^4 ANTK>Uiiiiib OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 



confiderable property (/) ; alfo of Richard Ridley, Efq; high 

 fhcrifF of Northumberland, ayth of the fame reign (g). In the reign 

 of K. Charles I. it was in the pofleflion of Richard Mufgrave, Efq; 

 (h) ; the manour of Henjhaw, and the foreft of Lowes, and other 

 lands, being then held of the crown, under the manor of Wark, 

 in Tynedak, .by William Ridley, Efq; by the fame fervice as his fa- 

 ther, of his own name, performed (i). Willimotefwicke now be- 

 ;longs to Sir Edward Blacket, of Wejl Matfen, Bart. 



A little higher up from the military roa<J .we have a view of 

 the Roman ftation of 



Little Chejters fk}, eafily diftinguifhed by the clumps of trees 

 and brufhwood in it, like natural arbours, from which it has 

 obtained the name of The Bowers. It is of the ufual form, nearly 



(f) Fuller's Worthies. 



N'uholaus Ridley fuitfeifitus deet in manerio et villa de Wyllymontfwycke, Henfhaw, Cragg- 

 flicd, Horny-ftced, Legget, Rofes-bower, Crook-bank, Chefter-wood, Haddon, Wood- 

 fhcel, Ridle^-hajl, Beltingham, Shaws, Woodburn-houfe, Midfhaw, Style, Braydwood, 

 lames, AHington, Fenpugh, Wood-hall, Melkridge, High-houfes, Whitchefter et 

 Whitchcflcr, cum terris in Haltwefel, Haidon- bridge, Morylee, White-ftieel, Thorn graf- 

 ton, Birkfhaw, Mill houfe, Bradley eaft, Grindon-dikes, Toy-houfes, Hunter-Cragg, et 

 B<udon-Mill. Efcaet. de Anno 10 Eliz. 



( S ) Ftdltr. 



(f>) Ricbardus Mufgwui, Arm. tenet in capite manerium de Willimontfwicke, Ridley, 

 Ridley-hall, et Melkridge, ac diverfa mcfliiagia, et terras ibidem, ac Re&or. de Haltwefel. 



Ex Lib. Feodar. Petri OJborne, Milit. 



(i) Willlelmus Ridley, Arm. filius Wtllielml, tenet de rege, ut de manerio de Wark in 

 Tynedale, manerium de Henfliaw, et foreftam de Lowes, cum molendino aquatico, et di- 

 verfa tenem. infra diclura manerium et foreftam. Ex praedi&o Libro Feodar. 



(k) Ph.Tr. No. 278. 



'" fquare, 



