88 ANCIENT HISTORY OF KIRK BY-MOO RS1D E. 



We shall have a more correct idea of the family 

 of the Nevilles, by attending to the following pedi- 

 gree : 







marks of two capital B's, from Bertram Bulmer : another 

 havingthe name of Jane, bastard sister to Henry IV. and 

 wife to Ralph Neville, first earl of Westmoreland. la 

 Camden's time there were three parks belonging to Raby ; 

 whereof two were replenished with deer, and the middle 

 one had a lodge in it. The Stag used to be presented 

 annually, till contests arising, the monks chose to forego 

 the presents. Lord Darlington, to this day, pays to the 

 Chapter of Durham, ^*4., in lieu of the stag. Dugdale's 

 Baronet. 1 p. 193. This castle was built soon after 1378, 

 by John de Neville, by licence from Bishop Hatfield. It 

 is an irregular, but a magnificient and extensive pile. 

 All the towers are square : that great one called Bulmer's 

 is detached, and had on it a bull in relief, holding a flag ; 

 and over him a shield. This bull, well delineated in. 

 Buck's view, has been removed to the gate-way into 

 the farm house, built by the present Lord Darlington, on 

 the hill west of the castle. The founder has also marked 

 this B. Bulmer's tower is now detached ; but joined 

 to the castle before the apartments between them were 

 burnt down. There is a large tower to the north called 

 Clifford's ; but on what account is not known. The 

 grand entrance to the castle is on the east, leading through 

 the great hall, supported by six pillars ; and so goes on 

 through an arch to the west. From this a staircase leads 

 into an upper hall, QOfeetby 36 feet, and 34 feet high, 

 with a flat timber roof. Here assembled in the time of 

 the Nevilles, 700 Knights, who held of that family. 1 

 Some of the lower apartments have recesses for windows, 

 beds, &c. in the thickness of the wall, which is 9 feet. 

 The oven is at least fifteen feet in diameter, and is now- 

 converted into a wine cellar, divided into ten parts, each 

 holding a hogshead in bottles. The kitchen is a mag- 

 nificent and lofty square, with three chimneys, and an 

 arched roof; lighted by a small cupola in the centre. 

 On the sides are five windows, with a gallery passing all 

 round before them, and four steps from each into the 

 kitchen ; but ending a great height from the floor. The 

 itair-case of communication between the kitchen aud 



