ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 1-5 



Byivell, the barony of Hugh de Ballot in the reign of K. Henry 

 III fb), high Iheriff of Northumberland for ten years together fa) ; 

 of John de Baliol, in the latter part of the fame reign, and i K. 

 Ed-ward I fc) ; one of the twelve great lords, chofen by the bo- 

 rons, to treat in the three parliaments, 42 K. Henry III, 1258, 

 with the king's council, for all the commons, upon public buli- 

 nefs ; no more being chofen to make a parliament, or to rcprc- 

 fent the community, to fave, fays the record, the public charges, 

 the members cxpenccs being defrayed by their refpeclive condi- 

 ments. 



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It was afterwards in the pofTeffion of the Nevills, Lords of Ruby 

 and Bolbeck ; of Sir "John Nevlll, i, and 12 K. R:chard II (dj ; of 

 Sir Ralph Nevill, created Earl of Wejlmorhmd, 21ft of the fame reign ; 

 and earl marfhal of England by K. Henry IV ; his patent, dated 

 3oth September, 1399, at Weftminfter fe) ; father of Richard X-j-uiH, 

 his fecond fon, who married Alice, only daughter and folc heir 



(a) Hugo de Baliol tenet in capita de domino re^e bnroniam de BywJl, cum pcrtinen. per 

 fervicium quinque feod. milit. et cum debit, ad wa:d. N'lvi Caf.ri I'uper Tynam xxx milit. at 

 omnes antecefTores fui tenuerunt per idem fervicium poft tempus domini regis HSiHl;lms Rtifbi 

 qui eund feofTav. et dc tenemcnto illo nulla eft alienatio vel donatio, &c. undc do'ninus ie;c 

 minus habeat de fervic. fuo. Tefta dc Nevi.!. 



(b) FulLrs Worthies. 



(c) Johannes eie Baliol tenet in capite de domino rege Newiygyn? ; Woodhornc, cum Lyn- 

 mouth et Hirft, membris fuis ; Halyvvell, Lynton ; Ellington, cum Crefsweil ct Aidon, 

 membfis ; Bitchfie'.d, Heddon nig. Stamfoidham, curn Ulkfton, membr. Nuton et Nuton, 

 Acomb, Stelling, Ovington, Eltringham, Micklcy, Whetinflaw, Falderfhaw, Brorreley, 

 et medictatem de Bywell, per quinta feoda vet. feoffamenti. Efcast. de anno i Edvjrui I. 



(d) Dugdalcs Summons to Parliameiit. Efcaet. de anno 12 Rhardl II. 

 (c) Rym. Feed. AngL torn. viii. p. 89. Acta Regia, \Q\. ii. Svo. p. 69. 



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