ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 147 



of Englijh ordinations, 9 (^Elizabeth, 1566. He was in arms 

 againft the Queen, i2th of her reign, 1569, for which his ho- 

 nour of Bywell, and all his other honours and lands, his feat of 

 Bramfpeih-caft\Q t near Durham^ where his followers reforted to 

 him, were forfeited by a bill of attainder, 15 May, 1571. He 

 efcaped beyond fea, where he died (gj. 



The following furvey was taken, among his other honours and 

 eflatcs, of the baronies of Bywell and Bolb:ck, by .Kdmond Hall, 

 and William Hombcrfton, by her majefty's commiilion, bearing date 

 1 8 th March, 1569, and i2th of her reign. 



" Bywell and Bolbcck are two antient baronies, and are fituate in 

 " the extreme fouth part of Northumberland, between the rivers of 

 " Tyne and Derwent ; and albeit they be joined and mixed togc- 

 " ther, yet are the rents and tenants fevered and known the one 

 " from the others. And to the barony of Bywell belongeth a fo- 

 " reft of red deer, well replenished with game, which extended! 

 " alfo into the barony of Bolbeck, and tiie faid two baronies or 

 " lordfhips are thus abuttaled. That is to fay, the lord/hip of 

 " Hexham on the weft, and the lordfhips of Pnidhoiv and Chip-ivdl 

 " on the eaft, the river of Tyne for the moft part on the north, and 

 ** the river of Derivcnt on the fouth, and containeth in coinpafs 

 " twenty two miles ; that is to fay, in length from thecaft to the 

 *' weft fix miles, and in breadth from the river of Tyne to the ri- 

 " ver of Derwent five miles ; within which two baronies arc many 

 " gentlemen and freeholders who hold their lands of the fuid 

 " baronies by feveral fervices, and arc always attendant upon 

 *' the lords of the faid baronies in time of fervicc, when 



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