jia ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 



de Errington, Km. was of the party of K. Edward IV, againft the 

 houfe of Lane after ; .by whom, and Sir John Manners, of Etall, at 

 the head of 400 men, Queen Margaret, of Anjou, was hindered 

 from landing with her company at Bambrough, and forced to take 

 flicker at Berwick upon'Tvueed. Nicholas de Errington died in the 

 .beginning of the reign of Q^Elizabeth, pofTefled of 'Errington, 8cc, 

 (r) ; now in the poiFeffion of Mr. Erring ton of B confront. 



The fit.uation of B confront is generally admired, having both 

 fun and fhadc, and a delightful vale and river profpect. 



From the iSth mile-Hone on the military road, on the left 

 hand, we have a fine view of 



Haly-dcn, i. e. the Holy Den or Vale, famous for the victory 

 obtained by Ofwald, King of Northumberland, over the Briti/Jj ufur- 

 per, Ccdivall, who had flain his apoftate brother, Anfred, King of 

 Bernlcla, in a pitched battle, and made a terrible flaughter of his 

 little army. Ojkvald, to revenge his brother's death, and fave his 

 country from deftruction, boldly marched at the head of a few 

 brave troops to oppofe the tyrant. He chofe a convenient camp 

 v. hich he fortified, and relying not on his own arm or his own 

 ilrength, but on the goodnefs of his caufe, and the protection of 

 heaven, creeled a crofs before it. Then he and his army on their 

 knees implored a bleffing on their arms. The enemy trufting to 

 their numbers, advanced in full confidence of victory. Cedivall 

 in imagination reckoning the day his own, and tranfported with 

 the thought of having full vengeance on the humble Ofwdld, in 



(r) Heredes Nicbol. Errington fuerunt feifiti de et in Errington, Cockley, Fallowfield, 

 Kepwick, Wharneley, Wharneley-HiH, cum terris in Acotne, Hexham, Stonecroft, Prior- 

 Houfe, Hill-Houfe, Nakedalc, Ha-plow- field, et Umbres. 



Efcaet. de anno 10 Eliz. 



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