 5.234

  "Carta Hugonis Episcopi Dunelm' priori & conventui Karliol' de omnibus ecclesiis quas tenent in dioces' Dunelm'.

  "Hugo Dei gratia Dunelm' Episcopus omnibus sanctae matris ecclesiae filiis ad quos li∣terae istae pervenerint salutem. Noverit universitas vestra nos in anno Incarnationis Do∣mini 1193, pridie ante cathedram S. Petri de communi consilio personarum & ecclesiae nostrae concessisse et presenti carta nostra confirmasse dilectis filiis nostris Johanni priori & conventui B. Mariae Karliol' omnes ecclesias quas in episcopatu nostro tenent & habent ut viventibus personis quae tunc eas tenebant, ab eis annuatim pensiones solitas percipiant scil. de ecclesia de Novo Castello super Tynam 26 marcas de ecclesia de Neuburn 12 marcas de ecclesia de Werkeworth 25 marcas de ecclesia de Routhebery 9 marcas de ec∣clesia de Whittincham 9 marcas de ecclesia de Corbrig medietatem tam terrae quam de∣cimarum et omnium aliarum obventionum. Et Petrus de Ros Karliol' archidiaconus quem ad eorum presentationem in alia medietate personam instituimus aliam medietatem in omnibus teneat reddendo inde dictis priori & canonicis annuatim unam libram incensi ad Assumptionem B. Mariae apud Karleolum. Et ipsi pariter supportabunt onus deservi∣endi ecclesiae per honestos vicarios & reddendi synodalia & hospitia archidiacono inveni∣endi predictis autem personis ab hac luce migrantibus ipsi vacantes ecclesias in propria manu sua retineant et habeant Et earum fructus & exitus in proprios usus suos ad libitum fuum convertant & in singulis honestos vicarios, sicut aliae personae faciunt, ponant qui ec∣clesiis honeste deserviant & curam animarum habeant Ipsi vero tanquam personae archi∣diacono & aliis officialibus nostris, de his quae ad ipsos pertinent, respondebunt et satisfa∣ciant. Verumtamen de hospitiis nostris et communibus auxiliis quieti erunt. Ipsi vero pro tam gratuita benignitate nostra quam eis impendimus, in recompensationem hospitio∣rum nostrorum & auxiliorum nobis et ••uccessoribus nostris annuatim imperpetuum 40 marcas, 20 scil. ad Pentecost' & 20 ad festum S. Martini persolvent, sed de decem quieti erunt donec aliqua predictarum ecclesiarum in eorum proprietatem deveniat. His testibus Bertramo priore Dunelm' Burchardo & Willielmo archidiaconis Symone camerario Ma∣gistro Ricardo de Coldingham Magistro Willielmo Blesensi Willielmo de Hoveden Mag^o Rob. de Adington, Symone, Johanne & Ricardo capellanis, Nicolao Medico Rob. de Ellewych Rob. de Hedon, Rob. de Dunelm' Mag^o Willielmo elemosinario, Adam, Ricardo, Hagrun, & Will' de Norham clericis et multis aliis."—Bourne's History.
• u 5.235

  "Ordinatio vicariae B. Nicholai, de Novo Castro.

  "Noverint universi quod nos Thomas, permissione divina Dunelm' Episcopus inspecto registro bonae memoriae Hugonis dudum Dunelm' Episcopi predecessoris nostri, compe∣rimus in eodem quod dictus Hugo Episcopus vicariam villae Novi Castri super Tynam, nostrae dioces' ordinavit & portionem pro sustentatione vicarii ejusdem qui pro tempore fuerit in eadem de fructibus ad dictam ecclesiam pertinentibus taxavit statuit & limitavit sub hac forma:

  "Hugo Dei gratia Dunelm' Episcopus omnibus sanctae matris ecclesiae filiis ad quos literae istae pervenerint salutem. Noverit universitas vestra quod nos anno Dom' 1194 pridie ante conversionem Sancti Pauli vicariam ecclesiae beati Nicholai de Novo Castello super Tynam nostrae dioces' (inter) alias, in eadem ordinatum de unanimi consensu dilec∣torum filiorum nostrorum prioris et conventus Karliol' dictam ecclesiam beati Nicholai in usus suos canonice obtinentium portionem infra scriptam pro sustentacione vicarii ejusdem qui est et pro tempore erit in eadem ex nostri pastoralis officii debito taxamus, statuimus et ordinamus, viz. quod quilibet vicarius illius ecclesiae qui pro tempore fuerit pro sustentatione sua & portione congrua percipiat & habeat omnes fructus, proventus, obla∣tiones, obventiones quascunque ad dictam ecclesiam qualitercunque pertinentes de quibus∣cunque rebus existentes, decimis garbarum dictae ecclesiae duntaxat exceptis. In quarum inspectionis & compertionis testimonium sigillum nostrum fecimus hiis apponi. Dat' in manerio nostro de Auckland, sexto die mensis Junii anno Dom. 1360, et nostrae con∣secrationis quinto decimo."—Bourne's History.
• v 5.236

  Madox's History of the Exchequer, p. 493, folio edition.
• w 5.237

  Dr. Ellison's MSS.
• x 5.238

  The prior and convent of Durham, October 22d, 1248, confirmed this ratification, for which the bishop, prior, and convent of Carlisle obliged themselves and successors to keep them indemnified, in the following words: "Obligatio episcopi & prioris Karliol' de indemnitate confirmationis ecclesiarum earundem in proprios usus: Omnibus hoc scrip∣tum visuris vel audituris Silvester Dei gratia Karliol' Episcopus & Robertus prior et con∣ventus Karliol' salutem in Domino. Ne processu temporis priori & capitulo Dunelm' ecclesiae possit aliquo eventu dispendium provenire per hoc quod ratihabitionem quam ratis••cavit Dominus Ricardus Dei gratia Dunelm' Episcopus super ecclesiis de Novo Castro, Newburne, de Werkworth, de Corbrigg & medietate ecclesiae de Wytingham nobis et successoribus nostris in proprios usus secundum ordinationem Magistrorum Wil∣helmi de Kylkenny archidiaconi Coventrens' Thomae de Wymundham precentoris Lich∣feldens' Odonis de Kylkenny & Walteri de Merton clericorum liberaliter confirmarunt presenti scripto nos & successores nostros & ecclesiam Karliol' in perpetuum obligamus quod conservabimus indemnes in omnibus et per omnia praesatos priorem & conventum Dunelm' quoad hoc: in cujus rei &c. presenti scripto sigilla nostra fecimus apponi. Dat' 22 die Octob. A. D. 1248."—Ratification is particularly used for the confirmation of a clerk in a prebend, &c. formerly given him by the bishop, &c. where the right of pa∣tronage is doubted to be in the King.

  In the pleadings on a quo warranto, &c. A. D. 1293, it appeared that King John was seized of the advowsons of this church and others, in feodo et jure, and presented clerks to them.—The following is in the Tinmouth Chartulary, tempore Johannis: "Ecclesia de Novo Castro est de dono Domini Regis & Gylbertus Lacye eam tenet per Willielmum Longechamp qui fuit justic' Domini Regis."—See afterwards under the year 1293.
• y 5.239

  "Carta Nicholai Episcopi Dunelm' facta ecclesiae de Karliol' super ecclesiis in pro∣prios usus retinendis.

  "Omnibus sanctae matris ecclesiae filiis ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit Nicholaus Dei gratia Dunelm' Episcopus salutem in Domino. Noverit universitas vestra quod nos attendentes tenuitatem seu paupertatem possessionum episcopatus & ecclesiae Karliol' ec∣clesias de talibus locis in proprios usus retinendas fructibus & proventibus earundem eccle∣siarum aequalibus portionibus inter ipsos distribuendis salvis competentibus vicariis & sus∣tentatione honesta vicariorum in prefatis ecclesiis quos vicarios nobis et successoribus nostris presentabunt per nos et successores nostros instituendos; salvis etiam nobis & suc∣cessoribus nostris imperpetuum jure, auctoritate & dignitate episcopali in omnibus ecclesiis antedictis: salvis etiam quadraginta marcis annuis de bonis earundem ecclesiarum a dicto venerabili fratre Silvestro Karliol' Episcopo cum termino solvendis Dunelm' ad scaccarium nostrum quoad vixerit et post ejusdem episcopi discessum salvis quadraginta libris sterlin∣gorum ab episcopis Karliol' et dictis priore et conventu Karliol' et eorum successoribus in perpetuum termino antedicto ad scaccarium Dunelm' persolvendis de bonis ecclesiarum memoratarum."—Bourne's History.

  This was confirmed as follows, by the chapter of Durham: "Confirmatio capituli Dunelm' super carta predicta.

  "Omnibus Christi fidelibus Pertramus prior & convent••rs Dunelm' ecclesiae salutem in Domino Noveris nos inspexisse c••rtam venerabilis patris Domini Nicholai Dunelm' Episcopi cujus tenor talis est Omnibus S. matris &c. Nos igitur apparationem s••u con∣cessionem antedictam ecclesiarum prefato Episcopo Karliol' & successoribus suis ac priori & capitulo Karliol' factam, prout canonice facta est, ratam habentes ipsam munim•••• sigilli capituli nostri confirmamus septimo die Augusti anno Domini 1246."—Bourne, ut supra.
• z 5.240

  Tinmouth Chartulary, fol. 206—"Coram quibus justic' comparuer' prior et alii in ecclesia Sancti Nicholai de Novo Castro. Et prior allegavit, &c. anno R. R. E. octavo."
• a 5.241

  Occurs in the trial, A. D. 1293, between the King and the Bishop and Prior o•• Carlisle.
• b 5.242

  "Taxatio civitatis et dioc' episcopatus Dunelm' facta per tres duodenas sub sigillo co∣rundem C. et I. vicar' de Herteburn et Akeley apud Novum Castrum 13 kal' Januar' A. D. 1291.

  Rector beati Nicholai Novi Castri super Tynam videlicet Episcopus	£.	s.	d.
  Karleol' una cum pens' 13 marcar' quam de vicar' percipit	38	13	4
  Porcio prioris Karleol' in eadem	38	13	4
  Porcio prioris de Tynemue in eadem	8	••	0
  Vicar' ejusdem	20	5	0

  Copied from a MS. book in the Exchequer, by permission of Craven Ord, Esq. May 10th, 1784. The same occurs in the Tinmouth Chartulary, fol. 155.
• c 5.243

  "In the Tower of London—Placita de quo warranto & Ragm' 21 Ed. I. A. D. 1293. The King brought an assize against the Bishop of Carlisle and the Prior of St. Mary's in Carlisle, for the advowsons of the church of St. Nicholas at Newcastle upon Tyne, Row∣berry, Corbrigge and Warkworth, per tria brevia:

  "And counted that King John was seized of the said advowsons in feodo & jure, and pre∣sented several clerks to the churches aforesaid, who were instituted and inducted.

  "To which the bishop and prior pleaded, that they held the church of St. Nicholas at Newcastle in common.—The prior pleaded per se, that he held the church of Corbrigge, and the bishop, that he held the churches of Rowbury and Warkworth; that as to the advowson of the church of Rowbury, the King having recovered it against Robert, late Bishop of Carlisle, he did, in the 18th year of his reign, grant it to the church of St. Mary in Carlisle, and the then bishop and his successors.

  "And as to the advowsons of the other churches, pleaded the charter of the King in the year aforesaid, which is by inspeximus, repeating the grant of King Henry I. made to the aforesaid church, of the said churches, and of Newburn; and another charter by which the said King Henry granted to Richard de Aurea Villa, the churches of Were∣cheorda, Colbrigge, Wintringham and Rodberia and another charter of King Henry II. by which he granted to the aforesaid church, and the canons thereof, the aforesaid churches. The King, by his charter, confirmed them; whereupon the jury gave a verdict against the King."—Grey's MSS.

  N. B. This account is confirmed by the subsequent extract which I made from a MS. of Browne Willis, Esq. in the Bodlelm library at Oxford, intitl••d, "Placita de quo warranto & de Rageman' coram II. de Cressingham & sociis suis justiciariis Domini Re∣gis itinerantibus apud Novum Castrum sup' Tynam in comitatu Northumbr' in crastmo Sancti Hillar' anno R. Regis Edwardi fil' Regis Henrici 21^o."

  "Rot. 3 dorso, Dominus Rex, &c. petit versus Episcopum Carl' et priorem eccles' beatae Mariae Karl' advocationem ecclesiae Sancti Nicolai de Novo Castro super Tynam."
• d 5.244

  "Nova taxatio bonorum temporal' et spiritual' cleri episcop' Dunolm' facta anno regni Regis E. fil' Regis E. undecimo per breve Regis.—Porcio Episcopi Carliol' in ecclesia beati Nicholai de Novo Castro 100s.—Porcio Prioris Carliol' in eadem 100s.—Porcio Prioris de Tynemouth in eadem 40s. vicar' ejusdem 10l." From the MS. in the Ex∣chequer, cited before under A. D. 1291.
• e 5.245

  Wardrobe account of the 15th, 16th and 17th years of King Edward II. in the library of Thomas Astle, Esq. p. 32. "18 die Septembris in oblacionibus participatis per precep∣tum Domini Regis ad missam celebratam in ecclesia parochiali Sancti Nicholai ville Novi Castri super Tynam pro anima Petri le Mareshal scutiferi de hospic' dicti Domini Regis defuncti die sepulture corporis ejusdem facte in eadem ecclesia 3s. 4d."—The following oc∣curs ibid. p. 215. "18 die Septembr' ponebatur per preceptum Domini Regis super corpus Petri Mareschal scutiferi Regis defuncti die sepulture ejusdem in ecclesia parochiali Sancti Nicholai ville Novi Castri unus pannus ad aurum in servicio de Luk."—Ibid. "Primo die Octobris ponebatur ut supra super corpus Henrici de Farnedon servientis Regis ad arma defuncti die sepulture ejusdem in ecclesia parochiali Sancti Nicholai de Novo Castro pre∣dicto unus pannus ad aurum in canabo."—Ibid.—"Sexto die Octobris ponebatur ut supra super corpus Willielmi de Riggethorne janitoris Regis defuncti die sepulture ejusdem in ecclesia predicta unus pannus ad aurum in servicio de Luk."—Ibid. p. 35. "Laurentio de Dunolm' mercatori pro 12lb. cere & factura ejusdem solut' per Henr' de Shirokes ad exequias corporis Radulphi de Inncks servientis Domini Regis ad arma defuncti faciend' die sepulture ejusdem in cimeterio Sancti Nicholai Novi Castri super Tynam 18 die Jul••i anno 18, 8••. 6d.—Willielmo de Sancto Botho mercatori pro 12lb. cere ab eo emptis & pro factura ejusdem cere solut' per dictum Henric' ad exequias circa corpus Johannis Drieys waffrarii Regis defuncti faciend' die sepulture ejusdem in eodem cimeterio 15 die Sep∣tembr' anno predicto—8s. 6d."
• f 5.246

  Bourne's History.
• g 5.247

  Dr. Ellison's MSS. say, that it was finished at this time, that there was a record in the church for it, and that he had this account from Sir Robert Shaftoe's short notes which he had taken in a paper.
• h 5.248

  From the original communicated by Mr. Richard Fisher of Newcastle upon Tyne: "Universis sancte matris ecclesie filiis ad quos presentes litere pervenerint Nos misera∣tione divina Raphael Archadien' Franciscus Lapsacen' Angelus Calamonen' Lazarus Bo∣tretonen' Johannes Veglen' Petrus Valonen' Bertoldus Andrianopolen' Augustinus Salu∣brien' Johannes Aytonen' Ricard' Naturen' Johannes Carmien' et Albertus Surmanen' Episcopi salutem in Domino sempiternam. Splendor paterni luminis qui sua mundum in∣effabili illuminat claritate pia vota fidelium de sua clementissima majestate sperancium tunc precipue benigno favore prosequitur cum devota ipsorum humilitas sanctorum meritis et precibus adjuvatur. Cupientes igitur ut ecclesia fundata in honore beati Nicholai ville Novi Castri super Tynam Dunelmen' dyoc' congruis honoribus frequentetur et a Christi fidelibus jugiter veneretur omnibus vere penitentibus & confessis qui ad dictam ecclesiam in festo sui patroni et in omnibus aliis infra scriptis videlicet Natal' Domini Circumcision' Epiphanie, Parascev' Pasche, Ascension' Penthecost' Trinitat' Corporis Christi Invention' et Exaltacion' sancte Crucis Sancti Michaelis Archangeli Nat' et Decollacionis Sancti Jo∣hannis Baptiste beatorum Petri & Pauli apostolorum & omnium aliorum apostolorum & evangelistarum in festo omnium sanctorum & in commemoratione animarum et in dicte ecclesie dedicatione sanctorumque Stephani, Laur', Georgii, Martini, Dyonisii, Blasii, sanctarumque Marie Magd', Katerine, Agathe, Margarete et per octav' omnium fes∣torum oct' habencium singulisque diebus Dominicis et Sabbatis tocius anni causa devo∣cionis oracionis aut perigrinacionis accesserint seu qui missis predicationibus matutinis ves∣peris aut aliis divinis officiis ibidem interfuerint aut qui corpus Christi vel oleum sanctum cum infirmis portentur secuti fuerint aut qui cimiterium dicte ecclesie circumeunt exoran∣do pro defunctis. Necnon qui ad fabricam luminaria libros calices vestimenta aut quevis alia ornamenta dicte ecclesie necessaria manus porrexerint adjutrices aut qui dicte ecclesie aurum argentum vel aliquod suarum facultatum de naverint legaverint aut qui dixerint orationes Dominicas in pulsat' campane ad consecutionem corporis Christi in missa magna Necnon pro anima Katerine de Camera cujus corpus est sepultum in dicta ecclesia ac sa∣lubri statu Johannis de Camera Gilberti de Dukesfold et Agnetis ejus uxoris dum vixerint et animabus eorundem cum decesterint pie Deum exoraverint quociescumque quandocum∣que & ubicumque premisla vel aliquod premissorum devote fecerint de omnipotentis Dei misericordia et beatorum Petri & Pauli apostolorum ejus auctoritate consisi, singuli nos∣trum 40 dies indulgentiarum de injunctis eis penitentris junctim in Domino relaxamus dummodo dyocesani voluntus ad id accesterit et consensus. In cujus rei testimonium pre∣sentibus litteris sigilla nostra sunt appensa. Dat' Aumion' die 2 mensis Julii anno Do∣mini 1359 & pontificatus Domini Innocentii Pape sexti anno septimo."

  In another Hand:

  "Et nos Thomas permissione divina Dunelmen' Episcopus premissas indulgentias ex causa premissa concessas et imposterum concedendas ratificamus & approbamus ac quantum in nobis est confirmamus et ex gratia nostra speciali omnibus parochanis nostris et aliis quorum dioc' hanc nostram indulgentiam ratam habuerint pariter et acceptam de precatis suis vere contritis confessis qui premissa adimpleverint quadraginta dies indulgencie conce∣dimus per presentes." There have been 13 seals the fragments of some of them remain.
• i 5.249

  See before A. D. 1194.
• k 5.250

  Bourne's History.
• l 5.251

  See account of that society.
• m 5.252

  Bourne's History.
• n 5.253

  Rymer's Foedera.
• o 5.254

  Nicholson's and Burn's History of Westmoreland and Cumberland, vol. ii. p. 246 The priory of Carlisle was surrendered to the crown, A. D. 1539, and on the 8th of May that year the King erected the dean and chapter.
• p 5.255

  The weekly prayers are read in St. Mary's porch, which has been properly fitted up and railed off for that purpose.
• q 5.256

  "Chantry (Cantaria), aedes sacra ideo instituta et dotata praediis ut missa ibidem cantaretur pro anima fundatoris & propinquorum ejus. These were usually little chapels, or particular altars in some cathedral or parochial church, and endowed with lands or other revenue for the maintenance of one or more priests to officiate as abovesaid."—Blount in Verbo.

  See also Tanner's Notitia Monastica, p. 28.

  See also Lethieullier's Observations on sepulchral monuments in the Archaeologia, vol. ii. p. 291, et seq.

  See also Fuller's Church History, p. 350, where in his quaint manner he tells us, that "These were adjectives, not able to stand of themselves, and therefore united for their better support to some parochial, collegiate or cathedral church."
• r 5.257

  "In ecclesia Sancti Nich' de dicta villa Novi Castri ad altare boreale Joannis Baptistae et Johannis Apost' et Evangel.' Lib. Cartarum, p. 121."—Bourne.
• s 5.258

  Bourne's History.—"It boasts," says he, "still an higher antiquity, and is said to have been founded by Laurence of Durham, who was prior of Durham in the year 1149, which, by the way, is a farther proof of our conjecture of this chapel's being founded by King Henry I. in that reign at latest."

  According to Dr. Ellison's MSS. this chantry was founded by Laurentius, prior of Durham.
• t 5.259

  "Richard de Emeldon, who had been above twelve times mayor of Newcastle, was permitted by letters patent from King Edward III. to build upon a piece of vacant ground over against the chapel of St. Thomas the martyr, that he might present it to three chap∣lains to procure their prayers for him whilst he was living, and after he was dead. And also for the souls of his wives and his father and mother, &c. every day at the altar in St. Nicholas, which was dedicated to John the Baptist and John the Apostle and Evangelist. This gentleman died about the 6th or 7th of the reign now mentioned, as is clearly ga∣thered from the authority above; and the letters in which this chantry is mentioned beat date the sixth of this reign: and therefore it is a mistake to suppose this chantry founded in the reign of Henry VI. which was almost an hundred years after."

  "The priests set apart to attend this altar were every day to pray for his soul and the others above mentioned. And by an order from the then Richard, Lord Bishop of Dur∣ham, the chaplains for the time being were obliged, on the anniversary of his death every year for ever, to celebrate his memory with a solemn tolling of the bells, and devoutly sing¦ing by note in the evening of the anniversary, and on the anniversary itself, and solemnly to sing mass for the soul of Richard himself, and the souls above-mentioned, and the souls of all the faithful departed. And after mass one of the chaplains was to distribute among 160 poor people the sum of 6s. 8d. and this annually for ever. This, together with several other things, was ordered by Richard, Bishop of Durham, in the third year of his consecration, A. D. 1335, which was with all other things mentioned in the charter con∣firmed by Edward III. in the 10th year of his reign. Thus it appears that this chantry is of a much older date than the reign of Henry VI."—Bourne's History.

  See V••••llis' Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 222. "Confirmatio ordinationis factae per Episcop. Dun••lm' in cantaria fundata in ecclesia Sancti Nicholai apud Novum Castrum per Ricard••m de Emeldon. Pat. R. Ed. III. p. 1, m. 15."
• u 5.260

  Bourne, p. 59. "It is said to have been f••unded by Robert Rhodes, and Agnes his wife, and licensed by King Henry VI. If there be any truth in this, it is that he was a third founder. He allowed a priest 7l. 7s. 10d. per annum to pray for his soul and the soul of his wife: and the town of Newcastle, it is said, out of respect to his memory, gave the priest a house to live in." "We have also a farther a count of this gentleman (R. Rhodes) in the year 1500; for an instrument bearing, that date informs us, that the mayor and inhabitants of Newcastle gave a tenement to a priest to live in, who was to pray for the soul of Robert Rhodes and Agnes his wife, at the altar of St. John the Baptist, and St. John the Evangelist in St. 〈…〉〈…〉 1."
• v 5.261

  Dr. Ellison's MSS.
• w 5.262

  Bishop Tunstal's Register, p. 3••.
• x 5.263

  Ibid.
• y 5.264

  Deed in St. Nicholas' vestry, N^o 2.—Dr. Ellison's MSS.

  "Ab Alano Durham ab antiquo fundat."—Bourne's History.
• z 5.265

  "Roger Thornton, the son of Roger the great benefactor, in a deed dated Dec. 20th, 1451, is made, together with some others, a trustee by a feoffment of Roger Booth, the surviving feoffee of William Johnson, who gave the lands and tenements therein men∣tioned, for the better support of a perpetual chaplain to attend the chantry of St. Ca∣tharine."—Bourne.
• a 5.266

  "Dispensatio pro P. Angrym capellano cantariae ad altare B. Katherinae in ecclesia S. Nicholai in villa de Novo Castro super Tynam.—Regist. Hatfeld, p. 168.

  "Thomas permissione divina Dunolm' Episcopus dilecto filio Domino Petro Angrym capellano salutem gratiam & benedictionem. Quia in visitatione ultimò auctoritate nostra facta per commissar' nostros ad hoc deputatos in villa de Novo Castro super Tynam nostrae dioc' compertum est quod ad solam presentationem & nominationem ac admissionem ma∣joris et balliv' & aliorum laicorum cantariam ad altare B. Katerinae fundatam absque consensu seu auctoritate nostra ordinaria incumbis diutius sicuti incumbebas pro teque a nobis humiliter petebatur dispensationem tecum inde misericorditer faceremus Nos tuis precibus benignius inclinati tecum dispensamus, ut dictam cantariam perpetuam licite re∣tinere valeas ac si per nos legitime fuisses admissus et auctoritate ordinaria institutus cum suis juribus & pertinentiis tibique eandem ex abundanti dum tamen ipsa ad collationem nostram jure devoluto pertineat conferimus et tenore presentium te investimus & institui∣mus in eandem ad celebrand' et deserviend' in dicta cantaria, quantum ad nos pertinet li∣beram tibi concedimus facultatem, decernentes quod absque auctoritate feu potestate eccle∣siastica & ordinaria ab eadem de cetero nullatenus amovearis. In cujus, &c. Dat' in manerio nostro de Auckland 27 die mensis Augusti A. D. 1378, & consecrat' nostrae tri∣cesimo quarto."

  Randall's MSS. "Dominis Pet. Angrym, cap. of the chantry of St. Catharine."—He had been nominated to this chantry long before by the mayor, &c. but never licensed.— The bishop took no advantage of the lapse.
• b 5.267

  Rob. Mitford—per — Angrym.—Ibid.
• c 5.268

  "Item a howse and a wayste boundering on the weste of the Quenes Streete agaynst the little Fleshe Shambles and of the northe of a howse of Edward Shasto and of the east of a water vennell dyssendynge through the nether Deene Bringe and on the south of a wall leading from the Hally-Howse end unto the Church St. le••••••ading to the Clothe-Markett, which sayd howse & wayste was supposed to belong to the chaunterie of St. Katheryn in St. Nycholas church annui valoris 3s. 4d. late in the t••m••e of Edward Erington Cowpar and after hym Sir Robert Brandlyng did occupie the same. Wee have not only seen sundry acquittances wherby it doithe appere that the deathe & chapter of Carlell being seized of the said howse and wayste in the right of there churche did de•••••• graunt and to fee-farme let the said howse with the appurt' to Sir R. Brandlyng Knt. and his heares for ever yeilding and ••ayinge therfore yearly to the said deane and chapter and their successors 3s. 4d. at the feast of St. Peter ad vincula but also we have had before u•• &c.— (The receiver of the said rent.)'
• d 5.269

  William Johnson had a pension of 5l. per annum assigned him, which he enjoyed in the year 1553.—Browne Willis, p. 166.
• e 5.270

  Bourne's History.
• f 5.271

  Bourne's History.
• g 5.272

  Browne Wallis, p. 166.
• h 5.273

  Bourne's History.
• i 5.274

  Ibid. p. 48. There is mention made of it, and of two shillings a year given to it, in a charter which was signed by Nicholas de Carleol, then capital bailiff of the town in 1328. "And in the year 1305, Peter Graper, then mayor of the town, gave two shillings a year to the chaplain that waited upon the altar of the blessed Virgin Mary in the church of St. Nicholas. Et cuidam capellano celebranti divina ad altare beatae Mariae Virginis in ecclesia beatae Nicholai de Novo Castro duos solidos argenti &c. Lib. Cart."—Bourne, ut supra.
• j 5.275

  Ibid.
• k 5.276

  See afterwards under the account of monuments in St. Mary's Porch.
• l 5.277

  Bourne, ut supra.
• m 5.278

  Ibid.
• n 5.279

  "Pro cantaria facienda ad altare Sancte Margaretae in parte australi in ecclesia Sancti Nicholai in Novo Castro super Tynam. Et pro •••• mare' redd'."—Pat. 17 R. Rich. II p. 1, m. 36. Et Pat. 3 R. Hen. IV. p. 1, m. 13.—Wallis's History of Northumber land, vol. ii. p. 223.

  "They constituted," says Bourne, "John de I tell chaplain of this chantry to pray for their souls and the souls of the faithful de parted. The 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of this country was 10 mar•••• yerelie which was raised out of certain to ••••••ments, viz. out of one 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the C••l••. Cross, and from a tenement which paid somewhat to the chantry of St. eligie (St. Loy) in the ••••arch of All-Ha••••ws in this town; and from another tenement near the Cale-Cross, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 they ••ear Grimdon Ch••••••; and from another tenement over against St. Nicholas' 〈…〉〈…〉 and from another tenement in Ha••ker-Gate near the chapel of All-Saints; and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 tenement near Kirk-Chare; from a tenement in Pampedon—from a tene∣ment in Ca••••-Ga••th in Broad-Chare, &c. The chaplain of this chantry, after the decease of the sounder, was to be chosen by the vicar of St. Nicholas, the mayor and bailiffs of this town, and tour of the honest parishioners of St. Nicholas.—Witnesses of this chart••r were Laurentius de A••ton, mayor, Henry de Carliol, Thomas de Gryndon, John de New∣b••••yne, John de Appreton, bailiffs; Thomas de Hennyton, John de Coket.— Given at Newcastle April 2th, A. D. 139••, 17 Ri••. II."

  The following entry occurs in the Murray MS. "Novum Castrum super Tynam, pro te•••• concess' all sustentac' cant a' ad alta••e Sancte Man••ar' in ecclesia Sancti Nichola•••• 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••' —Inq. anno 3 Hen. IV. N^o 33.
• o 5.280

  Bourne's History.
• p 5.281

  Browne Willis, p. 166.
• q 5.282

  Bourne's History.
• r 5.283

  Randall's MSS. "Chantry of St. Loy (Sancti 〈◊〉〈◊〉)

  "Dominus Joh. Galile, cap. oce. May 18, 1••••8.

  "Venerabilis vi••—Cooke in decret. B. vic' in spirititalibus genralis Mai•• 2••, 1498, concessit licentiam & facultatem capellano cantarie Sancti Eligii &c. ad recipeind' annual' servicium per spatium trium annorum propter exilitatem cantarie &c. proviso quod fructus et obvenciones domorum et reddituum dicte cantam interim incumben' conver∣tantur & applicantur in reparacionem domorum ruinosorum ejusdem cantarie &c."— Regist. of Bishop Fox, p. 18.
• s 5.284

  Browne Willis, p. 166.—Willis, by mistake, has rendered "Sanctus Eligius"—"St. Giles."—Aliquando bonus dormitat Homerus.
• t 5.285

  Chorographia.
• u 5.286

  Bourne's History.—"It hath under it," says he, "a vault, and there is on the north window the head of the King, the father of the lady which (whom) St. George delivered from the dragon."

  "On the east window," he continues, "is still remaining some of the painted glass.— There is particularly the picture of St. Lawrence and some skin marks and coats of arms. —It has been a beautiful little place—It is ceiled at the top, and has been surrounded with carved work in wood, some of which still remains to speak the curious art and commend∣able expence of the days of old."
• v 5.287

  See Historical Events under that year.
• w 5.288

  Common-council books.

  In the ordinary of the society of drapers in Newcastle, dated Sept. 29th, 1652, the brethren are ordered to meet every year, on the Monday after St. Bartholomew day, at 9 o'clock, A. M. in St. George's porch, in St. Nicholas' church, to choose two auditors. —(Draper's Record.) Their electors are also to claim "their place in St. Nicholas' church, which was the north side in St. George's porch, under a penalty of forty shillings."

  The arms still preserved in the painted glass windows are those of St. Oswin, or Tinmouth monastery—of Edward the Confessor, and those of St. George. On the north window is a mermaid combing her hair, and a female saint below, with a whip in her hand, treading on some angry beast.
• x 5.289

  "The tower of St. Nicholas' church," says he, "is very justly the boast of the inha∣bitants. Its height is 194 feet.—Round the top are several most elegant pinnacles, from whose base spring several very neat arches, that support the lanthorn, an open edifice, or∣namented with other pinnacles of uncommon lightness."—Tour in Scotland, vol. iii. p. 3••8, quarto.

  Dr. Stukeley, speaking of it in his Iter Boreale, p. 64, says, "It is of a very ingenious model, the original of one near London Bridge."

  Wallis, in his History of Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 221, describes it as follows: "Four stone images, at full length, adorn each corner of a square tower, out of which rises a curious steeple, in height 64 yards, 1 foot, and 3 quarters, decorated with thirteen pinnacles; two bold stone arches, supporting a large and beautiful lanthorn, on which is a tall and stately spire: the whole much admired."
• y 5.290

  It is probable that the body of the church was new roofed at the same time, as there remain at present on the roof timbers the arms of several families the chiefs of whom were magistrates of the town about that time—such as those of Harding, Carlell, Lawson, Baxter, Lockwood, &c.

  The shape of this pinnacle, which some have thought resembled that of an imperial crown, others have supposed to be an imitation of the ornamented cover of the box in which the consecrated host was preserved.
• z 5.291

  The author of a book intitled A Journey through Scotland, published in 1732, speak∣ing of St. Giles's church in Edinburgh, says, "A top of this church is erected a large open cupola, in the shape of an imperial crown, that is a great ornament to the city, and seen at a great distance. King David erected a copy after this over St. Nicholas' church in Newcastle, but it does not near come up to it." P. 65, 66.
• a 5.292

  Mention occurs of this Robert Rhodes, in the Appendix to Smith's edition of Bede's Church History, January 10th, 1446, as having presented a cross of gold to the shrine of St. Cuthbert at Durham—he is styled "Robertus Rhodes de Novo Castro super Tynam juris regni Anglie peritus et senescallus prioratus Dunelm."

  The same person, we have noticed before, founded in this church the chantry of St. John the Baptist, and St. John the Evangelist, A. D. 1428.

  January 16th, 1437, "Robert Rodes, of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne," con∣veyed a house in Gateshead to William Abletson and Agnes his wife.

  "Robert Rodes, Esquire," occurs in an inquisition taken at the castle of Newcastle A. D. 1447. Also in an instrument dated 1451.—Also in a deed dated Nov. 1st, 145••.

  April 3d, 1461, Robert Rodes occurs "at the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne," taking an inquisition after the death of the Earl of Warwick concerning Bernard Castle.

  After A. D. 1486, Robert Rodes occurs as one of the bishop's justices—at the same time mention occurs of Agnes his wife.

  A. D. 1500, Robert Rodes and his wife are mentioned as both dead.—

  I have seen and carefully examined, and can therefore attest the truth of all the above evidences.

  On the ceiling under the belfry of this steeple there is an inscription as follows, with the arms of Rhodes: "Orate pro anima Roberti Rhodes." The same occurs at All Saints and at St. John's, on the ceiling, as in this church.

  Near the above, on the north side of the eastern arch that supports the steeple there is a coat of arms cut in a stone, a dolphin between three mullets.

  The following riddle is preserved in Grey's Chorographia, said to have been made by Ben Jonson the poet, concerning this steeple:

  My altitude high, my body four square, My foot in the grave, my head in the air, My eyes in my sides, five tongues in my womb, Thirteen heads upon my body, four images alone; I can direct you where the wind doth stay, And I tunc God's precepts twice a day: I am seen where I am not, I am heard where I is not, Tell me now what I am, and see that ye miss not."

  N. B. The great tower of the cathedral of Durham is 72 yards and 2 feet high according to Browne Willis, vol. ii. p. 528, it is only 70 yards and a half.

  The height of the lanthorn to the vault of York Minster is 188 feet, or 62 yards 2 feet.
• b 5.293

  Bourne's History.—"They are," says he, "very large ones, have a bold and noble found, and yet an exceedingly sweet and harmonious one."
• c 5.294

  See History of Newcastle as a corporate town—time of William Rufus. — See also ••••∣ders of common-council, Sept. 4th, 1645, Nov. 3d. 1656, &c. &c.
• d 5.295

  Carr MS.
• e 5.296

  Dr. Ellison's MSS.—"Three yards 10 inches of the highest part was taken down and new builded, with sundry reparations and new fanes."
• f 5.297

  Bourne's History.
• g 5.298

  Ibid.—There is an order of common-council, dated September 4th, 1645, for repairing this steeple, which should seem to imply that it had been much battered during the siege of the town.
• h 5.299

  Bourne's History.
• i 5.300

  Common-council books, September 23d, 1754.—Also Newcastle Courant, Dec. 21st, 1754.
• k 5.301

  Newcastle Courant, October 10th, 1761.
• l 5.302

  Common-council books. Dec. 18th, 1777, Mr. Wooler, the engineer employed by the corporation for Tyne bridge, conducted the business of this reparation.
• m 5.303

  History of Churches, p. 276.
• n 5.304

  See account of that church.
• o 5.305

  Dr. Ellison's MSS.
• p 5.306

  Ibid.
• q 5.307

  It had the arms of the merchant adventurers on the front of it. "At the cast end of it," says Bourne, "an addition was made to it by the Rev. Dr. Thomlinson, for the use of his successors, the lecturers of St. Nicholas, and his own family." P. 61.
• r 5.308

  "Mr. Alvey. It was required of the church-wardens of St. Nicholas, according a•• his Majesty hath commanded, that the gallery which obstructs the chancel should be re∣moved: which being not done, the church-wardens of All-Hallows, who were afterwards commanded the like, presumed that theirs might likewise stand. I pray you, therefore, to call upon the church-wardens of St. Nicholas, that they, without any longer delay, per∣form his Majesty's command: and if they shall neglect to do it, let me understand, that I may question them accordingly: and as soon as they begin, require the same performance of the church-wardens of All-Hallows for their gallery: for without farther questioning both must be down: and thus commending you to the presence of the Almighty, rest your loving friend, THOMAS DURESME."—Dr. Ellison's MSS.
• s 5.309

  Ibid.
• t 5.310

  On the above alteration of this church the roof has been ornamented with a great num∣ber of additional coats of arms.—There are three rows of these on the ceiling, between the organ-loft and great eastern window, partly modern and partly old ores. The follow∣ing are on that row that is on the spectator's right hand, as he stands under the center row and looks up the church from the communion-table.—1. Rhodes (old). 2. Selby (old). 3. Law, late Bishop of Carlisle. 4. Lushington, present vicar. 5. Arms of England, with a file of five points or lambeaux. "The file of five points or lambeaux," saith Leigh, "is the difference of the heire whilst the grandfather liveth, but his grandfather being de∣ceased, then he leaveth this, and taketh that of three, which was his father's difference. But herein his rule faileth: for that they have been anciently borne with five points for the difference of the eldest son in the time of King Edward the First, as appeareth by divers seales and other goode authenticke proofes of antiquity." (Guillim, edit. 1638, p. 36.) 6. Musgrave, as supp••••sed (old). 7. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••mme, lion rampant ••able (old). 8. Earl of Bute. 9. Alderman Simpson. 10. Alderman Baker. 11. Sir Thomas Cla∣vering, Bart. 12. Mrs. Atley.—On the center row, ••••••••inting at the eastermost.— 1. St. George's cross. 2. Thornton (old). 3. Arms of Newcastle. 4. Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. 5. Arms of England, with only three stems d••••lis (old). N. B. In Hall's Chronicle, 1. H••n. IV. there are but three in the royal arms. In French 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Nobility, p. 1••4, are the arms of Anne, wife of Richard II. in which the royal arms have but three flouts de lis.—6. Lucy and Percy (old). 7. N••••ll•• (old). 8. Lord Ravens∣worth. 9. Alderman Bell. 10. Alderman Sur••••••••. 11. Alderman Money. 12. Date "1783."—On the row on the 〈…〉〈…〉 Aldermen (old). 2. Ditto. 3. Egerton, Bishop of Durham. 4. Dr. D••••••••••••. 5. Arms of England (old), file of their points. 6. Ogle (old). 7. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 (old). 8. Lord Mon••t••a••••. 9. Alderman Forster. 10. Alderman Black••••••. 11. Alderman H••••lb••y. 12. D••••••harp, and le••••••on of Northumberland.—On the ceiling in St. Mary's porch, on the spectator's left hand, standing near the reading desk in the center, and looking towards the organ— 1. Rev. N. Ellison. 2. Joseph Reay, Esq. 3. William Lowes, Esq. 4. George Stephenson, Esq. 5. Mr. Ingham, surgeon. 6. T. Bulman.—The center row all old except the 6th, Snow Clayton, Esq.—On the row on the spectator's right hand, 1. Rev. Mr. Ridley. 2. Mr. Joseph Saint. 3. George Errington, Esq. 4. Ralph Carr, Esq. 5. Rev. Mr. Moises. 6. Bartholomew Kent.—The seventh on the left-hand row, Sanderson, church-warden.— 8. Ditto, Pollard, church-warden. The seventh on the right-hand row, Johnson, church-warden. 8th, Ditto, Greenwell, church-warden.—Continuing row on the left hand, 9. Tyne Bank, 10, 11, 12, 13 (old). 14. Christopher Wilkinson, Esq. Continuing row on the right hand, 9. Exchange Bank. 10. (old.) 11. C. Fawcett, Esq. 12, 13. (old.) 14. Isaac Cookson, Esq.—In the center row, 9. New Bank. 10. Alexander Adams, Esq. 11. Richard Bell, Esq. 12. Alderman Yeilder. 13. (old.) 14. James Thomas Lo∣raine, Esq.—In St. George's Porch—1. Next to the School Gallery, Ogle Wallis, Esq. 2. W. Cramlington, Esq. 3. Ralph Heron, Esq. 4. — Wilson, Esq. There is also a row of coats of arms on the ceiling between the west end of the church and the organ, under the belfry, Rhodes—1. Next to Rhodes, Alderman Rudman. 2. Alderman Hornby. 3. (old.) 4. Alderman Atkinson. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. (old.) The old ones are of Harding, Carlell, Lawson, Baxter and Lockwood, who were magistrates of Newcastle, about the middle of the fifteenth century.
• u 5.311

  Staveley on Churches, p. 207.
• v 5.312

  See before A. D. 1349 and 1379.
• w 5.313

  Staveley, ut supra, p. 212, 213.

  The words of Bourne are, "The chancel of this church is a very noble and stately one. At the top is the word Jehovah, and under that in a glory a part of the name of the Lord, which he himself proclaimed before Moses.—See in the altar of All-Hallows."

  The Plate for the Altar.

  Two flaggons, three chalices and covers, three salvers, a small spoon drainer.
• x 5.314

  It cost them 126l. viz. for the joiner's work for the altar-piece, 45l.—For wain∣scotting the outside, 17l. The books and velvet over the altar cost 21l. The carpet, 38l. The painter's charge, 5l.—Dr. Ellison's MSS.
• y 5.315

  Bede's Eccles. Hist. lib. ii. cap. 14. Staveley on Churches, p. 219, 220.
• z 5.316

  Bourne.

  The arms are "parted per fess, gules and azure—in chief is a grey-hound current, and in base three annulets."

  There is quartered with this coat argent, a chevron gules, between three rooks, or, within a border engrailed—supposed to be the coat of Agnes, wife of Robert Rhodes.
• a 5.317

  History of Churches, p. 203.
• b 5.318

  See account of St. John's.
• c 5.319

  Common-council books.
• d 5.320

  Ibid.
• e 5.321

  Dr. Ellison's MSS.
• f 5.322

  Common-council books—from whence I selected the following names of the or¦ganists:

  Mr. Samuel Nichols. October 1st, 1719, Mr. Thomas Powell, on the death of the above. July 12th, 1736, Mr. Charles Avison, on the death of Powell. Edward Avison, on the death of his father, in 1770. Dec. 17th, 1776, Mr. Matthias Hawdon, on the death of E. Avison.

  Sept. 25th, 1777, the corporation augmented the organist's salary to 50l. per annum.

  Mr. Charles Avison published an Essay on Musical Expression, 1753, and a second edition in 1769. In 1753 Mr. Jortin wrote an ingenious and learned letter to Mr. Avi∣son, the author of an Essay on Musical Expression, concerning the musick of the ancients, and some passages in classic writers, relating to that subject.—Nichols' Anecdotes of Bowyer, p. 260.

  There is a character of Mr. Charles Avison, given in Dr. Gregory's Faculties of Man compared with those of the Animal World. He is said to have been assisted in his Essay on Musical Expression by Dr. Brown and Mr. Mason.—He was much esteemed by Ge∣miniani and Giardini, both of whom visited him at Newcastle, and the latter played the first violin at his concert there. Mr. Charles Avison died May 10th, 1770. See an ac∣count of him in Kippis's new edition of the Biographia Britannica.
• g 5.323

  A. D. 1774, I observed such a collection in the great church at Abingdon, in Berk∣shire.
• h 5.324

  In St. Nicholas' register, January 12th, 1598, a person occurs as buried before the library door.
• i 5.325

  Dr. Ellison's MSS.
• k 5.326

  Common council books.—The books of the old library are kept in a separate large room below that which contains Dr. Thomlinson's collection.

  The following persons have been librarians:

  Sept. 5th, 1677, Mr. William Nicholson.

  Rev. Mr. N. Clayton—Rev. Mr. Stoddart.

  October 7th, 1734, Mr. William Thompson, under-curate, with 11l. 7s. 4d. salary.

  Sept. 24th, 1750, Rev. Mr. Richard Brewster.

  December 20th, 1756, Rev. Mr. John Ellison, under-curate.—Salary at present 25l. per annum.

  In the old library is a very curious MS. copy of the Bible, which, by a note on the first page, appears to have belonged to the church of Hexham.—I cannot suppose it to be less than 600 years old. It contains many beautiful illuminations; some of the largest have been cut out. The note on the first leaf runs thus:—"Librum hunc vetustum et sacris scripturis refertum, olim Sancti Andreae de Hexham, nactus sum ex dono Magistri Jo∣hannis Welde clerici vicesimo die Augusti anno Domini 1666. Richardus Mathew apud South Sheeles in com' Dunelm' oriundus et in schola grammaticali Dunelm' per eruditos quosdam maxime honorandos educatus."

  On the first leaf also, in the hand-writing of Dr. Ellison—"Ex dono Thomae Mathews filii Ricardi Mathews."
• l 5.327

  I found, in the old register in this vestry, the following names of ministers, supposed to have been dissenters:

  "October 28th, 1628, Mr. Robert Slingsbie, preacher, buried."

  "June, 1651, Thomas Powell, preacher," occurs; as does

  "Dec. 9, 1650, Mr. John Allen."

  In the year 1785, 31 males, and 23 females, were christened: 42 males, and 56 fe∣males, buried in St. Nicholas'.—Newcastle Courant.
• m 5.328

  Newcastle Courant.
• n 5.329

  Bourne, p. 78.
• o 5.330

  From an escutcheon, now almost decayed, in St. Nicholas'.—Also Dr. Ellison's MSS.
• p 5.331

  From the will.
• q 5.332

  Bourne, p. 77, and the will.
• r 5.333

  Bourne, ut supra.
• s 5.334

  Bourne.
• t 5.335

  "To be paid at two payments, viz. St. Eleanor Day, being the 3d of May, and St Martin's Day the bishop in winter, as followeth: Out of a house in the Bigg Market, 1l. 6s. 8d. out of a house in Ganner-Ward 13s. 4d. In all 2l."
• u 5.336

  Bourne, p. 7. Also Dr. Ellison's MSS.
• v 5.337

  Bourne.
• w 5.338

  Ibid.
• x 5.339

  Ibid.
• y 5.340

  Ibid.
• z 5.341

  Ibid.
• a 5.342

  Bourne.
• b 5.343

  Ibid.
• c 5.344

  Ibid.
• d 5.345

  Ibid.
• e 5.346

  Ibid.
• f 5.347

  Ibid.
• g 5.348

  Ibid.
• h 5.349

  Ibid.
• i 5.350

  From Gyll's interleaved Bourne, p. 79.
• k 5.351

  From a copy of the will, communicated by Mr. Thomas Davison, attorney, High-Bridge, Newcastle.
• l 5.352

  Newcastle Courant—Also an escuteheon in the church.
• m 5.353

  Newcastle Courant, and an escutcheon in the church.
• n 5.354

  Newcastle Courant.
• o 5.355

  From an examined copy of the original will, in the registry of the Consistory-Court of Durham, attested by W. Maxwell, deputy register, and communicated by Mr. Burton, church-warden of St. Nicholas, 1782.
• p 5.356

  Thee Morant's Colchester, b. iii. p. 17, and Bishop Kennett's Complete History of Eng∣land, vol. iii. p. 501.
• q 5.357

  "By her deed of gift bearing date February 20th, 1705, she assigned a farm-hold and tenant right in Wall's land in the county of Northumberland, held under the dean and chapter of Durham, of the yearly value of 61l. 19s. 5d. to trustees in trust to herself for life and after her death (which happened January 21st, 1708), for setting up a school for teaching 40 boys and 20 girls of the parish of St. Nicholas and chapelry of St. John, which was accordingly done A. D. 1••••9. The boys are taught to read, write and east accompt, and after that are put out by the trustees to some trade or to sea, and have 40 shillings a••piece allowed them for that purpose; as also a Bible and Common Prayer bound up together, a Whole Duty of Man, and Mr. Lewis's Ex••••••nation of the Church Cat∣••••••••. The girls are taught to read, write, few and knit, and then apprenticed out o•• put to service, and have 〈◊〉〈◊〉 shillings allowed them, with a Bible, Whole Duty of Men, and Catechism, as the boy. The master's salary 〈◊〉〈◊〉 5l. per annum and 20 shillings for coal••••. —That of the mistress 10l. per ann. and 10 shillings for coals."—Bourne.
• r 5.358

  Bourne's History.
• t 5.359

  Ibid.
• u 5.360

  From a copy of her will communicated by Mr. Thomas Danton, attorney 〈◊〉〈◊〉, Hugh Bridge, Newcastle.
• v 5.361

  See common council books, July 14th, 1740.

  This Huet is said to have been a near relation to the famous Huet, Bishop of A••••••∣ches, in France: he amalsed a considerable fortune, most of which he left to his nat•••••• daughter, Mary, late wife of Francis Johnson, M. D. of Newcastle.—Dr. Johnson 〈◊〉〈◊〉 before the 22d of August, 1771.
• s 5.362

  Ibid.
• w 5.363

  Newcastle Courant, Dec. 17th, 1771.—See also escutcheon in St. Andrew church.
• x 5.364

  Newcastle Courant.
• y 5.365

  Collins's Peetage, vol. ii. p. 37••, edit. 1779.—Skelton wrote an elegy on his death, which is printed in the Reliques of ancient English Poetry, vol. i. p. 95, 3d edit.

  The bill of the charges of his funeral, preserved in Peck's Desiderata Curiosa, lib. vii. N^o 6, amounts to 1510l. 8d. of the money of that age, which, in modern valuation, would now be 12,080l. 5s. 4d.
• z 5.366

  See account of the Earl's Inn in the account of the street called the Close.
• a 5.367

  The inscription on Carr's tomb said he died 1400. No such name occurs in the list of mayors till 1481, so that one of these authorities must be mistaken. On the shields were the arms of Carr alone—then Carr impaling Bird—then Carr's skin mark. These skin marks were not used instead of arms, but rather as distinct insignia appropriated to the profession of merchandise. On an inverted tablet over this monument, were the cha∣racters which have been corrupted into J. H. S. and made to signify Jesus Hominum S••lvator, whereas they are certainly no more than the three first letters in the Greek na•••••••• of Jesus.—See Preface to D. Casley's Catal. p. 23.

  I am of opinion that here has been the altar of the second chantry of our Lady, which was founded by George Carr. See account of the chantries.
• b 5.368

  Arms on the grave-stones hereabouts—Harle impaling.......—Anderson impaling Craister.—Davison impaling Blackett.—Coulter impaling Morley.—Carr impaling Cock. —Jennison single.—Milford impaling .......—Davison impaling Cock.—Blenkinsop impaling Coulter.—Ogle impaling .......—Names not in Bourne: Francis Brandling, Archibald Kennedy, James Bird, Michael Forster.
• * 5.369

  Newcastle Courant
• * 5.370

  Sic.
• c 5.371

  Dr. Ellison's MSS. contain the following inscriptions, formerly legible on grave∣stones in this chancel:—"William Salkeld, A. M. vicar of Newcastle, buried 25th of August, 1568."

  "Thomas Liddell, merchant-adventurer and alderman, who died 19th August, 1610. Also Margaret and Jane, his wives.—Margaret died March 21, 1585, and Jane July 15th, 1602."

  "Lancelot Bowe, hoastman, died the last of September, 1641."

  "Thomas Liddell, merchant-adventurer, died 8th May, 1577." To this date there was a rhyme—"whose soul in God we trust went streyght to heaven," &c.

  "Edward Archer, merchant-adventurer, who died April 22d, 1647."

  "Here lieth the body of Edward Man, merchant-adventurer, and towne-clarke. He departed Dec. 10th, 1654. He had issue by Dorothy his wife eleven children, whereof ten are deceased—She departed 11th July, 1667. Myles, his son, departed November 10th, 1682, and had ten children by Elizabeth his wife—only three survived."

  Within the rails.

  "Here lieth the body of Mrs. Margaret Lindsay, late wife to Lieutenant Colonel Richard Dowglas, Esq. and Governor of Hartellpool, son to Sir William Dowglas, of Cavers, Knt. and sheriff of Tiviotdale, who departed this life the 31st of December, 1645.

  In life beloved, in death deplored of all, Here lyeth the world's loss to heav'n a gayn: She living died to vice, and now dead shall Her pretious name still live free of all stayne"

  "The buriall place of Henry Horsley, of Milbourn-Grange, Esq. and Margaret his wife. He departed the 16th of November 1657. Aetatis suae 56."

  "— Mr. Lillbourne—Mr. Briggs—."

  The following epitaph was written by Mr. Gyll, and designed to be placed upon the grave of his aunt Hargrave, who was buried within the rails inclosing the communion table in St. Nicholas' church:

  "Hic subtus reconditur quod mortale fuit Florentiae Hargrave Viduae Jonathan Hargrave quondam hujus villae Mercatoris et vicecomitis anno 1699. Et Filiae natu maximae Thomae Gyll de Barton In agro Richmondiae inter Eboracenses generosi Ex antiqua et honesta familia orti. Qua vix ne vix suit altera, Dei reverentior, mariti observantion, Liberorum denique (et summo cum religionis tum morum studio) indulgention. Quotum omnes Jacobus, Thomas, Jonathan, Franciscus et Anna, Praeter Elizabetham viduam Johannis Martin, Jum fato functi sunt. Denata 3^o die Maii Anno Domini 1735. Thomas Gyll, armiger, in memoriam amitae suae colendissimae Hoc inscribi voluit." Gyll's interleaved Bourne, p. 6••.
• * 6.1

  Sic.
• † 6.2

  Sic.
• ‡ 6.3

  Sic.
• d 6.4

  He was father of Mitford Crowe, governor of Barbadoes.
• e 6.5

  Late wife to John Erasmus Blackett, Esq. alderman of Newcastle upon Tyne, by whom she left two daughters. Arms—Blackett and Roddam on an escutcheon of pre∣tence. She was a coheiress of the name of Roddam.

  Arms on the stones: Potter—Swinburn—Chapman—&c.—Blaxton, Chater. A large stone with J. B. for Joshua Barnes.
• f 6.6

  Inscription: "Here rest in christian hope the bodies of Lionel Maddison, son of Row∣land Maddison, of the county of Durham, Esq. and of Jane his wife: she died July 9th, 1611. He having been thrice mayor of this town departed December 6th, 1624, aged 94 years. He lived to see his only son Henry father to a fair and numerous issue. Here inter∣red also are the bodies of Henry Maddison and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Robert Barker, of this town, who lived together most comfortably 40 years. He was sometime mayor of this town, and having lived in good name and same 60 years, deceased in the true faith of Christ the 14th of July 1634. Elizabeth his only wife had issue by him ten sons, viz. Sir Lionel Maddison, Knight; Ralph, Robert, William, Henry, Peter, George, Timothy, and Thomas: and six daughters; Jane, Susan, Elizabeth, Barbara, Eleanor, and Jane: all the sons at his death were living but John, who died in his expedition to Cadiz. She lived his widow 19 years; died 1653."

  Underneath the sixteen smaller statues, representing the 16 children of Henry and Eli∣zabeth Maddison, is a beautiful series of small shields, pointing out their intermarriages, as follow: 1. Tempest impaling Maddison, for Jane, who married William Tempest, Esq. —2. Lozenge shield, for Susan, who must have died unmarried. 3. Bewick impaling Maddison, for Elizabeth, who married William Bewick. 4. Lozenge shield, for Barbara, who died unmarried.

  5. Bowes impaling Maddison, for Eleanor, who married Mr. Francis Bowes. See St. Nicholas' Register. 6. Jane, it should seem, married a husband who proved no arms, as an empty shield impales the coat of Maddison.

  7. and 8. Lionel (afterwards Sir Lionel) and Ralph, the 1st and 2d sons, appear to have married two sisters of the name of Hall—on both shields Maddison impaling Hall.

  9. Robert, the 3d son, has married a Draper—Maddison impaling Draper. 10. William has married a Grey—Maddison impaling Grey.—See St. Nicholas' Register of Marriages.

  11. Henry must have died unmarried—Maddison's arms alone.

  12. Peter, the 6th son, has married a Thonge or Tonge (a Durham family)—Maddi∣son impaling Tonge—as I gathered from Forster's MS. of arms in the possession of Mr. Ralph Waters. 13. George; 14. Timothy; 15. Thomas, must each of them have married a woman of a family that proved no arms—each of the three shields—Mad∣dison impaling an empty shield. 16. John, supposing him the youngest, who died in the expedition to Cadiz, has married one of the Cock family—Maddison impaling Cock. — Below the inscription on the four squares, "Animae super aethera vivunt"—"Decus vitae est honorata mors"—"Beati mortui qui in Domino moriuntur."—"Serius aut citius metam properamus ad unam."—At the top—"Memorare novissima"—and "Me∣moriae sacrum."
• g 6.7

  At the expence of Mr. Robert Percival, commemorated among the benefactors of St. John's church. The whole is surrounded with a strong iron rail.
• * 6.8

  Sic
• h 6.9

  "The town of Newcastle upon Tyne gives denomination to a deanery within the archdeaconry of Northumberland. The whole town is but one parish—the mother church is that of St. Nicholas, which has three parochial chapels within the walls belonging to it, viz. All-Saints, St. John's, and St. Andrew's, besides two parochial chapels with∣out the town, viz. South-Gosforth and Cramlington in Northumberland. There was formerly another chapel at North-Gosforth, but it is now demolished. The Queen pays the four curates within the town a yearly stipend out of the fee-farm rents, and so does the vicar.

  "The vicarage was endowed with all tithes, "decimis garbarum duntaxat exceptis," by the prior and convent of Carlisle, and confirmed by Hugh Pudsey, Bishop of Durham, 1194. The vicarage is in the gift of the Bishop of Carlisle. One half of the corn tithes belongs to the Bishop of Carlisle, and the other to the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle.

  "There are three chapels more belonging to the town, which are not parochial, viz. one belonging to St. Thomas' Hospital, another to the Trinity-House, and another to a school in Sandgate. There is no one of all the churches endowed but St. Nicholas's; but such is the generosity of the corporation, that for several years last past they have allowed the clergy of these churches 671l. 13s. 4d. per annum out of the revenue of the town, be∣sides 180l. 13s. 4d. which they give to the schoolmasters and the chaplain of the gaol, which is very generous. But all this is gratuity."—Dr. Ellison's MSS. This account, written in Queen Anne's time, he says, he affixed to the brief for All-Saints, Oxon.
• i 6.10

  So "De Aurea Valle" is translated. See before.
• k 6.11

  "Ecclesia de Novo Castro est de dono Domini Regis et Gilbertus Lacye cam tenet per Willielmum Longchamp qui fuit justic' Domini Regis."—Tinmouth Chartulary, anno R. R. H. fil. Johan' tertio.
• l 6.12

  Nicholson's and Bourne's History of Westmoreland and Cumberland, vol. i. p. 588.
• m 6.13

  Hutchinson, from Randall's MSS.
• n 6.14

  Ibid. p. 57. It appears by Bishop Hatfield's Register, that he was cited to reside March 6th, 1372. He appears to have been instituted on the presentation of King Ed∣ward III. on account of the vacancy of the see of Carlisle, the last of August 1374, as we learn from the same register, p. 78.

  He occurs as vicar of Newcastle in 1378.—Blome's Norfolk, vol. i. p. 620.

  In the above bishop's register, p. 152, is the following: "Commissio episcopi ad com∣pellend' parochianos ad solvend' 5 marcas Episcopo Letchlinensi suffraganeo episcopi pro reconciliatione ecclesiae Sancti Nicholai Novi Castri 8 Januar' 1378."

  I know not what authority the MS. Life of Barnes has for saying, that Wickliff, the famous reformer, "had been long since at Newcastle upon Tyne."—He was born about the beginning of the 14th century, at Wickliff, in Yorkshire, and died 31st December, 1384.
• o 6.15

  There is a pat' 10 Ric. II. p. 2, m. 21, "pro vicar' eccles' Sancti Nicholai in Novo Castro redditus 13s. 4d. exeun' de quibusdam messuag' in eadem villa."—See Tanner's Bibliotheque, in verbo "Hedelam."
• p 6.16

  Dr. Ellison's MSS.—He says it must be a monosyllable.—It occurs in a deed dated October 10th, 1401.
• q 6.17

  Hutchinson's Northumberland, from Randall's MSS.
• r 6.18

  Bishop Langley's Reg. p. 1039. Ibid. p. 119. He occurs in a deed in All-Saints vestry, dated 1432.
• s 6.19

  See Dugdale's Warwickshire.—Also Reg. 3, dec' et capit' Dunelm. fol. 210.
• t 6.20

  Bourne's History—Appendix to p. 73.
• u 6.21

  Bourne's History.
• v 6.22

  Bishop Fox's Register, p. 27.—A monition to reside.
• w 6.23

  Hutchinson, from Randall's MSS. says, "1506."—He occurs in an old deed belong∣ing to St. Nicholas' church, dated 1532.
• x 6.24

  He alienated the tythe of Cramlington for a cheese and a couple of capons, to be tendered on the 9th of May, St. Nicholas' day, in every year, in the porch of St. Ni∣cholas.—See Bishop Tunstal's Register, p. 30.
• y 6.25

  Bishop Tunstal's Register, p. 33.—See Hutchinson, from Randall's MSS. p. 58, a note.—He was instituted canon of Windsor, October 12th, 1546.
• z 6.26

  Patron Rob. Aldriche de Brugham, com. Berks, generos', pro hac vice.—Register of Bishop Tunstal, p. 41. Bourne, by mistake, calls him "Purge."
• a 6.27

  Occurs as witness to the will of William Thompson, of North-Gosforth, March 28th, 1564. Lib. Test. p. 132. See epitaphs in the chancel.
• b 6.28

  Register of Bishop Pilkington, p. 66. Patron, John Bishop of Carlisle.

  See Tanner's Biblioth. p. 498.

  Strype (Q. Elizabeth, p. 136) says, "One Mackbray, a Scot, an eminent exile in Queen Mary's days, preached at St. Paul's Cross in 1559."

  Dr. Jackson on the Creed, lib. x. c. 51, complains that Mackbray, Knox and Udale, had sown their tares in Newcastle.

  See Dr. Heylin's Presbit. p. 141.

  See St. Nicholas' Register of burials.

  It must be noted, that the celebrated reformer Knox was a preacher at Newcastle, un∣doubtedly in this church, between the years 1550 and 1553. See Tanner's Bibliotheque. —Also Knox's History of the Reformation. He appears to have inveighed, at this place, with great warmth against the Papists, by which he gave great offence to Sir Robert Brandling. He was offered a bishoprick by King Edward VI. probably the new founded one at Newcastle, which he refused—reverà noluit episcopari.

  The following passage occurs in a letter from the Duke of Northumberland, to the two secretaries of state, dated Chelsea, 23d November, 1552: "And forder I have thought good to putt you and so my Lords in memory that some order be taken for Knokks, otherwyse you shall not avoyd the Scottes from out of Newcastell, which all things con∣sydered my thinke sholde not be forgotten."—Haynes' Burleigh's State Papers, vol. i. p. 136.

  Knox wrote an epistle to the faithful in London, in Newcastle, &c. declaring that the death of Edward VI. had happened on account of their sins, and the sins of others. Romae ante castrum S. Angeli, Julii 1554," 12^mo.—Also, "The Copie of an Epistle sent to the Inhabitants of Newcastle and Berwick. Geneva, 1559," 16^mo.—Tanner's Biblio∣theque.

  About 1589, Mr. John Udale, a puritan minister, preached a year in Newcastle, proba∣bly in this church.—He was sent for from thence to London, and afterwards tried.—The MS. Life of Barnes, p. 47, says, "Mr. Udal, an active non-conformist, when in danger of his life, hid himself amongst good people in Newcastle."
• c 6.29

  Register of Bishop Barnes, p. 19. He was father to Dr. Richard Holdsworth, who was dean of Worcester. See Athenae Oxon. vol. i. p. 828—Fasti Oxon. vol. i. p. 207 —English Worthies, by Fuller, 409—Kennet's Register, p. 572.—See the life of this son, who was his youngest, in Lloyd's Memoirs, 457.
• d 6.30

  Randall's MSS. say 1594, but certainly by mistake.
• e 6.31

  Reg. of Bishop Neil, p. 33. Patron, Joh. Smithson, hac vice ratione advocationis per Robertum Carl' Episcop'.
• f 6.32

  St. Nicholas' Register of burials.
• g 6.33

  Register of Bishop Neil, p. 62. Patron, Richard Bishop of Carlisle.

  See his life prefixed to his works, in three volumes, folio.

  He was descended from a very worthy family of the county of Durham, and was first de∣signed by his parents to be a merchant in Newcastle upon Tyne, where many of his friends and alliance lived in great wealth and prosperity. At the instance of a noble lord he was sent to the university of Oxford, where he entered at Queen's College, under the tuition of Dr. Crakanthorp, and from thence removed to Corpus-Christi College. Go∣ing one day to bathe in the river, he had a narrow escape from death, having lain so long under the water, that with great difficulty he was recovered by the skill of Dr. Channell, an eminent physician of that house.—Bishop Neil made him his chaplain.—A dispensation occurs to hold the rectory of Winston, Durham, together with this vicarage, May 12th, 1625, and was confirmed by the King on the 14th of the same month.—Foedera, tom. xviii.

  When Bishop Neil was translated to Winchester, he made him prebendary of Winches¦ter, and vicar of Witney in Oxfordshire; and the King made him dean of Peterborough.

  See Biog. Brit. vol. iv. p. 2748. Athen. Ox. vol. i. col. 636, p. 539. Also Arch bishop Usher's Letters, fol. 394.
• h 6.34

  Register of Bishop Neil, p. 49. See Prynne's Hidden Works of Darkness.—He calls him "the Arminian and superstitious vicar of Newcastle."

  See Journals of Lords and Commons—also St. Nicholas' Register of burials.

  Grey's MSS. say, "He was outed by the violence of the Scots when they took New∣castle 1640; but I presume he returned when they were gone, and was not formally se∣questered till the ordinance of Parliament, 1645."

  See Bourne's account of him.—He buried his wife in 1643, after she had borne him ten children.
• i 6.35

  See Journals of the House of Commons, vol. iii.
• k 6.36

  Common-council books.
• l 6.37

  Ibid.
• m 6.38

  September 24th, 1649, there was an act of common-council to indemnify Dr. Jen∣nison from dilapidations concerning the vicarage-house, which appears to have been al∣most totally demolished by the Scots, soon after the taking of the town in 1644. No∣vember the 18th that year, there was an act, by the same body, for the confirmation of the yearly stipend of 140l. per annum to Dr. Jennison. On Dr. Jennison's death, the cor∣poration of Newcastle applied for a grant of the vicarage to be in "the disposing of the town."
• n 6.39

  In S. Hammond's Answer to his call, or invitation to Newcastle, he says, "That he was ready with all cheerefullnesse to imbrace his call and to serve God and the towne in that great worke, findeing himself and the people much in the hearts of one another." He was to preach every Lord's day at Nicholas' church ("Saint" was at that time rejected as superstitious) in the forenoon, and upon every Thursday lecture in the morning—like∣wise to preach upon all other solemn days, as often as occasion required.

  The MS. Life of Barnes, p. 52, says, that "Mr. Hammond was a butcher's son of York, but raised the meanness of his birth by the eminency of his qualifications. He was long of Cambridge, afterwards he was colleague with Mr. Weld, of Gateshead."

  Dr. Ellison's MSS. inform us, that when Mr. Hammond, upon the restoration, was questioned by Bishop Cosins about his orders, he had nothing to plead but either a uni∣versity or college licence.

  There is an order of common-council, March 6th, 1657, that the clerk of the town's chamber should send for the several parish-clerks of the churches in Newcastle, quarterly, and receive the vicarage dues.—Common-council books.
• o 6.40

  Randall's MSS. In an address of the ministers of Newcastle upon Tyne, &c. to the Protector, dated July or August, 1657, he signs himself, "John Knightbridge, pastor of Christ, at Nicholas' in Newcastle."—Thurloe's State Papers, vol. vi. p. 431.
• p 6.41

  Common-council books.—Register of Bishop Cosins, p. 12. Patron, Tho. Burwell, LL. D. pro illa vice.—Regist. Neil, p. 108. Mr. Nailer had been recommended by King Charles II. to the dean and chapter of Durham, A. D. 1672, to be prebendary there upon the next vacancy.

  See Dr. Ellison's MSS. List of obits of the vicars of Newcastle.
• q 6.42

  Common-council books.—The following curious entry occurs, ibid. July 15th, 1690: "Mr. March, vicar—Ordered that Mr. Maior, &c. acquaint him, his salary will be stopped unless he pray for King William and Queen Mary by name."

  On the death of Mr. March, there was an order of common-council, Dec. 3d, 1692, to take off the stipend of 90l. per annum, and not pay it to any future vicar, upon any pretence or account whatsoever.

  Bourne's account is, that "John March, B. D. was born in this town. He was an admirable scholar, a man of strict piety, and a most powerful preacher. The last sermon he preached was from the Epistle to the Hebrews, c. ii. ver. 3. 'How shall we escape, &c.' This was on a Sunday morning, and on the Sunday following he was buried." This sermon, with eleven more, was published in 1693, by Dr. John Scot, author of the Chris∣tian Life, who wrote the preface to recommend them. "A Vindication of the present great Revolution in England, in five letters, passed betwixt James Welwood, M. D. and Mr. John March, vicar of Newcastle upon Tyne, occasioned by a sermon preached by him on January 30th, 1689, before the mayor and aldermen, for passive-obedience and non-resistance. Second edition, printed for Dorman, London."

  Several sermons of his were published in his life-time, viz. "The False Prophet Un∣masked, or the Wolf Stripped of his Sheep's Cloathing," preached on the 30th of January 1••83, before the mayor, &c. and dedicated to them. Another on the 29th of May, 1684, dedicated to the same. Also another preached on the 30th of January, 1677, dedicated also to the mayor and magistrates of Newcastle.
• r 6.43

  This L. Welstead had been collated prebendary of Riccall, in York church, Jan. 3, 1684, which he resigned for Shillington prebend, July 29th, 1685.—Willis.
• s 6.44

  Dr. Ellison's list of obits of vicars of Newcastle.
• t 6.45

  Common-council books.—He had been instituted November 22d, 1694, and inducted Dec. 5th following.

  See Bourne's account—Wood's Fasti Oxon. p. 210.—and Thoresby's History of the Church of Leeds.
• u 6.46

  Ex copia penes R. Trotter, registrar' Dunelm.—Gyll's interleaved Bourne, p. 245.

  His grandson, Nathanael Ellison, A. M. late Fellow of Merton-College, Oxford, vicar of Bolam in Northumberland, and lecturer of St. Andrew's in Newcastle upon Tyne, &c. is in possession of a portrait of this excellent man and very distinguished scholar, which, though but coarsely executed, is said to be a very striking likeness. To this gentleman I owe, with many other obligations, the liberty of perusing all Dr. Ellison's MSS. He had collected, I know not whether with any view of publishing, what fell in his way concerning the town of Newcastle.—If the doctor intended to write the history of that place, the publick will join with me in regretting that he had made no farther progress in his collections for that purpose, to which I have constantly referred whenever I had oc∣casion to cite them.

  Sir Benjamin Rawling, Knt. (who had been knighted when he served the office of sheriff of the city of London) dying intestate, at Putteridge in Hertfordshire, in December 1775, aged 97, his considerable real estate devolved to Mr. Miles Corney, bookseller, at Penrith, in Cumberland; and his personal effects, amounting, it is said, to upwards of 120,000l. to Mrs. Elizabeth Ellison, of West-Gate, in Newcastle, the only surviving sister of Dr. Ellison. Mrs. Ellison died unmarried, February 12th, 1776, having, with great propriety, left equally among her nephews and nieces, the great fortune which had devolved to her as related above.
• v 6.47

  Common-council books.

  He married Mrs. Ann Barnes, May 28th, 1728, as appears by St. Andrew's Register.

  He had a halt in walking, occasioned by a lameness in one of his legs.
• w 6.48

  He had been curate of Walkern in Hertfordshire.—He is mentioned in the common-council books, January 20th, 1729, as requesting the salary usually given by the corpo¦ration to the vicar for the time being, which was granted him.

  He published a sermon preached before the sons of the clergy, in St. Nicholas' church, Sept. 6, 1731, on James, i. 27, dedicated to the Bishop of Durham.—Newcastle, printed by J. White.

  Also a sermon preached ibid. Dec. 18th, 1745, being the publick fast, on that text of St. Matthew, "Moreover when ye fast be not as the hypocrites."
• x 6.49

  The following is an extract from the common-council books:

  "March 19th, 1761. Vicar's salary.—Ordered, that the same be paid to the Rev. Dr. Brown (in such manner as to the late Rev. Mr. Turner, deceased) from Midsummer last, during the pleasure of the common-council.—HENRY PARTIS, Mayor."
• y 6.50

  There is an order of common-council, January 19th, 1767, for Dr. Fawcett, who had petitioned that body, to receive the like salary with former vicars.

  N. B. In the list of procurations due to Edward, Lord Bishop of Durham, A. D. 1740, in Newcastle deanery—St. Nicholas' vicarage to pay 1l. 2s.—Also in the procura∣tions payable to the Archdeacon of Northumberland, St. Nicholas' in Newcastle to pay, at Easter, ten shillings—at Michaelmas, six shillings.
• z 6.51

  St. Nicholas' Register, November 1st, 1604—also May, 1604.—Randall's MSS. from a MS. of Dr. Hunter, "written soon after the civil wars," say, "It appears that Peirson, lecturer of this church about the year 1606, was paid quarterly a salary out of the town of Newcastle, and likewise for several years after during his continuance." (See also lecturers of the other churches.) "The salaries were not one and the same, but added and increased as the town thought fit. Upon this first settlement they had those salaries out of the town for preaching in the forenoon, and the parish did contribute for their preaching in the afternoons. Some time after the town of Newcastle made an addition to the former salaries, and gave them an allowance for preaching both forenoon and after∣noon; upon which augmentation the parishes gave no farther contribution. In this state have the lectureships continued ever since, with an alteration still of salaries, more or less as there was occasion, and at the will and pleasure of the patrons. And when any vacancy happened in any of the churches of the town, the mayor, aldermen and common-council of Newcastle from time to time have chosen another in such room and stead, and the Bishop of Durham for the time being did always hitherto allow and approve of, by licence, such person so chosen, being duly qualified.

  "Note, the lecturers of St. Nicholas' and All Saints' have this further advantage in it, which makes it the more valuable, that this preferment does no-ways disqualify or inca∣pacitate them from holding other livings with the cure of souls." Quere, is not the case the same with the lectures of St. John's and St. Andrew's?
• a 6.52

  St. Nicholas' Register of burials.
• b 6.53

  Common-council books.
• c 6.54

  Ibid.
• d 6.55

  Ibid.
• e 6.56

  Dr. Ellison's MSS. say "Mr. Durant was not the wash-ball maker mentioned by Edwards in his Gangraena, but had university education, and was bred up in Exeter Col∣lege, and took one if not more degrees there. But he was in no orders."
• f 6.57

  For an account of Cuthbert Sydenham, see Wood's Athenae, vol. ii. p. 170, 171.— The MS. Life of Alderman Barnes says, that "he was of an ancient Cornish family, of St. Alban-Hall, Oxon, where he continued till that city was garrisoned for the King.—A genteel comely personage. His aquiline nose called to remembrance the description given by scornful Lucian of St. Paul, when he calls him that hawk-nosed Galilean, who mounted up to the third heaven, and thence fetched those goodly notions which he preached to the world.—He published a book entitled, The Mystery of Godliness."—There is a print of him prefixed to that work. See Granger's Biographical History.

  Wood tells us he became lecturer of St. Nicholas' church, without any orders unless those of presbytery. He was a great statesman—a greater divine. "He was no commis∣sioner, yet was very inwardly employed in drawing up the papers that passed in the de∣bates between the live dissenting brethren and the synod at Westminster."
• g 6.58

  Common-council books.
• h 6.59

  Ibid.
• i 6.60

  Ibid.
• k 6.61

  Ibid.
• l 6.62

  Bourne's History.—Yet I find Knightbridge established June 20th, 1660, with 150l. salary.—I have not been able to discover precisely the time either when Mr. Knightbridge was made morning lecturer, instead of a vicar, or when Dr. Wiseheart was removed to this lecture from St. Andrew's.
• m 6.63

  Common-council books.
• n 6.64

  Ibid.
• o 6.65

  Ibid. There is a portrait of Mr. March in the possession of Hugh Hornby, Esq. alder∣man of Newcastle.—There is a print of him prefixed to his sermons.
• p 6.66

  Common-council books. Bourne's account.—In Granger's Biographical History there is an account of a print of him. In Gyll's MS. notes in an interleaved Bourne's His∣tory is the following: "There is an original picture, as I take it, of this Mr. Rawlett, in the parsonage house at Lanchester, in the county of Durham, in the possession of the Reverend Mr. Patrick, drawn by Sir Peter L••ly, together with another picture of Dr. Simon Pa∣trick, late bishop of Ely, painted by the same hand, 1737.—This picture I have ex dono Johannis Patrick, mercator' Dunelm' 1777."—Afterwards he adds, "I made a present of Bishop Patrick's picture to the dean and chapter of Durham, who placed it in their li∣brary."—P. 76.

  The subsequent very observable anecdote concerning this person is related in the MS. Life of Alderman Barnes, p. 16:

  "Mr. Butler left a daughter, who married Mr. John Rawlett, a conformist minister —a devout and laborious lecturer of St. Nicholas' church.—They had been some time in love together, but he falling sick (at her request, and that she might bear his name), married her upon his death-bed, and left her both a maid, a wife and a widow." He was author of the following works:—1. "A Treatise of Sacramental Covenanting with Christ," &c.—2. "An Explication of the Creed," &c.—3. "A Dialogue betwixt two Protestants," &c.—4. "The Christian Monitor," &c. With poetic miscellanies.
• q 6.67

  Common-council books.—He was son of Thomas Davison, Esq. alderman of New∣castle.—He was a nonjuror.—He resigned.
• r 6.68

  Ibid.—He was sub-dean of York—collat. Oct. 9, 1680. See Wood's Athenae Oxon. vol. ii. p. 925.
• s 6.69

  Common-council books.—He left his great collection of books to the library of this church.

  March 7th, 1724, Mr. Joseph Carr was appointed holiday preacher at this church, with a salary of 20l. per annum.—Common-council books.
• t 6.70

  Ibid.—He was licensed August 28th, 1724, to have 70l. per annum during the life of Dr. Thomlinson, and 30l. per annum additional afterwards.
• u 6.71

  Vicar of Stamfordham in Northumberland.

  He published a sermon preached at St. Nicholas' church, before the governors of the infirmary of Newcastle, June 26th, 1754, to which is added an account of the rise, pro∣gress, and present state of that infirmary.
• v 6.72

  The curate of St. Nicholas' receives from the crown 6l. 16s. 8d. per annum, and surplice fees.

  The curate, i. e. the head curate of St. Nicholas receives from the vicar 4l. per annum —from the corporation of Newcastle 40l. (in Bourne's time only 35l.)
• w 6.73

  "Absque impedimento vicarii aut presbyteri parochialis."—Lib' Cartar' cited by Bourne, p. 124.
• x 6.74

  "Dominus Hugo de Arnecliffe."
• y 6.75

  "Alan Whiteheved."—Randall's MSS.
• z 6.76

  Ibid.
• a 6.77

  Ibid.
• b 6.78

  Ibid.
• c 6.79

  Thomas Key, curat, non licen' comparuit Feb. 10^o, 1577, et Januar' 19^o, 1578.— Bishop's Visitation.—Also Dr. Ellison's MS. List of Obits of Clergy.
• d 6.80

  Neil's Register, p. 51.
• e 6.81

  Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy, Appendix, p. 423.
• f 6.82

  Bishop Cosins' Register, p. 32.
• g 6.83

  Ibid. p. 85.—Suspended for bad behaviour December 17th, 1677.—He is supposed to have been uncle to the famous Mary Astell—See Biographia Britannica.
• h 6.84

  The salary at this time 25l. per annum. W. Drake was buried May 24th, 1693.
• i 6.85

  Afterwards vicar of Bedlington—famous for his skill in the Greek tongue.
• k 6.86

  Afterwards rector of Long Newton in the county of Durham—occurs in the town's books, Dec. 20th, 1697—also Sept. 22d, 1696, when he was ordered quarterly 8l. 15s. as curate of St. Nicholas' parish.
• l 6.87

  Occurs in the common-council books, July 12th, 1708.

  The upper clerk of this parish dying 1724, it was thought more beneficial to the parish to have an assistant to the curate, which was done accordingly the same year. His salary arises from the fees of the clerkship.

  William Thompson, clerk, appointed under-curate October, 1724.

  July 6th, 1725, Mr. George Hall, with the salary which the under-clerk there had.

  John Thompson appointed under-curate March 26th, 1739.

  — Stoddard, under-curate.—Quaere, at what time?

  John Ellison, clerk,—removed hither from St. Andrew's, December 20th, 1756.

  In a list of the old salaries paid by the corporation of Newcastle in Queen Elizabeth's time, and entered in the common-council books, Dec. 23d, 1669, is the following note, by which it appears that a bell was rung here at four o'clock in the morning at that time—"Under-clerk of St. Nicholas for ringing 4, 6, 8 o'clock bell 3l. 18s. 8d."

  Thomas Peirson, under-clerk, occurs 1600.—St. Nicholas' Register.

  Thomas Heldo occurs Sept. 28th, 1680, as under-clerk here.—Common-council books.

  Edward Reid was clerk before 1745.

  Timothy Philipson, before 1768.

  April 11th, 1768, Mr. Richard Fisher, on his petition, ordered 5l. per annum.—Com∣mon-council books.
• m 6.88

  On his appointment ordered "to quit the vicarage he hath in the county of Durham." —Son of Cuthbert Cowling, of Richmond in Yorkshire.
• n 6.89

  Came hither from St. Andrew's March 26th, 1739—died 26th April, 1780. One of the beadmen of St. Thomas' or Magdalen Hospital.
• o 6.90

  Common-council books, June 17th, 1762.
• p 6.91

  Ibid.
• q 6.92

  Bourne's History, p. 131.

  September 24th, 1691, there is an order of common-council to take down the steeple of St. Thomas's Chapel on Tyne Bridge.

  September 22d, 1696—to allow Mr. Straughan the sum of 1l. 13s. 4d. quarterly for reading divine service several times at this chapel.

  July 1••th, 1697, to allow Mr. Peter Straughan 3l. for performing service at the cha∣pel on the bridge.

  Dec. 20th, 1697—to allow Mr. Michael Fenwick, curate of St. Nicholas', the yearly salary usually paid by the town for reading prayers twice every week at the chapel.
• r 6.93

  Common-council books.
• s 6.94

  Common-council books.
• t 6.95

  Ibid.
• u 6.96

  Ibid.
• v 6.97

  Ibid.
• w 6.98

  Ibid.
• x 6.99

  Ibid.
• y 6.100

  Ibid.
• z 6.101

  Ibid.
• a 6.102

  Ibid.
• b 6.103

  Ibid.

  June 20th, 1770, the west end of St. Thomas' chapel was pulled down, and after the angle was rounded off to widen the passage to the north end of the bridge, it was rebuilt with brick in a motley and unpleasing manner.

  This chapel was opened on Sunday, February 17th, 1782, having been shut up for se∣veral months, and curtailed a second time, to widen the entrance to the bridge.

  It was newly chipped all over on this occasion, and there was a cross put up at the east end, as usual in the papal times, which is said to have given great offence to the protestant association at Newcastle.
• c 6.104

  Calverley MS.
• d 6.105

  "Lis de advocatione eccles' de South-Gosforth in foro Regis inter Dominum Regem pretendent' ratione custodie terre et heredis Roberti Lyle defuncti & Tho. episcopum Carleol', Johan' prior' Carleol' et Matthe' de Bolton clericum, 51 Ed. III. & 1 Ric. II." —Register of Bishop Hatfeld, fol. 121, &c.
• e 6.106

  Calverley MS.
• f 6.107

  See Bourne's History, Appendix, p. 73.
• g 6.108

  Book of Wills, Durham, p. 124.
• h 6.109

  Bishop Barnes' Visitation.
• i 6.110

  Bishop Barnes' Visitation.
• k 6.111

  Ibid.
• l 6.112

  Ibid. Randall's MSS.
• m 6.113

  Neil's Register, p. 89.
• n 6.114

  In St. Andrew's Register—August, 1659, the common-council order 10l. per an∣num to the minister of Gosforth, during their pleasure.
• o 6.115

  A. M. apud Scotos.—Cofins' Register. p. 39.
• p 6.116

  St. Nicholas' Register.
• q 6.117

  Bourne's History of Newcastle.

  June 11th, 1675, the parishioners of Nort•• and South Gosforth occur as petitioning charitable constitutions of the 〈…〉〈…〉 — Also merchants book, 〈…〉〈…〉, 1676.
• r 6.118

  Wa••burton' 〈…〉〈…〉 MSS.— Present 〈…〉〈…〉— curate, Mr. Clark, 4l. pe••. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• s 6.119

  Barnes' Visitation.
• t 6.120

  Ibid.
• u 6.121

  Ibid.

  Warburton's MSS. (penes h. v. Ducem Northumbriae) describe North-Gosford as "a small village, in a low ground, with a ruinous chapel."
• v 6.122

  Warburton's MSS. ut supra, say, that in "A. D. 1369, Ryblesworth died, seized of a third part of Cramlington, and half the advowson of the church there."

  "In the 9th of King Richard II. — Cramlington died seized of half the manor of Cramlington—20 acres of land and meadow—10 villains—2 bondmen—2 cottagers— with a rent of 13d. per annum, and half the advowson of the chapel there."—Ibid.

  In the chapel at Cramlington, upon a marble grave-stone, the following epitaph: "Orate pro anima Thomae Lawson, generosi, qui obiit 2^do die mensis Julii anno Domini 1489. Cujus animae propitietur Deus." With the arms of Lawson—Argent, a chevron fable between three martlets of the same, impaling those of Cramlington—3 annulets and 3 bars azure—field argent.—From the pedigree of William Cramlington, Esq. alder∣man of Newcastle.
• w 6.123

  Randall's MSS. cite the following from the Book of Wills, p. 122:

  "Agnes Johnson, wedow, of Cramlington, bequiethes her bodie to be buried in the church of St. Nicholas at Cramlington towards her husband's grave, geves 4s. in a (dole) to be divided emongst the poor. Witness John Rayge clerk."

  In an estimate of the yearly value of the small vicarages, rectories, and cunacies in Northumberland, taken upon oath in the chancel of St. Nicholas' in Newcastle, August 4th, 1719, Cramlington curacy is valued at 6l. It is at present worth about 40l. per annum.
• x 6.124

  From an account, in one sheet, printed by Richard Wilkin, a clergyman's son, at the King's Head in St. Paul's Church yard, 1720.
• y 6.125

  "Orders and rules to be observed by the Society of Clergymen's Sons in the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne:

  "Wee whose names are hereunder written, for good and charitable uses, do hereby se∣verally promise to pay unto the stewards of the said society, for the time being, not under the sume of five shillings a-piece, at the annual meeting, on the first Monday in Septem∣ber every yeare. In witness whereof wee have hereunto subscribed our names this 7th day of Aprill, 1709.

  • Mr. Deodatus Therlkeld Stewards for the year 1709.
  • Mr. Nath. Clayton Stewards for the year 1709.
  • Leo. Shaftoe
  • Tho. Rud
  • John Potts
  • Edm. Lodge
  • Deodatus Therlkeld
  • Tho. Davison
  • John Rayne
  • Robert Shafto
  • Antho. Proctor
  • Nath. Clayton
  • Ra. Pemberton
  • Isaac Algood
  • John Bourne
  • John Cotterell
  • Timo. Tullie
  • Robert Webster
  • Robert Sorsbie
  • La. Allgood."

  (From the original paper, signed by the several subscribers above-named.)
• z 6.126

  Mr. Robert Harrison's MS. collections and notes.
• a 6.127

  Quarto, by White, Newcastle—Text, Exodus, xx. 12.
• b 6.128

  Octavo, by White, Newcastle—Text, 1 Peter, ii. 17.
• c 6.129

  Paper in the possession of the secretary.

  In 1723 the society put out at interest 600l. with the corporation of Newcastle.
• d 6.130

  Books of the society.
• e 6.131

  In octavo—Text, James, i. 27.
• f 6.132

  From a copy of the will, communicated by the secretary.
• g 6.133

  Quarto, London, 1737, 2d edition—Text, Romans, xvi. 12.
• h 6.134

  Octavo—Text, 2 Kings, iv. 1, 2.
• i 6.135

  Quarto, by White, Newcastle—Text, Gal. vi. 10.
• k 6.136

  Quarto—Text, James, i. 27.
• l 6.137

  Books of the society.
• m 6.138

  Ibid. copy of the clause in her will.
• n 6.139

  Ibid.

  September 6th, 178••, the anniversary of the society, Dr. Scott, of Simonbur••••, preached before them at St. Nicholas', on Galat. vi. 10. Collection at church 20l. 16s. Collected by the stewards 526l. 16s. 4½d.—Newcastle Courant.

  A similar institution has been established in the north of England, for a fund to support the widows and orphans of protestant dissenting ministers. The first account I have 〈◊〉〈◊〉 with, after it was established, is of the date of 1760, when they put out to the corporation of Perwick upon Tweed the sum of 297l. at interest, for the use of the said association.

  In 1783 the capital stock amounted to 3116l. 2s. 5d.

  A sermon was advertised in the Newcastle Courant, April 28th, 1764, which had been preached in the chapel at Hanover-Square, Sunday, March 25th, 1764, for the encou∣ragement of a scheme for the relief of the widow, &c. of dissenting ministers, by Sa∣muel Lowthion.
• o 6.140

  In a deed dated 10th November, 29 Hen. VIII. a tenement is described to be "in vico vocato le Myddle-Street." And in another dated March 3d, 1 Ed. VI. a tenement is said to be "in vico vocat' Glover-Gaite alias dict' Myddle-Strete."

  "Skinner-Gate" occurs in a MS. in the Bodleian Library, 7 Hen. IV. as a street of Newcastle.—See before under "Wards"—"Andrew-Tower."
• p 6.141

  See Bourne's History.
• q 6.142

  In an original deed lying before me, dated June 15th, 1596, a tenement is described as extending "a vico vocat' le Middle-Streate ex occidentali parte."

  "The Cloth-Markett, alias Flesh-Markett," occurs in a deed in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle, A. D. 1663.
• r 6.143

  Bourne's History.
• s 6.144

  Ibid.
• t 6.145

  In an authority preserved in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle, dated July 12th, 1692, mention occurs of "a cross at the Flesh-Markett."

  Here stood a pillory also.—The cross was in the center of the street opposite to what are at present called "Bulman's Buildings."
• u 6.146

  In the common-council books, October 12th, 1702, is the following entry relating to this place: "Work-house, alias spinn-house. Ordered, that a standing committee in∣spect and manage this affair.—The said committee to order cloth, and grant allowance for the children's maintenance, as they shall think meet and convenient."
• v 6.147

  There still remains a custom of erecting booths to sell cloth, at the two annual s•••••• of the town, in the upper part of Flesh-Market.
• w 6.148

  See New Plan of Newcastle upon Tyne. Also Appendix. They are at present ••••••k∣ing a new street to conduct from near the middle of the Side to Mosley-Street; 〈◊〉〈◊〉 purpose they have pulled down the curious old arch of the Low-Ov••rd••••n-Bridge. It is said this new street will be called (and with great propriety) Dean-Street.
• x 6.149

  See MS. Life of Alderman Barnes.

  A most extraordinary sermon in quarto lies before me, London, printed by H. Hill, &c. 1688, entitled, "A Sermon preached before the Right Worship at the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne, on the 29th of January, 1688, being the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Th•••••• 〈◊〉〈◊〉, at the catholick chap••••••, by Phil. Metcalfe, P. of the Society of J••••••, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 allowance."—D••••bated to "The R. W. Sir William Cr••••••h, mayor of the town and county 〈…〉〈…〉 upon Tyne."

  〈…〉〈…〉 th•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 pr••••••••ng with child.—〈…〉〈…〉 "Jan•••••• t•• J••••••."— 〈…〉〈…〉 of 〈…〉〈…〉.

  Men of 〈…〉〈…〉 to 〈…〉〈…〉 degree, it situated at that time.— I copied the 〈…〉〈…〉, from the accounts of the church-warden 〈◊〉〈◊〉 St. Andrew's in 〈…〉〈…〉 that year.

  "Paid for ringing for the Queen's conception, 1s. 4d." The subsequent entry, ibid. almost immediately follows: "Paid for bells ringing for deliverance from popery, 1s. 4d."
• y 6.150

  See Historical Events.

  I found the following memorandum in Dr. Ellison's MSS.

  "The number of the papists in Northumberland, as they were returned into the House of Lords 1705:

  St. Nicholas' in Newcastle	15
  St. Andrew's there	12
  St. John's there	20"

  All-Saints is not mentioned.

  In November 1723, the town of Newcastle gave publick notice for all papists to take the oaths of allegiance to his majesty, and for this purpose adjourned the sessions.
• z 6.151

  See the description of Gunner-Tower-Ward.—It is plain from thence that All-Hal∣low-Pant and Cordiner-Place have been near the head of what is now called the Butcher-Bank; as also that the west row of the Side, from Cale-Cross to Painter-Hugh, was called "Flesher-Rawe," i. e. Butcher-Row.—The "going downwards," which seems to have missed Bourne, is meant for the descent from All-Saints' church to the Cale-Cross.

  The following entry occurs in the Harleian MSS. 708, eschaets 1 Ric. II. "Andreas de Tyndale fuit seisit' die quo obiit de una shopa in villa Novi Castri super Tynam in le Fleshewer-Rawe quam tenuit de Domino Rege in libero burgagio per servicium unius oboli per annum et de una placea terrae vastae in le Coke-Rawe quam tenuit de Rege in li∣bero burgagio per servic' 2d. per annum."
• a 6.152

  It must have been somewhere hereabouts.

  See account of Pink-Tower-Ward, which included "all the west rawe in the Side unto a great waiste upon the Castel-Hugh sumtime called Olde Laurence Acton's Waiste, now Thomas Heryng's foreanents a pant afore Swinborne's doore upon Lorke-Burne." This too is the pant which Bourne has erroneously called All-Hallow-Pant.

  In Corbridge's Plan of Newcastle, 1723, this is called Dog-Loop, i. e. Leap.
• b 6.153

  It has been conjectured that Pencher-Place means the place of paunch, i. e. tripe-women.—Sed quaere? for "Pencher" may have been the sirname of the owner of the property.
• c 6.154

  See afterwards "Nether-Dean-Bridge."
• d 6.155

  "1696. Lort-Burn arched over and paved from the foot of Side-Pant to the Keyside-Wall." —Grey's MSS. quarto, No. 3, dorso.
• e 6.156

  Bourne supposes it to have been called Cale-Cross, because of the cale, or broth, which was sold there in former times: I think much more probably from the herb kail∣wort, which also gave a name to broth in the north.—Bourne adds, "This seems to have been its original name, for I meet with it in the reign of King Richard II. and also in a writing dated in the time of King Edward the Third."

  In the confirmation of the Wall-Knowl hospital, A. D. 1360, it is called "Cale-Cross."

  In a deed preserved in All-Saints' vestry, dated October 19th, 1319, it is thus mentioned: "In vico qui ducit del Cale-Crosse."

  In the common-council books, October 10th, 1653, the name is spelled "Keale-Crosse."
• f 6.157

  Newcastle Courant, November 6th, 1773.
• g 6.158

  Before persons could be admitted into this order they were obliged to give a convincing proof of the disinterestedness of their motives, by selling all they had and giving it to the poor.
• h 6.159

  Minor, i. e. less, inferior.

  Their habit was a loose garment reaching to the ancles, with a cowl and a cloak over it when they went abroad—they girded themselves with cords and went barefooted.—Yet it should seem, from the prints in Creccelius's Collectanea, that the Observants only, a rigid branch of the order, had their feet uncovered.
• i 6.160

  Their great estate, according to Leland, went by marriage to the family of the Thur∣gills, of the Wolds in Yorkshire.
• k 6.161

  The site of this house must have been somewhere in the garden of the late Sir Walter Blackett, Bart. most probably in that part of it which lies opposite to Ficket-Tower.

  Bourne, from the authority of the Milbank MS. says it stood near Pilgrim-Street Gate, and that there was a little lane between it and the walls.

  The High-Friar-Chare must have conducted to it, being styled, in several ancient writings, "Vicus qui ducit ad Fratres Minores."

  The burial-ground of the monastery was immediately opposite to Ficket-Tower, as ap∣pears before in the old account of Ficket-Ward.
• l 6.162

  See History of English Franciscans. The following are the nine monasteries that were under the custody or wardenship of Newcastle—Newcastle monastery in North∣umberland; Dundee, Dumsties and Haddington in Scotland; Carlisle in Cumberland; Hartlepool in Durham; Berwick in Northumberland; Roxburgh in Scotland; and Rich∣mond in the shire of that name in the county of York.
• m 6.163

  Bale, Cent. 4. p. 352. Also Pits, p. 364.
• n 6.164

  Wardrobe account, 28 Ed. I. edited by the society of Antiquaries of London.

  "Fratribus Minoribus ville Novi Castri super Tynam pro pittancia sua unius diei in transitu Regis per ibid. mense Decembr' in principio per manus Walteri de Whitborne apud Berewicum super Twed' 15 die Decembr' 11s. 4d.—Fratribus Minoribus ejusdem ville pro pittancia sua duorum dierum in adventu Regis ibid. mense Januar' per manus fratris Thome de Dunolm' apud Novum Castrum 8 die Januar' 22s. 8d."

  It was usual for persons of note to be buried among these Grey or Franciscan Friars, and also in the habit of their order.—I found built up in the wall of a house adjoining to the site of the monastery the fragment of a gravestone, which has, no doubt, been taken out of their burial-ground.—A sword is marked on it—the mutilated inscription runs thus: "Hic jacet.... eming." The last, I suppose, has been "Fleming," a name which often occurs anciently among the magistrates of Newcastle.
• o 6.165

  Leland, from certain old records of Merton-College in Oxford, gathered that he was born in the parish of Emeldon, in a hamlet or manor place belonging to that college called Dunstan—from whence, by contraction, he got the epithet of Duns.—His father's name was Scot.—The place belongs to Merton-College to this day. He was the son of a tenant of that house.—In one of his MS. works, folio, D. 1. 6. Theolog. are these words: "Explicit lectura doctoris subtilis in universitate Oxoniensi super quartum librum Sententiarum, scilicet, Domini Johannis Duns, nati in quadam villula parochiae de Emyldon vocata Dunstan in comitatu Northumbriae pertinente domui scholarum de Mer∣ton Hall in Oxonia et quondam socii dictae domus." The words "Scotia me genuit" upon his tomb seem to contradict the above account, but Fuller attributes it to an easy mistake of foreigners, considering that Northumberland had anciently comprehended all the lands from Humber to Edinburgh Frith.
• p 6.166

  Wardrobe account of 15th, 16th, and 17th of Edward II. penes Th. Astle, Armig. p. 31.—See before, under this year, Black Friars.—"Fratribus de ordine Minorum ejusdem ville per manus ejusdem ibid. eodem die pro eodem 8s."—"14 Septembr' fratribus de ordine Minorum ejusdem ville pro eodem per manus ejusdem ibidem eodem die 8s."

  The following occurs ibid. p. 215: "14 die Septembris ponebatur per preceptum Do∣mini Regis super corpus Forcii Caillan servientis Regis ad arma die sepulture ejusdem in ecclesia Fratrum Minorum ejusdem ville—unus pannus ad aurum in canabo.—Eodem die ponebatur per preceptum Regis super corpus Dominici Johannis servientis Regis ad arma defuncti die sepulture ejusdem in eadem ecclesia — unus pannus ad aurum in canabo — 17 die Septembr' ponebatur ut supra super corpus Bernardi Brun defuncti et sepulti in eadem ecclesia—unus pannus ad aurum in canabo."
• q 6.167

  Bourne's History, p. 85.
• r 6.168

  "Tertia pars paten' de anno regni Regis Edwardi tercii decimo quinto, m. 4, pro gardiano et Fratribus Minoribus ville Novi Castri super Tynam—R. omnibus &c. salutem. Monstrarunt nobis dilecti nobis in Christo gardianus et Fratres Minores ville nostre Novi Castri super Tynam quod licet ipsi et eorum predecessores per tempora diutina habuerint quendam conductum aque de quodam sonte vocato Seven-Hed-Welles usque mansum suum in villa predicta currentis et sontem illum de petra et calce firmatum et clausum et ostio obserratum tenuerint clavemque ejusdem ostii penes se retinuerint absque eo quod aliquis se inde preter ipsos gardianum & fratres intromisit, postmodumque dicti gardianus & fra∣tres ad requisitionem hominum communitatis ville predicte pro eo quod sons ille si•• erat exuberans quod sufficere poterat hiis et illis, partemque aque dicti fontis sub conductu generose sacere permiserunt. Homines tamen ville predicte concessa sibi gratia abutentes, conductum predictorum gardiani & fratrum noviter fregerunt et cursum aque ejusdem di∣vertere voluntarie presumpserunt, ipsos gardianum et fratres conductum suum reparare et aquam conductus predicti in rectum et antiquum cursum reducere impedientes injuste su∣per quo nobis supplicarunt sibi per nos de remedio provideri. Nos intuitu Dei cujus ob∣sequiis dicti fratres specialiter ascribuntur volentes eos super hoc favore persequi generoso, concessimus pro nobis et heredibus nostris quantum in nobis est quod iidem gardianus et fratres conductum suum predictum habere et illum reparare et emendare et aquam inde in pristinum cursum reducere ac dictum fontem petra et calce includere et ostio obserrato fir∣mare et clavem inde penes se retinere ac dictum conductum sic reparatum & emendatum et aquam ad cursum pristinum reductam, fontemque inclusum & ostio obserratum ut pre∣mittitur tenere possint sibi et successoribus suis imperpetuum sine occone vel impedi∣mento nostri vel heredum nostrorum justic' escaetor' vic' aut aliorum ballivorum seu mi∣nistrorum nostrorum aut alterius quorumcunque prout iidem gardianus & fratres vel corum predecessores ea tenere consueverant antequam per dictos homines sic fuerant impediti. In cujus &c. Teste Rege apud Novum Castrum super Tynam 6 die Decembr'. Per breve de privato sigillo."—From the original in the Tower of London.
• s 6.169

  Tanner's Bibliotheque, p. 418.
• t 6.170

  "Frater Tho' Baxter ord' Fratrum Minorum ord' presbiter Mar. 23, frater Joh' Cooke, frater Joh' I••sby, frater Will' Hudson, ord' sub-diac' Mar. 23. 1497.

  Fratres Joh' de Macklinia ord' Frat' Minorum de observanc' accoliti."

  Fra' de Macklinia ord' Frat' Minorum de observanc' accoliti." 1497.

  (Fox's Regist. p. 15. Randal's MSS.)
• u 6.171

  Antiquities of English Franciscans, p. 216. In Stowe's Annal, ed. 1632, it is said▪ very erroneously, that "Henry VII. builded a house of Franciscan Friers, called Conven∣tualles, at Newcastle."
• v 6.172

  About the year 1400 a reformation was made in this order by Saint Bernard of Sienna, and such as accepted it were called Observants or Recollects, who had two or three houses built for them by K. Henry VII. The rest were styled Conventual, and had about 55 houses at the dissolution.
• w 6.173

  "The following passage occurs in the 1st vol. of the History of the Reformation, p. 153.

  "The Observant Friars of Richmont, Greenwich, Canterbury, Newark and New∣castle were removed out of their houses (upon occasion of the imposture of Eliz. Barton, called the Holy Maid of Kent, in 1534), and put with the other Gray Friars, and Au∣gustine Friars were put in their houses, and this was all the severity which at this time followed on it."

  The subsequent extract is from the second part of the Antiquities of the Franciscans.

  "King Henry VII. placed the Observants in this seat (i. e. their house at Newcastle), but whether it was a new house built for them by that King, or the old convent of the Conventuals resigned to them by his majesty's command, I do not find; but believe it was the latter: and that the said Conventuals again took possession of it, when the Observants were turned out of this as well as out of all their other houses, by King Henry VIII. And that which confirms me in this opinion is, that Burnet says this house was sur∣rendered 30 Hen. VIII. by the warden, 8 friars, and 2 novices, which was five years after the Observants were suppressed and violently expelled out of all their houses."
• x 6.174

  The word prevailed is here made use of because neither the houses above the value of 200l. nor the less abbies were within the statute of suppression.

  "The Franciscans of the province of England, as Speed writes from the royal records, subsisted chiefly by a charitable and free donation of five pence once in three months, from every house or family."—Hist. of English Franciscans, p. 220.
• y 6.175

  "Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit Johannes Crayforth prior five gardianus domus conventualis Fratrum Minorum de Novo Castro super Tynam et in com' ejusdem et ejusdem loci conventus salutem &c. Noveritis &c. (See form under White Friars.) In quorum testimon' &c. Dat. in domo nostra capitulari nono die mensis Januarii anno R. Regis Henrici octavi tricesimo, Johannes Crayforth guardianus Jhon Hesselden prest Wyllyam Mawr pryst ac subgardianus Thomas Pentland prest William Greated prest Wyllyam Kyrebe preast Robarte Harte preste Robert Cartter preste Thomas Watson preste.

  Jhon Phye••son Novicii."—From the original in the Augmentation-Office.

  Jhon Byellye Novicii."—From the original in the Augmentation-Office.

  Seal red wax—Over a shield with the arms of England having only three fleurs de lis; the virgin Mary standing on a crescent with rays of glory issuing from each side of her— —below, the seven stars. Inscription "Sigill—us Minor' in Novo Castro."—See Seals, Plate II. N^o 8.—Perhaps the Observants had another seal, i. e. the figure of St. Francis with a cross in his hand.
• z 6.176

  In the ministers' or bailiffs' accounts of divers religious houses in Northumberland, from Michaelmas 30 Hen. VIII. to that term 31 Henry VIII. in the Augmentation Office is the following: "Domus nuper fratrum vocat' le Gray-Freres infra villam Novi Castri super Tynam. Computus Jacobi Rokesby custodis ibidem per tempus predictum—se•• reddit de 13s. 4d. de suma scitus dicte nuper domus fratrum scituat' in Pylgramstrete in∣fra villam Novi Castri super Tynam cum edificiis, tribus parvis ponta••iis ac tribus patris gardinis et uno pa••vo clauso juxta muros dic••e ville et uno parvo bauk juxta Dean conti∣nen' per estimacionem 3 actas et d••••id' in tenura predicti Jacobi Rokesby ad voluntatem Domini Regis annuatim s••lvend' ad terminos Pent' & Sancti Martini in ye••••e equaliter, summa 13s. 4d."
• a 6.177

  Harleian MSS. 604. "A brese certificate made upon the dissolucions of diverse mo∣naster &c. 30 Hen. VIII. Newcastell, Gray Freres there, Robert Brandlyng, merchant, keper.—Clere val••w, &c. 58. The nombre, &c. 12.—The clere money 58.—The ••tok, &c. 11l. 11s. Rewards, &c. 6••s. 4d. The remaner, &c. 8l. 7s. 8d. Lead, 24 fother.—Bells, two.—Woods, &c. ••l.—Playte, &c. 32 un••'.—Deus owyng unto and by nil."

  Leland, and Tanner after him, informs••••, that "The Observant Freres house stood by Pandon-Gate. It is a very faire thing."—Pandon must be a mistake here for ••ilgri•• Gate.
• b 6.178

  There was preserved in the town's butch, among other writings preserved there, A. D. 1565, "a grant by one King Richard for the building of Nether-Dean-Bridge."

  In the Harleian MSS. 708, 14 Ric. II. mention occurs of five cottages "juxta le Dene-Brigge."
• c 6.179

  In a deed preserved in All-Saints vestry, dated 1373, "Payntor Hugh" occurs. Also, in another, ibid. dated 1405. There is a strange derivation of the name of this place given by Dr. Stukeley, in his Iter Boreale, p. 68. He says it "is probably from the old name Panna, corrupted." This Panna, the doctor supposes (but it is a mere supposition) was the ancient name of the station at Newcastle.
• d 6.180

  This street appears to have been called Vicus Peregrinorum as early as the year 1292. It is mentioned in the copy of a grant of a house to Brinkburn priory in Northumberland, of that date, preserved in the ledger-book of that priory, from whence this note was ex∣tracted by Mr. Robert Harrison.
• e 6.181

  Perhaps there have been more Pilgrims Inns in this street than one: there seems reason also for supposing, from the following extract, that pilgrims came hither too to visit certain reliques of St. Francis that were preserved in the house of Grey Friars, near the head of this street.—It is from Bale's Life of Hugh of Newcastle, a famous Franciscan of that town: "Hugo de Novo Castro Dunelmensis quoque ditionis alumnus ejus oppidi minoritis a parentibus suis traditus fuit, ut unà cum christianae vitae exemplis bonas imbi∣beret artes. Sed ecce pro vita mors, et pro religione plusquam vanissima omnium qui unquam fuerunt gentilium superstitio. Non in sculptilibus solum ligneis ac lapideis sed in iptissimis idololatriarum omnium sordidissimis fecibus. Francisci nempe perforatis calceis, chordis et braccis: quae parituris statim mulierculis et aliis sibi et suo Francisco de∣votis peregrinis, contrectanda, exosculanda atque summa veneratione in Antichristi reg∣no colenda, devotissimè exhibere solent."

  Mention occurs in the Carr MS. A. D. 1564, of the execution of one Partrage, for coining false money in "the greate innes in Pilgrim-Street."

  Dr. Ellison's MSS. say, that this house, called the Pilgrim's Inn, was holden of the dean and chapter of Durham, and belonged in his time to Mr. Ralph Ogle.

  Bourne describes it as adjoining to the north side of Mr. Edward Collingwood's house, and exactly 116 yards from the southermost corner of Upper-Dean-Bridge: he adds, it is holden of the dean and chapter of Durham, and belongs at present to Mr. James Hargrave.

  This appears to have been called St. Cuthbert's Inn in the time of Henry VIII. See the ministers' or bailiffs' accounts of the monastery of Durham, 4th of February, 32 Hen. VIII. remaining in the Augmentation-Office, from whence the following is an extract: "Novum Castrum super Tynam.—Valet in firma unius burgagii ibidem vocat' Seynt Cuthbert's Inne per annum 34s. 8d. jacen' in Pilgramestrete et in parochia Omnium Sanctorum ville predicte."

  The last building in this street, to which tradition had continued the name of Pilgrim's Inn, was pulled down a few years ago by its owner Mr. Thomas Barker, merchant, who has built on the site of it a large house to front the street, and converted the back parts of the premises into a starch manufactory. Windows of a very ancient model, thick wall, &c. as also a crucifix of wood, were discovered on pulling down the old building.

  In the summer of 1777 I saw at Canterbury a place for similar purposes, where the shoals of pilgrims that went thither to visit the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket, were ac∣customed to lodge, which has undergone little or no alteration in its appearance. Chaucer is said to have often slept in it. See Gostling's Canterbury, p. 57, 63, 64. 2d edition.
• f 6.182

  George Fox, in his Journal, p. 281, tells us, that he came to Newcastle upon Tyne in 1657, but meeting with no encouragement, and finding (says he) "we could not have a publick meeting among them, we got a little meeting among friends and friendly peo∣ple at the Gateside; where a meeting is continued at this day in the name of Jesus."— Friend George inveighs with great warmth against the then priests of Newcastle, saying, that "the power of the Lord rose in me to warn them of the day of the Lord that was coming upon them; and not long after all these priests of Newcastle, and their profession, were turned out when the King came in." He adds, "one L••dger, an alderman of the town, was very envious against truth and friends."

  I found the following inscription on a stone in a garden belonging to Captain Lampton, near the middle glass-house: "Abigail Tizacke, daughter of John and Sarah Tizacke, departed this life the 7th day of the 12th month, and in the 7th weack of her age, anno 1679."—The "12th month" is an expression for December, which clearly marks the sect to which J. and S. Tizacke belonged.
• g 6.183

  Newcastle Courant, October 4th, 1777.
• h 6.184

  September 25th, 1777. Common-council books.—The salary of 50l. per annum, heretofore paid to the town's surgeon, is now lessened to 20l. per annum, "for giving his attendance and assistance to such of the dispensary patients, and others, in this town, as shall require surgical aid, and be recommended by the corporation."

  A general meeting of the governors of the dispensary was held on the 29th of September, 1777, when the regulations for the government thereof, &c. were confirmed—John Ba∣ker, Esq. mayor, president.—Newcastle Courant, October 4th, 1777.

  A pamphlet lies before me, intitled, "An Account of the Newcastle Dispensary for the Relief of the Poor, instituted 1777, published by order of the Governors. Newcas∣tle, printed by T. Saint, 1778." 35 pages, octavo.
• i 6.185

  This house, the view of which, from the street, often called to my remembrance the passage of Virgil, which describes the palace of Anchises:

  —"Quanquam secreta parentis Anchisae domus arboribusque obtecta recessit."—Aeneid, lib. ii. l. 299.

  was purchased, with the extensive gardens, &c. around it, A. D. 1783, by Mr. George Anderson, master-builder, of Sir Thomas Blackett, Bart.

  There is a bird's eye view of it among Kip's Views, intitled, "The seat of the Hon. Sir William Blackett, Bart. with part of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne."

  Grey (and Bourne after him) calls it a princely house, and very stately and magnifi∣cent, being supposed to be the most so of any house in the whole kingdom within a walled town. It is surrounded with a vast quantity of ground.

  It is added, "That part of it which faces the street is thrown into walks and grass-plots, beautified with image and beset with trees, which afford a very pleasing shade: the other part of the ground, on the west side of it, is all a garden, exceedingly neat, and curiously adorned with statues, and several other curiosities. But this house is not more remarkable or memorable upon any account than for its having been the lodgings of King Charles I. whilst he was a prisoner at this town."

  It appears from Corbridge's Plan, 1723, that the meeting-house of the company of spur∣riers was in an apartment in an old pile of buildings immediately below this house: a view of which is given in that plate by the title of "Mr. Fenwick Lambert's House."—On a stone over one entrance, "Gloria Deo in excelsis."—Over another fronting the street, "De bon vouloir servir le Roi."
• k 6.186

  Mr. Fenwick, town's surveyor, informed me, that within his remembrance there was an old building there, over the door of which was a stone with a Latin inscription.
• l 6.187

  Bourne thus mentions it—"On that side of Pilgrim-Street next the town-wall, is a very agreeable walk, generally frequented in a summer's evening by the gentry of this part of the town." There is a passage into this field from the Manor-Chare, another from Pilgrim-Street-Gate, and a third from behind Surgeons' Hall.

  In a mutilated deed, preserved in St. Andrew's vestry, dated 15th Ed. IV. mention occurs of "Carle-Croft."—In a deed dated August 20th, 19 Ed. IV. "Johannes Carl••ll, Armiger," occurs as owner of considerable property in Pilgrim-Street.
• m 6.188

  In a deed, dated April 29th, 1518, a messuage in Pilgrim-Street is described as ex∣tending itself "a via regia ante ex parte occidentali usque rivolum vocatum Ayrekeburn retro ex parte orientali."
• n 6.189

  Deed dated 27th August, 31 Hen. VI.—"Inter tenementum Domini de Scr••pe ex parte boreali—et extendit se in longitudine a vico vocato Pilgrym-Strete ex p••••te o••••nt••li usque rivolum vocat' Lorte-Burne ex parte occidentali."—From the original, to which Heron's seal is affixed, in the possession of the owner of the tenement described in it, Mr. Thomas White, custom-house officer.
• o 6.190

  In a deed preserved in All-Saints vestry, dated October 29th, 1319, it is called "vicus qui ducit del Cale-Crosse ad ecclesiam Omnium Sanctorum."
• p 6.191

  As may be gathered 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the fragment of a deed in All-Saints vestry, in which Eli∣zabeth Nykson, widow, grants to Roger Dent, Esq. and other feoffees, her two tenements, with an alms house adjou••in••, in Pilgrim-Street, which feoffees, after her death, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to deliver up the above property to the church-wardens of All-Saints, to the use of the poor, on condition of an annual d••••ge and soul mass being performed in that church. Roger Dent was sheriff of Newcastle A. D. 1510, and mayor A. D. 1515.

  There are several entries concerning it in the old parish-books in All-Saints vestry A. D. 16••••, 1••34, 1642, 1666.
• q 6.192

  The present name may be accounted for as follows: the house of Austin-Friars, after the dissolution, was reserved for the King's use, for his council in the northern parts, and was therefore called King's Manor.—See Speed's Plan of Newcastle.
• r 6.193

  Yet it should seem by the following, that the whole street was called Cow-Gate.— Deed dated February 20th, 5 Ed. IV.—"Prout jacet in Vico Peregrinorum i••••ia ••lla a Novi Castri super Tynam inter tenementum nuper Laurentri de Acton ex parte 〈◊〉〈◊〉 et tenementum nuper Thomae Clerk ex parte australi et extendit in lo•• itudi••e a vi••••∣gra ante usque vicum quondam vocatum Cow-Gate, modo vocatum Austyn-Chare 〈◊〉〈◊〉." —The meeting house of the taylors' company was till lately in this street. They have now removed from their hall in the Manor-Chare to their ancient on•• in the Black-Friar••, which they have rebui••t in a handsome manner, with convenient accommodations for their poor brethren and widows.—In the front the arms of the company in ba••-relief,in∣scribed underneath,

  "Taylor's Hall, rebuilt anno 1788. Richard Franks Stewards. Thomas Robson Stewards. Jasper Harrison, Esq. Sec."
• s 6.194

  See afterwards A. D. 1309.
• t 6.195

  Tanner's Notitia Monastica. Pat. 19 Ed. I. m. 7, vel. 8. And Bourne, from an ac∣count communicated by a clergyman of Bampton in Westmoreland.
• u 6.196

  Wardrobe account, 28 Ed. I. published by the Society of Antiquaries.—"Fra∣tribus Sancti Augustini ville Novi Castri super Tynam pro pittancia sua unius diei in ad∣ventu Regis per ibid. mense Decembr' in principio per manus ........

  "Fratribus Sancti Augustini ejusdem ville pro pittancia sua duorum dierum in adventu Regis ibid. mense Januar' per manus fratris Willielmi de Pordelye ibid. eodem die 8 Januarii 16s. 8d."

  N. B. The sum of the former entry is defaced in the MS. I have presumed it was half as much as the latter.
• v 6.197

  "Paten' de anno R. R. Edwardi primi vicesimo quarto, m. 27.

  "Pro fratribus Sancti Augustini de Novo Castro super Tynam.

  "Rex omnibus ad quos &c. salutem. Licet de communi consilio regni nostri statue∣rimus quod non licet viris religiosis seu aliis ingredi feodum alicujus ita quod ad manum mortuam deveniat sine licentia nostra et capitaiis domini de quo res illa immediate tenetur. Volentes tamen dilectis nobis in Christo priori et fratribus Sancti Augustini de Novo Castro super Tynam gratiam facere specialem, concessimus & licentiam dedimus pro nobis et heredibus nostris quantum in nobis est Bartholomeo Patun de Novo Castro super Tynam & Christiane uxori ejus quod ipsi quandam placeam suam in villa de Novo Castro super Tynam manso ipsorum prioris et fratrum in eadem villa contiguam continentem in se du∣centos pedes terre in longitudine et quatuor viginti pedes terre in latitudine dare possint et assignare eisdem priori & fratribus ad elargacionem cimeterii sui ibidem, habend' et tenend' eisdem priori & fiatribus & successoribus suis ad elargacionem cimeterii sui pre∣dicti imperpetuum et eisdem priori et fratribus quod ipsi predictam placeam a presatis Bartholomeo et Christiana recipere possint et tenere sicut predictum est tenore presentium similiter licenciam dedimus specialem, nolentes quod predict' Bartholomeus & Christiana vel heredes sui aut predicti prior & conventus vel successores sui ratione statuti predicti per nos vel heredes nostros inde occonentur, molestentur in aliquo seu graventur salvis &c. In cujus &c. T. R. apud Wynton' 20 die ......."—From the original in the Tower of London.
• w 6.198

  Wallis's History of Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 209. "Fratribus Sancti Augustini in Novo Castro super Tynam confirmatio cotae terrae quae jacet in Cow-Gate ibidem concess' per Willielmum Ros. Pat. 2 R. Ed. II. p. 1, m. 23."—(I take this to be what Tanner, by mistake, calls 11 Ed. II. p. 1, m. 23, concerning land in Cow-Gate granted to this house by William Ros de Hamelake. The 11 is often confounded with the figure 2.)

  "De messuag' in Novo Castro super Tynam parcel' possessionum Roberti de Middleton attincti per Regem pro manso elargendo. Pat. 2 Ed. II. p. 2, m. 31."
• x 6.199

  Pat. 12 Ed. II. p. 1, m. 4 vel 5.
• y 6.200

  Wardrobe account of 15th, 16th, and 17th years of Edward II. penes Thom. Astle, Armig. p. 31. See before under this year "Black-Friars."—"Fratribus de ordine Sancti Augustini ejusdem ville pro eodem per manus ejusdem ibidem eodem die 8••.—14 Sep. fratribus Sancti Augustini &c. ut supra 8s."—The following entry occurs ibid. "Eodem die (i. e. primo Augusti) in exequiis factis per preceptum Regis circa corpus Domini Johannis de Penryth militis die sepulture sue in ecclesia fratrum de ordine Sancti Augustini ejusdem ville ut in cera, oblacionibus et aliis expensis necessariis circa ••dem corpus appositis per manus Domini Willielmi de Kirkeby clerici 72s. 9d." Ibid. p. 215: "Primo die Augusti ponebatur per preceptum Domini Regis super corpus Domini Jo∣hannis de Penreth militis defuncti die sepulture ejusdem in ecclesia fratrum Sancti Augus∣tini de Novo Castro super Tynam unus pannus ad aurum in servicio de Luk—unus pannus ad aurum in canabo."
• z 6.201

  Ibid. p. 268, "Frater Elias Prior Sancti Augustini de Novo Castro" occurs.
• a 6.202

  Tanner.—Also Wallis, in his History of Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 209: "Fratres Sancti Augustini monasterii in Novo Castro super Tynam de quadam placea terre ibidem continente 28 pedes in longitud' & 160 pedes in latitudine perquirenda de Jo. Denton pro manso elargendo."—Pat. 16 R. Ed. II. p. 2, m. 15.
• b 6.203

  3 Ed. III. p. 1, m.....—Tanner's Notitia Monastica was not published till after his death: he wrote a bad hand, and it is supposed that his executors, &c. have not been able to read, or make out, all his references. This is given by Mr. Kipling, of the rolls, as the very probable reason why there are so many mistakes in that book.
• c 6.204

  "Secunda pars paten' de anno regni Regis Edwardi tercii quarto, m. 41, pro priore & conventu de ordine Sancti Augustini ville Novi Castri super Tynam.

  "R. omnibus &c. salutem. Quia accepimus per inquisitionem quam per dilectum nobis Johannem de Bolingbrok escaetorem nostrum citra Trentam fieri fecimus quod non est ad dampnum vel prejudicium nostrum aut aliorum nec ad nocumentum ville nostre Novi Castri super Tynam si concedamus Ade de Colewell capellano quod ipse tres rodas terre et dimidium cum pertinen' in dicta villa Novi Castri manso dilectorum nobis in Christo prioris & fratrum de ordine Sancti Augustini in eadem villa contiguas dare possit et as∣signare eisdem priori & fratribus habend' et tenen••' sibi et successoribus suis fratribus de ordine predicto ad elargacionem mansi sui predicti imperpetuum. Dum tamen major et communitas ville predicte habeant inter mansum predictum et 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ville predicte spacium sufficiens ad equitand' pro custodia et defensione ville predicte prout alibi habent in circu∣itu ejusdem ville infra murum predictum et quod terra predicta tenetur de nobis in capite per servicium trium denanorum per annum pro omni servicio Nos eisdem priori et fra∣tribus volentes in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 parte gratiam facere specialem concessimus et licentiam dedimus pro nobis et heredibus nostris quantum in nobis est eidem Ade quod ipse terram pre∣dictam cum pertinen' da••e possit et assignare presatis priori et fratribus habend' & tenend' sibi et successoribus suis predictis ad clargacion••m mansi sui predicti imperpetuum Dum tamen major & communitas ville predicte habeant inter mansum predict' et murum ville predict' spacium sufficiens ad equitand' pro custodia et defensione ville predicte prout alibi habent in circuitu ejusdem ville infra murum predict' et eisdem priori et fratribus quod ipsi terram predictam cum pertinen' a prefato Adam recipere possint et tenere sibi & successoribus suis predictis imperpetuum sicut predictum est tenore presencium similiter licenciam dedimus specialem, statuto de terris & tenuris ad manum mortuam non po∣nend' edito non obstante, &c. In cujus &c. T. R. apud Clipston 23 die Septembr'. Per breve de privato sigillo."—From the original in the Tower of London.
• d 6.205

  See Annals and Historical Events.
• e 6.206

  See account of that company.
• f 6.207

  Randall's MSS.—From the Bishop of Durham's Register.

  "Cuth. Jorcayne Fratres ordin' Sancti Augustini ord' presbiteri Dec. 23. 1531."

  "Joh. Ruther .... Fratres ordin' Sancti Augustini ord' presbiteri Dec. 23. 1531."
• g 6.208

  "Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit Andreas Kelle prio•• sive gardianus domus conventualis Fratrum Augustini ville de Novo Castro super Tynam et in com' ejusdem ac ejusdem loci conventus salutem in Domino sempiternam et fidem indubiam presentibus adhibere. Noveritis nos, &c." (See White Friars.)

  "In quorum testimonium atque fidem nos prefati prior sive gardianus & conventus sigil∣lum nostrum commune presentibus apponi fecimus. Dat' in domo nostra capitulari nono die mensis Januarii anno regni Regis Henrici octavi tricesimo. Andreas Kel prior Ro∣bartus Walker presbyter Jhon Moscrop presbyther Henricus Boyes presbyther Robertus Bowlock presbyter Johannes Rutter presbyter Wyllielmus Reed presbyter Thomas Cow∣per presbyter.

  • Rycherd Robson Novicii."
  • Thomas Smythe Novicii."
  • Thomas Dawlton Novicii."

  (Rymer's Foedera, and the original remaining in the Augmentation Office.) Seal, red wax.—The figure of St. Austin, with a mitre and crosier—a person in the attitude of praying to him. Inscription: "Sigi — stere o — augus —."

  See Seals, Plate II. N^o 4.

  The following occurs among the Harleian MSS. 604: "A brefe certificate made upon the dissolucions of diverse monaster' & priores ther surrendrid in the moneths of Decembre, Januar' & Februar' in the 30 yere of the regne of Hen. VIII. Newcastell Augustyne Freres—Richard Benson, keper.

  Clere valew, &c. nil.—Gratia reservationis pro Domino Rege.

  The nombre with pencions.—Prior, nil—12 confrat' nil.

  The clere money, &c. nil.

  The stock, &c. 4l.

  Rewards, &c. Prior 13s. 4d. Confratr' 68s. 4d.

  The remaner, &c. 11s. 8d.

  Leade and bells.—Lead, 20 sother—bells, 2.

  Woods, &c. nil.

  Playte, &c. 27 unc'

  Detts owyng unto and by, nil."
• h 6.209

  In the ministers' or bailiffs' accounts of divers religious houses in the county of Northumberland from Michaelmas, 30 Henry VIII. to the same term 31 Henry VIII. remaining in the Augmentation-Office, occurs the following: "Domus nuper Fratrum Augustinen' ville Novi Castri super Tynam.—Computus Ricardi Benson custodis ibidem per tempus predictum—arreragia—nulla—quia primus computus dicti computantis— summa nulla—redditus et firm'.—Nec respondit de firma scitus nuper domus Fratrum Au∣gustinen' infra villam Novi Castri super Tynam cum edificiis gardinis & uno clauso adja∣cen' eidem nuper domini pertinen' eo quod dicta nuper domus cum edificiis gardinis et claus' predict' ad usum Domini Regis reservantur pro consilio suo in partibus borealibus existen' inhabitand' et diversis temporibus requisit' permanend' et nullum proficuum de eisdem perveniebat per tempus hujus computi—summa nulla."
• i 6.210

  Aubone MS.

  Leland tells us that this place, when he visited Newcastle, "had three or foure faire towers belonging to it."
• k 6.211

  MS. in the library of the Society of Antiquaries of London, intitled "A Booke o•• Fees and Offices, primo die Augusti anno primo regni Mariae."

  "The Augustyne Friers in Newcastle.

  "Keper of the house—Richard Benson—see, 40s."
• l 6.212

  Bourne.
• m 6.213

  Ibid.
• n 6.214

  Common-council books, March 13th, 1648.

  "Ordered that Mr. Recorder be desired, when he comes to London, to make search in the Court of Augmentations, or elsewhere, to understand the bounders of the Manner••, and that the hutch be perused if any records concerning the same may be sound there."
• o 6.215

  Common-council books.

  See Bourne's description of their meeting-house or hall, in this place.

  There is an order of common-council, Sept. 2d, 1653, for "Mr. Blaickston to have leave to dig as many foundation stones forth of the ground in the Mannors as he shall have occasion to use."

  Ibid. 1655, mention occurs of an "old ruinate chapel" in this place.
• p 6.216

  Common-council books, Sept. 23d, 1708.

  "Butchers—who have now the house in the artillery grounds for a tallow-house— —Ordered that they remove from thence, &c."

  Bourne thus describes the appearance of this place in his time: "The left-hand passage has still the remains of a large gate, which has been one of the gates leading to St. Austin Fryers, which, having passed the gate, is a little above upon the right hand.

  "There is also a complete quadrangle to be seen, the south side of which has undoubtedly been the chapel.—The inclosed ground all round it, where is now the pasture of Natha∣nael Clayton, Esq. alderman, the Surgeons' Hall, the hospitals, &c. did undoubtedly be∣long to them, and was their garden."
• q 6.217

  It is now called the General Hospital for the reception of the poor of the several parishes of the town.—An addition has been lately made to it, on which is the following inscription: "This addition to the General Hospital was built at the expence of the parish of All-Saints, with the assistance of the corporation, and for the larger reception of the poor of the said parish:

  • James Rudman, Esq. mayor,
  • Edward Dale, Esq. sheriff.

  Wardens,

  • Thomas Barkas
  • Peter Paxton
  • William Lloyd
  • Joseph Straker.

  Overseers,

  • Thomas Guthrie,
  • Joseph Liddell,
  • George Hunter,
  • Thomas Slurth.

  1785."
• r 6.218

  Bourne's account of this place is as follows: "You ascend to it by stairs from the High-Street, and then enter into a pleasant field, on the north side of which is the said hospital. It is three stories high, and the under story is adorned with piazzas, which are about 60 yards in length, and make a very agreeable walk. About the middle of the piazzas is the entrance into the second and third stories, and over against this entrance is a fountain (very much beautified) for the use of the hospital.—It was founded for a master and thirty-nine poor freemen or freemen's widows.

  The town allows them quarterly 20s. and the master 30s."
• s 6.219

  Common-council books.
• t 6.220

  Ibid.
• u 6.221

  From a deed in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle.
• v 6.222

  Books of the hospital.
• w 6.223

  Ibid.
• x 6.224

  Common-council books.
• y 6.225

  See Lords' Journals, vol. xx. p. 427.—Also p. 588.

  "January 17th, 1717, there was a bill in parliament for vesting of several lands, be¦longing to the master, brethren and sisters of this hospital, in trust 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to be sold; and to settling on the said master, brethren and sisters, a perpetual yearly rent of 185l. in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 money in lieu thereof, to be charged upon the estate of Walker, was brought into the House of Lords, and rejected by the Lords, upon an allegation of Lord Cadogan that the corporation of Newcastle had purchased the estate of Walker without licence, and there∣fore, by the statute of mortmain, it belonged to the crown."—Grey's MSS.

  Walker manor cost the corporation of Newcastle 12,220l. (Sir Robert Raymond's Report, 1723.)

  13th December, 10 George I. Pat. part 1. A pardon and licence granted to the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne, to hold the manor of Walker, and the bal∣last-shore, and other lands particularly mentioned in the licence. Journals of Commons, vol. xxii. p. 710.

  The following occurs in Gyll's interleaved Bourne, p. 245:

  "Newcastle upon Tyne, January 21st, 1724. Yesterday our magistrates went in their formalities to the Guildhall of this corporation, where there was assembled a very great concourse of people. At which time William Carr, Esq. our representative in par∣liament delivered to the mayor, Matthew Featherstone, Esq. his majesty's licence and pardon to this corporation, for having some time ago made a considerable purchase of land contrary to the statute of mortmain. The instrument was read by the town-clerk, and loud acclamations followed thereupon. The magistrates in common-council unani∣mously agreed to address his majesty, to return their thanks for this great mark of his fa∣vour to them. After which, an handsome entertainment being prepared at the mayor's house, most of the gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood resorted thither, where his majesty's health, and the health of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the royal family were drank with the utmost loyalty, and the evening concluded with ringing of bells, and other demonstrations of joy. Upon Mr. Carr's late arrival among us with the above∣said licence, he was immediately elected one of the magistrates of this corporation."

  The King was addressed on this occasion, February 7th, 1724.
• z 6.226

  Hospital book.
• a 6.227

  Common council books.
• b 6.228

  Common-council books.
• c 6.229

  Ibid.
• d 6.230

  Anne, relict of Benjamin Davison, merchant, by her last will, dated Dec. 3d, 1719, bequeathed the sum of 940l. to general uses of charity, at the discretion of her executors. Dr. Thomlinson, Alderman William Ellison, George Grey, Esq. and Mr. Ord, were the trustees.
• e 6.231

  In the incorporation of this hospital, the governess and sisters have power to sue and be sued, to implead and be impleaded, to use a common seal with the letters A. D. and a proper inscription, and to purchase lands: the mayor and common-council of Newcastle to be visitors of this hospital on the death of Mr. Grey, and to appoint governesses and sisters, or, on any misbehaviour, to remove them.

  The following inscription was on the old house which was pulled down:

  "This hospital for six poor widows of clergymen and merchants was endowed by the charity of Mrs. Anne Davison, widow of Mr. Benjamin Davison, merchant, and erected by the corporation of Newcastle, anno 1725."

  This Mrs. Ann Davison, by her will, dated as above, appointed, after payment of her debts, legacies and funeral expences, that the surplus of her personal estate should be di∣vided amongst the poor, at the discretion of her executors, George Grey, Esq. the Re∣verend Robert Thomlinson, William Ellison, Esq. and John Ord, Gentleman. This surplus was 940l. which the executors agreed to lay out in the endowment of an hospital for the relief of the widows of poor protestant clergymen, merchants, and freemen of Newcastle, for ever.

  A. D. 1725, the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle, at the request of the executors, built a dwelling-house, with offices, in the Manors, and conveyed them to Mr. Grey, the only surviving executor, and his heirs for ever; who, by his deed, dated 25th March, 1748, founded the said building an hospital, and appointed at the same time the first governess and five sisters.

  The mayor and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne, by an indenture, dated 24th March, 1748, in consideration of 940l. paid by Mr. Grey, sold to him, his heirs and assigns, an annuity of 55l. payable out of Walker estate.
• f 6.232

  At the same time when they erected apartments for the hospitals of Sir Walter Blackett, Bart. and Thomas Davison, Esq.

  Inscription over the door:

  "This hospital, for a governess and five sisters, widows of protestant clergymen, mer∣chants, and freemen of the town, was endowed by the charity of Mrs. Ann Davison, re∣lict of Mr. Benjamin Davison, merchant, first erected by the corporation of Newcastle A. D. 1725, and rebuilt at their common charge A. D. 1754.
• g 6.233

  Common-council books.
• h 6.234

  As yet there appears to have been no endowment made of this hospital under the com∣mon se••l of the corporation of Newcastle.
• i 6.235

  Newcastle Courant, August 3d, 1754.
• k 6.236

  Common council books.
• l 6.237

  Mr. Davison died March 6th, 1760.

  His sister Timothia died June 4th, 1757.
• m 6.238

  The following is extracted from a London newspaper, from August 6th to August 8th, 1754:—"We learn from Newcastle, that on Monday se'nnight the hospital was begun near the surgeons' hall, at the foot of the Manor-Chare, for accommodating six poor old maidens, and the like number of old bachelors: the fund for supporting the same being ge∣nerously subscribed by Sir Walter Blackett, Bart. one of their representatives, and Thomas Davison, of Ferry-Hill, Esq. each having given 120••l. the interest of which is to be applied to the charitable purposes above-mentioned. The foundation-stone was laid by the mayor; and the magistrates, in order to keep the above sum entire, for the use before signified, have undertaken to be at the charge of the building on the town's account. The work∣men had several handsome present•• made them by the gentlemen present, after the corner-stone was laid, to encourage them to fresh the building well."
• n 6.239

  Common-council books.
• o 6.240

  John Ward was sheriff of Newcastle A. D. 1445, and mayor 1448 and 1450.

  Leland, in his Itinerary, vol. v. p. 114, gives the following account of it: "One John Warde a riche marchant of Newcastelle made a maisun Dieu for 12 poor men and 12 poore women by (i. e. near to) the Augustine-Freres in Newcastell."

  Among the disbursements in an old parish-book in All-Saints vestry, dated 1642, oc∣curs the following entry:

  "Alms house in Manor-Chaire, 3s."

  Bourne cites the Milbank MS. concerning this place as follows: "The chief alms-house in the town is Ward's, near the Manour: the mills at Pandon-Gate should give them, as I remember, twenty shillings per annum to buy them coals, but old Mr. Brand∣ling pulled off the lead, on purpose to expell the poor people, which he did. The mills are now fallen into one Homer's hands, and so are lost for ever. I have seen the writings and know it."

  It is styled, in an old deed dated Dec. 1st, 1475, "John Wardes almous house stondyng in Cowgate nye the Frer Augustyns lately edified and belded by the said John Warde."

  Bourne tells us, that it was situated at the bottom of a garden belonging, in his time, to Mr. Waters, where old persons had informed him they remembered the ruins of such a building.
• p 6.241

  Which is said to be "Ex parte boreali ecclesiae Omnium Sanctorum."
• q 6.242

  From templum—as lying near, or conducting to, the church.
• r 6.243

  In a release dated 7th October, 12 Will. III. A. D. 1700, mention occurs of two messuages situated "in Newcastle upon Tyne, in a certain street or place there called Sil∣ver-Street, alias Jew-Gate, on the north syde of the same street."—Extract from a title deed of a house in Silver-Street belonging to Mr. John Stokoe.

  These two names owe their origin, it is not improbable, to the same cause, i. e. the place having been principally inhabited by Jews, who dealt in silver-plate.

  In an inrolment remaining in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne, dated November 16th, 1658, this street is mentioned by the name of "Silver-Streete, thus All-Hallow-Gate."
• s 6.244

  Grey—cited by Bourne.
• t 6.245

  Bourne.

  "This church, seated upon a hill, much about the same height with the situation of St. Mary's in Gateshead, and upon the same line with it, is not so long as St. Nicholas', being only 55 yards 1 foot and ¼ long, but it is broader, as being 25 yards 2 feet in breadth." —Ibid.

  "The extent of the parish of All-Saints is as follows: Beginning at Sand-Gate it is bounded by the river to St. Antons, thence to Biker and Biker-Hill, to Arcle-Dean, to Ewsburn, thence to Gesmonde, Sandeford-Stone to the Shield-Field, from whence it crosses the dean and meadows to Over-Dean-Bridge-End, and down to the west side of Pilgrim-Street to the Painter-Hugh, so to the east of the Butter-Cross and Sand-Hill to the Key-Side, so to Sand-Gate."—Warburton's MSS. penes h. v. Ducem Northumbriae.
• u 6.246

  In vico qui ducit del Cale-Crosse ad ecclesiam Omnium Sanctorum."
• v 6.247

  Common-council books.

  "Sept. 15, 1651, stones granted out of the Manners for the under-building and but tressing All Saints church wall."

  February 4th, 1655, petition of the church-wardens of All-Hallows, for stones out of the Manors, "to build up the east end of All-Hallows church, being now ready to fall."— On this occasion "the stones of the old ruinate chapell" were granted them.
• w 6.248

  Bourne's History.
• x 6.249

  The following is a copy of the inscription placed under the foundation-stone of All-Saints church:

  "Ut omnipotentis Dei cultus decorus Et Christi humani generis salvatoris Evangelium floreant et augeant, Hoc primum saxum aedis sacrae novae (Antiqua omnino collapsur••) A Jacobo Stephano Lushington Novi Castri vicario pontur Nono decimo kalendarum Septembris, Et in ••allesimo s••ptro••e t••••••no Octagesimo sexto anno salut••••, Davide Stephenson and 〈◊〉〈◊〉."

  September 2d, 1786, Mr. William Hedley was falled by the s••ll o•• some stones from the steeple of the old church, as the workmen were blasting it with gun powder.
• y 6.250

  Bourne's History.
• z 6.251

  Ibid. This John Pulhor•• was to let of Wh••••kham ••••••6—•••• for also of Whitburn, which he resigned in 1352 for Warkworth 〈…〉〈…〉 ••••••ble also of Durham Castle, and receiver general to Bishop Hatheld, but removed •••• the bishop from these two offi••c•• —Randall's MSS.
• a 6.252

  Bourne's History.
• b 6.253

  Deed in the possession of lawyer Gyll.
• c 6.254

  From an original deed, communicated by John Davidson, Esq.
• d 6.255

  November 10th, 1406, there was a confirmation by the prior and convent of Dur∣ham of some mortgaged rents to this chantry of St. John the Evangelist in All-Saints. This is by inspeximus of a confirmation of Walter, Bishop of Durham, allowing Richard Fychlake, chaplain, to assign a tenement in Gateshead, and an annual rent of 9s. 6d. out of a tenement there, both held in capite under the Bishop, to Richard Willesby, chaplain, keeper of this chantry.—Bourne.

  There is a deed dated December 20th, 2 Ric. III. by which Robert Wylson, perpetual chaplain of the chantry of St. John Evangelist in All-Saints, with the consent of the church-wardens and vic' the patrons lets to Alexander Taylor, baker, his tenement in All-Hallow-Gate, between Heworth-Chair on the west; a tenement of Sir George Lum∣ley, Knt. on the north; and a tenement of John Carleyll, Esq. on the south.—Rent, 2s.— George Carr, mayor, and George Byrde, sheriff.—From the original in All-Saints vestry.

  Pentecost, A. D. 1541. David Taylor, perpetual chaplain at the altar of St. John the Evangelist in All-Saints, with the consent of the church-wardens of that church, the true patrons for that turn, let to John Clerk, mariner, a tenement, with a garden adjacent, in Pampdene between the lands belonging to John Lumley, Knight, Lord of Lumley, &c. extending from the King-Street to Hony-Layn backwards—10s. yearly rent.—From the original in All-Saints vestry.
• e 6.256

  Bourne.—It was in that waste place which was above the vestry, opposite to the tomb of Roger de Thornton.—A priest, set apart for that purpose, was to pray for the founder while he lived, and for his soul when he was dead, together with the souls of his father and mother, and of Agnes his wife, and also of his ancestors and his children, and the whole company of the faithful departed.

  In the window, at the east end of this chantry, remained, about Bourne's time, the images of St. Lewis, St. Barbara, St. Laurence, St. Elizabeth, &c.—On the south side were the arms of the Dents reversed;—in the next window the representations of two men and three women kneeling at an altar, supposed to have been designed for Roger Thornton's children.
• f 6.257

  In Latin. See Appendix.—The following occurs in the Murray MS:

  "Novum Castrum super Tynam—Cantar' Sancte Katerine in ecclesia Omnium Sanc∣torum ibidem pro quibusdam mess. et terr. in eadem villa."—Pat. 20 Ric. II. p. 3, m. 12.

  By a deed dated in June, 14th Hen. VIII. the church-wardens of St. Andrew's in Newcastle demised to Thomas Holland, burgess of that town, a tenement in Sid-Gate, for which, inter alia, he was to pay to the perpetual chaplain of the chantry of St. Catha∣rine the Virgin, in the chur••h of All-Saints, seven shillings, at a certain term, for ever.— Dr. Ellison's MSS.
• g 6.258

  Quaere if a mistake for "Cale-Crosse."
• h 6.259

  Bourne.
• i 6.260

  From the original in All-Saints vestry. See Appendix.
• k 6.261

  See Bourne's account.
• l 6.262

  The following occurs in the common-council books.

  "April 1st, 1695, All-Saints parish humbly request the metal of the statue (of King James H. on Sand Hill) towards the repair of their bells."—St. Andrew's parish made a similar request.—"Ordered, That All-Saints have the metal belonging to the horse of the said statue, except a leg thereof, which must go towards the casting a new bell for St. An∣drew's parish."—It appears by the old register book that the treble bell was sent over to Durham to be recast, A. D. 1639.

  A. D. 1646 mention occurs of a bell being customarily rung every morning at four o'clock, at this church.—Also 1691.

  Inscription on the great bell: "I found King William's deliverance from Popish conspi∣racy in the year 1695-6. Christopher Hodshon made me."

  Inscription on the fourth bell: "Christopher Hodgson me fecit 1696. Nathanael El∣lison, vicar, Michael Hall, Thomas Turner, church-wardens."

  On the fifth bell: "Christopher Hodgson made me 1696. Nathanael Ellison, vicar•• Mark Browell, Ralph Forster, church-wardens."
• m 6.263

  Old parish book—made by Mr. Deodatus Thirkeld—cost 22l. 3s.
• n 6.264

  See Bourne's account.
• o 6.265

  Old parish book, 3 Henry VII.
• p 6.266

  See Bourne's account.
• q 6.267

  "The chancel stands upon a large vault, of a square ligate, and spacious. •• strong pillar in it, the support of eight large stone arches. The entrance on the north side of the church-yard." Wallis' Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 228.

  June 2d, 1783, I examined this crypt underneath the chancel.—The pillar was in the center. There were very observable windows in it, which had been built up, greatly be∣low the level of the floor of the late church, which, perhaps, might have been raised by the great number of burials in it during a long course of time.
• r 6.268

  They had assistant officers here to the church-wardens, called sidesmen. See Cow∣el's Interpreter.—"Latera, sidesmen, companions, assistants."

  Staveley on Churches, p. 280, thinks that our questmen, who are to be aiding and as∣sisting to the church-wardens, are called sidemen, quasi synod-men. But see the Con∣stitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical.

  For account of the communion-plate, see Bourne's account.
• s 6.269

  1. "Argent, a fess gules inter 3 popinjays vert, collared or, by Lord Lumley. There is impaled with Lord Lumley's coat, sable, a chevron plain and a chief indented or rather dancette, argent, by the name of Thornton, whose daughter he married." Dr. Ellison's MSS.

  2. "Sable, a bend ermine charged with three cinquefoils of the first, and in the sinister chief an annulet argent, signifying the difference of fifth brother, by Roddam of Little Houghton in Northumberland." Ibid.

  3. "Argent, a bend fable charged with 3 lozenges ermine, by Dent of Newcastle." Ibid.

  4. "A chevron sable between 3 water-budgets gules." Ibid.

  5. "A chevron sable inter 3 pellets." Ibid.

  6. "Gules, 3 oak trees erazed argent, acorned or. The coat of the Andersons of Bradley." Ibid.

  7. "Argent, an orle sable on a chief azure 3 martlets of the second: a mullet for dif∣ference." Ibid.

  8. "Shield with a skin mark." Ibid.
• t 6.270

  See Bourne's account.
• u 6.271

  Trinity House books, February 27th, 1631.

  July 13th, 1713, William Gre••••rs appointed organist.—Common-council books.

  Janu••ry 17th, 1715, Francis de Prendcourt, on the death of the above.—Ibid.

  Sept. 3••th, 1725, Solomon Strologer, on the death of F. Prendcourt.—Ibid.

  Dec. 24, 1779, Chatier Avison, on the death of S. Strologer.

  In 1781 a new swell made to this organ, by Mr. Donaldson.
• v 6.272

  Inventory in old parish book.—By this it appears, that a "branch candlestick of brass, cont••ining twelve lights, was given by Mr. Samuel Cocke, master and mariner, A. D. 16••3 .... The following occur in an inventory of all the goods and implements belong∣ing to the church of All-Saints, about 1632: "One s••e for carrying water"—"one little box with two 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of counters in it"—"one whole houre glasse"—"one half houre glasse"— "five coffins for corps, two for the eldest sort, one for the middle sort, and two for the younger sort" "one iron gavelock, and one swea•• tree with two rolles for taking and laying down lairstones."
• w 6.273

  Bourne.
• x 6.274

  Ibid.
• y 6.275

  Ibid.
• z 6.276

  Ibid.
• a 6.277

  Ibid.
• b 6.278

  Ibid.
• c 6.279

  From a copy of his will in the old parish book.
• d 6.280

  Bourne.
• e 6.281

  Ibid.
• f 6.282

  Ibid.
• g 6.283

  Ibid
• h 6.284

  Ibid.
• i 6.285

  Bourne.
• k 6.286

  Ibid.
• l 6.287

  Ibid.
• m 6.288

  Ibid.
• n 6.289

  Ibid.
• o 6.290

  Ibid.
• p 6.291

  Ibid.
• q 6.292

  Ibid.
• r 6.293

  Ibid. and a copy of the will in the box of the house-carpenters company.
• s 6.294

  Bourne.
• t 6.295

  Ibid.
• u 6.296

  Ibid.
• v 6.297

  Ibid.
• w 6.298

  Ibid.
• x 6.299

  Ibid.
• y 6.300

  Ibid.
• z 6.301

  Ibid.
• a 6.302

  Ibid.
• b 6.303

  Bourne.
• c 6.304

  See Bourne's account.
• d 6.305

  "May 2d, 1709, charity-school. Ordered, and liberty is hereby granted accordingly, that there be a convenient piece of waste ground in the artillery ground set forth for that purpose."—Common-c••uncil books.

  "Just published, price 6d. a Sermon on the religious education of children, preached at All Saints church in Newcastle, for the benefit of the charity-school of that parish, by the Reverend W. Nowell, M. A. Rector of Wolsingham, and chaplain to her Royal High∣ness the Princess Dowager of Wales."—Newcastle Courant, January 29th, 1757.
• e 6.306

  Communicated by Mr. Stevenson, minister of All-Saints.
• f 6.307

  Communicated by the same.
• g 6.308

  Communicated ut supra.

  I found the following in Dr. Ellison's MSS.

  "Total of baptisms in All-Saints parish, from March 25th, 1670, to March 25th, 17••••, inclusive—for 33 years—11572;—males, 5801—females, 5711.

  Total of burials in All-Saints, for the same 33 years—10367;—males, 4748—females, 5619.—Increase in 33 years, 1205."

  In the year 1785 there were 192 males and 187 females christened and 95 males and 111 females buried at All-Saints.—Newcastle Courant.

  October 29th, 1782, the number of poor upon the books of this parish, paid twice every month, were 622—wives and children of militia men paid every week, 43—poor belong∣ing to All-Saints in the General Hospital 3••—in all, 697. Communic' by parish officers.

  The following names of forgotten clergymen occur in the old registers of this church•• they are supposed to have be••n dissenters.

  "John Knaisdayle, minister, buried Maie 27th, 1604."

  "Mr. William A••der, minister," occurs April, 1616.

  "Henry Tunstall, pi•••• her of God's w••••le," buried August 14th, 1619.

  Mr. Alexander Lighton, minister," occurs November 13th, 1610

  "William Swan, preacher," occurs June, 1623.

  "William Alder, preacher," occurs July, 1623.

  "Mr. John Jackson, preacher of God's work" occurs June, 1603."
• h 6.309

  The following note is in Gyll's interleaved Bourne, p. 93: "It is said Mr. Browell was a whimsical man.—In his will he has this remarkable expression: "I give rings to nobody." On Browell's stone: "Here lies the body of the Reverend John Mills, vicar of Jarrow, in the county of Durham. He departed this life Nov. 12th, 1775, aged 49 years."
• i 6.310

  The following occurs in Wallis' History of Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 522, notes: "Anno Domini 1429, in crastino Circumcisionis obiit Rogerus de Thornton burgensis villae Novi Castri et Dominus de Witton qui castrum ibidem construxit et dedit nobis plumbum quo operitur navis ecclesiae nostrae: pro quo Rogero et Agnete uxore ejusdem et liberis dicimus quotidianam missam pro defunctis; et jacent in ecclesia Omnium Sancto∣rum in Novo Castro.

  "Anno Domini 1440, in vigilia S. Kath' virginis obiit Elizab' uxor Rogeri Thornton, Armigeri, quae fuit filia Domini Johannis Baronis de Graystocke."—Ex martyrologia novi monasterii de fundatore & praecipuis benefactoribus ejusdem; citat' Monast' Angl' p. 916-17-18.

  By the above it is evinced, that the daughter of the Baron of Greystock was Roger Thornton's second wife, and survived him several years.
• k 6.311

  It appears by the pedigree in an ancient visitation of Northumberland, copied among the Harleian MSS. 1554, p. 90, b. that one Hodgkin Thornton was the father of the first Roger Thornton, who married to his first wife (there is a transposal in the MS. which the inscription on the plate enables us to correct) the daughter of — Law, by whom he had issue John, Roger, and Gyles Thornton: John married the daughter of — Midford, and had issue Nicholas Thornton, who married Catharine, daughter of — Gray, and had issue Roger Thornton, his first son, who married Margaret D. and widow of Lawson—also Laurence, his second son, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Col∣lingwood. The above Roger had by the above Lawson, Roger Thornton, his first son, contracted to Sir Reginald Carnabye's eldest daughter and heir, but he died before mar∣riage.—The first Roger Thornton, to his second wife, married Elizabeth, daughter of the Baron of Greystock, by whom he had a daughter, married to Ogle, who died fine pro••••, and another married to Lumley, who had issue Thomas.

  The Thorntons' crest is a tower.

  There is preserved in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle, the original of a ge∣neral release, from Roger Thornton, Esq. son, heir, and executor of Roger Thornton, to the mayor and burgesses of that town, dated 6th of October, 34 Hen. VI. A. D. 1456.

  I have rejected Bourne's note, and account from Dugdale's Barona••••••, both of them being extremely erroneous.
• l 6.312

  "June 18th, 1750, Matthew White, Esq. of Blagdon, com. Northumb. died there, and was buried in All-Saints church. He was son to Alderman Matthew White, and was succeeded by his son Matthew White, whom he had by —, the eldest daugh∣ter and one of the coheirs of John Johnson, Esq. of Bebside. He left also one daughter, the wife of Matthew Ridley, Esq. Matthew White, the son, was created a baronet by his majesty King George the Second, April or May 1756, and, in default of heirs male, to the heirs male of his sister, now wife of Matthew Ridley, of Heaton, com. Northumb. Esq. alderman of Newcastle, and one of the representatives in parliament for that town, 1758. And his eldest son, Sir Matthew White Ridley, was chosen one of the members of parliamen•• for Morpeth in 1768."—Gyll's interleaved Bourne, p. 96.
• m 6.313

  He occurs, as a surety, in St. Nicholas' register of baptisms, November 1617.

  See Prynne's Canterbury's Doom, p. 381-2.
• n 6.314

  Old parish books.—He was afterwards vicar of Newcastle.
• o 6.315

  By a letter, dated October 9th, 1639, signed Fran. Windebancke, one of the secreta∣ries of state.—Inrolled in the common-council book.
• p 6.316

  Old parish book.

  He is mentioned thus in the MS. Life of Barnes, p. 47: "In the beginning of the war, Mr. Morton, a very worthy man, left Newcastle, went into the parliament's army, and was one of the divines in the assembly at Westminster."
• q 6.317

  Old parish book.—He was ejected from this church, as also from his rectory at Whal∣ton in Northumberland, and with difficulty kept his living at Bolton in Craven.—Dr. El∣lison's MSS.
• r 6.318

  Common-council books.—February 20th, 1645, there is an order of common-council for a Friday afternoon lecture at All-Hallows.—Mr. Ha••••i, Mr. Sheffield, Mr. Sydenham, and Mr. Durant were the ministers appointed to it.—To begin at three o'clock in winter, and five o'clock in summer.

  Mr. John Durant dedicated the Woman of Canaan, being the sum of certain sermons on Matthew xv. 22, to the magistrates, ministers, and inhabitants of Newcastle upon Tyne, thanking them for their singular respect to his dear brother William Durant, who was ca••∣rying on the work of the gospel among them in that town. 1660, 8^v•.—See Gra••ger, Biog. Hist. vol. ii. p. 27.

  William Durant married the sister of Sir James Clavering, Bart.

  I found the following inscription on a flat grave-stone, under a stair-case, in one of the stables of the late Sir Walter Blackett's house in Pilgrim-Street.—The stable appears to have been built over it.—The place was long known among the servants by the name of "The Dead Man's Hole."

  "Parentis venerandi Gulielmi Durant, A. M. Ecclesiae Christi D. V. hac in urbe Pastoris vigilantissimi, Officii pietatis ergo, Funeri subjacenti Sepulchrale hocce marmor Lu. moe. posuit Johannes Durant F. Josh. cap. ult. ver. 29, 30, 32, 33, 1681."
• s 6.319

  Common-council books.

  It appears that this Prideaux conformed; for, August 27th, 1662, we find him settled here, to preach both forenoon and afternoon.—He was of the persuasion then called "The Congregational Judgment."
• t 6.320

  Common-council books.—See Wood's Fasti Oxon. Thomas Davison, A. M. of St. John's, Cambridge, is supposed to have been the same person who published the Fall of Angels laid open, &c. a sermon preached before the mayor, &c. of Newcastle upon Tyne. London, 1685, 4^to.—Fasti Oxon. p. 153.
• u 6.321

  Common-council books.
• v 6.322

  Cosins' Reg. p. 85. He had been pastor of Wolsingham during the usurpation. Kennett's Reg. 922.
• w 6.323

  Ibid. p. 89.
• x 6.324

  Common-council books.
• y 6.325

  By John March, vicar of Newcastle.—Extract from the original certificate in Hunter's MSS. vol. ii. No. 157—he is styled "son of the late Robert Ellison, merchant."
• z 6.326

  Common-council books.—Thomas Knaggs, A. M. of Emanuel-College, Cambridge, chaplain to Ford, Lord Grey, published a sermon preached before the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen at Bow-Church, Nov. 5, 1693, on Psalm lxiv. 9. dedicated to Sir William Asharst, Knt. Lord Mayor.—He died May 12, 1724.

  I find Thomas Knaggs, A. B. presented to Merrington vicarage, April 6th, 1682.

  Wood, in his Athenae Oxon. vol. ii. p. 1080, says, but certainly is mistaken, that Knaggs was of Trinity-College, Oxford.

  A sermon, quarto, London, 1700, lies before me, preached at Trinity chapel, in the parish of St. Martin's in the Fields, Feb. 4, 17••••, dedicated to Lady Sarah Brooke, "by Thomas Knaggs, A. M. and chaplain to the Right Hon••urable Ford, Earl of Tankerville." —The above sermon, in 1693, is "by Thomas Knagg••, M. A. lecturer in Newcastle, and chaplain to the Right Honourable Ford, Lord Grey."—"At All-Hallows," says th•• MS. ••ase of Barnes, p. 52, "was Mr. Knag••••, who, 〈…〉〈…〉 with Dr. Atherton, a strong passive obedience man, got himself many potent on 〈◊〉〈◊〉, removed to the rectory of St. Giles', London."
• a 6.327

  He was recommended by the Bishop of Carlisle.
• b 6.328

  He died August 27th, 1731, recto•• of Gateshead.
• c 6.329

  Common council books.
• d 6.330

  Bourne says, he was an excellent preacher.—Mr. Ward published the Duty of Cha∣rity to the Souls of Men, a sermon preached before the mayor and aldermen of Newcastle at All-Saints church, on All-Saints day, 1711, at the anniversary public examination o•• a charity-school there.
• e 6.331

  Common-council books.
• f 6.332

  Licensed July 1st, 1732, published a sermon preached at St. Nicholas', Newcastl•• 3••th January, 17••4.
• g 6.333

  Of University-College, Oxford.—He died April 17th, 1761.
• h 6.334

  The order of common-council, whereby Mr. Moises was appointed to this lectureship, acknowledges his good services to the grammar-school of the town, and mentions this ec∣clesiastical preferment as a small reward for his eminent industry, and the exertion of his very distinguished abilities.
• i 6.335

  Common-council books.
• j 6.336

  Ibid.
• k 6.337

  See Bourne's account.—The King pays to the curate 4l. 6s. 11d.—This is reputed one of the largest cures in the kingdom.
• l 6.338

  Randall's MSS.
• m 6.339

  Ibid.
• n 6.340

  Randall's MSS.
• o 6.341

  Ibid.
• p 6.342

  Book of wills cited ibid. either removed from, or to, St. John's curacy.
• q 6.343

  Ibid. p. 9. He occurs as a witness, by the title of Curate of All Hallows, January 19th, 1582. He was ordained deacon, October 10th, 1573. In Gyll's interleaved Bourne, p. 107, "Cuthbert Ewbanke" occurs, 1580.
• r 6.344

  Randall's MSS.
• s 6.345

  Ibid.
• t 6.346

  Ibid.
• u 6.347

  Occurs, as curate here, in a deed dated April 20th, 1662.
• v 6.348

  Randall's MSS.
• w 6.349

  Ibid.
• x 6.350

  Cosins' Register, p. 30.
• y 6.351

  Ibid. p. 39.
• z 6.352

  Ibid. p. 39.
• a 6.353

  Ibid. p. 44.
• b 6.354

  Randall's MSS.
• c 6.355

  Ibid.
• d 6.356

  Ibid.
• e 6.357

  Randall's MSS. say 1699.
• f 6.358

  Randall's MSS.
• g 6.359

  Author of "The Babler, in two Sermons on Acts, xvii. xviii. preached in St. Nicholas' church, before the corporation of Newcastle, May 15th, and Nov. 27th, 1726, by Cuth∣bert Ellison, A. M. vicar of Stannington, in Northumberland"—published 1745, pr. 6d. 8vo.—also of "A Pastoral between Corydon and Thyrsis;"—also of a most pleasant de∣scription of Benwell village, called, "A Trip to Benwell," 1726, 8vo.
• h 6.360

  The following note is extracted from Gyll's interleaved Bourne—"Henry Bourne, the son of a taylor, after some time spent in school, was bound an apprentice to a glazier in the Side, in Newcastle; and, discovering a disposition towards letters, was, after he had lived two or three years with his master, emancipated from his service, and again sent to school, and from thence he was transplanted by the aid of some persons who knew him, and admitted a Sizar, about the year 1719, or 172••, in Christ's College, in Cambridge, un∣der the tuition of the Reverend Mr. Thomas Atherton, a fellow of that society, and his countryman, where he continued till he commenced Bachelor of Arts, and quitting the college, returned to Newcastle, and was appointed curate of All-Hallow••, where he offi∣ciated till his death."

  He published in February 1727, dedicated to Granville Wh••ler, Esq. a Treatise upon the Collects, Epistles and Gospels of the Book of Common Prayer.—Printed at New∣castle, by John White.
• i 6.361

  Mr. Stephenson was presented in 1769, by ••ton-College, to the living of Cottisford in Oxfordshire, worth 120l. per annum, which he exchanged with a fellow of Baliol-College, Oxford, for Long Benton in the county of Northumberland, to which the said Baliol-College had appointed the latter.
• k 6.362

  See Bourne's account. The list of preachers is collected from the common counc••l books, &c.
• l 6.363

  See account of Town-Walls.
• m 6.364

  See Bourne's account.
• n 6.365

  From the original remaining in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle.
• o 6.366

  Browne Willis, vol. ii. p. 165.

  On a visit to the remains of this chapel, Sept. 5th, 1782, I found it converted into a lumber-room to an adjoining glass-house. I traced where the eastern window had been. —It is now built up with brick, except where there is an entrance to a lost. The western door too may be seen from within.—Rubbish thrown around it has filled up the south wall on the outside, almost to the roof, so that it resembles a cellar. The neighbouring work people talk of treasure as being buried in a vault somewhere near it, and, with their usual superstition, suppose it to be haunted by apparitions. It stands nearly opposite to the south shore.
• * 6.367

  Quaere sicke?
• p 6.368

  Bourne—of the dates of 1582, 1639, 1697, 1738, 1759, concerning property there ••oundering on the Trinity-House—belonging in 1777 to Robert Gibson, of N. Shield••, taylor.
• q 6.369

  See History of Newcastle as a corporate town.
• r 6.370

  Britannia Romana, p. 131.

  "This place of Pandon," says Grey, in his Chorographia, p. 12, "is of such anti∣quity, that if a man would express any ancient thing, it is a common proverb, "as old as Pandon."

  Since Grey's time, the proverb has been corrupted into "as old as Pandon Gate."
• s 6.371

  Bourne says, that "there is some doubt about the reason of the name, some imagining it came from Pandana, one of the gates of Rome, which was so called, "quia semper pa∣teret," because it stood always open. But I dare say, this could never give name to the town of Pandon, which being in all probability a Roman place of defence, was rather obliged to be always shut."

  Others have imagined that it came from one Pandara, a Scottish virgin saint, but for what reason they know best.

  In a deed preserved in All-Saints vestry, dated 1541, the name is spelled "Pampdene." And in another, ibid. dat. 4 Ed. VI. "Pampden."
• t 6.372

  Bourne tells us, that, in his time, this was "rebuilt in some measure:" but he adds, "There are still remaining many ancient walls and parts of this building: it was of con∣siderable bigness, having been, according to tradition, on its north front, in length, from Stock Bridge to Cow-Gate; and on its west front, in length, from its west corner, beyond that lane that leads into Blyth's Nook. It was built in the times of the he p••a••••hy."

  In a probate of the will of Henry Brandling, of Newcastle, merchant, preserved in the archives of the corporation of that town, and dated July 1••th, 1578, there i•• mentioned "a greate howse called Pandon-Hall."

  In St. Andrew's register of burial, 1695, a person is mentioned a•• having lived in "Pandon Hall."

  I have some suspicion that Pandon-Hall was anciently called King John's House. The MS. Lase of Alderman Barne, p. 25, tells u••, "King John's house has nothing of it left, the ground whereon it stood being covered with new buildings."—"By what fatality," says Mr. Wyndham, speaking of an ancient building at Wa••nford, Archaeologia, vol. v. p. 357, "so many ancient edifices came to be attributed to King John, and to bear his name, I am more disposed to wonder at, than to attempt to investigate."
• u 6.373

  In a deed preserved in All-Saints vestry, dated Pentecost, 1541, a tenement is described as extending "a via regia in Pampdene ex parte australi usque ad viam nuncupat' Hony∣layn retro ex parte boreali."
• v 6.374

  In a deed that lies before me.

  "July 10th, 38 Hen. VI. John Richardson, mayor of Newcastle, and the community of that town, demise to John Warde, "quandam parcellam soli vasti infra muros Domini Regis ville predicte juxta portam vocat' Pampden-Yate prout jacet ibidem contigue dicto muro continendo 17 ulnas in longitud' ab eodem muro versus austrum et 14 ulnas et di∣mid' in latitud' &c." They grant also to the said J. Warde "quamdam aliam parcellam soli vasti de fossatis vocat' les King Dikes extra (murum) et soli infra dictum murum ad quantitatem 42 ulnarum in longitudine a porta predicta oblonge per murum predictum et in latitudine sicut fossata vocata les King Dikes ibidem continere consueverunt et de∣bent ad edificand' & construend' super dictam parcellam soli infra dictum murum quoddam molendinum bladosum aquaticum et super et in dicta parcella soli extra dictum murum unum stagnum pro eodem molendino, &c."

  In a deed dated October 18th, 35 Eliz. mention occurs of "Le Patten-Deane," for Pandon-Dene—near is "venella vocat' le Blinde-Chaire," which must have been not far from Pandon-Gate.
• w 6.375

  It occurs in Grey's Chorographia, A. D. 1649—also 1584, with this name.—Quaere if it be derived from the circumstance of selling stock-fish at it? Stock-fish are men∣tioned in the Wardrobe account, 28 Ed. I. published by the Society of Antiquaries.
• x 6.376

  "Lib. Testam. N^o 75, in Consist. Dunelm. p. 98. William Copland, pully-maker, by will, dated August 21st, 1584, bequeathed to the poor of Stock-Bridge alms-house 4d."
• y 6.377

  "A place," Bourne tells us, "which was formerly called the Island, as says tradi∣tion, because in former times, when the tide flowed up to the Stock-Bridge, there was thereabout a hill of sand, which at the tide's leaving it appeared like an island. They call it at present Alvey's Island, because it belonged to one of that name. It is the very place in which stand the house, cellars, and malting of Mr. George Hinkster, which are bounded on the west, north, and south, by the King's Street, and on the east by a waste piece of ground of the Lady Goldsburgh, which was formerly called the Stones."
• z 6.378

  See before account of Manor-Chare. Bourne informs us, that some eminent men lived formerly in Cow-Gate, such as Gilbert de Cowgate, Walter de Cowgate, &c.

  In Corbridge's Plan of the town, 1723, the continuation of Cow-Gate to the foot of the Manor-Chare is called "Duck-Hill," alias "Stoney-Hill." In Bourne's Plan, "Duck-Hill" in Broad-Chare is that passage of communication between Broad-Chare and Spicer-Lane.

  Near the foot of the Manor-Chare, alias Cow-Gate, was a street or place called Ew-Gate, as appears by a deed dated March 5th, 1652, and an indenture dated 20th March, 1719, both relating to the same property, and communicated by Mr. John Stokoe: the last was made between Wolslan Paston, gentleman, and John Sherwood, mason, and de∣scribes the premises as follows: "All that messuage, burgage, or tenement and garth, with the appurtenances, situate, standing and being within the town and county of New∣castle upon Tyne, in a certain street or place there called Ewe-Gate, boundering upon a messuage belonging to Mr. Anderson towards the east, a parcel of ground belonging to the mayor and burgesses, called the Midden-Stead, upon the west part, and extends itself from the said street called Ewe-Gate on the south, to the town's walls backward on the north."
• a 6.379

  Bourne tells us, that, in a writing drawn when Henry le Scott was mayor of New∣castle, about the year 1287, some land is described as extending itself, "in longitudine a commum via super le Wall-Knoll in australem partem domus fratrum de Monte Car∣mel usque ad communem viam que solebat ducere versus Fisher-Gate." This monastery was at the top of Wall-Knoll. He supposes the common way here spoken of to have been those stairs beside Mr. Green's house, at the Stock-Bridge, which lead up to the gar∣dens there, and which, were it not for a wall, would directly lead from this street to the remains of this monastery.

  In an inquisition taken at Newcastle, Tuesday in Easter week, in the 5th of King Henry V. or VI. preserved in the Murray MSS. the foll••wing occurs: "Omnes illi qui••d antiquo a portu ville predicte usque mare causa piscandi transi••runt in eadem villa Novi Castri videlicet in quodam vico eis adtune assignato vulgariter Fisher-Gate nuncupa••o morari solebant pro eo quod idem piscatores nulla regrataria de hujusmodi piscibus per ipsos capt' uti deberent antequam ipsi usque candem villam una cum eisdem piscibus in∣tegraliter provennent in antiq' commetuda••is et p••••s' Regis inde salvationem."
• b 6.380

  Knoll signi••ies hill.

  "It seems to me," says Bourne, "to have this name from the Roman Wall going along it: for the word knoll signifies an hill or eminence, as I gather from the Lord Bishop of London's note in Cambden upon Sevenoke, in Kent, who says, on the east side of it standeth Knowlle, so called because it is seated upon a hill. And Grey says also, positively, that it was part of the Picts' Wall."
• c 6.381

  Leland, in his Itinerary, vol. viii. p. 23, 24, new edition, tells u••, that "there was a house in Barwike ordinis S. Trinitatis: but Antony Beke, Byshope of Dur••sme, destroyed it, and then one William Wakefelde, master of the house in Barwyke, at the defacing of it cam to Newcastell, and by the aid of Gul' and Laurence Acton, bretherne, both mar∣chaunts of Newcastell, builded within the towne of Newcastell a howse o•• the religion S Trinitatis, where Wakefeld himself was first master."
• d 6.382

  In a deed now lying before me, of the date of 1459, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 property situated on the Key-Side is described as lying, "inter tenementum ministri et fratrium dom••••s Sancti Mi∣chaelis de la Wall-Knoull ex parte orientati, &c."

  In a record preserved in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne, dat••d July 9th, 1733, mention occurs of "two-third par•••••••••• W•••• Knowle•••• alias St Michael's Mount."
• e 6.383

  Bourne's History, Appendix—at full length—"confirmatio hospitalis de Wall-Knoll infra villam Novi Castri."
• f 6.384

  "Prima pars paten' de anno regni Regis Edwardi tercii tricesimo quarto, m. 28, pro fratribus hospitalis Sancte Trinitatis de Novo Castro super Tynam. Rex omnibus ad quos &c. salutem. Quia accepimus per inquisitionem quam per dilectum nobis Wil∣lielmum del Strother majorem ville Novi Castri super Tynam et escaetorem nostrum in eadem villa fieri fecimus quod non est ad dampnum vel prejudicium nostrum aut alio∣rum si concedamus priori & fratribus de ordine beate Marie de Monte Carmeli dicte ville Novi Castri quod ipsi quandam placeam terre vocatam le Walkenoll in eadem villa, quam quidem placeam quondam fratres de ordine predicto de Johanne de Byker tempore Do∣mini H. quondam Regis Anglie proavi nostri de licentia ejusdem proavi nostri dictis fra∣tribus et successoribus suis in feodo adquisiverunt dare possint et concedere dilecto nobis Willielmo de Acton de Novo Castro super Tynam ad quoddam hospitale in honore Sancte Trinitatis pro fratribus pauperibus et infirmis in eodem hospitali moratur' de novo fun∣dand' et construend' pro inhabitatione cujusdam custodis fratrum pauperum et infirmorum & successorum suorum imperpetuum Et similiter quod non est ad dampnum vel preju∣dicium nostrum aut aliorum si concedamus prefato Willielmo de Acton quod ipse unum messuag' quod quondam fuit Hugonis de Haldenby et duo celaria et unam aliam placeam terre jacentem in predicta villa Novi Castri inter terram Johannis de Stanop ex una parte & terram quondam Thome Milson ex parte altera et sex libratas tres solidatas et qua∣tuor denaratas annui redditus in eadem villa Novi Castri quem quidem annuum reddi∣tum prefatus Willielmus de Acton de quibusdam ten' in dicta villa Novi Castri percipere solebat & percipit hiis diebus, dare possit et assignare prefatis custodi fratribus pauperibus & infirmis in dicto hospitali moratur' habend' et tenend' sibi & successoribus suis una cum dicta placea vocata le Walkenoll in partem sustentacionis sue et successorum suorum pre∣dictorum imperpetuum Et quod predicte placee & alia tenementa predicta tenentur de nobis in burgagio dicte ville Novi Castri per servicium 7 denar' per annum pro omni ser∣vicio. Nos pro viginti libris quas predictus Willielmus de Acton nobis solvet concessimus & licentiam dedimus pro nobis et hered' nostris quantum in nobis est prefatis priori & fratribus de ordine beate Marie de Monte Carmeli quod ipsi predictam placeam vocatam le Walkenoll cum pertinen' dare possit & concedere predicto Willielmo de Acton ad dictum hospitale in honore Sancte Trinitatis pro fratribus pauperibus et infirmis in eodem hospitali moratur' de novo fundand' & construend' pro inhabitacione unius custodis ac fratrum pauperum et infirmorum predictorum ac successoribus suorum imperpetuum Et eidem Willielmo de Acton quod ipse dictam placeam vocatam le Walkenolle a prefatis priore & fratribus de ordine beate Marie recipere possit et dictum hospitale fundare in forma pre∣dicta & habita per ipsum Willielmum de Acton inde plena & pacifica seisina eandem pla∣ceam et dictam aliam placeam nec non messuagium celaria & reditum predicta cum per∣tinen' dare possit et assignare predictis custodi fratribus pauperibus et infirmis in predicto hospitali moratur' habend' et tenend' sibi & successoribus suis juxta ordinationem &c. In cujus &c. Teste custode predicto apod Westm' 24 die Februar'."—From the original in the Tower of London.
• g 6.385

  "Secunda pars paten' de anno regni Regis Edwardi tercii quadragesimo tertio, m. 7, de lic' dand' ad manum mortuam.

  "Rex omnibus ad quos &c. salutem. Licet &c. Tamen pro sex marcis quas Tho∣mas de Bentele capellanus nobis solvit concessimus & licentiam dedimus pro nobis & he∣redibus nostris quantum in nobis est eidem Thome quod ipse quandam vacuam placeam et tresdecim solidatas & quatuor denaratas redditus cum pertinen' in villa Novi Castri super Tynam qui de nobis tenentur in liberum burgagium dare possit et assignare Willi∣elmo de Wakefeld custodi & ministro hospitalis Sancte Trinitatis de redempcione capti∣vorum de la Walkenoll in eadem villa et confratribus ejusdem hospitalis habend' & te∣nend' eisdem custodi ministro & confratribus hospitalis predicti in auxilium sustentacionis ejusdem capellani divina pro anima ipsius Thome Willielmi Thorald et animabus pa∣trum et matrum ac antecessorum suorum & omnium fidelium defunctorum in ecclesia parochiali beati Nicholai in eadem villa singulis diebus celebratur' imperpetuum et iisdem custodi ministro & confratribus quod ipsi terram & reditum predict' cum pertinen' a pre∣fato Thomà recipere possint & tenere &c. In cujus &c. T. R. apud Westm' 30 die Novembris."—From the original in the Tower of London.
• h 6.386

  Harleian MSS. N^o 744. "Novum Castrum super Tynam. Hospit' Sancte Trinit' super le Walleknowle pro ten' in Gallewey-Croft in Sheleseld in Bykere. Pat. Ric. II. anno 1, pars 4, m. 27."

  See also Tanner's Notitia Monastica.
• i 6.387

  Secunda pars paten' de anno R. R. Ricardi 2^d• decimo septimo, m. 12, de ter••is datis ad manum mortuam. Rex omnibus &c. salutem. Licet &c. De gratia tamen nostra speciali & pro sex decim marcis quas dilecti nobis in Christo magister & fraties hospitalis Sancte Trinitatis super le Walknoll in villa de Novo Castro super Tynam nobis solverunt concessimus & licenciam dedimus pro nobis et heredibus nostris quantum in nobis est Johanni de Bamburgh capellano & Johanni de Refham de Novo Castro super Tynam quod ipsi concedere possint tria messuagia quatuordecim cotagia unum toftum tria gardina et tresdecim solidat' reditus cum pertinen' in villa de Novo Castro super Tynam que de nobis tenentur in libero burgagio et que Agnes de Ripon tenet ad vitam suam, et que post mortem ipsius Agnetis ad prefatos Johannem & Johannem et heredes suos reverti de∣berent post mortem ejusdem Agnetis remaneant prefatis magistro & fratribus habend' & tenend' eisdem magistro & fratribus & successoribus suis ad certa onera juxta ordinacionem ipsorum Johannis & Johannis in hac parte faciend' et supportand' imperpetuum &c. In cujus &c. T. Rege apud Westm' 26 die Maii."—From the original in the Tower of London.
• k 6.388

  "Prima pars paten' de anno R. R. Ricardi 2^d• vicesimo, m. 32, de licencia dandi ad manum mortuam.

  "Rex omnibus &c. salutem. Licet &c. De gratia tamen nostra speciali & pro una marca quam magister sive custos hospitalis Sancte Trinitatis de Walknoll in villa Novi Castri super Tynam nobis solvit concessimus et licenciam dedimus pr•• nobis & heredibus nostris quantum in nobis est Johanni Gaudes capellano & Roberto de Alnewyke capellano quod ipsi unum messuagium cum pertinen' in villa Novi Castri super Tynam quod de nobis tenetur in burgagio dare possint et a••lignare eidem magistro sive custodi et fratribus hospitalis predicti habend' et tenend' eisdem magistro sive custodi et fratribus & successo∣ribus suis in auxilium sustentacionis sue imperpetuum &c. In cujus &c. Teste Re••, apud Westm' 25 die Junii."—From the original in the Tower of London.
• l 6.389

  See Bourne under that year.
• m 6.390

  See account of St. Thomas's Hospital.
• n 6.391

  Randall's MSS. "Item d•• et lego fratribus de Walknoll, 3s. 4d."—Ex original c••pa∣pyro consect' penes T. Randall, A. M.
• o 6.392

  Fox's Regist. p. 12.

  "Steph' Sheraton ad titulum domus Sancti Mich' de Walknoll ord. presbyteri Mar. 11, 1496.

  Cuthb. Yonge ad titulum domus Sancti Mich' de Walknoll ord. presbyteri Mar. 11, 1496.

  Rob. Wales, &c. — ord. presbyteri Sept. 23, 1497."
• p 6.393

  Bibl. Cotton. Cleopatra E. iv. p. 144, Plut. V. C. dorso.

  "Comperta—i. e. crimina in variis monasteriis. Walkenoll. Fundator Christopherus Thirkyld. Redditus annuus ix lib. Incontinen'—Johannes Felle cum una conjugata et altera soluta."
• q 6.394

  "Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit Thomas Wayde magister sive custos celle sive domus de Walleknolle infra villam de Novo Castro super Tynam et in com' ejusdem, ordinis Sancte Trinitatis salutem in Domino sempiternam et fidem indubiam presentibus adhiberi Noveritis me prefatum magistrum sive custodem. (See form under White-Friars.) Et ego prefatus magister sive custos & successores mei dictam domum sive cellam meum scitum fundum circuitum & precinctum ejusdem et pre∣missa omnia & singula cum suis jutibus & pertinentiis universis prefato domino nostro Regi heredibus & assignatis suis contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus et defendemus im∣perpetuum per presentes sigillo & subscriptione meis propriis communitas. Dat' decimo die mensis Januar' anno regni Regis Henrici octavi tricesimo. Thomas Wayde magister." —Rymer's Foedera, and original in the Augme••tation Office.

  A fragment of the seal remains affixed to the original surrender.—A figure with both hands lifted up—at his right hand the cross of the order—nothing of the inscription re∣mains but "it," part of "hospit.' and "Walknoll." Red wax.—See Seals, •••• to II. N^o 6.
• r 6.395

  Harleian MSS. 6••4. "A brese certificate made upon the dissolucions of diverse monaster' &c. 30 Hen. VIII. Newcastell—Wallknolle there— James Rokesby, keep••r, clere valew &c. 6l. 4s. 4d.—The nombre and pensions, prior 60s. confrat' nil.—••he clere money, &c. 64s. 4d.—The stok &c. 45s. 4d.—Rewards &c. nil.—The remaner &c. 45s. 4d.—Lead and bells, lead nil. bells 2.—Woods &c. nil.—Playte &c. 8 unc.—Detts owyng unto the house, nil. gratia assign' prior pro solut' debit'.—Detts owyng by the house nil. eadem causa."
• s 6.396

  There is preserved in a book of pensions, remaining in the Augmentation-Office, a grant of a pension from the King, of five pounds sterling per annum, to Thomas Wade, minister of the house or priory of Walleknolle (said to be) in the county of York. It is dated April 8th, 30 Hen. VIII.
• t 6.397

  "Hec indentura facta inter excellentissimum Principem & Dominum Dominum He••∣ricum octavum Dei gratia Angl' & Franc' Regem Fidei Defensorem Dominum Hibernie et in terra supremum caput ecclesie Anglicane ex una parte et Willielmum Brakenbury de Bislete in com' Surrey ex altera parte testatur quod idem Dominus Rex per advisiament' & consensum consilii curie augmentationum corone sue tradidit concessit et ad firmam di∣misit prefato Willielmo domum & scitum nuper priorat' de Wallknowle in com' ville Novi Castri super Tynam una cum omnibus domibus edificiis otreis columbarii•• otris pomariis gardinis terr' et solo infra scitum precinctum & circuitum ejusdem nuper priora∣tus necnon unum pomar' et unum gardin' continen' per estimacionem unam acram et unam parvam clausam continen' per estimacion' quatu••r acras jacen' extra muros dic••e ville et unam parcellam......nuper in tenura Jacobi Stile eidem nuper priorat' pertinen' sive spectan' habend' et tenend' &c. a festo Sancti Michaelis proxim' futur' &c."—For the term of 21 years.—Annual rent to the King 20s. 2d. Dated at Westminster, 2d June, 31 Hen. VIII.—From the above-cited ministers' or bailiffs' accounts—thus intro∣duced: "Sed reddit de 20s. 2d. de firma scitus nuper prio••tus de Wallknowle infra vil∣lam Novi Castri super Tynam una cum omnibus domibus edificiis, or••eis, columbatiis, ortis, poma••iis, gardinis et omnibus aliis p••at' pasc' & pastur' que dicte nuper dom••i pro∣tinebat sic dimiss' dicto Willielmo Bra••enbury per indenturam pro termino annotum cujus quidem tenor sequitur in hec verba." Title, "Domus sive nuper hospital Sancti Michaelis infra villam Novi Castri voc' Walleknowle—Computus Willielmi Brakenbury sirmarii ibidem per tempus predictum."
• u 6.398

  "Redditus et firm. in Novo Castro predict. Et de 10. de ••ima unius burga••ii in tenura Richardi Lawson ibi∣dem cum pertinen' ad voluntatem Domini Regis ibidem per. no••m solvend' ad terminos Sancti Martini et Pent' per equales porciones—Et de 12d. de firma unius burgagii in tenura Radulphi Lawson ibidem cum pertinen' ad voluntat' Domini Regis jacen' in Sandgate solvend' &c.—Et de 5s. de firma unius burgagii in tenura Jo∣hannis Taylor ibidem jacen' in vico predict' ad volunt' Domini Regis per annum solvend' &c.—Et de 4s. de firma unius burgagii in Sandgate predict' in tenura Roberti Leighton cum pertinen' solvend' &c.—Et de 4s. de firma unius burgagii in vico predict' in tenura Georgii Kycheng cum pertinen' solvend' &c.—Et de 2s. de firma unius burgagii in vico pred' in tenura Andrei Bewek ad volunt' Domini Regis per annum solvend' &c.—Et pre∣cio 1 lb. piperis solut' annuatim per Johannem Taylor hic non reddit eo quod &c. sed reddit de 8s. de firma unius burgagii jacen' in Kaysyd in tenura Johannis Blakeston cum pertinen' ad volunt' Domini Regis solvend' &c.—Et de 12s. de firma unius burgagii in vico predict' in tenura relict' David Arnold cum pertinen' solvend' &c.—Et de 5s. de firma unius tenementi jacen' in le Kaysyd in tenura Thome Betts cum pertinen' per indentur' &c.—Et de 3s. 4d. de firma 1 burgagii in vico predicto in tenura Matthei Baxter cum pertinen' solvend' &c.—Et de 6s. de firma unius burgagii jacen' in Bikar-Chare in tenura Willielmi Gibson cum pertinen' per indent' solvend'—Et de 6s. de firma unius burgagii in vico pred' in tenura Edwardi Dalton cum pertinen' per indent' solvend' &c.—Et de 5s. de firma unius burgagii in le Byker-Chare in tenura Johan' Jakeford cum pertinen' &c.— Et de 4s. de firma unius cotagii sive burgagii in vico predicto in tenura Alexandri Burrell cum pertinen' solvend' &c. —Et de 4s. de firma unius burgag' in vico pred' in ten' Roberti Dowson per indent' &c.—Et de 2s. de firma unius tenementi in tenura Anthonii Bird cum pertinen' &c.—Et de 2s. de firma unius burgagii in vico voc' Bikar-Chare in ten' Ed∣wardi Brynketon cum pertinen' per indent' &c.—Et de 3s. 4d. de firma unius burgagii in vico pred' in ten' Briani Jakeley cum pertinen' &c.—Et de 4s. de firma unius ten' in vico pred' in ten' Thome Ratte cum pertinen' &c.—Et de 3s. de firma unius ten' in vico pred' in ten' Thome Shalfort cum pertinen' &c.—Et de 4s. de firma unius burgag' in tenur' Johan' Stole cum pertinen' &c.—Et de 16d. de firma unius gardini in ten' pred' J. S••ele cum pertinen' &c.—Et de 10d. de firma unius burgagii jacen' in Bicher-Chare in ten' Willielmi Diconford cum pertinen' &c.—Et de 16d. de firma unius burgag' in vico pred' in tenura Radulsi Suall cum pertinen' &c.—Et de 12d. de firma unius gardini in vico pred' in tenura Richardi Fyle capellani solvend' &c.—Et de 4s. de firma unius burgagii infra cimeterium Sancti Nicholai in ten' Johannis Sowlby cum pertinen' solvend' &c.—Et de 4s. de firma unius burgagii in cimeterio pred' in tenura Thome Smith cum pertinen' solvend' &c.—Et de 4s. de firma unius burgagii in cimeterio predicto in tenura Marie Lang cum pertinen' &c.— Et de 3s. de firma unius ten' in cimeterio pred' in tenura Johannis Yowse cum pertinen' &c.—Et de 6s. de firma unius tenem' cum pertinen' in cim' pred' in ten' Ricardi Anderson per indent' &c.—Et de 6s. 8d. de firma unius burga∣gii jacen' in Flesher-Rawe in tenura Edwardi Peyrson cum pertinen' &c.—Et de 8s. de firma unius burgagii jacen' in vico pred' in ten' Richardi Kyrkehouse cum pertinen' &c. —Et de 10s. de firma uniu burgag' in ten' Margarete Taylor cum pertinen' in vico pred' &c.—Et de 8s. de firma unius burgag' in tenura Willielmi Mylner in vico pred' &c.— Et de 8s. de firma unius burgag' jacen' in vico pred' in ten' Roberti Wyneyerd &c.— Et de 13s. 4d. de firma I burgag' inten' Christopheri Smith per indent' &c.—Et de 3s. 4d. de firma 1 clausur' in tenura Gerard Fenwyk cum pertinen' &c.—Et de 6s. 8d. de firma divers' leys terr' jacen' in le Shelefeld in tenura predicti Gerardi solvend' &c.—Et de 5s. de firma unius clausur' ibidem in tenura Georgii Waller cum' pertinen' solvend' &c.—Et de 5s. 3d. de firm' unius clausur' voc' Coleriggs cum uno molendino ventricio ac 4 riggs terr' jacen' in Shelefeld in tenura Matthei Baxter solvend' &c.—Et de 17s. 3d. de firma 3 co∣tagior' in tenura diversarum personarum jacen' in villa Barwici super Twedam solvend' &c.—Et de 18s. de firma 1 tenem' in Pilgrame-strete in tenura Willielmi Wylkynson carnif' &c.—Et de 3s. de firma 1 burgag' jacen' in vico pred' in tenura Thome Fresel &c. —Et de 15s. de firma unius burgagii in le Syde in ten' Willielmi Whytfeld per indent' &c.—Summa 12l. 10s. 10d.—Summa totalis recepte 13l. 11s.

  "Exoneracio redditus—Idem computat in exoneracione reddit' in firm' tam terr' domi∣nical' quam aliorum tenement' & burgag' predictor' villat' predict' superius onerat' ad 13l. 11s. per annum solvend' ad term' S. Martini et Pent' per equales porciones, viz. in allo∣catione hujusmodi reddit' debit' in festo S. Martini in ieme eò quod dictum festum acci∣debat ante quartam diem Januar' quo die dictus nuper prioratus sursum redd' fuit et in ma∣nus Domini Regis deveniebat et denar' inde provenien' recept' fuerunt per nuper priorem ut jus eorum proprium et sic in exoneracione pro term' pred. 6l. 15s. 6d.

  "Resolutio redd. Ei in reddit' resoluto hered' Boode pro parcell' terr' jacen' apud Ka••e-Crosse infra tenem' ibidem solvend' ad fest' Pent' tantum. Et sic in allocatione per tempus hujus comput' 3s. 4d.—Ei in reddit' resoluto cantarist' capelle super pontem ad 3s. per annum viz. in allocatione hujusmodi per tempus hujus computi 3s.—Ei in reddit' resoluto magistro et confratribus de le West-Spetell ad 3s. per annum, viz. in allocatione hujus∣modi per tempus hujus computi 3s. Summa 9s. 4d.

  "Feod. computantis cum regardo Ei in feodo Thome Wayde ballivi & collectoris ibidem ad 13s. 4d. per annum viz. in allocat' hujusmodi pro medietate ejusdem feod' per tempus hujus computi 6s. 8d.—Ei in regard' dat' clerico Andr' pro scriptura com∣puti hujus et particula ejusdem ad 2s. viz. in allocat' hujusmodi ut computis precedentibu•• 2s. Summa 8s. 8d.

  "Liberacio denar'—Ei in denar' liberat' ad manus Willielmi G••••n. recept' Domini Re•••• ibidem de exit' officii sui hujus anniper' manus collecto••rs ibidem sine ••illa cum 12s. 4d. pro reparationibus diversor' burgag' ut patet per bill' inde ••act' 117s. 6d. Summa 117s. 6d."
• v 6.399

  Bourne says, "Sir John Gresham, alderman of London."
• w 6.400

  Bourne.
• x 6.401

  Ibid. In the Rolls, 25 Eliz. there is a grant, &c. of the Holy Trinity, New∣castle.
• y 6.402

  Common-council books, May 7, 1668, where is mentioned, "his Majesty's rent for the Walknowle."

  Among the fee-farm rents, received by John Widdrington, Esq. 1783, for the repre∣sentatives of Edward Pauncefort, Esq. occurs the following:

  "2s. 0¼d. the scite of the Walknowle hospital rec^d of mayor and burgesses of New∣castle."
• z 6.403

  Bourne.

  In an inrolment in the books of the corporation of Newcastle, dated Dec. 20th, 1655, "Croswell-Gate, a certain street in Pandon," occurs.

  "Many houses," says Bourne, "in this street, pay an annual rent to Lord Searborough to this day, into whose family the daughter of Roger Thornton was married.
• a 6.404

  Nook signifies a corner, or "out-of-the-way place." Blyth was probably a sirname of the owner.
• b 6.405

  See Historical Events. "This place," says Bourne, "lies very low, and before the heightening of the ground with ballast, and the building of the wall or key, was often of great hazard to the inhabitants; once in particular a most melancholy accident happened in this place, in the year 1320, 13 Ed. III. the river Tyne overflowed so much, that one hundred and twenty laymen, and several priests, besides women, were drowned: and, as Grey says, an hundred and forty houses were destroyed." Complete History of Eng∣land, vol. i. p. 235.
• c 6.406

  This dissenting meeting-house at the Close-Gate is marked in Corbridge's Plan of Newcastle, 1723. It is advertised to be sold in the Newcastle Courant, April 6th, 1728.
• d 6.407

  St. Nicholas' register.
• e 6.408

  He published several discourses against popery, &c. London, and for Jos. Button, bookseller on Tyne-Bridge, 1714, 8vo, 516 pages.—Also 2 vols. of Meditations, as I have heard.
• f 6.409

  He published "Charity as a Rule of Conduct in the Affairs of a Religious Society, explained and recommended. A sermon preached to a congregation of protestant dis∣senters in Newcastle upon Tyne, Nov. 22d, 1733, a day religiously kept, previous to their consultation about the choice of a pastor." London, 1734, 8vo. 1 Cor. xvi. 14.

  Also, "A Sermon preached to a congregation of protestant dissenters in Newcastle upon Tyne, Feb. 12th, 1749, on the occasion of the death of Mr. Joseph Ai••ey, who died Feb. 2d, 1749, in the 57th year of his age." London, 1749, 8vo. Acts xiii. 36.
• g 6.410

  Mr. R. Rogerson died Sept. 6th, 1760.
• h 6.411

  Mr. Lowthion was a popular preacher, and published several sermons. He died of the gout in his head, Nov. 17th, 1780. Aetat. 57.
• i 6.412

  Dr. Hood died June 17th, 1782. A collection of sermons of his were published for the benefit of his widow and children, price 5s. in boards.

  The following names of dissenting ministers occur in St. Nicholas' register.

  October 1, 1612, "Mr. Alexander Leighton, preacher of Goddes word."

  Feb. 24, 1614, "Mr. Thomas Nutton, preacher of God's word."

  Februarie, 1581, "Mr. Heugh Broughton, preacher," occurs.—See his Life by John Lightfoot.

  June, 1619, "Mr. Steven Jerrom, precher," occurs.

  The MS. Life of Barnes says, that "before the breaking out of the civil wars, Mr. Love, who was beheaded, preached occasionally in Newcastle. His text was in Isaiah xlii. 'Ye have feared the sword, and the sword shall come upon you.' Sir John Marley, the governor of the town, being informed of it, swore the text was worse than the sermon, and magnified the present security of the nation.—But Mr. Love proved more of a pro∣phet than he." P. 47. In an order of the Lords and Commons, May 26, 1645, Mr. Christopher Love, if he can conveniently go thither, is directed to be sent to preach the word of God at Newcastle upon Tyne: as also Mr. William Streuther.—See Gran∣ger's Biographical History—"Love."
• k 6.413

  On the authority of a memoir communicated by himself.—The earliest patrons and benefactors were Mr. Joseph Airey, Mr. George Headlam, Mr. Ralph Headlam, and Mr. Richard Burdus.

  A sermon, which had been preached before the governors of the London Infirmary at St. Lawrence Jewry, March 31, 1748, by Joseph (Butler) then Bishop of Bristol, was, at the request of the president and governors of this charity, re-published for the purpose of encouraging subscriptions. "Newcastle upon Tyne, for M. Bryson and Co. and J. Fleming, pr. 6d."

  March 7th, 1751, there was published, addressed to the public, on a sheet in folio, with the list of the subscribers, a short dissertation, containing motives for establishing public infirmaries.

  In a few months the subscription-money, to be paid annually, amounted to above 1200l.
• l 6.414

  There is an order of the common-council at Newcastle, for a grant to be made under the common seal of that corporation, of a "part of the Firth-Banks, boundering on a burn on or towards the west; the north boundary to be in a direct line from the gate, or road, that leads to the Maidens' Walk, to the road that leads from the Firth to the Skinner-Burn, the said line to terminate not less than thirty yards from the south-west corner of the Firth-Wall: boundering on the east on the road that leads from the Firth to the Skinner-Burn, leaving the said road not less than twelve yards broad: bounded on the south, on a part of the said Banks, ninety yards, or thereabouts, distant from their north-wall, under an annual rent of two shillings and six-pence."—Common-council books.

  Thursday, May 23d, 1751, Dr. Thomas Sharp, archdeacon of Northumberland, and prebendary of Durham, preached before the governors at St. Nicholas' church, on Luke x. ver. 36 and part of 37. And on this day the temporary house was opened, when seven in-patients and four out-patients were received.
• m 6.415

  Common-council books. At the same time they lessened the salary of the town's surgeon, from 80l. to 40l. per annum. Sir Walter Blackett gave 200l. towards the building.—His annual subscription was 5••l.
• n 6.416

  Newcastle Courant.
• o 6.417

  Ibid.

  The statutes, &c. of this infirmary were published, 1751, in 44 pages, by J. White. Also in 1752, in 56 pages, 8vo, by J. Thompson and Co.

  Wednesday, June 24th, 175••, John Sharp, A. M. vicar of Hartburn, in Northumber∣land, and chaplain to the late Bishop of Durham, preached before the governors at St. Nicholas' church, at their first anniversary meeting, on John v. ver. 6 and part of 7. There was collected in church and hall, on this occasion, 374l. 1s. 2d.

  Saturday, February 10th, 1753, was published, price 5s. a Perspective View of the In∣firmary at Newcastle upon Tyne, from an original drawing taken on the spot.
• p 6.418

  Printed account.
• q 6.419

  The bishop, with the nobility and gentlemen, were entertained at dinner by the mayor, on which occasion a turtle was served up, which had been sent from London as a present, and is said to have been the first of its kind exhibited at an entertainment in the north of England.
• r 6.420

  From Matthew ix. 11 and 12. This sermon was published, price 6d.

  There lies before me a sermon, preached at St. Nicholas' church in Newcastle, before the governors of the infirmary, &c. on Wednesday, June 25th, 1755, by William Lambe, A. M. rector of Gateshead in the bishoprick of Durham, and chaplain to Lord Ravensworth, on Acts iii. 6. 4to. Newcastle, printed by J. Thompson and Co.
• s 6.421

  Newcastle Courant.

  August 13th, 1757, was published a sermon, preached at St. Nicholas' church in New∣castle, before the governors of the infirmary, June 23d, 1757, by Robert Lowth, D. D prebendary of Durham.

  July 29th, 1758, was published a sermon preached ut supra, June 21, 1758, by Olive Naylor, A. M. rector of Morpeth, and chaplain to the Earl of Carlisle, on Matthew xxv. 36.
• t 6.422

  The chaplain's salary has since been augmented to 20l. per annum; ten pounds o•• which are paid out of the subscription-money. The worthy b••ronet left a legacy of 100l. to this charity. His nephew and executor, Sir John Trevelyan, Bart. presented a site whole length picture of him by Sir Joshua Reynolds, which, with those of some other prin∣cipal benefactors, is now hung up in the governors' room.

  January 10th, 1760, the Reverend John Ellison, curate of St. Nicholas, was appointed chaplain.
• u 6.423

  Newcastle Courant.
• v 6.424

  Ibid.
• w 6.425

  Ibid.
• x 6.426

  Ibid.
• y 6.427

  Ibid. paid by his brother, Dr. Stephen Pemberton.
• z 6.428

  Ibid.
• a 6.429

  Ibid. paid by Edward Collingwood, junior, Esq.
• b 6.430

  Ibid.
• c 6.431

  Bourne has given us some conjectures concerning the etymon of the name, which perhaps will not be thought very satisfactory.—"The word forth or frith," says he, citing Blount's Law Dictionary, in verbo Frith, "as it is anciently called, comes from the Saxon word frith, which signifies peace; for the English Saxons held several woods to be sa∣cred, and made them sanctuaries. From this definition of the word, it may be no impro∣bable conjecture, that the ancient Saxons inhabiting about the parts of the wall (Roman Wall) where the town now is, gave the name of Frith to this place, as it was perhaps en∣dowed with gloomier shades and darker recesses, the awful exciters of heathen superstition, than other places about the town were."
• d 6.432

  Bourne—yet he adds, "without any just authority." Grey's Chorographia, p. 15.
• e 6.433

  In a list of old salaries paid by the corporation of Newcastle, dated Dec. 23d, 1669, and preserved in the books of the common-council, occurs the following: "The rent of the Firth paid for him (i. e. the sheriff), due at Michaelmas, 4l. 6s. 8d."
• f 6.434

  Gardiner's England's Grievance of the Coal Trade.
• g 6.435

  "Et quod quedam parcell' terre vocat' le Fryth jacens extra muros ville Novi Castri predict' abuttat austral' super quandam parvam claus' vocat' Goosegreen-Close modo vel nuper in tenur' sive occupatione Georgii Wilkinson et sic extendit se usque ad claus' vo∣cat' Dove-Cote-Close et abinde austral' per extrem' fossat' claus' contigue adjacen' ad angulum sepis prox' ad communem viam transeun' per eas terras vocat' le Fryth et sic per et trans dictam communem viam usque ad parvum rivolum Anglicè a little syke in imo vallis ibidem et sic transeuns dict' le syke sursum usque ad dictam claus' vocat' Goose-green-Close. Ac dicta parcella terre vocat' le Fryth continet decem acr' terre per mensurationem." (Ex inquis. capt. (ut supra) coram Episcopo Dunelmensi et aliis commissionar'.)

  Bourne describes it as abutting "on the south on a certain little close called Goose∣green-Close; then it extends itself to a close called Dove-Cote-Close, and from thence westward to the furthest ditch of the close, contiguous to the corner of the hedge, which is next to the common way which leads into the Forth—then by and over the common way, to the little rivulet or syke of water, in the bottom of the valley, and so passing the syke, you go upwards to the close called Goose-green-Close."— "The Forth," he adds, "contains 11 acres of land. It was surveyed, by order of the parliament, in the year 1649, and valued at 12l. per annum." It was valued tythe free.
• h 6.436

  "Item the Forth and the Gooden-Deane letten to Thomas Cook." The sum increased. —Sheriff's rentall preserved in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne.
• i 6.437

  "Item one parcell of pasture grounde, called by the name of the Frith, lyeing on the weste parte of Newcastle, conteynyng by estim' 4 acres and one rood, and worth per an∣num 42s. 6d.—Both this (and Castle-Leases or Castle-Fields) hath been time out of mynd in the possession of divers persons residing in or neare unto Newcastle, and (as we are in∣formed) holdeth the same of the crowne in fee-farme. Therefore we have not valued the same, but leave them to better judgments."—From the original survey, dated October 29th, 1649, remaining in the Augmentation-Office.
• j 6.438

  Common-council books.

  "It seems," says Bourne, "to have been all along a place of pleasure and recreation; for it was an ancient custom for the mayor, aldermen, and sheriff of the town, accom∣panied with great numbers of the burgesses, to go every year, at the feasts of Easter and Whitsuntide, to the Forth, with the maces, sword and cap of maintenance, carried before them.

  "Undoubtedly the vast concourse of both young and old at this place, at these seasons of the year, rather than at any other about this town, is the remains of this ancient custom."
• k 6.439

  Common-council books.—Trees to be sent for for this purpose from Holland.
• l 6.440

  Ibid.—Inscription on a stone formerly at the west end of the Forth-House:

  "Nicholas Fenwicke, Esq. maior, Nicholas Ridley, sheriffe, anno Domini 1682."

  There is an order of common-council, March 26th, 1716, appointing Robert Payne, merchant, keeper of the bowling-green at the Firth, instead of James Quincey, lately de∣ceased. —Thomas Armstrong occurs October 4th, 1731; Thomas Burrell, October 11th, 1731; John Russell, before June 20th, 1743, when John Hudson was appointed "to en∣joy the perquisites thereunto belonging; and also the houses, gardens, grounds, and other appurtenances therewith held and enjoyed.—Yearly rent 20l."

  A lease was granted, Sept. 22d, 1746, of the Firth-House and grounds, to Mr. George Ord, at the yearly rent of 20l. for 15 year, from Lady-Day, 1747.—A Mr. Sadler suc∣ceeded.— Mr. Harrison the present.
• m 6.441

  In the grant of the Castle and Castle-Garth to the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle, June 17th, 1 James II. Castle-Fields and Fryth are included.—See account of the castle. —Neither of these are mentioned in the grant to George Liddell, Esq. July 2d, 1736.

  The Forth is bounded on the east and south by the ground of St. Mary's Hospital, ex∣cept towards the north-east corner, where it is bounded by Dove-Cote-Close; on the north-east by the King's Dikes; then on the north-west a little by Mr. Shaftoe's free∣hold, and a little piece of the land of St. Mary's Hospital; and on the west and south∣west by the grounds of Mr. George Anderson and the Insumary.
• n 6.442

  "For," says he, "Grey tells us the warden of Tinmouth had his house, garden, fish∣pond, &c. here;" and adds, "this indeed is not improbable, for the monastery of the Black-Friars was dependant upon the priory of Tinmouth;" and, "there are still the seeming remains of fish-ponds, gardens, &c."—I have to observe upon the above, that, at the entrance to Warden's Close, one may easily discover the remains of a small fort—the other inequalities seem to have been formed by throwing up earth for breast-works, by the Scots, at the siege of the town in 1644. Yet there occurs in Madox's Formulare An∣glicanum, a record, dated July 13th, 1466, which mentions fish-ponds at that time in this place.—It is a lease from John Rokesburgh, prior of the Black-Friars in Newcastle, and the brethren thereof, to William Hays, of a certain great close of theirs, built round with a stone wall, for the term of his life, at the yearly rent of 25 shillings, and allowing him to fix a small leaden pipe, of a bore large enough to admit a wheaten straw, to their aqueduct, running in and through that close, to their monastery, in order to supply his fish-ponds with water, &c.

  It appears by the common-council books, July 5th, 1647, that certain referees, for bringing water to Sand-Gate, were appointed to view the conduit at Warden's Close, and take some washers with them to view the water, and report. There is an order ibid. dated July 30th, 1647, to bring water into the town of Newcastle, from the Warden's Close, "there having bene formerly time out of the memory of man a conduit of water att the north end of the Warden's Close, which water had its course and passage into the War∣den's Close, and from thence thro' the Black-Friars, and soe came into this towne."—" Of late years the free passage and conduit hath bene stopped."—

  Bourne, speaking of Shoulder of Mutton Close, which he supposes anciently to have been part of the Warden's Close, says, "There is in it a cistern of water which a friend of his imagined supplied the Black Friars;" and adds, "the well belonging to this monastery may proceed from it."—Mr. Bertram Anderson and Mr. Fawcus, senior, informed me that they remembered a reservoir in the Shoulder of Mutton Close, from whence a pipe con∣ducted through the Town-Wall to the Friars, &c.

  The publick fountains, which at Newcastle are of a particular construction, having each a small square reservoir before them for retaining the water for the use of horses, or for common domestic purposes, are called pants.

  Dr. Thomas Henshaw, in Skinner's Etymology, in verbo, tells us that pond was an∣ciently pronounced pand, which Skinner derives, with great probability, from the Anglo-Saxon, pyndan, to inclose or shut up. I am inclined to suppose that pant is no more than pand, by a very small corruption, meaning a little reservoir or pond. In a deed, dated 1450, relative to the publick fountain in the market-place of Durham, which is of construction similar to those at Newcastle, I find this word used: "Ejusdem fontis caput vulgariter nuncupat' le Pant Head."

  The earliest account I have found of aqueducts bringing water into the town of New∣castle, is dated 1349. "Novum Castrum super Tynam—confirmatio pro fabric' piporum ducentium aquam ibidem." Pat. 22 Ed. III. p. 3, m. 16.—(Murray and Aubone MSS.)

  Leland tells us, in his Itinerary, vol. viii. p. 40, 41, speaking of Newcastle upon Tyne, when he visited that place, "there be three hedds of condutes for f••esch water to the town."
• o 6.443

  Amongst the writings in the town's hutch, A. D. 1565, was "a lease of Wardell's Close made to Christopher Blunt."
• p 6.444

  In 1765 the workmen, employed in digging the foundation of the Lunatick Hospital in the Warden's Close, found an old brass seal, which was given by Mr. Newton, the archi∣tect, to Mr. Wardell, then vicar of Corbridge. I read the inscription "Vis et Deus noster." See a representation of the impression it gives, Plate II. (of seals) N^o. 10. Can it have been the first seal of the Black Friars? However that may be, I should think it has certainly belonged to some religious house in Newcastle.
• q 6.445

  Common-council books.

  "Containing in length from the north-west corner to the south-east corner, about ninety yards; from the south-west corner to the south-east corner, about an hundred yards; and in breadth from the north west corner to the south-east corner, about sixty yards."
• r 6.446

  Ibid.

  In the Newcastle Courant for September 19th, 1767, was advertised as that day pub∣lished, price 6d.—"A Narrative of the Proceedings relative to the establishing, &c. of St. Luke's House (a smaller private house for lunaticks, on the edge of the Town Moor), by John Hall, M. D.

  As also ibid. Sept. 26, with an answer to Dr. Rotheram's letter.

  Notice was given to the publick, ibid. October 3d. following, that Dr. Hall's house for lunaticks, known by the name of St. Luke's House, would become entirely his own property on St. Luke's day following; the terms of which were 20l. per annum, for each patient.

  The four surgeons of the Infirmary advertised, at the same time, a house pleasantly situ∣ated in the neighbourhood of Newcastle, for the same purpose.
• s 6.447

  Grey's Chorographia.—It appears, by Speed's Plan of Newcastle, that, about the year 1610, there was a continued row of buildings on the east side of Sid-Gate.
• t 6.448

  I find this street called "Galogate," in a deed belonging to St. Andrew's church, bearing date 15th of Edward IV.
• u 6.449

  i. e. The way leading straight on to the street called "The Side."
• v 6.450

  In a deed belonging to St. Andrew's church, dated 14 Hen. VIII. a tenement is de∣scribed as situated "in vico vocat' le Sidegate extra muros dicte ville Novi Castri inter ve∣nellam vocat' Myln Chare ex parte occidentali et viam regiam ex parte orientali, &c." It has evidently had this name from its leading to the mills upon the Leazes.
• w 6.451

  In an inrolment preserved in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle, and dated 1659, "Blind-man's Loaneing" occurs. "Loaning" signifies lane in the vulgar dialect of the North.

  Some old houses that stood near the burying-ground of the dissenters, and which were lately purchased by the corporation, and pulled down, were called "The Swirle Houses," from their situation near the swirl or runner which at this place empties itself into Sid-Gate or Percy-Street.
• x 6.452

  On a table monument in this burying-ground:

  "Enoch Hudson de Brunton generosus obiit Sept. 12, 1715, aetatis 56."

  On a table monument of blue stone, ibid.—arms a cross crosset in the field—crest a griffin with expanded wings passant.

  "Mors Christi est vita mea. Johannes Durant, M. D. obiit....2^o anno 1683, aetatis 35 Vixi dum volui, volui dum, Christe, volebas, Christe mihi spes es vita corona salus."

  On an upright stone: "Here lie the remains of William Leighton, bootmaker, who departed this life August 1st, 177••, aged 66 years.

  "Also the remains of Margaret his wife, and Alexander and Ralph, two of their children."

  On an upright stone ibid. "Here h••th the body of the Rev. Mr. Robert Marr, late pastor of the Garth Heads Meeting-House."

  On an upright stone ibid. "Here lyes the Rev^d. Mr. Geo. Ogilvie, leat min••. in Silver-Street, who departed this life ye 21 April, 1765, aged 57."

  In St. Andrew's Register, November 1708, this is called "the Quigs buring-place, near the Swirll in Sidgatt."

  In the Newcastle Courant for January 14th, 1786, occurs the following: "The dis∣senters' burial-ground in Sid-Gate having lately been purchased, levelled, and inclosed with a good wall: notice is hereby given, that the proprietors are ready to treat for the disposal of buryal-places, &c."
• y 6.453

  Grey's Chorographia.—In Speed's Plan buildings are marked all the way on the west side of this street, and joining with the east row of Sid-Gate or Percy-Street.
• z 6.454

  It was founded by the Reverend John Wesley, A. M. formerly of Lincoln College, Oxford.—It is a capacious building, containing apartments for the priests, &c.
• a 6.455

  A fanatick of the name of Mackdonald erected a building, called the Tabernacle, down an entry, almost opposite to the Orphan-House; but meeting with little or no encourage∣ment, he left the town, and went to Manchester.
• b 6.456

  I know not the meaning of this name.—There was formerly a great inn at Newcastle, called "The Vine."
• c 6.457

  October 3d, 1645, the following order occurs in the common-council books of New∣castle: "Ordered upon the humble petition of Alice Forster, that 13s. 4d. be paid her for a year's pension, for the keeping of "Maudlen Fould."

  Among the Harleian MSS. 708, eschaets, 14 Ric. II. mention occurs of a grange here "ex opposito le Maudlyns."
• d 6.458

  Vulgarly called "Maudlin," a common corruption of "Magdalen."

  Speed says, erroneously, that this was a house of nuns.
• e 6.459

  The leprosy was hereditary and infectious; it might have been caught by the saliva of a leper—if a found person drank after him—by the touch—by lying in the same bed, and by coition. Hospitals for lepers erected in almost every town, prove that it raged here in former times with great virulence.
• f 6.460

  "Alexander Episcopus servus servorum Dei dilectis filiis magistro et fratribus hospi∣talis leprosorum Sancte Marie Magdalene Novi Castri super Tynam Dunelmensi diocesi salutem & apostolicam benedictionem. Sacrosan i•• Romana ecclesia devotos et humiles filios ex assuete pietatis officio propensius diligere consuevit et ne pr••vo•••••• hominum mo∣lestiis agitentur eos tanquam pia mater sue protectionis min••i••••ne consovere ea propter dilecti in Domino filii vestris justis postulationibus grato concurrentes asiensu persona•• ves∣tras et hospitale Sancte Marie Magdalene in quo sub communi vita degitis cum omnibus bonis que impres••ntiarum rationabiliter possidetis aut in futurum justis modis pr••stant•• Domino poteritis adipisci sub beati Petri et nostra protectione suscip••••mus, specialiter autem terras domos ortos redditus nemora et alia bona vestra sicut ea omnia juste et pacifice pos∣sidetis vobis et per vos eidem hospitali auctoritate apostolica confirmamus & presentis scripti patro••inio communimus districtius inhibentes ne quis de ortis virgultis et vestrorum ani¦malium nutrimentis a vobis decimas exigere vel extorque••e presum••••. Nulli ergo omnino hominum liceat hanc pa••inam nostre protectionis confirmationis et inhibitionis infringe•••• vel ei ausu temerario contraire Siquis autem hoc attemptare presumpserit indignationem omnipotentis Dei et beatorum Petri et Pauli apostolorum ejus se noverit incursurum Datum Anagnie 4 non. Marcii pontificatus nostri anno sexto. Bo. Pomen. (Filis sericis rubi∣cundis flavis bulla avulsa.)

  In the Bullarium Romanum it appears that both the Popes Alexander III. and IV. dated from Anagnia—but no bulls occur dated from thence by the 1st, 2d, 5th, or 6th of that name.
• g 6.461

  "Paten' de anno regni Regis Edwardi primi decimo nono, m. 2.

  "Pro magistro et fratribus hosp. beate Marie Magdalene in villa Novi Castri super Tynam. R. omnibus, &c. Licet, &c. Volentes tamen dilectis nobis in Christo magistro & fratribus hospitalis beate Marie Magdalene in villa Novi Castri super Tynam gratiam facere specialem dedimus eis licenciam quantum in nobis est quod ipsi domum illam cum pertinentiis que fuit Johannis de Hercelawe in predicta villa Novi Castri quam idem Jo∣hannes in ultima voluntate sua eisdem magistro & fratribus legavit, habere possint & tenere sibi & successoribus suis imperpetuum, &c. In cujus, &c. T. R. apud Hereford 2 die Nov."—From the original in the Tower of London.
• h 6.462

  See Bourne's account.
• i 6.463

  "Pat. 5 Ric. II. p. 2, m. 35, pro advocatione ejus."
• k 6.464

  See Bourne sub anno.
• l 6.465

  See also "Bibl. Cotton. Cleopatra, E. IV. p. 144. Plut. V. C. (Dorso) page 384. "Hospit' Sancte Marie Magdalene ibidem 9l. 11s. 4d."
• m 6.466

  From a copy of the lease in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle.—The lessee was afterwards knighted.

  In this lease occur the words "Laith or Barne and Stack Garth."—"A place called Spitell-Tongs, adjoining to Castle-Fields," occurs.

  The lessee has liberty "to sinke coll pit or pits within the said close called Spittel-Tongs, and the Loncing and Jesmond-Felds."

  They let to the said Robert Brandling "all that their wholl mine or mynes of colls lyeinge or being within the close called St. James' Close belonging to the said hospital or la∣zar-house or ether of them with way leve &c."—The rent 3l. 6s. 8d. per annum: "and for the colls yss any coll myne or mynes can be found in the said close, the said master brethren and sisters and their successors to have yearly the third part of the profitt of the said colls bearing the thride part of the charges of the same or els 3l. 6s. 8d. of money yearly."—"Robertus Lewen, major & burgenses ville predicte Novi Castri veri patroni hospitalis beate Marie Magdalene & domus leprosorum extra muros ejusdem ville" confirmed the above lease February 10th, 34 of Hen. VIII.—At the bottom, "concordat cum ren∣tale test' Hun••frido Waren in hac parte auditor' Domini Regis."—Copia vera concordans cum originali et exam' per Hen. Anthone not. public. 27 August, 1604." On the back is mentioned "Barras Price," valued to be some eleven acres.
• n 6.467

  "Institucio officii five custodie hosp. beate Marie Magdalene in suburbiis ville Novi Castri super Tynam Reg. Pilkington, p. 60. Jacobus divina miseratione episc' Dun∣elm' &c. Edm' Wyseman &c. ad officium magistri five custodis hospit. b. v. M. Mag∣dalene in suburbiis ville Novi Castri super Tynam in co. N. &c. post mort' ult' incum∣bentis seu aliter vacans ad quod per Eliz. Dei gratia &c. patronam presentat' existis te ad∣mittinius &c. Datum apud manerium nostrum de Awkland &c. Oct. 5, 1564, et nostre consecrationis quarto."
• o 6.468

  Bourne—he says it was obtained "by the procurement of one Cuthbert Bewicke, a burgess and merchant of this town of Newcastle."
• p 6.469

  From the original, preserved in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne, "Februar' 15th, 1569, Christopher Mitford mayor."
• q 6.470

  Bishop Barnes' Visitation.
• r 6.471

  Pat. 24 year of her reign, 431.
• s 6.472

  Bourne's History.
• t 6.473

  Randall's MSS. Bishop of Durham's Visitation, A. D. 1740, "Hospit. of S. Mag∣dalen, 3s. 4d."
• u 6.474

  The matrices of two seals belonging to this hospital, the one very badly executed, the other of better workmanship considering its antiquity, are still preserved in the archives of the corporation.—See seals, Plate I. No. 5 and 12.
• v 6.475

  From a copy of the charter in Grey's MSS. See Appendix.

  Robert Jennison, A. M. (afterwards D. D.) was declared the first master by the charter —during his life each brother to have 3l. 6s. 8d.

  A. D. 1721, a case was stated, and the opinions of Serjeant Comyn and Mr. Lulwich were taken thereupon, whether the above charter had power to restrain the term of leases granted by the master and brethren here to ten years or three lives.—They both were of opinion that such usage was an evidence that by the endowment they had such right: of which original right this charter could not deprive them.—But Serjeant Cuthbert was of another opinion.
• w 6.476

  Common-council books.
• x 6.477

  Ibid.
• y 6.478

  Ibid.
• z 6.479

  Ibid.
• a 6.480

  Ibid.
• b 6.481

  Ibid.
• c 6.482

  Ibid.
• d 6.483

  Ibid.
• e 6.484

  Newcastle Courant.
• f 6.485

  See account of Ficket-Tower-Ward, where the same word occurs, seeming plainly to mean a burying-ground. Bourne supposes the Maudlin-Barrows to be the present "Sick Man's Close;" barrows signifying tumuli, graves and sepulchres.

  Bourne tells us, also, that "some have imagined it to be called so from a person of that name, who was its builder, or a benefactor to it." Other accounts, he adds, derive its appellation from the word barracado.—"St. Andrew's church," says the Milbank MS. "is the oldest church in town, because it is next the Barras, which hath been the ancient barracado of the town." It appears by the following quotation from Hearne's edition of the Chronicon of Whethamstede, vol. ii. p. 532, that barriers for the defence of a town were erected in different parts of it: and indeed what would it avail to have it barricaded only in one place? "John de Cella," says that writer, "made abbot of St. Albans A. D. 1195, and who died A. D. 1214, did as follows, amongst other good works: Item bar∣reras illas quas predecessor suus pro defensione ville (Sancti Albani) in diversis illius parti∣bus suis in temporibus erigi jusserat." There is a reference from the word barreras, ex∣plaining it by repagula, barriers. There were such erections also about Newcastle.—See Froisart's Chronicle—Battle of Otterbourn.—See also before in the account of Ever-Tower-Ward, where mention occurs of the barriers beyond Gallow-Gate, without New-Gate, "as men go to the gallows."
• g 6.486

  By the fanatical John Pig, town's surveyor.—See Bourne's History.
• h 6.487

  Page 148 et seq.
• i 6.488

  The MS. Life of Alderman Barnes, so often cited, speaking of Castle-Field and Castle-Moor, says, "There was a wood given to the town by Adam of Jesmond, lying on the north, and now called the Town-Moor, to which, for the benefit of freemen, they have added the Castle-Leeses, purchased of our author (Barnes) amongst other proptietors."
• k 6.489

  See History of Newcastle as a corporate town—charter of Ed. III. dated 10th May, 1357, where the following clause occurs: "The burgesses and their predecessors, ever since they farmed the said town with its appurtenances, have held the same moor and land called Castle-Field and Castle-Moor, as belonging to the said town."
• l 6.490

  See charter, ut supra, 10th May, 31 Ed. III.
• m 6.491

  This Thorn-Bush must have been on the north side of Barras-Bridge, near a cross that was erect••d there before St. James's chapel.
• n 6.492

  "Et quod qu••dam mora que vocatur le Castle-More incipit a quadam domo vocat' le Sick Man's House, &c.

  Bourne says, it contains 1037 acres, 1 rood, and 2 perches
• o 6.493

  "In the survey made of the Town-Moor," says Bourne, "in the troublesome times, it was reported that the coal-mine, or colliery, in the Town-Moor extendeth itself under the superficies of the Town-Moor one hundred acres, and that the value of it was to the town 35l. per annum."

  An advertisement occurs in the Newcastle Courant to let the Town-Moor colliery, December 2••d, 1739.
• p 6.494

  Archives of the corporation of Newcastle.
• q 6.495

  Common-council books.

  There is an order of common-council, April 4th, 1704, that "Slayty-Gate, leading out of the Town-Moor into Fenham ground, and all other new erected gates there, without leave of the common-council, be immediately stopped up, and noe passage there for the future."

  There lies before me a pamphlet, intitled "The Proceedings of the Stewards of the several Companies of the Corporation of Newcastle, respecting an Enquiry into the Right by which any Roads over the Town-Moor, &c. are enjoyed, with the Report of the Committee by them appointed for that Purpose." Printed by J. Thompson, Esq. 8vo, 16 pages. No date. But it must have been printed towards the latter end of the year 1771.
• r 6.496

  There lies before me a tract, intitled, "Heads of a Bill to be proposed to Parliament for erecting Turnpikes, for repairing the High-road between Cow-Causeway-End, ad∣joining the Town-Moor, &c. to Buckton-Burn in Northumberland." Newcastle, printed by John White, 1746, 8vo. 15 pages.

  In the year 1748 the corporation of Newcastle began, at their own expence, a large causeway in the manner of the turnpike-roads, eleven yards in breadth, across the moor of that town, by the way leading to Morpeth in Northumberland. This was completely finished in 1749, under the direction of William Joyce, surveyor.
• s 6.497

  Common-council books.
• t 6.498

  There is an order of common-council, "August 6th, 1695, that for the future it be inserted in the Gazette, that noe horses shall run for the plate of this town, that ever run at any course on the south side of Trent."

  The following occurs in the common-council books, August 25th, 1707: "Horse course—Ordered, that for the future no cords be used or paid for att Killingworth-Moore, &c."—Ibid. June 20th, 1715, "Ordered, that the plate given yearly by the town to be run for on the Thursday after Trinity-Sunday, should not for the future exceed the value of 25l."—Ibid. April 6th, 1742, "The prize on Thursday next after Trinity-Sunday was ordered to be changed to a gold cup, of fifty pounds value, excluding the fashion and making."
• u 6.499

  See account of the mansion-house in the Close.
• v 6.500

  Common-council books.
• w 6.501

  Ibid.
• x 6.502

  Ibid.
• y 6.503

  Newcastle Courant.
• z 6.504

  "Town of Newcastle upon Tyne, and county of the same town. At the assizes held at the guild-hall of the said town, in and for the said town and county of the same, on Saturday, 7th day of August, 13 Geo. III. &c. before the Honourable Sir Henry Gould, Knight, one of the justices of his Majesty's Court of Common-Pleas, and the Honourable Sir William Blackstone, Knight, one other of the justices of the same court, two of his Majesty's justices assigned to take the assizes, according to the statute, &c.

  "Hopper versus Bayles & alios. It is ordered, by the consent of the said parties, their counsel and at∣tornies, that the last juror of the jury impannelled and sworn in this cause, shall be withdrawn from the pannel; and by the like consent, and by the consent of William Gibson, Esquire, town-clerk of Newcastle aforesaid, on behalf of the common-council of Newcastle aforesaid, &c. it is agreed and ordered, that an application shall be made for an act of parliament, to establish for ever, to resident freemen, and the resident widows of deceased freemen, of the town of Newcastle aforesaid, the full right and benefit to the herbage of the Town-Moor, for two milk cows, in the manner which has been used, subject to such restrictions and regulations as shall be judged necessary for the culture and improvement of the common, and shall be prescribed in the act, which are to be set∣tled and agreed upon by two persons, one to be named by the common-council, and the other by the stewards of the companies, or the major part of them, such two persons to be named before the 1st day of November next. And in case they cannot agree, they two are to chuse a third person for the purpose aforesaid, by agreement or ballot. And it is further ordered, that the rents to arise from the leases of parts of the Town-Moor afore∣said (which may be made for the purpose of improving the common) shall be applied to the use of the poor freemen, and poor widows of freemen, in the manner to be prescribed by the said act. And it is also ordered, that the quantity to be inclosed for improvement at any one period shall not exceed 100 acres; and that such rights shall be reserved to the corporation of Newcastle, as owners of the soil, as they are intitled unto. And it is also ordered, that the expences of the said act, and also the costs in this action of the plaintiff, and the costs, not exceeding 30••l. of the defendants, shall be paid out of the publick re∣venue of the said corporation. And lastly, it is ordered, that all parties perform this order, and that this order shall be made a rule of his Majesty's Court of Common-Pleas, if the justices of the said court shall so please. By the court, RIGGE."
• a 6.505

  In commemoration of this event, and as a reward to the above committee, the mem∣bers thereof were unanimously presented with the freedom of several of the companies That of the taylors presented each of the committee with a gold ring, in the signet of each of which, under a crystal, was represented Liberty stepping out of her temple, with a label proceeding from her mouth, inscribed, "Town-Moor saved, August 10, 1773."—On the inside, "Concordia parvae res crescunt."—Round the inner verge, "Taylor's com∣pany to ...... (naming each member), and round the outer verge this motto: "Vox populi vox Dei."
• b 6.506

  There lie before me four different pamphlets concerning the heads of this bill.—One in quarto, 7 pages.—Another in octavo, 10 pages.—Another in octavo, 10 pages, begin∣ning, "Heads of a bill proposed," &c. and ending, "The clause may be struck out."— The fourth is in octavo, 9 pages, ending "can be pointed out."
• c 6.507

  Notice was given in the Newcastle Courant, August 29, 1752, on the alteration of the stile, that the annual fair of that town, commonly called St. Luke's Fair, should be h••ld on St. Luke's Day, 18th of October next: and all the other fairs on the nominal days, without any alteration. Signed Cuthbertson.
• d 6.508

  Saxon, laerpa—plural, laerpe; pastora, pascua.

  There is preserved in the archives of the corporation, dated April 6th, 1471, the coun∣terpart of a gr••nt from William Bl••xton, mayor, and the towne of Newcastle, to John Pen••ith and Peter Bledy, and their heirs for ever, of a close called the Whyn-Close, "sicut jacet in le Castell-Felle ex boreali parte ejusdem." The annual rent 13s. 4d.
• e 6.509

  See before under Town-Moor.
• f 6.510

  "Et quod parcell' terre que vocatur le Castle-Field eò quod tot' limit' et bund' ejusdem non apparent dictis juratoribus neque per record' neque per aliquod testimonium prorsus ignorant presentare certum numerum acrarum."

  Bourne says, "This piece of ground contains 141 acres and 12 perches." But in "An exact plan of the Castle-Leases, belonging to the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1731," framed and glazed, and preserved in their archives, the contents are said to be "127 acres, 2 roods, and 17 perches."

  "The grounds of it," says Bourne, "abut on the Castle-Moor on the east and north parts, upon the highway leading to Kenton on the west, and on the other way leading to the said Castle-Moor on the south.—It was always valued tythe free."
• g 6.511

  "When the parliament," says Bourne, "took an inquisition of Castle-Field, the Forth, and Town-Moor, in 1649, they were valued at 27l. per annum. The mill in the Castle-Leases, commonly called Chimley-Mill, upon the syke or rivulet called Bailiff-Burn, and the other mill called Little-Mill, were at the same time valued at 10l. per ann. each."
• h 6.512

  Sweepage signifies the crop of hay got in a meadow. Blount in verbo.

  This grant is signed "Pigott."
• i 6.513

  See account of merchant-adventurers.

  In a schedule of deeds, &c. belonging to that society, is one, N^o 19, entitled, "Lease, release, and conveyance of lands in the Castle-Leazes, formerly belonging to Mr. Thomas Davison geren' dat' 9, 10, & 11 of August, 1681."

  Sept. 22d, 1701, mention occurs in the common-council books of the town's having purchased the lands of Charles Clarke, draper, in the Castle-Leazes.

  It appears also, by the MS. Life of Alderman Barnes, that the corporation bought some property there of that magistrate.
• k 6.514

  Common-council books.
• l 6.515

  Common-council books.
• m 6.516

  See Bourne's History.

  He describes Nun-Moor as being "That large piece of ground that lies on the west of the Town-Moor, between the Thorn-bush and the hedge that separates it from the grounds of Kenton."
• n 6.517

  From a deed in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle, dated April 5th, 4 Hen. VII. wherein Nun-Moor is described to be "That parcell of ground called the Nun-More, as it lyeth betwixt the f••lds called the Castle-More on the est and south parts, and the feld of Fenham on the west partie, and the felds of Kynton on the north partie."
• o 6.518

  Record preserved in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle, taken out of the Rolls, 1620.

  There occurs ibid. an award 11 Hen. VIII. between the prioress and convent of Nuns of St. Bartholomew in Newcastle, and William Bennett, Esq. that the Nun-Moor, as boundered in the award, belongs to the prioress and convent, and that they shall release all claims to any other lands in Kenton.—A note is added in a more modern hand: "Nun-Moore belongs to the town of Newcastle, which they purchased from Brand∣ling."

  William Bennett, Esq. was owner of Kenton.
• p 6.519

  "In the 37 Hen. VIII." says Bourne, "upon an inquisition then taken and returned into the Exchequer, of lands belonging to religious houses, Nun-Moor is certified to be within the county of Northumberland."
• q 6.520

  Common-council books, June 17th, 1650—May 17th, 1650.
• r 6.521

  October 13, 1651, ibid.—Also August 19th, 1659.
• s 6.522

  In Burleigh's State Papers, p. 41, mention occurs in a letter, dated June 7th, 1544, of "the moster at Newcastle at a place callide Shellfelde."
• t 6.523

  It appears from the MS. Life of Barnes, so often cited, that during the time that King Charles I. was a prisoner at Newcastle, before he attempted to escape, he was permitted to go out every day, with his retinue, and play at goff in the Shield-Field.

  In the common-council books, March 24th, 1658, there occurs a "prohibition of horse-courses in the Shield-Field."

  Ibid. March 3d, 1738, and April 10th, 1738, complaints occur that some parts of Shield-Field had lately been inclosed, and that the inhabitants could not recreate themselves therein as usual—upon which complaints the recorder is ordered to be consulted.
• u 6.524

  In the Newcastle Courant, February 18th, 1738, and several weeks afterwards, there appeared the following advertisement: "Whereas the ground called Shield-Field has of late been very much damaged, and the hedges thereof broken down, by several persons presuming to trespass upon the same, by riding horses, and using other exercises there: the owners of the said estate do therefore hereby give notice that they intend to prosecute any person or persons who shall for the future presume to commit any trespass upon the said grounds."
• v 6.525

  See Historical Events.

  A wind-mill stands at present upon part of it. Warburton's MSS. (penes h. v. Hu∣gonem Ducem Northumbriae) say that "Sheilfield-Fort is in length 67 yards, in breadth 67. Bastion 20 yards each way."
• w 6.526

  There appears to have been a chapel anciently at Heaton, which in the year 1299 was honoured with the presence of King Edward I. to hear a boy bishop perform the ves∣pers of St. Nicholas therein, on the 7th day of December that year. "Episcopus puer∣orum. Septimo die Decembr' cuidam episcopo puerorum dicenti vesperas de Sancto Ni∣cholao coram Rege in capella sua apud Heton juxta Novum Castrum super Tynam et qui∣busdam pueris venientibus et cantantibus cum Episcopo predicto de elemosina ipsius Regis per manus Domini Henrici elemosinar' participant' denar' inter pueros predictos 40s." —Wardrobe account of 28 Edward I. published by the Society of Antiquaries.
• x 6.527

  It stands upon ground which is the property of the Reverend Mr. Nathanael Ellison.
• y 6.528

  Common-council books.
• z 6.529

  Ibid. I suspect this Mr. William Gray to be the author of the Chorographia.

  Mention occurs in the common-council books, Sept. 23d, 17••8, of liberty reserved to the mayor, &c. to dig and delve for water, and take what part of Mr. Nichol's lands and grounds at the Red Barnes shall seem meet for the advantage of water for the pants in Sand-Gate and Keelmen's Hospital.
• a 6.530

  Ibid.
• b 6.531

  Ibid.
• c 6.532

  Common-council books.
• d 6.533

  Ibid. October 28th, 1657, ibid. Mr. Ralph Jennison in common-council gave leave to the town to make a trench to hinder the rain-water that came off the ridges and fell into the water-course in the Quarry-Close to the great prejudice of the water.

  Mention occurs ibid. January 1681, of the conduit-hole or pit in the Quarry-Field as out of repair.
• e 6.534

  Ibid.
• f 6.535

  Ibid.
• g 6.536

  Ibid. There is a pant at present at the east end of Sand-Gate.
• h 6.537

  Ibid. The following inscription is almost defaced on the north-side of Gallow-Gate Pant: "Robert Roddam, 1677."

  There was also an order to repair the pants in the Close which were out of repair.
• i 6.538

  Common-council books —"The committee reported that they had viewed a place with∣out Sandgate-Gate (a usual pleonasm) for erecting a water-engine, and found a conveni∣ent piece of ground of forty yards north and south, and twenty yards east and west, reserv∣ing a common lane from the north-east, about 8 or 9 feet broad from Sand-Gate to the water side." This building was afterwards called "the Folly."

  January 20th, 1689, mention occurs ibid. of a pant in the Close.
• k 6.539

  Ibid. Ibid. September 15th, 1702, the building committee were ordered to take care to bring water into the town from the Castle-Leazes.—Ibid. it appears that in the year 1704 this water was brought to a pant at the head of the Side, on condition that what water could be spared there should be carried down to the cock on the Sand-Hill. This water was also ordered to Newgate-Pant.

  June 29th, 1709, ibid. a committee was ordered to erect a cistern at the end of the Castle-Leazes, to renew and keep the water coming from thence to the pants of New∣castle.
• l 6.540

  Ibid. There was an inquisition taken at Gateshead, 28th December, 1699, before Charles Montague, sheriff of Durham—in consequence of a private act passed 9 and 10 Will. III. for the better supplying the town of Newcastle with fresh water. By this it ap∣pears, that the water came from three springs in Great-Usworth-Moor.—There was ano∣ther inquisition on the same subject, taken at Chester-in-the-Street, 16th January, 1699.

  See Lords' Journals, vol. xvi. 30 March, 1698—18 May—5 July.

  March 20th, 1700, the common-council granted leave to William Yarnold, Gent. to erect a cistern on the top of the Cale-Cross, carrying a pillar up in the middle, and laying on it a new roof of lead at his own expence. Permission was given him at the same time to remove the cross in the Flesh-Market, and erect there, on columns, a convenient place for a cistern of water, to be 30 feet square, beginning at the distance of about twelve feet from the Weigh-House.

  He was allowed at the same time to erect a cistern at the White-Cross, on columns, re∣moving the then pillar and dial.

  July 29, 1700, the new water was ordered to be brought out at a new pillar to be set at the head of the Side-Pant, where three spouts were to be placed.—Common-council books.
• m 6.541

  Common-council books.—There appears to have been a pant or cock adjoining to the West-Gate. The date, 1706, may still be made out upon a stone there, though it is pretty much defaced.
• n 6.542

  Ibid.
• o 6.543

  Ibid.
• p 6.544

  Ibid. June 20th, 1743, there was an order of common-council, to cut off the publick water that ought to supply the pant, near the house of Sir Walter Blackett, Bart. in Pil∣grim-Street, from the house and brewery of Mr. Christopher Rutter, and from the house of Mr. John Dawson.
• q 6.545

  Common-council books.
• r 6.546

  Ibid.

  About September 22d, 1770, was published Dr. Rotheram's Philosophical Enquiry, &c. concerning the waters in or near Newcastle, 8vo, 132 pages, with a copper-plate—Printed by J. Thompson, Esq. price 2s. 6d.—Newcastle Courant for Sept. 22, 1770.

  Dr. Wilson's and Dr Hall's pamphlet on the same subject is first advertised in the Newcastle Courant, August 18th, 1770, price one shilling.

  Their joint lecture on the subject was delivered at Parker's long room, July 30th, 1770.

  Experiments made in the month of December, 1769, on waters in or near Newcastle upon Tyne, were published, with observations thereon, by James Tytler, chemist, in Gateshead, in the county of Durham.—Gough's Topography.

  A severe letter, addressed to Dr. Rotheram by James Tytler, Gateshead, November 29th, 1770, in favour of Coxlodge water, is preserved in the Newcastle Courant for Saturday, Dec. 1st, 1770.—The same writer had addressed the Doctor in that paper for September 29, 1770, in a letter dated on the preceding 27th, with the same severity. In this he charges the Doctor with having prejudiced the publick against Coxlodge water, what had, on a memorable occasion at Bath, been called "throwing a toad into the spring."

  Mr Richard Lambert, surgeon, at the desire of the mayor and magistrates, published in the Newcastle Courant for November 3d, 1770, dated October 30th, 1770, the senti∣ments of Dr. Black, professor of chemistry at Edinburgh, on Coxlodge water—and at the same time the observations of Dr. Saunders, lecturer on chemistry, at London, on the same water.
• s 6.547

  Common-council books.
• t 6.548

  Bourne's History.

  In deeds of the dates of 1485, 1487 and 1491, remaining in All-Saints vestry, the name of "Sand-Gate" occurs, with mention of property in that street, belonging to the widow of John Carlell, Esq. who had married to her second husband, Ralph Percy, knight:—of a tenement also belonging to Roger Thornton, &c.

  In the book of inrolments, in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle, "Sutton's Chaire in Sand-Gate" occurs.

  Ibid. 1666, "Errington's alias Maugham's Chaire in Sand-Gate" occurs.

  Ibid. August 30, 1 Queen Ann, "Pearson's Chaire in Sand-Gate" is mentioned.

  Ibid. October 15th, 1720, "Foxton's Chaire in Sand-Gate" occurs.
• u 6.549

  See inscriptions in the burying-ground in Sid-Gate.
• v 6.550

  See inscriptions in the burying-ground on the Ballast-Hills.
• w 6.551

  Ibid.

  Mr. James Robinson, or Robertson, obtained a lease for 21 years, of the corporation of Newcastle, of a piece of vacant ground to build a meeting-house upon, ne•• Sally-Port Gate, between the Keelmen's Hospital and the Town's Wall, behind the north-west end of Sand-Gate.—Rent annually 10 shillings.—Common-council book.
• x 6.552

  See grant to the town of Newcastle of a ballast-shore, by Edmund Lawson, by act of parliament, 2, 3, Ed. VI.
• y 6.553

  In the common-council books, March 18th, 1657, is mentioned the "cleancing the three graites upon the Squirrell in Sand-Gate."

  Bourne, p. 154, tells us, that "about the middle of this street is an open place, called the Squirrell, from a little brook of that name, which 〈◊〉〈◊〉 through it into the river Tyne, which was the ancient bounds of the town of Newcastle."
• z 6.554

  "The Milk-Markett in Sandgate" occurs in the common-council books, April 3d, 1717. The corporation appoint a keeper to this market.—Ibid. March 20th, 1777, Andrew Anderson, weaver, appointed to this office on the death of Lionel Robson.
• a 6.555

  See account of this as a chapel of ease to All-Saints church.
• b 6.556

  See in the account of the river Tyne.
• c 6.557

  Common-council books, April 15th, 1776.
• d 6.558

  See Inspeximus of a decree in the Star-chamber, dated May 28th, 30 Hen. VIII. where they are called "The Craft of Keelmen."—See also another Inspeximus of a decree, dated June 23d, 3d and 4th of Philip and Mary.
• e 6.559

  See Inspeximus of a decree in the Star-chamber, dated May 28th, 30 Hen. VIII. where they are called "The Craft of Keelmen."—See also another Inspeximus of a decree, dated June 23d, 3d and 4th of Philip and Mary.
• f 6.560

  Hostmen's books.
• g 6.561

  Hostmen's books.
• h 6.562

  Ibid.
• i 6.563

  Ibid.
• k 6.564

  Ibid.
• l 6.565

  From the lease in the book of inrolments in the archives of the corporation of New∣castle.
• m 6.566

  Common-council books and hostmen's books.
• n 6.567

  Dr. Ellison's MSS.
• o 6.568

  Hostmen's books. The following is Bourne's account of this hospital: "Before we come to the suburbs of Sand-Gate, we must not omit to mention the Keelmen's Hos∣pital: it is situated some distance of the town's wall, between the Carpenters' Town and Sand-Gate. It is a square building, done in the form of monasteries and colleges, having its low walk round it in imitation of cloisters. The area, in the middle of it, is about 83 feet broad, and about 97½ feet long. There are upwards of fifty chambers in it. Who it was built by, may be learned from the inscription above the entrance of it, which is as follows: "The Keelmen's Hospital, built at their own charge, anno Domini, 1701; Matthew White, Esq. governor, Mr. Edward Grey, Mr. Edward Carr, stew∣ards of the hostmen's company for the time being, and trustees for this hospital." I have been told that Dr. Moor, late Bishop of Ely, upon going down the river in the town's barge, with the magistrates, observed it, and made inquiry about it: and being told that it was built by the keelmen themselves (every one allowing towards it a penny a tide), he said, that he had heard of and seen many hospitals the works of rich men, but that was the first he ever saw or heard of, which had been built by the poor. 'Tis a pity that the design of its building is not thoroughly answered, but there are some miscreants who would rather starve in sickness or old age, than not guzzle a penny in their health and youth."
• p 6.569

  Journals of the Commons, vol. xv.
• q 6.570

  Hostmen's books.
• r 6.571

  Ibid.
• s 6.572

  Ibid.
• t 6.573

  Ibid.
• u 6.574

  Hostmen's books.
• v 6.575

  Ibid.
• w 6.576

  Ibid.
• x 6.577

  Ibid.
• y 6.578

  Ibid.
• z 6.579

  Ibid.
• a 6.580

  Hostmen's books.
• b 6.581

  Ibid.
• c 6.582

  Ibid.
• d 6.583

  Newcastle Courant, November 2••th, 1768. Yet see in the Appendix an act which was made for this good purpose, A. D. 1788.
• e 6.584

  See account of "Glass-Works."
• f 6.585

  There is an order of common-council, March 25th, 1650, commanding John Pigg, town's surveyor (to do something) "at the west end of the wooden Glass-House-Bridge, to prevent cattle from going over."

  "In the year 1669," says Bourne, "it was made of stone by Thomas Wrangham, shipwright, on account of lands which the town let him."—The passage over it was made level and commodious, both for horse and foot, in the year 1729.—Common-council books.
• g 6.586

  In the Newcastle Courant for January 14th, 1786, occurs the following: "In con∣sequence of a grant given by this corporation for inclosing the burial-ground, a committee being formed, we hear a public subscription will be opened soon for the purpose."— Ibid. "Burials this year at Ballast-Hills reckoned above 400."—Ibid. "In the several meeting-houses in this town, there appear to have been (in 1785) 120 males and 140 fe∣males baptized."

  I find the following notices concerning dissenting ministers at Newcastle, during the time of the commonwealth, &c. in the MS. Life of Barnes, p. 52.

  "Dissenting ministers in Newcastle. Mr. Durant, brother to John Durant of Can∣terbury, married the sister of Sir James Clavering, Bart.—then Dr. Pringle, a pastor for some time of a congregation there.—Mr. Thompson was cast out of the pa••sonage of Bottle, came to Newcastle, married a great fortune, and kept his coach.—There was also Mr. Owens, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Loma••.—A Mr. Gilpin was also at Newcastle, where he practised physic, and raised a considerable estate. He afterwards took the degree of M. D. at Leyden.—There was a design to banish the Doctor from Newcastle, but Barnes, by persuading the magistrates of his usefulness as a physician, procured him qui∣etness to the end of Charles's reign. He claimed to be of Bernard Gilpin's line, and had his scutcheon pinned at his coffin." The same authority mentions "Mr. Pleasance as a preacher at Newcastle," also "Mr. Pell," who married Mrs. Ellison, of a great and wealthy family, and died at Newcastle (it appears, by St. Nicholas' register, that he was buried December 6th, 1698).—The above MS. Life of Barnes mentions also the "Bold Mr. Rothwell, commonly called the Apostle of the North." The Lady Bowes, being apprehensive of danger to him from so surly and fierce a people, as he was going to preach amongst: Mr. Rothwell unconcernedly replied: "If I thought I should not meet the devil there, I would not come there.—He and I have been at odds in other places, and I hope we shall not agree there." Such another warrior was this gentleman, who could say with Mr. Alderman Jurdan, who whilst he was in some trouble in the Star-Chamber, and one told him the Lord-Keeper was against him, answered, "He had a greater Lord-Keeper than he—The Lord is my Keeper, I will not be afraid."

  The following passage occurs, ibid. p. 39: "Mr. Bowles, son of Oliver Bowles, a presbyterian divine, had been one evening visiting Sir Henry Vane: at his taking leave, Sir Henry followed with a candle in his hand to the head of the stairs: Mr. Bowles de∣sired him not to give himself that trouble: Nay, says Sir Henry, I will see you down: Indeed, Sir Henry, says Mr. Bowles, I believe you would see us down, merrily intending that if Sir Henry Vane might hold the candle, all ordinances, orders, and forms of wor∣ship should go down."

  As does the subsequent, ibid. p. 35: "On the King's side there was roaring, swearing, and de boist behaviour, wherever their armies took up their quarters. On the Parliament's side there was continual praying, preaching, and singing of psalms, and many had their liv•••• saved by bullets hitting upon little pocket bibles they carried about with them. The cavaliers, who had but few bibles amongst them, laughed at this, but serious Christians were affected with it."—The following occurs ibid. p. 68: "Colonel T••tus complains of the King's (Charles the Second's) shyness to him, for no other reason, says the Colonel, that I can think of, but that his majesty has sometimes found a bible lying in my cham∣ber."
• h 6.587

  "Nycolaus Byker tenet duas partes de Byker et Pampdenum unum vicum junct' Novocastro in capite de Domino Rege per serjanciam et debet recipere et custodire namia capt' pro debit' Domini Regis in parco suo. Et cum deliberat' sunt ad vendend' predictus Nycholaus debet esse unus eorum qui debent ea vendere ad precium Domini Regis: et debet portare brevia Domini Regis inter Tynam et Cokett. Et debet attach' loquelas spectant' ad coronam Domini Regis ubi serviens Domini Regis presens not fuerit et debet esse serviens ad placit' justiciar' itinerant' apud Novum Castrum."—Tinmouth Chartulary at Northumberland-House.
• i 6.588

  In a book of inrolments in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne, p. 4, there is a copy of a "lease from the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle, to Sir Peter Riddell, Knight, of all that their messuage or tenement, with the appurtenances, commonly called or known by the name of St. Laurence, in the parish of All-Saints, ad∣joining to the river Tyne on the south part, on the manor or lordship of Biker on the east and north parts, and on a certain parcell of ground called the Ballast-Shoares on the west part—and also the Ballast-Hills—for 21 years—Rent 20l. per annum."—Dated March 20, 5 Car. I.
• k 6.589

  There lies before me a tract, in 8vo, 9 pages—intitled, "Rules for managing the Gunpowder Magazine at Wincomb-Lee-Quay, on the north side of the river Tyne, &c."
• l 6.590

  In a MS. dated 4 Car. I. I find the boundaries thus described, viz. "by land from the runnell called the Sworle, in the east of the towne by the shore of Tine to the fields of Elswicke, and along the fields of Elswicke to the fields of Fenham, and so in the south (quaere?) to the fields of Kenton, and along those fields to the fields of Coxelodge, and foe towards the east to the fields of Jesmond, and along those fields towards the south to Barras-Bridge on the south, and from that bridge by a vennell leading towards the east to Sandiver-Bridge, and from that bridge towards the south in and through Sheele-Feeld to a vennell leading to Tyne on the south."
• m 6.591

  A set of march, or bounder stones appear to have been put up in the year 1648. The following order occurs in the common-council books, June 21st, 1648: "Thomas Taylor's petition for the march stones was read, and ordered that he have fifty shillings more paid him, which in all is 7l. 10s."

  It was ordered by the same body, June 20th, 1751, that in future "the bounders of the corporation be rode in every three years," in order to preserve the rights and property of the corporation.
• n 6.592

  Hearne, in the preface to his Collection of curious Discourses, p. 28, 29, speaking of Antoninus' "ad Ansam," has these words: "Though this place grew to be eminent and large at last, yet at first it was only one diversorium, or inn, on which there was the sign of the Ansa, by which name, for that reason, the whole station itself was called afterwards, a thing not uncommon to several other places, both in ancient as well as more modern times."

  Dr. Stukeley, in his Iter Boreale, p. 69, speaking of Gateshead, says, "I guess this was a fortified town in the times of the Romans, where a ferry was for passage northward; but by reason of the buildings no traces of it are left. I saw several Roman stones here, the recipient parts of their hand-mills."

  The doctor supposed that Gateshead was the Gabrocentum of the Notitia, where the second cohort of the Thracians were in garrison, as its name in British imports "goat's head, I suppose, from the sign of some inn." He adds, "A goat's head still stands upon the sign of the Golden Lion."

  "Caput loci," according to Kennet's Glossary to his Parochial Antiquities, signifies the end of a place—"ad caput villae," at the end of the town. Quaere, May not "Gatesheved" mean barely "the end of the road?" there having been discovered no traces of a Roman road carried northwards from Newcastle.

  If Bede confounded "gate," via, with "goat," capra, which was anciently, and is still, in the vulgar language of the north, pronounced "gate," he would naturally latinize it by "caprae caput," instead of "viae caput." It is observable, that in the dialect of the common people in the north of England, the way leading through a town is still called "the Town-Gate."
• o 6.593

  Historical Events.—From Warburton's MS. Collections, in the possession of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland.

  In a charter of confirmation by King Henry the Second to the nuns of Newcastle, they occur as having two shillings (of annual rent) out of Gateshead.
• p 6.594

  The substance of this grant is, that from Whitsunday to Martinmas they shall pay 2d for each cart that shall go to the forest, and 2d for each horse, and for a man fishing one farthing. Forbidden things to be reserved.—No forester, within the limits appointed between the bishop's forest and the borough, to lay hands upon any burgess or inhabi∣tant, or upon his cart or cattle, to stop him, whether with wood, timber, or any other thing. Contentions between the forester and burgesses to be determined, if possible, in the borough, if not, to be referred to the bishop. The cattle of a burgess not to be taken out of the borough, but to be replevied there, if the owners choose. The burgesses to have grass, rushes, fellger (I suppose, "geare, or stuff, from the fell"), and heath for their own use, but not to sell any to others. Any burgess digging turf for his own fire, if he have no cart of his own, to pay 2d for each borrowed one. Any burgess to give his wood to whom he pleases, provided the person to whom he gives it lives on this (the Durham) side of Tyne, and it be done with no unfair view; but he is not to sell any without the forester's licence. The goods of none coming within the limits aforesaid, are to be disturbed by the forester. Each burgess of Gateshead to have the same liberty of his burgage, that the burgesses of Newcastle have. A burgess of Gateshead, or his goods, going into any part of the bishop's land, to have the peace of God and St. Cuth∣bert, and all persons are forbidden to hurt or exact any thing of them. There was granted to them at the same time common pasturage, common portory to their houses, and all the usual customs which they could have of Saltwell-Meadows."
• q 6.595

  "Gatesheved, cum burg' molendin' piscar' et furn' et cum tribus partibus terre ara∣bilis de eadem villa, reddit 60 marc' Quarta pars arabilis cum essarto que Dominus Episcopus fieri fecit et prata sunt in manu Domini Episcopi cum incremento 2 carru∣carum. Terra Osmundi reddit 22s. 6d."—Gutch's Collectanea Curiosa, vol. ii. p. 89.
• r 6.596

  There is said to have been a monastery at Gateshead, A. D. 653, if the place called in Bede's Church History "Caprae Caput," must be understood to mean Gateshead, of which one Uttanus was then abbot: but of the foundation, continuance, and destruction of this very ancient house, no other memorials have been preserved. Tanner, in his Notitia Monastica, cites on this occasion Bede, lib. iii. cap. 21. See also Leland's Col∣lectanea, vol. ii. p. 140. "Uttan presbyter' inlustris et abbatis monasterii quod vocatur ad Caprae Caput." Sic Beda scribit: addit autem annotator ejus Doctor Smith in loco: "Caprae Caput hodie Gateshead ubi nulla remanent antiqui monasterii Uttani vestigia. Recentioris quidem pulcherrimam videmus capellam, vix adhuc ruinis succumbentem. Traditio est cellam fuisse sanctimonialium Novocastrensium, licet ejus historiam apud auctores vix inveneris." The place which Dr. Smith alludes to, and which still re∣mains, I take to have been the chapel of the hospital of the Trinity, if it was not the original chapel of that of St. Edmund. The present chapel of St. Edmund's hospital , which is situated half a mile farther to the south, is of the very poorest style of architecture, and probably was erected after the obtaining of King James's charter to refound the hospital. St. Edmund's hospital, as shewn before, was among the possessions of the nuns of Newcastle, and thence the tradition mentioned by Doctor Smith may have had its rise. This beautiful old chapel, from the style of its architecture, cannot, I should suppose, be older than the reign of King Henry the Third: and it is observable, that the long ••lips of windows are similar to those at the end of the church of Tinmouth monastery, and those in the Temple church in London.

  "It stands," says Grose, who has given ••••view of it, "on the east, or right hand side of the High-Street, leading to Newcastle-Bridge, from which it is distant about half a mile. The west end of it is handsomely ornamented with a number of pointed arche•• and niches, though the inside seems remarkably plain. It consists of a single aisle, 21 paces broad by 26 long. Some steps at the east end, leading to the altar, are still re∣maining: near them is a grave stone, on which is cut a cross, similar to that in the jamb of the church door at Jarrow: it has also the marks of an inlaid border about it, but the brass is gone. The arches of the windows (except those of the east and west ends, which are entirely pointed) are round within, and pointed on the outside. A remarkable orna∣ment is mounted on its east end, on a slender rod, being a small circle chequered by several bars crossing each other at right angles."

  This author is mistaken in the account he gives of this place having been set on fire. The Catholic chapel, which, out of a misguided zeal, was set on fire on that occasion, was in a mansion-house adjoining to this ruinous chapel, the ruins of which mansion-house are seen in his view.—He very justly observes, that the entrance, which is through a low, square, stone gate, decorated with pilasters, is seemingly of modern construction. —The site of the house, he adds, with its offices and gardens, occupied about two acres and a half of land.—Towards the east end of it are the ruins of a mansion, which, from the style of its architecture, seems to have been built since the dissolution of the monastery, perhaps out of its materials. This probably was Mr. Riddle's house, alluded to by Bourne.—The gateway is probably of the same age. Grose also confounds the very an∣cient monastery of Uttan and St. Edmund's hospital with this ruin. The former un∣doubtedly perished in those depredations of the Barbarians, when all the religious houses in Northumberland were destroyed.
• * 6.597

  See Plate, intitled "Statues of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Charles II. and Jame•• 〈…〉〈…〉.
• s 6.598

  See Madox's Formulare Anglicanum, p. 58, num. 113.
• t 6.599

  "Universis sancte matris ecclesie filiis hoc scriptum visuris aut audituris Baldewinus cum capite salutem. Noverit universitas vestra me caritatis intuitu concessisse & dedisse et hac presenti carta confirmasie pro salvacione anime mee & pro salvatione animarum heredum meorum Deo et hospitali Sancte Trinitatis de Gatesheved et Gerardo filio Geve procuratori ipsius hospitalis et ceteris fratribus ibidem Deo servientibus & servituris in li∣beram puram et perpetuam elemosinam septemdecim acras terre simul jacentes in australi parte in illa cultura que vocatur Alrisburne habendas & tenendas cum communi pastura et omnibus aliis ayframentis et libertatibus ad ipsam terram pertinentibus libere et quiete reddendo annuatim ponti de Tyne octo denat' imperpetuum scilicet quatuor denar' ad festum Sancti Martini et quatuor denat' ad Pentecosten pro omnibus serviciis et secu∣laribus exactionibus et ego Baldewinus & heredes mei hanc nostram elemosinam Deo et hospitali Sancte Trinitatis de Gatesheved & fratribus ibidem Deo servientibus et servituris imperpetuum contra omnes gentes defendemus et warrantizabimus Hiis testibus Os∣mundo filio Hamonis Roberto de Yolton, Ricardo de Akeselet Ada de Merleye Philippo de Geldeford Gerardo de Quikeham Willielmo filio ejus, Springaldo, Edmundo Taliatore Lamberto, Regin' de Len' Rogero de London Simone fil' Uctred•• Damele sil' Nichol' Malgero Clerico Johanne Clerico et multis aliis." From the original—Seal remaining— green wax—Inscript. "Bald' Sigil."—
• u 6.600

  Universis Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit Alic' de Quicham salutem. Noverit universitas vestra me in viduitate et libera potestate mea dedisse, con∣cessisse et presenti carta confirmasse hospitali Sancte Trinitatis in burgo de Gatesh^d. totam terram in territorio de Quicham que me contingebat jure hereditario de tenemento quod fuit Baldwini cum capite quondam patris mei exceptis tribus acris terre ejusdem tenementi quas prius dederit Alienor' sorori mee et eadem Alienor in viduitate sua per assensum me∣um prenominato hospitali de Gatesh.—per cartam suam dederat et confirmaverat. Istam autem donacionem & concessionem & confirmacionem feci predicto hospitali pro quatuor marc' argenti quas executores Ade de Merley mihi dederunt de testamento ejusdem Ade in necessitate mea. Habend' et tenend' capellano capelle Sancte Trinitatis deservienti et familie in hospitali predicto existenti in liberam puram et perpetuam elemosinam et quietam ab omni servicio et demanda seculari et sciend' est quod ego et Alienor soror mea preno∣minat' unum toftum juxta cimeterium de Quicham quod pertinere solebat ad predictam terram penes nos et heredes nostros retinuimus imperpetuum pro quo reddemus et ac∣quietabimus terram predictam de una libra piperis singulis annis versus episcopos Durelm' ad festum Sancti Cuthberti in Septembri et ut hec mea donacio & concessio firma & stabil' sit imperpetuum presentem cartam figilli mei appositione roboravi Hiis testibus Reginald' vicar' de Quicham Ada de Bradel Laur' de Ponthope Rob' et Johan' de Merley Phil' de Geldeford Willielmo de Birthley Rob' de Coggishall Johanne de Ravenesworth Johanne de Coquina Elgi Locker Hen' Gathegang Gilb' Gathegang Willie••mo Belle de Gat••••h' et aliis."—Seal green wax, representing a flower—Inscription, "S. Alicie de ......" From the original.
• v 6.601

  "Omnibus Christi fidelibus, &c. Alienor quondam uxor Symonis de Lamford salu∣tem in Domino Noverit universitas vestra me in vi••uitate et libera potestate mea dedisle concessisse et pres••nti carta confirmasse hospitali Sancte Trinitatis in Gatesh' totam ter∣ram in territorio de Quicham que me contingebat jure hereditario de tenemento quod fuit Baldwini cum capite quendam patris mei et preterea tres acras ibidem quas h••bui de dono Ali••i•• ••orotis mee de medietate ejusdem tenementi ipsam jure hereditario contingente pro quinque marc' argenti quas executores Ade de Merley mihi in magna necessitate mea de∣derunt de testamento ipsius Ade habend' et tenend' capellano capelle Sancte Trinitatis de∣servienti et familie in hospitali predicto existenti in liberam pu••am et perpetuam elemosi∣nam et quietam ab omnio servicio et demanda seculari et sciendum est quod ego et Alicia so••o•• mea prenominat' unum t••stum juxta cimete••ium de Quicham quod pertinere solebat ad terram prenominatam penes no•• et heredes nostros retinuimus imperpetuum pro quo reddemus et acquietabimus terram predictam de una libra piperis singulis annis versus epis∣copos Dunelm' ad festum Sancti Cuthberti in Septembri et ut hec mea donacio & concessio firma et stabil' sit in perpetuum presens scriptum sigilli mei appositione roboravi. Hiis testibus Reginaldo vicar' de Quicham Ada de Bradel Laur' de Ponthope Rob' et Johanne de Merley Phil' de Geldeford Willielmo de Birthley Rob' de Cogeshall Johanne de Ra∣venesworth Johanne de Coquina Elgi Loker Henr' Gathegang Gilb' Gatheg' Willielmo Belle de Gatesh' et aliis."—Seal—a star—Inscription, "Sig. Alienor' de ......." From the original.
• w 6.602

  See Bourne's History of Newcastle.
• x 6.603

  "Omnibus presens scriptum visuris vel audituris Bertramus prior & conventus Dunel∣mensis ecclesie salutem eternam in Domino Noveritis nos cartam venerabilis patris nostri Domini Nicholai Dei gratia Dunelmensis Episcopi in hec verba inspexisse: omnibus sancte matris ecclesie filiis ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit Nicholaus Dei gratia Dunelmensis Episcopus salutem in Domino sempiternam Etsi ascripti obsequiis Creatoris ipsius proferre laudes in pace deberent et quiete inimicus tamen qui huic adversatur nomini Zizaniam non cessans seminare per ministros suos et excrescentem malitiam secularem ad hoc sedule sui vires exponit ingenii ut quod ad laudem Dei et divini nominis cultum fidelium devo∣tio ordinavit ad nichilum redigat & irremediabili confusione perfundat. Hujus nos astute calliditati occurrere cupientes remedio salutari ne incertus aut inordinatus vivendi modus sempiternum inducat horrorem statuimus et ordinavimus ut in capella quam apud Gatesheved ad honorem Domini nostri Jesu Christi in nomine beati Edmundi confessoris et gloriosi pontificis Cuthberti fundavimus dedicavimus et dotavimus pro salute animo nostre predecessorum & successorum nostrorum quatuor sacerdotes bone vite et conversa∣tionis honeste sint perpetuis temporibus ministrantes, viz. Gilbertus cui custodiam contu∣limus capelle antedicte et omnium spectantium ad eandem quamdiu vixit cum tribus aliis sacerdotibus eidem Gilberto associandis tali videlicet adjuncto tenore ut diebus singulis in perpetuum matutinas et ceteras horas canonicas simul cantent ac per unum sacerdotem "de die" per alium "de beata Virgine" per quartum vero pro anima nostra predecesso∣rum et successorum nostrorum et omnium fidelium defunctorum "quatuor misse" quoti∣die celebrentur cum "commendatione, placebo et dirige" predicti vero quatuor sacer∣dotes in eadem mensa comedent et in eadem camera quiescent nisi alicujus infirmitas ad tempus inter alios egrotum manere non permittat predicti vero tres sacerdotes predicto Gilberto magistro domus et suis successoribus erunt obedientes et ab eo singillatim viginti solidos sterlingorum una cum mensa honorabili percipient annuatim ad providendum sibi in vestibus et aliis necessariis. Si quis illorum diabolico instinctu incontinens vagabundus aut alias vivens inordinate et per magistrum qui pro tempore fuerit monitus in sua militia perduraverit per eundem magistrum absque requisitione superioris amoveatur quo amoto sine more dispendio alius sacerdos substituatur. Ad hec quoniam capelle Sancte Trinitatis et ad sustentationem ibidem neque seculariter neque religiose viventium assignata suit sus∣tentacio modica et exilis, ut intelligatur quam bonum sit et jucundum habitare fratres in unum de consensu prioris & conventus Dunelmensis et illorum qui ibidem habitare con∣sueverunt, capellam predictam cum suis pertinentiis capelle prenominate quam fundavimus pontificali auctoritate consolidavimus. Ordinavimus etiam et statuimus ut Episcopi Dunel∣menses qui pro tempore fuerint sint patroni advocati & defensores predicti loci et omnium spectantium ad eundem et quod per ipsos magistri perpetuis temporibus instituantur presby∣teri tamen et suo perpetuo in loco predicto residentes. Si tamen magister aliquis sive cus∣tos institutus in regimine domus negligens fuerit aut alias inutilis inveniatur, per Episcopum Dunelmensem qui pro tempore fuerit amoveatur et idoneus sine mora regimini domus pre∣ficiatur. Si vero custodum aliquis qui predicte domui laudabiliter prefuerit tantam debi∣litatem morbo incidat vel etate quod propter ipsius impotentiam alius ibidem preficiatur: amotus a regimine ex causa honesta de bonis domus in vitae necessariis sustentetur dum ta∣men aliunde non habeat unde possit sustentari: et hoc idem de sacerdotibus observetur qui casus inciderint antedictos. Si autem bona ad sustentacionem prelibatam a nobis assigna∣ta aut piâ fidelium consideratione predicto loco assignanda ad uberiora bona facienda suffe∣cerint in elemosinis et operibus misericordie, qui regimini domus deputatus fuerit talit•••• studeat erogare quod in districti judicii examine ut fidelis dispensator a judice supremo cum electis ex fructu bonorum operum vitam capiat sempiternam. Nulli ergo hominum liceat hanc ordinationem nostram infringere vel ei ausu temerario contraire Siquis autem hoc attemptare presumpserit indignationem omnipotentis Dei et sancte genetricis ejusdem et sanctorum confessorum Eadmundi & Cuthberti et omnium sanctorum noverit se in••ursu∣rum et ad majorem hujus rei securitatem presens scriptum ••igilli nostri impressione fecimus, roborari. Hiis testibus Dominis Johanne de Rumesey Willielmo de Blockleye Philippo de Sancta Elena Magistris Odone de Kylkim Petro de Depham Willielmo de Manfeld Johanne le Gras Roberto de Glascu Martino de Sancta Cruce Roberto de Sancto Albano Ricardo de Farnham Rogero de Wynton capellano Johanne Gyllet, Waltero de S••l••by Willielmo de Sadberg Ricardo Basset et aliis Dat' apud Kyppeyar tricesimo die Januarii anno Domini millesimo ducentesimo quadragesimo octavo pontificis autem nostri anno oc∣tavo. Nos igitur dictam cartam dicti venerabilis patris nostri domini N.... Dei gratia Dunelmensis Episcopi gratam et ratam habentes ipsam sigilli nostri munimine duximus confirmandam Teste capitulo nostro."—From the original ordination remaining in the Augmentation-Office—part of the bishop's seal remaining, that of the prior and chapter almost entire.

  Foundation charter of St. Edmund's hospital, by N. Farnham, bishop, confirmed by the prior and chapter.

  "Omnibus presens scriptum visuris vel audituris Bertramus prior et conventus Dunel∣mensis ecclesiae aeternam in Domino salutem: Noveritis nos cartam venerabilis patris nostri D. Nicholai Dei gratia Dunelmensis Episcopi in hec verba inspexisse: omnibus Christi fidelibus presentem cartam inspecturis vel audituris Nicholaus Dei gratia Dunelmensis Episcopus aeternam in Domino salutem. Sciatis nos de assensu capituli nostri concessisse dedisse et hac carta nostra confirmasse Deo et beato Edmundo confessori et quatuor capel∣lanis in capella quam construximus apud Gatesheved in honorem ejusdem, Deo ibidem in perpetuum servituris totam villam de Ulkistan tam in dominicis quam in servitiis villanis et eorum sequelis cum bosco et molendino cum secta et soca et cum omnibus aliis per∣tinentiis suis sine aliquo retinemento. Dedimus autem et concessimus eisdem capellanis et successoribus suis in perpetuum totum vetus dominium de Gatesheved cum omnibus pertinentiis suis et cum boskello quod vocatur Benchelm continente quadraginta et tres acras per istas divisas (viz.) inter terram arabilem S. Trinitatis et viam quae ducit usque Farnacres tendentem ad pratum Dedimus et concessimus eisdem capellanis et eorum succes∣soribus in perpetuum viginti et novem acras terrae de eschaeta nostra cum pertinentiis suis in Aluresacyres habendas & tenendas Deo & beato Edmundo confessori et dictis capellanis et eorum successoribus in perpetuum de nobis et successoribus nostris in liberam puram et perpetuam elemosinam sicut aliqua elemosina liberius vel quietius dari potest vel teneri: sed ne ista nostra collatio in tam pios usus facta speciem alienationis continere videatur in compensationem tam modici damni subscriptae ecclesiae Dunelmensi reversu•••• quae quidem propriis facultatibus et industriis adquisivimus eidem ecclesiae nostrae in perpetuum adsig∣••avimus, viz. sexdecim acras terrae cum pertinentiis in Steindrop una cum advocatione ecclesiae ejusdem et sexdecim acras terrae cum pertinentiis in Winston una cum advoca∣tione ecclesiae ejusdem. Item quinque bovatas terrae cum pertinentiis in Thymelby cum bosco et cum homagio & servitio Willielmi de Kolevile et heredum suorum in eadem in perpetuum. Item triginta et quinque acras terrae cum pertinentiis in Creyk emptas de Ro∣berto de Raskelf. Item totam villam de Herdwyck juxta Stockton quam emerimus de G••l∣frido de Herdwyck excepto valore excambii quod ei fecimus in dominio nostro de Bradewood. Item quadraginta marcas annuas de ecclesiis venerabilis fratris Domini Sylvestri Karleolensis Episcopi et prioris ejusdem in Northumbria toto tempore ipsius episcopi et post ejus ces∣sionem vel decessum sexaginta marcas. Item advocationem ecclesiae de Stamfordham in Northumbria. Quare volumus et firmiter precipimus quod praedicti capellani et eorum successores qui pro tempore fuerint totam predictam villam de Ulkistan tam in dominicis quam in servitiis villanis et eorum sequelis cum bosco et cum molendino cum secta et soka, et cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis et totum vetus dominium de Gatesheved cum omnibus pertinentiis suis et cum praefato boskello quod vocatur Benchelm et etiam prae∣dictas viginti et novem acras terrae cum pertinentiis in Alursacress habeant et retineant in li∣beram puram et perpetuam elemosinam in omnibus et per omnia sicut praedictum est in per∣petuum. In cujus rei testimonium presenti scripto sigillum nostrum fecimus apponi. Testibus Dominis et Magistris Johanne de Rumesby, Philippo de S. Helena Willielmo de Blokelepo Odone de Kyllenny Willielmo de Hurtheworth Johanne Forti Galfrido de Forseth Marco de Sancta Cruce Ricardo de Farnham Roberto de Sancto Albano Johanne le Grass, Roberto de Bokynham, Rogero de Ponte Curvo Johanne Cilet Waltero Seilby Rogero de Winton capellano Henrico de Sumero Willielmo de Sadberge Ricardo Basseth Willielmo de Karlawe Radulpho Fermin clerico et multis aliis.

  Nos ergo dictam cartam dicti venerabilis patris nostri Domini Nicholai Dei gratia Du∣nelmensis Episcopi ratam et gratam in omnibus habentes ipsam sigilli nostri munimine dux∣imus confirmandum. (Teste capitulo nostro.) From a printed copy in Allan's Collec∣tions.
• y 6.604

  In a very old deed remaining in the Augmentation-Office, witnessed among others by "Laurentio de Linze tunc vicecomite Dunelm."—"Johannes dictus de Coquina bur∣gensis de Gatisheved" gives land "Deo et beato Eadmundo confessori de Gatisheved et Hugoni de Segrave capelle dicti beati Eadmundi confessori custodi."—The property is de∣scribed as being situated opposite "venelle que dicitur Waldeschere," in Gateshead.
• z 6.605

  "Taxatio bonorum temporalium Domini Dunelm' Episcopi et religios' omni' ejusdem Dunelm' dioc' fact' anno Domini 12•••• per m••gist••' &c.—Hospital de Gatisheved in om∣nibus bonis temporalibus ultra expens' necessar•••••• 18l."—From a MS. in the Exchequer.

  I found the following also ibid. "Nova taxatio bo••o••' temporal' et spiritual' cleri Episc' Dunolm' facta anno regni Regis E. fil' Regis ••. undecimo per breve Regis.—Hospit••l' Sancti Edmundi archiepiscopi de Gatesheved in temporal' 5 mat••'."
• a 6.606

  A deed lies before me with one seal remaining.—"Memorandum quod undecimo ka∣lend' Octobris anno Domini millesimo tricentesimo sextodecimo (1316) in capella Sancti Edmundi confessoris de Gatesheved probato testamento Domini Johannis de Coquina ca∣pellani defuncti coram nobis officiali Domini Dunolm' Episcopi &c. quaedam clausula te∣noris subsequentis.—Item do et lego domui Sancte Trinitatis & Sancti Edmundi confes∣soris dimidiam marcam annui redditus," &c.—Joh. de Denton magister dicti hospitalis occurs—"Testibus Johanne Gategang Thom' Vau' Thom' de Bowys Willielmo Brunes∣ward Willielmo de Alverton Ricardo Pykering burgensibus de Gatesheved et aliis."
• b 6.607

  Bourne's History.

  There is an original bull of Pope Urban to this hospital, of which Adam de Fenrother was then rector, remaining in the Augmentation-Office:

  "Urbanus Episcopus servus servorum Dei dilecto filio archidiacono Northumbrie in ec∣clesia Dunelm' salutem et apostolicam benedictionem. Significavit nobis dilectus filius Adam de Fenrother rector capelle Sancti Edmundi de Gatesheved Dunelm' dioc' quod nonnulli iniquitatis filii quos prorsus ignorat decimas redditus census legata terra domos prata ne∣mora stagna molendinorum et nonnulla alia bona ad ipsam capellam spectancia temerè et maliciosè occultare et occulte detinere presumunt non curantes ea prefato rectori exhibere in animarum suarum grave periculum et ipsorum rectoris et capelle non modicum de∣trimentum super quo idem rector apostolice sedis remedium imploravit Quocirca discretioni vestre per apostolica scripta mandamus omnes hujusmodi occultos detentores decimar' red∣dituum censuum et aliorum bonorum predictorum ex parte nostra publice in ecclesiis coram populo per te vel alium moneas ut infra competentem terminum quem eis prefixeris ea pre∣fato rectori a se debita restituant & revelent ac de ipsis plenam et debitam satisfaccionem im∣pendant et si id non adimpleverint infra alium terminum competentem quem eis ad hoc per∣emptorie duxeris prefigendum extunc in eos generalem excommunicationis sententiam pro∣feras et eam facias ubi et quomodo expediti videris usque ad satisfaccionem condignam solem∣niter publicari. Dat' Viterbii 2 id. Maii pontificatus nostri anno septimo." Bullâ avulsâ.
• c 6.608

  Randall's MSS.
• d 6.609

  Randall's MSS.
• e 6.610

  Ibid.
• f 6.611

  Ibid.
• g 6.612

  Ibid. There was an inquisition taken at Durham on Monday June 1••th, 143••, con∣cerning an acre of land in Gateshead, held under the chantry of the Holy Trinity, in St Edmund's chapel. This 〈◊〉〈◊〉 called Belesacre, and lay between the land of John King, chaplain, and keeper of the chantry aforesaid, and butted towards the west end upon the king's high-way, towards a certain cross standing on that way, at the head of Gateshead. —Randall's MSS.
• h 6.613

  Bourne sub anno. On the day of the purification of the Virgin Mary, 1436, an indenture was made between John Heyworth, master of this hospital, and the burgesses of the town of Gateshead, concerning the meadows of the said hospital, called Quicking-Croft and Milne-Flat, and the Leys on each side of Bencham, Langflatt, South-Felde, Wind-Myln-Hill, and Stany-Flat.—Communicated by Mr. Thorp, master, October 17th, 1782.
• i 6.614

  Bourne sub anno. On the day of the purification of the Virgin Mary, 1436, an indenture was made between John Heyworth, master of this hospital, and the burgesses of the town of Gateshead, concerning the meadows of the said hospital, called Quicking-Croft and Milne-Flat, and the Leys on each side of Bencham, Langflatt, South-Felde, Wind-Myln-Hill, and Stany-Flat.—Communicated by Mr. Thorp, master, October 17th, 1782.
• k 6.615

  Randall's MSS.—May, 1441, Bishop Neville granted a way-leave to Thomas Kirkeby, master of this hospital, for the purpose of carrying sea-coals, wrought out of the hospital lands, to the river Tyne.
• l 6.616

  Ibid.
• m 6.617

  ibid.

  It appears from the old court-rolls remaining in the Augmentation-Office, (dates 18 Ed. IV.—17 Hen. VIII. &c.) that the courts of the prioress and nuns of St. Bartholo∣mew, in Newcastle upon Tyne, were held by their steward (I suppose for their property in Gateshead), in the chapel of St. Edmund's hospital. Thomas Tempest occurs as their steward tempore Hen. VIII.
• n 6.618

  Allan's account of Sherbourn hospital.
• o 6.619

  It appears from the title page or blank leaf of Bishop Tunstal's Register, A. D. 1530, that Gateshead hospital was then valued at 3l. true value.—Allan's MSS.

  A. D. 1535, this house was valued as having in yearly revenues 109l. 4s. 4d. accord∣ing to Speed.—Dugdale makes its annual income 5l. 9s. 4d. and the MS. valorum 6l. 2s. 4d. Tanner tells us that the only way he knows to reconcile the great difference between these two valuations, is to suppose it written originally 109s. 4d. and that Speed's transcriber mistook and put pounds for shillings.
• p 6.620

  Randall's MSS.
• q 6.621

  A. D. 1553, 7 Ed. VI. an act passed for the uniting and annexing of the town of Gateshead to the town of Newcastle upon Tyne, but nothing is mentioned therein relating to this hospital. Tanner, in his Notitia Monastica, p. 115, says, that the patronage of this hospital seems to have been granted 7 Ed. VI. to the mayor and burgesses of New∣castle. "It is supposed," says Allan, in his Collections, "that all the hospital lands and revenues of St. Edmund in Gateshead were comprised in Agnes Lawson's surrender, in 1540, of St. Bartholomew's nunnery in Newcastle, and that they continued in the hands of the crown, from that time till the year 1610, or 1611, 8 of James I. when he by let∣ters patent refounded the hospital in Gateshead.
• r 6.622

  There is an order of common-council, dated March 28th, 1611, in which these words occur: "The hospitall of Saincte Edmonds in Gateshead in the county of Durham be∣longing this towne, i. e. Newcastle."
• s 6.623

  From the original.
• t 6.624

  Randall's MSS. e Registr' Barnes, p. 5.
• u 6.625

  Ibid.
• v 6.626

  For a representation of their common seal see "Miscellaneous Antiquities;" (plate o••) N^o 4.
• w 6.627

  From a copy of the charter in Allan's Collections. See Appendix.

  There was an order of common-council, March 28th, 1611, to impower the mayor of Newcastle and five aldermen, to settle and establish the foundations of the several hospitals, in which this of St. Edmund is included in the number of those belonging to that town.

  In the year 1731, there were standing in the Chapel-Garth a chapel wherein duty was performed by the master, a mansion-house for the master, with a dove-cote, stables and other conveniences, and three houses for the bedemen, wherein they lived at that time.— They have now an allowance to procure themselves lodgings.—Grass at present covers the sites of the houses of the master and brethren.

  Among the procurations due to Edward, Bishop of Durham, A. D. 174••, Gateshead hospital to pay 13s. 4d.—Allan's MSS.

  In a list of the persons who pay to the county rate (which is framed and glazed, and hangs in the vestry of Gateshead church), the following occurs: "Gateshead hospital 5s. 4d."—and "ditto ecclesiastical 5s. 7d."
• x 6.628

  On a late visit to this desecrated place, I found cocks and hens roosting on the sides of the pulpit. On the north wall there was a board put up, inscribed, "the shipwright's pew in Newcastle." One of the ornaments of the altar-piece has been converted to a very whimsical purpose: the present tenant's wife makes use of the truly frightful figure of a mutilated cherub to frighten her unruly children into order and good behaviour; the sight of this piece of sculpture, which she calls "the awd angel," never failing to procure an instantaneous silence.

  The little arch, by way of steeple, which still remains upon the chapel, is of the model, and probably of the same date, with that on the present grammar-school of Newcastle.
• y 6.629

  Tinmouth Chartulary at Northumberland-House, fol. 205. "Apud Tynemuth die Lunae in crastino clausi Pasch' anno regni Regis Edwardi septimo jur' coram J. de Vall••••••••s anno suprascripto present' quod Rex Scocie Archiepiscopus Ebor' Prior de Tynemuth, Episcopus Dunelm' & Gilbertus de Umfranville, vel corum ballivi in adventu ju••tic' ••d omnia placita ad Novum Castrum debent obviare dictis justic' ad caput ville de Gatesheved ad quendam fonte•• qui vocatur Chille et petere ab ei•• libertates suas si veniant de partibus Ebor' ••t si forte contigerit quod veniant de partibus Cumbrie tunc debent obviate •••• apud Faustances vel••••••ta in ingressu comitatus et predicti justic' debent deliberare eis ••••∣pitula super quibus corona Regis est placitand' in libertatibus suis per visum unius fidel••s Domini Regis assignat' per predictos justic' et tantum libertate prioris de Tynmuth et Gilberti de Umfranvyl et non alibi."
• z 6.630

  From a MS. in the bishop's library at Durham.
• a 6.631

  Randall's MSS. from Rot. Hatfeld, A. Sch. 4, No. 7, in dorso.
• b 6.632

  From an account "de antiquis possessionibus, libertatibus, &c. episcopatus Dunel∣mensis, pat. 38 Ed. III. p. 2, m. 26, pro minera carbonum in campo de Gateshead."— Tanner••s Notitia Monast. p. 113.

  "Dunelm' Episcopus de miner' carbonum per ipsum dimiss' ad sirmam in villa de Gates∣heved, pat. Ed. III. A^o 38, p. 2, m. 26."—Harle••an MSS. No. 744.
• c 6.633

  Randall's MSS. from Rot. Hatfeld, A. Sched. 15, No. 5.
• d 6.634

  Ibid. from Rot. Skitlaw, No. 66.

  August 28th, 1380, Katherine Fossour, widow of John de Bishopdale, released to John de Lanchester, vicar of St. Oswald's, Durham, and William de Graystanes, chaplain, all her right and claim to the lands that belonged to William Sire, in Gateshead, Whickham, and Hebern.—Bourne, p. 203.
• e 6.635

  Randall's MSS. •• Rot. Skirlaw, in dorso, No. 4.
• f 6.636

  Randall's MSS.—from Rolls of Bishop Langley, B. No. 11.
• g 6.637

  Bourne's History.—The tower mentioned in this place was no doubt that which had been built by the corporation of Newcastle, at the south end of the bridge, and which had been recovered from that corporation by Bishop Langley, A. D. 1416.—See the account of Tyne-Bridge.
• h 6.638

  Bourne's History.
• i 6.639

  Bourne's History.
• k 6.640

  Gardiner's England's Grievance, p. 169.
• l 6.641

  Ibid.
• m 6.642

  Dr. Ellison's MSS. say, "The Salt-Meadows, and the river and shoar over against it (the fishery excepted) with way-leave to Gateshead."

  There is preserved in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne, "an exact survey of the Salt-Meadows in the county palatine of Durham, belonging to the mayor and burgesses of the town and county of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne, taken 1724. In all 83 acres and 6 perches."

  The subsequent extract, relating to Gateshead, i•• taken from the ministers' or bailiffs' accounts of the possessions of the late monastery of Durham, dated the 4th of February, 32 Hen. VIII. remaining in the Augmentation-Office: "Burg' de Gateside—firma 6 te∣nementorum sive burgagiorum una cum pecia prati jacen' in Wykeham ac cum duobus particulis claus' jacen' juxta sinem austral' ville predicte ac una cum 2s. de libero redditu cantarist' beate Marie Virginis in ecclesia de Gatesyde in tenemento jacen' vac' pro defect' tenent' ad 8s. ut patet per ••entale—1••9••. 4d."
• n 6.643

  See Seals, Plate II. No. 11.
• o 6.644

  Randall's MSS. Ex autog' penes T. Gyll.
• p 6.645

  From the original, in the archives of the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle.
• q 6.646

  From the original, ibid.

  The following notices occur in Grey's MSS. No. I. p. 300: "A. D. 1561, letters patent recite, that Queen Elizabeth had taken from the bishoprick of Durham (among others) the manor of Gateshead, A. D. 1559 and 1560, and so had excepted them all out of the restitution to Bishop Pilkington, teste 25 March. But in the year 1566, teste June 13, on a new restitution of the temporalities, all were restored, except Norham and Nor∣hamshire."

  Upon Bishop Barnes' first coming to Durham, he had a great contest with Bishop Pil∣kington's widow for dilapidations: being a little settled he began to plunder his se••, by alienating all that he could from it, and granting long leases to Queen Elizabeth, of se∣veral manors, amongst which was Gateshead, with all the manors, coal-pits, and coal-mines in Gateshead and Whickham, with the commons, wastes, parks, &c. These the Queen gave to the Earl of Leicester, who sold his right to Thomas Sutton, founder of the Charter-House in London, and he conveyed his interest therein to the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne for 12,000l.—Strype's Annals, vol. ii. p. 432. Biog. Britan. vol. vi. p. 3851. Allan's Collections concerning Sherborn Hospital.
• r 6.647

  From the original in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle.
• s 6.648

  Ibid. See also Appendix to third volume of Strype's Annals, No. 30, p. 182.

  Gardiner, in his England's Grievance, &c. p. 12, says, that the Earl of Leicester pro∣cured the bishop's lease from his royal mistress, and sold or gave it to the famous Sutton of the Charter-House, who in his turn, he adds, sold it to the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle for 12,000l. This angry declaimer farther relates, that Doctor Cradock, arch∣deacon of Northumberland, attested that it was worth 50,000l. per annum. This grand lease expired April 26th, 1681.

  Gardiner maliciously insinuates that this lease was voided (at the time he wrote), and that the corporation had forfeited it, being garrisoned against the parliament. His book is dedicated to Oliver Cromwell.—His account indeed of the whole matter seems as er∣roneous as it is insidious, for he says that the rent of this lease was 90l. per annum, or thereabouts.
• t 6.649

  From the original in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne.
• u 6.650

  Spearman's Enquiry—Durham, p. 18. "Antiently, and time out of mind, the bishops of Durham have had, and still enjoy, diverse boroughs, pro markets, and fairs; and granted charters in their own names, and under their own seals, for erecting such boroughs, markets, fairs, and incorporating trades therein, and to make by-laws to exclude foreigners, and other such-like franchises, viz. the boroughs of Durham and Framwellgate, Gate∣side, Sunderland by the Sea, Stockton, Darlington, Bishop Aukland,—Tobiae Mathew Episc. anno 37 Eliz. Reginae.—The like charter for several trades in Gateside (Rotuli A.) —The like for Cordiners there, No. 27."
• v 6.651

  From the original in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle.
• w 6.652

  From a copy of the borough books on parchment, communicated by Mr. Ca••••, ••ooper.

  Mr. Hervey, senior, of Gateshead, informed me that he had often heard a traditionary account, that there had been anciently a well, with an oak hanging over it, at the head of the street called Oakwell-Gate, in which three strata of pavement have been discovered, and that he had often conversed with an old gentleman, who remembered when there were several pants in Gateshead.
• x 6.653

  From a record communicated by John Davidson, Esq. clerk of the peace for North∣umberland.
• y 6.654

  Rymer's Foedera, vol. xviii. pat. 2 Ca••. l. p. 4, n. 3.
• z 6.655

  Common-council books.
• a 6.656

  Ibid.
• b 6.657

  Ibid
• c 6.658

  Ibid
• d 6.659

  Ibid
• e 6.660

  Common-council-books.
• f 6.661

  Ibid.
• g 6.662

  Ibid.
• h 6.663

  Book of Inrolments, lib. ii. fol. 1.
• i 6.664

  Ibid.
• k 6.665

  From the original conveyance in the archives of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne.
• l 6.666

  Common-council books.
• m 6.667

  From an authenticated copy of the charter.
• n 6.668

  Grey's MSS.
• o 6.669

  Common-council books.
• p 6.670

  From an original record.
• q 6.671

  Journals of the House of Commons, vol. xii.
• r 6.672

  Dr. Ellison's MSS.
• s 6.673

  Dr. Ellison's MSS.
• t 6.674

  From a copy of the lease.
• u 6.675

  The following inscription is cut on a stone over the door: "This alms-house was built at the charge of Mr. Thomas Powell, late of Newcastle, who by his last will and tes∣tament did leave and bequeath all his estate, real and personal, towards the purchasing and building the said house, and appointed Charles Jurdon, George Surtees, William Stephen∣son, trustees, 1731."—Arms, a lion rampant—crest, a demy lion rampant.

  I have been informed that where the alms-house stands at present, there was formerly a quaker's meeting-house.
• v 6.676

  Grey's MSS.
• w 6.677

  Newcastle Courant—"June 26, 1762. Wednesday the woollen manufactory made their annual procession from Gateshead, and was a pleasing sight to all well-wishers to the valuable and important staple of this kingdom."
• x 6.678

  From a printed hand-bill, dated General Post-Office, January 29th, 1772, signed Anthony Todd, secretary.
• * 6.679

  See plate of arms of the corporation of Newcastle, &c. No. 4.
• y 6.680

  Lambert's MSS.—It is added, that the church-books run back to the year 1627, and that the business of the borough has, since that time, been conducted by stewards and grassmen—but evidently by mistake, for we have shewn, from the unquestionable autho∣rity of records, that the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle appointed bailiffs of Gateshead long after the year 1627.
• z 6.681

  Newcastle Courant.—A sermon was preached on the occasion by the Rev. Mr. Mat∣thews, from Morpeth in Northumberland.

  The steep ascent in Gateshead is called ••ottle Bank, not by corruption from Battle-Bank (from I know not what battle said to have been fought the••), but evidently from botle, Anglo-Saxon, a villag••—i. e. the Bank of the Village•••• Thus occur in the vi∣cinity of Newcastle, New-Bottle, Wall-Bottle, Bottle, &c. An ignorance of, or inat∣tention to, the Anglo-Saxon language, has occasioned among the learned themselves many ridiculous errors in etymology.

  "Acquel-Gate"—"Battle-Bank"—"Hell-Gaite, alias St. Mary-Gate," occur in old writings concerning this place.—Hell-Gaite is a corruption of Hill-Gate.
• a 6.682

  See Bedford's Simeon Dunelm. p. 213.

  In the best edition of Godwin de Presulibus Angliae, there is prefixed to the Account of the Bishops of Durham, a print from a copper-plate, representing Walcher's assassi∣nation.

  See Bourne's account.
• b 6.683

  "According to tradition," says Bourne, "it stood before in the field below where brick-kilns now are."
• c 6.684

  See account of St. Nicholas' church under that year.
• d 6.685

  See account of St. Nicholas' under A. D. 1318.

  The following are copied from MSS. in the possession of G. Allan, Esq. of Darlington. "Nomina archidiaconatuum, decanatuum, hospitalium, prebendar', rectoriar', vicariar', cantariar' quae spectant ad collacionem Episcopi Dunelmi et eorum verus valor.

  Rector de Gateshed 12l.

  (From the title page, or blank leaf, of Bishop Tunstal's Register.)

  Procurations due to Edward, Bishop of Durham, at his visitation, 1740.

  Chester Deanery. Gateshead 0l. 10s. 0d.

  Procurations payable to the Archdeacon of Durham at Easter and Michaelmas.

  Gateshead 2s. 0d."

  In the beginning of the year 1719, an old b••ass seal was dug up from under a third pave∣ment, in sinking a well at Carlisle, with the following legend: "S.' Beate Marie de Gathesevid." Bishop Nicholson sent the seal to Doctor Ellison, with his opinion, that it belonged to the church of St. Mary in Gateshead, and an observation, that if the rector and churchwardens had a common-seal, the case was extraordinary.—Yet, say Dr. Ellison's MSS. "I find an account that St. John's church in Newcastle had a common-seal."

  There is affixed to a will remaining in the Augmentation-Office, dated at Gateshead, on Monday before Martinmas-Day, 1427, a beautiful fragment of a seal of this church, re∣presenting the salutation of the Virgin Mary. See Seals, Plate II. No. 1.
• e 6.686

  From a letter from Mr. Lee to Doctor Ellison, vicar of Newcastle, dated January 22d, 1698. Sub Effigie Vitellii, A. 9.

  In the common-council books, July 5th, 1652, mention occurs of "sessing all the lands in Gateshead, for the building of the minister's house," and leave asked "to sesse the town lands (i. e. those of Newcastle) in Gateshead for that purpose."
• f 6.687

  See Bourne, sub anno 1403. "St. Mary's Well"—also "Pipewel-Gate"—"Hell-Gate"— "Hengle-Dyk"—and "St. Helen's Well" occur.
• g 6.688

  Register of Bishop Fox, p. 12.
• h 6.689

  From an original lease communicated by Thomas Davidson, Esq. "Le Blend Chair" occurs in this lease as the name of a lane or alley.
• i 6.690

  Register of Bishop Tunstal, p. 35.
• k 6.691

  He says also, ibid. "William Blenkinsope was incumbent of St. Mary's chantry."
• l 6.692

  Rolls of Bishop Baynbr••g, Rot. A. in dorso, No. 2, wherein the said John Dolphamby grants to Richard Dolphamby (and to his heirs for ever), son of his daughter Alice Dol∣phamby, the presentation to this chantry by him newly founded, at the altar of St. Loy, in Gateshead church. It is dated at Gateshead, on the feast of the Holy Cross, 1442.
• m 6.693

  Register Tunstal, p. 9.
• n 6.694

  Willis's Abbies, vol. ii. p. 75. In giving an account of the pensions paid to incum∣bents of chantries in Gateshead church, he mentions our Lady's, Trinity, and St. John's chantry—there is a blank after Jackson's name, where that of the chantry ought to have been.
• o 6.695

  Bourne, sub anno.—"Akewel-Gate"—"Hol-Chare"—"Overkirk-Chare," &c. occur in this grant.
• p 6.696

  Register of Bishop Fox, p. 7.
• q 6.697

  Willis's Abbies, vol. ii. p. 75.
• r 6.698

  Willis's Abbies, vol. ii. p. 75.

  It should seem to appear from Allan's Collections, that there were two chantries of our Lady in Gateshead church—sed quaere?
• s 6.699

  On the inside of the steeple, behind the organ, is the following inscription on a com∣partment of stone—"This steeple was rebuilt Anno Domini, 1740.

  • Martin Huntley
  • Thomas Jackson
  • Martin Pattison
  • Bartholomew Spain, churchwardens."
• t 6.700

  On three of the bells are the following inscriptions: "Te Deum laudamus 1730"— "Vos jubilate 1730"—"Festa decoro 1730."—"T. Seller, Eborae," is upon each.

  Robert Coatsworth The Corporation of Newcastle Principal benefactors.

  Nic' Ridley Trinity House, Newcastle Principal benefactors.
• u 6.701

  Plate belonging to Gateshead church.

  N^o 1. A large silver salver: "Honor et gloria soli Deo, 1732."

  2. One less salver of the same form—Arms of "C••le" engraved thereon

  3. One silver cup with the same arms, and the following inscription: "The free gift of James Cole to St. Maryes church in the parish of Gateshead."

  4. One other silver cup—round the ed•••• "Soli Deo gloria."

  5. One silver flaggron—the arms of Collinson thereon, with the following inscription: "The gift of Elizabeth Collinson in m••••ner•••• of her daughter J•••••• W••••ngham deceased, to the church of St. Maries in Gateshead, 1672."

  6. One other silver flaggon of the same form—thereon as follows: "The guift of Wil∣liam Collinson, late of Gateshead, deceased, to the church of St. Maries in Gateshead, 1672;" with the arms of Collinson.

  7. A silver dish with the following inscription "The gift of Richard Faweett, D. D. rector, to the church of St. Mary's in Gateshead, May 13th, 178••."
• v 6.702

  Dr. Ellison's MSS.—In the year 1785 there were 1••5 males, and 114 females christened; 138 males, and 111 females buried at Gateshead.—Newcastle Courant.
• w 6.703

  On the south side of the church, near the vestry door, a neat table monument belong∣ing to the family of Ord of Oakwellgate—Another to the memory of — wife of John Warburton of Newcastle—Near the same, close to the flags, on the south side thereof:

  "In hoc tumulo corpus Camillae Johannis Lambert uxoris Et Gulielmi Bradley filiae conditum est: Quae obiit Septembris die tricesimo, aetatis suae 29."

  There were two brothers buried in this church-yard of the name of Bailey; the one a clergyman, the other a painter: upon whom was put a fulsome epitaph: but one Moody a Quaker coming past, and reading the same, is said to have written underneath with chalk,

  Here lies a painter and a priest, And all the rest is but a jest." Lambert's MS. Notes of Epitaphs, Arms, &c.
• x 6.704

  The deed of gift is dated January 9th, 1701, a copy whereof, examined and compared with the original by Ralph Trotter, registrar, lies before me. By this Dr. Pickering l••st the sum of 300l. to purchase some rent-cha••••e, or to be laid out in the purchase of land for the perpetual maintenance of a free-school in the parish of Gateshead, at the Anchor∣age adjoining to Gateshead church; the master to be chosen by the rector of that church, and to teach all the children of the parish of Gateshead the Latin and Greek tongues; as also to write and cast up accounts, and also the art of navigation or plain sailing, &c.
• y 6.705

  Perhaps anchorage is a corruption of anchoretage of hermitage, one of which may have been formerly at this place.—There was certainly a hermitage upon Tyne bridge. See account of that bridge.
• z 6.706

  Randall's MSS.
• a 6.707

  Ibid.
• b 6.708

  Ibid. "Ricardus de Kilvington persona de Gatesheved" occurs April 4, anno pontific' Episcopi Bury 12^o. Rot. Bury Sch. 18.
• c 6.709

  Randall's MSS. Occurs Sept. 5, anno pontific' Hatfeld, 32^o. Rot' Hatfeld, B. Sched. 12. N^o 1.
• d 6.710

  Randall's MSS.
• e 6.711

  Ibid.
• f 6.712

  Ibid.
• g 6.713

  Ibid.
• h 6.714

  Ibid.
• i 6.715

  Ibid.
• k 6.716

  Ibid.
• l 6.717

  Ibid.
• m 6.718

  Ibid.
• n 6.719

  Ibid.
• o 6.720

  Ibid.
• p 6.721

  Ibid.
• q 6.722

  Ibid.
• r 6.723

  Ibid.
• s 6.724

  See Bourne's History sub anno.
• t 6.725

  Randall's MSS.
• u 6.726

  Ibid.
• v 6.727

  Register of Bishop Tunstal.
• w 6.728

  Ibid. p. 50.
• x 6.729

  Randall's MSS.
• y 6.730

  Register Pilkington, p. 53.
• z 6.731

  Randall's MSS. "Mr. William Hodgson of Gatesyde, parson and preacher," occurs in St. Nicholas' Register, Newcastle, August 1581. "Mr. Richard Hodgson, parson of Gatesyde, preacher," occurs ibid. August 1585. Quaere whether or not by mistake of the Christian name for the same person?
• a 6.732

  Randall's MSS.—Allan's Collections.
• b 6.733

  Randall's MSS.
• c 6.734

  Register Neile, p. 26. Collacio R. de Gateside.
• d 6.735

  Ibid.
• e 6.736

  Vol. iv. He appears (from St. Nicholas' Register in Newcastle) to have been buried there March 2d, 1663. Rushworth, in his Collections, part iv. vol. vii. p. 787, tells us, "1647, the well-affected in Newcastle are much cast down that a malignant party in that town are so prevalent, domineering it over the honest party, as they have lately done in putting a minister into the parish of Gateside, and a cl••th of the same stamp, who wa•• once a master-gunner in the Earl of Newcastle's army."
• f 6.737

  Randall's MSS.
• g 6.738

  Common-council books.
• h 6.739

  Register Neile, p. 105. In the assessment for the two last of the four subsidies granted 15 Charles II. 1663, John Laidler had his good valued at 3l. and paid 16s.
• i 6.740

  See Wood's Athenae, vol. ii. p. 854.
• k 6.741

  See Fasti Oxon. Wood—p. 65. Kennett's Register, p. 926.
• l 6.742

  Randall's MSS.
• m 6.743

  Vide Fasti Oxon. p. 211.
• n 6.744

  "In Gateshead," says the MS. Life of Barnes, p. 52, "was Mr. Tully, an eloquent man—he published a book concerning the government of the tongue—he was lecturer of St. Nicholas, Newcastle."
• o 6.745

  Wilford's Memorials, p. 256.
• p 6.746

  He occurs in St. Andrew's Register, March 4th, 1703, as minister of Gateshead. He died at Durham (but was buried at Sedgefield) 20th March 1710.
• q 6.747

  St. Andrew's Register.
• r 6.748

  He was morning lecturer at All-Saints.
• s 6.749

  Bourne's History.

  There is preserved in the collection of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a print of Gateshead church, intitled "The South Prospect of Gateshead Church, humbly dedi∣cated to the Reverend L. Shafto, rector thereof, by his obedient servant, R. B. (i. e. Robert Bailey) 1723."

  N. B. The chapel of St. Edmund's hospital has been called, but very improperly, a chapel of case to Gateshead church.—See account of that hospital.