174 ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 



Dii majorum umbris tenuem et fine pondere terram, 

 Spirantcfque crocos, et in urna perpetuum ver ! 



Ju*v. Sat. vii. 



A mediety of the village of JBcniucll belonged to Richard de 

 Renivdl, and the other mediety to Robert deWhitchejler, and Henry 

 de Delaval, i K. Edward I ; held of the barony of Bolbeck (c). The 

 Delaval-lznds were poffefled by John de Delaval, 3 K. Henry IV (d), 

 and 10 K. Henry V (e) ; and by William dc Delaval, 14 K. Henry 

 VI (f). 



Robert Shnftoc, of Link Having ton, Efq; had lands in Sen-well, i& 

 Q^EIizabt-fb (g) ; which, with the antient tower and capital man- 

 fion-houfe, were in the pofTcfllon of Mark Shaftoe, Efq; a repre- 

 fentative in parliament for Nevucqftle upon Tyne, 1659, a younger 

 branch of that antient family ; anceflor of Robert Shaftoe, of Ben- 

 iv ell ^ Efq; high fheriff of Northumberland, 8 K. William III, 1696; 

 and of Robert Shaftoe, Efq; high fheriff of Northumberland, 4 K. 

 Georgcl, 1718; alfo of Robert Shaftoe, Efq; high fheriff of Northum- 

 bcrlatid, 27 K. George II, 1754, ^ ie pi'efent pofleflbr, lord of the 

 manour. 



His feat, built on to the old tower, ftands at the eaft end of the 

 village, on a floping eminence ; pleafure and profit diffufed round 



(c) Richard de Ben-well tenet medietatem de Eenw ell per quartam partem unius feodi milit. 

 baron, de Bolbeck. 



Ribertui de tPitcbtfttf ct Henricus de Delai-al tenent alteram mediet. de ByweUfer quartern 

 partcm, &c. Efc. de anno i Ed. I. 



(d) Efcaet. de anno 3 Henry IV. 



(e) 10 Hen. V. n, 28. 



(f) : 14 Hen. VI. (g) See Little Bavmgton. 



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