ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. i 19 

 About a quarter of a mile eaft from Cor-chejter, is 



Cor-brldge, an antient borough on the north banks of the Tyne, 

 croffed by a bridge of feven arches ; the manour of which was 

 granted by the crown, 6 K. John, to Robert, fon of Roger de Clave- 

 ring, baron of Warkivorth, to hold, with all its regalities, in fee- ' 

 farm, by the annual fervicc of 40 /. with the privilege of a 

 weekly market, and an annual fair on the eve, day, and day 

 after the feftival of St. John the Lapt'ift (g). It had alfo the pri- 

 vilege of fending two members to parliament, which privilege 

 was difufed on the account of the burthen of the members ex- 

 pences ; the names of two of whom are on record, viz. Adam 

 Fitz-Alan, and Hugh Fitz-Hugh, 23 K. Edward I (h). John, the 

 laft Baron Clavering,- granted the reverfion of his honour of 'll f ark- 

 worth, and of this and his other manours in this county, to the 

 crown, 6 K. Edward I (i) ; which were given by K. Edivard III, 

 to Henry Lord Percy (k) ; and are now in the poffeffion of his 

 Grace the Duke of Northumberland. 



() Teftibus P. Dnnelm. epifc. Data per manum Jocelini de Welles, apud Eboracum, 8to 

 die Marcii, anno. R Johannes fexto. 



Rot. Clauf. de an. 6to R. Johannis, m. 14. 



Robertas filius Roger! tenet in capite de domino rege villam dc Corbrigge cum omnibus 

 ferviclis pertinent, ad feod. ferm. quam dom. rex ei dedit ad fermam, et per chartam fuam 

 confirmavit, reddendo inde annuatim ad fcaccarium dom. regis xxx. lib. de vet. feoffam. et 

 nunc de increm. per ann. xl. lib. Tefta de Nevill. 



Johannes filius Robertl tenet in capite de domino rege Cerbrigg, et eft burgus ad feodi 

 fermam per ann. xl. lib. folv. tamen dom. rex talliat burgenfes ejufdem vil'ae cum dominicis 

 fuis comrtatus. Certificat. Hug. de Bolbeck, vice-comitis Nortbumlr. 



Of this manour, and the crown-rent, 3 K. John, fee Madox's Ferma Burgi, cap. iii. p. 54. 

 (h) Browne IFilHs's Notitia Parliamentaria. (i) Rot. Clauf. de anno 6 Ed. I. m. 2. 



(k) Pat.de anno 2 Ed. iii. p. i. m. 20. See Work-mirth. 



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