ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 18; 



the object of attention of future kings, that in the reign of K. 

 Henry VIII, it is faid by the mofl eminent antiquary of that age, 

 to have out-done, both for the ftrength and magnificence of the 

 mafonry, all the walls of the cities of England^ and moll of the 

 towns of Europe (I). 



i Caflri fuper Tynam villa capta in manum rcgis, et jam refiituitur burgenfibus ibid, 

 quod ipfi afiumpferunt coram rege defectus murorum villas pi'aedi&aj ad fumptus fuos re:iara- 

 tionem facere. Efcact. 16 R. Ed. III. m. 22. et Pin. 18. R. Ed. III. m. 2. 



The cuftudy of the town v/as granted to Henry d( Percy, Ralph de Nivlll, Jain de 

 Wnltsr fie Creyk, and Robert de Fer.ivyk, high fheriff of Naribumber!anJ t who accounted to the 

 exchequer for the profits, cuftoms, and liberties of it, and were allowed 40 /. per annum 

 during their commiilion ; as attefted by the following record. 



De cuftodia villre Novi Caftri fuper Tynam commiffa. Edvardus Dei gratia rex Anglijeet 

 Franciae et dominus Hibernise, dileiSto fibi Roberto de Tughale falutem. Sciatis quod cum 

 nuper affignaverimus dile&os et fideles noflros, Henricum de Percy, Radulphum de Nevill, 

 Johannem de Fenwyk, Walterum de Creyic, et Robertum de Fenwyk vice [comitem] Nor- 

 thumbr [i^j ad libertates villae Novi Caftri fuper Tynam, pro quibufdam contemptibus & in- 

 obedientiisnobis per majorem & communitatem diftse villae falis, in manum noftrumcapiendas, 

 & ad didam villam cum omnibus ad earn fpetantibus falvo & fecure cuftodiendam, quoufque 

 aliud inde duxerirnus ordinandum : Ac iidem Henricus, Radulphus, Johannes, Walterus, et Ro- 

 bertus, vos loco ipforum, ad libertates et villam prasdiilss in forma pra:dir.a cudodiendas fubfti- 

 tuerint utaccepimus : Nos de fidelitate et circumfpe6lione veftris plenius confidentes, commifi- 

 musvobis cuftodiam villae praedicla; ac libertatem ejufdem; habendumquamdiunobisplacueritj 

 ita quod de exitibus de villa & libertatibus pnedictis, a tempore captionis earundem in ma- 

 num noftram provenientibus, nobis refpondeatis ad fcaccarium noftrum ; percipiendo pro cuf- 

 todia ilia quadraginta hbras per annum, quamdiu cuftodiam habueritis antediftam. Et 

 ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa praemiffa intendatis, & de falva & fscura cuftodia ejufilem 

 villse taliter difponatis, quod eidem villae dampnum vel periculum ncn eveniat ullo modo. 

 Damus autem univerfis & fingulis villae prasdiftas tenore prxfentium in mandatis, quod vobis 

 in omnibus quae ad cuftodiam villae prasdi&ae pertinent inteadentes fir.t & refpondentes. In 

 cujus, &c. Tefte meipfo apud Weftm. xxvi die Januarii, anno regni noftri Anglias deci- 

 mo nono, regni vero noftri Franciae fexto. 



Originate, 19 Ed, III. Rot. I. Madox's Firma Burgi, p. 258, 



ft) Lei. Itin. vol. v. p. 108. 



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