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the vale of Monmouth ; so that he came into Westmorland not 

 quite empty-handed. These Monmouth estates were afterwards 

 exchanged with Edward II. by the next succeeding Clifford, for 

 the Skipton Castle estates, in Yorkshire, which remain to this time 

 part of the Clifford possessions. This Roger, the Countess of 

 Pembroke tells us, built and repaired much of Brougham Castle, 

 and caused a stone to be set in the wall thereof, over the door of 

 the inward gate, whereon is engraven these words, following as 

 they stand — 



T H YS 



MADE 



ROGER 



which words, she goes on to say, "are severally interpreted : for 

 some think he meant it, because he built that and a great part of 

 the said castle, and also the great tower there ; and some think he 

 meant it, because he was made in his fortune by his marriage with 

 Isabella Vetripont, by whom he became possessor of this castle 

 and lands." 



This famous inscription stone is undoubtedly the one now there, 

 but instead of being over the inward gateway, as the Countess 

 describes it. it is over the outer gate, where it was put about fifty 

 years ago, after having been a long time lost, and recovered in the 

 mill-dam close by. As regards the inscription itself, a curious 

 misunderstanding has arisen. The first edition of Walker's History 

 of Penrith gives it the same as the Countess of Pembroke, " This 

 made Roger ;" but in the second edition it stands, " Thus made 

 Roger," for which in a foot note the author gives this reason : — 

 " Shortly after the first edition of this work appeared, Mr. William 

 Docker of Newby, in a letter to the Penrith Advertiser, stated that 

 the inscription which he had examined was not 'This,' but 'Thus 

 made Roger.' I immediately went and examined it, and was 

 convinced he was correct ; but to make the matter more certain, 

 I requested Mr. Jacob Thompson to look at it when passing ; he 

 did so, and confirmed Mr. Docker." 



But the fact is, the author and his two friends failed to observe 



