44 ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 



three days after ; now difcontinued. The Tyne is crofled by a 

 bridge of fix arches ; on the fouth fide of which, on a little emi- 

 nence, is a grammar-fchool, over the entrance of which is the 

 following infcription. 



Hsec fchola fundata et 



Munifice dotata fuit anno 



Domini MDCXCVII, a 



Reverendo et docfliffimo viro domino 



Johanne Shaftoe, A. M. ecclefias 



Netberwarden in hoc agro vicario ; 



In tarn benigni capitis elogium 



Decile nequit : hoc unum opus pro 



CuncStis aliis fuis beneficiis fama loquetur. 



For the ufe of this fchool, and the relief of poor houfe -keepers 

 within the chapelry of Hay den, the Revd. Mr. Shaftoe, vicar of 

 Nether-warden, left his cftate of Moufen, near Belford, by a deed of 

 gift, bearing date 17 June, i James II, 1685; afterwards con- 

 firmed in chancery, on account of a fubfequent will, bearing 

 date 13 May, 5 William and Mary, 1693 ; the deed being uncancel- 

 led (nj ; the eftate now Ictt for upwards of 150!. per annum; the 

 grammar-matter to be of the degree of matter of arts in one of 

 our univerfitics ; his falary at prefcnt upwards of 50]. and the 

 U flier's 15!. per annum. 



On the right hand of the military road, by the 25th mile- 

 ftone, in an opening between two riling hills, giving a view of 

 part of the vale of South Tyne, is, 



(ii) See both in the Appendix. 



Carraiv~ 



