ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 157 



The tower is on a riling ground, and in fight together with the 

 village, from the Wall, being only a field's length from it. 



At the reftoration, the Rev. Mr. John Davis, fellow of Magdalen 

 college, in Cambridge, and minifter of Bywell, being difplaced for 

 not complying with the act of uniformity, retired to this village. 

 He died in i6jp(e}.. 



A' road branches off by Welton-burn, on the right hand, to 



Femvick-Toiver (f) ; the feat of the antient family of the Fen- 

 wicks ; of Thomas de Fenivick, in the reign of K. Henry III, a bene- 

 factor to Hexham- priory, to which he gave fix mefTuages, and 

 three plow-lands in Eaft Matfen(g) ; of Robert de Fenwick, 33 K. 

 Edward I (h) ; of John de Fen-wick, high fheriff of Northumberland, 

 32 K. Richard \l(i), who married Marx the youngefl daughter and 

 coheir of William de Strother in the reign of K. Henry IV (k), with 

 whom he had the eftate of Wallington ( I) ; which, with this of 

 Fenwick-Tower, continued in his family till the beginning of the 

 reign of K. William III, when they were both fold to Sir William 



(e) Bp. Rennet's Hiftor. Regift. p. 892. 



Dr. Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy, Part II. p. 151. 



(f) Fenwyke-Pile. Pile. Lei. Itin. Vol. 7. 



Fenwick- Hall. Camden's Britan. p. 855, 



{g) See Hexham~Priory. 



(h) Efcaet. de anno 33 Ed. I. n. 79. 

 (i) 22 .R/V. II. 



(I) 3 Hen. IV. n. 20. (I) See ITaltinjitn. 



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