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Themanour and villa of Otterburn were part of the eflate of 

 the noble family of Humfranvilfy) ; and belonged to the crown, 



Four miles from Otterburn, and eight miles from Rifingham, is 



Rochefler, the Roman ftation Bremenium (a), on the brow of a 

 fteep rocky hill, as its name imports quafi c aft mm in ra/><? near 

 the head of the river Reed, by Watl'mgjlreet, the courfe of the liift 

 Iter of Antoninus ; reputed the ftronged garrifon of any the Ro- 

 mans had in the north (b) ; the capital of the Ottodini, and it i pen- 

 diary (c). The tribunes, Ciepio Charitenus, and Lucius Oelius Opta- 

 tus, were both commanders in it; the latter having under him 

 a body of Spant/h auxiliaries, the firft cohort of the Varduli, from 

 Hifpania citerior. An abundance of coins of M. Aurdins Antoninus 

 have been digged up at it. Dr. Hunter of Durham (d), and Dr. 

 Taylor, Chancellor of Lincoln (e), have both publilhed an infer: p- 

 tion upon an altar infcribed by this cohort to the Emperor Cam- 



(y) See Prudhow. 



(z) Domina Regina Elizabetha eft feifita dc et in manerio et villa de Otterburn. 



Efcaet. de anno 10 Eliz, 



(a) Bremenium. Came/en. 



Rochefter. Camden. Burton. Dr. Hunter. 

 Riechefter. Gordon. HorJJcy. Stukeley. 

 Rutchefter. Dr. Taylor. 



(b) Dr. Hunter. Ph. Tr. No. 278. 



(c) Richard of Cirencefter. Dr. Stukeley. 



(d) Ph. Tr. No. 474. 



(e) - No. 482. Vol. 44. p. 344, 



call a, 



