ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 79 



There is a houfe in Hcxbatn,. belonging to the lecturer, which ftill, 

 bears the name of the vicarage ; and a ftreet, called ///aj-gafe 



from the vicar Eillan, 







Archbifhop Thurjlan had a like regard and veneration for Hex- 

 ham-priory, as his predeceflbr. For the better fupport of the 

 prior, he gave it the prebend of Salton in his cathedral of York, 

 which was the impropriation and advowfon of SW/wz-vicarage, 

 antiently rated at 80 marks, or 557. 13^. qd. His munificence' 

 did not flop here, as will appear from the following account of 

 its revenues, and by whom given, confirmed by an inquifitioa 

 taken at Neivcajlh upon Tyne, 25 K. Edward I, July 7, 1297 ; Wil- 

 liam de Hallon, then high meriff of Northumberland. 



" The prior and canons held, befides the church and priory of 

 "Hexham, with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, the im- 

 " nour and village of Ainivick, and the villages of Sandhoc and 

 " Yarnzigg, with a mill upon the Tyne and the mill-race, and all 

 " they<f7 which belongs unto, or ought to belong unto, the fliid 

 " mill ; and the tithe of all things (whether belonging to tli3 

 " archbifhop or other perfons) within the liberty of Hextildd/humi 

 " as alfo Sake (n) and Sokcn (o), and other privileges, as the 

 " power of regulating the aflizes of bread and beer, and that their 

 " fervants Ihould bear a virge on their making diftrefles, fum- 

 " mons's, and attachments, and on correcting offences of the 

 " tenants in the prior's court : Given by Thomas, Archbimop of 

 " York, thefecondof that name, and confirmed by the chapter of - 

 " that fee, to hold as a free, pure, and perpetual alms. 



" They alfo held certain lands in the town of Hexham, viz. the 

 ' whole intire ftreet of CockJJjaiv ; twenty-four mefmages in the 



(n) Vid. Braff. lib. 3. (o) Id. 



" flrcet, 



