sio ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 



fold the lead, which was caft away at fea before it reached a market, 

 and fold fome of the ftones to Sir Peter Riddel, with which the fouth 

 end of his fine houfe was built (v). Out of its ruins has fmce 

 arofe a work-houfe for the employment of the poor ; a houfe 

 of correction ; a charity-fchool for the parifh of All-Saints, anda 

 dwelling for the matter built in 1723. The Surgeons Hall, and 

 two of the town's hofpitals, ftand on part of the ground which 

 was the gardens belonging to it. 



The Donnis Fratnim de Penitentia I. Chrifti, or the Monaftery of 

 the Brethren of the Penance of Jefus Chrift, was at the foot of 

 Wejlgate^ near the White Frier-Tower. K. Henry III, by the dcfire of 

 Robert Bruce, gave it a place, called Stable-Garth (x), fttppofed by 

 Sir 'John Fen*wick to be in the clofe of the 



Damns Fratnim Carmeli Monte, or Monaftery of White Friers fy) ; 

 which was founded by K. Edward I. in honour of the BlefTed 

 Virgin, for a prior, feven brethren, and two novitiates ; and fur- 

 rendered lothjan. 30 K. Henry VIII; valued at 9 /. TIJ. 4^. It 

 was almoft at the foot of Weftgate, oppofite to the White Frier Toiver. 

 The enclofure belonging to it, wherein was the Stable-Garth, 

 came into the pofTeflion of Sir Ralph Delaval. It then had the 

 name of Domus Fratnim de Penitentia (z). 



The Carmelites had another monattcry, fituated on the Wall- 

 Knoivl; the founder, Laurentius de ARon (a), or Roger de Thorn- 



(v) MS. of Jt,hn Mllbank, Efq; cited by Bourne, p. 136, 137. 



(x) Nov. Caflr. fuper Tynam fratres de penitentia lefu Chrljli de quadam placea ibidem 

 vocata Stable-Garth contigua clauf. diftorum fratrum conceffa ad placeam fuam elargendam. 



Pat. 51. R. Hen. III. 



(y) MS. de rebus Navl Cq/iii, cited by Bourne, p. 38. (%) Ibid. 



(a] Lei. kin. vol. vi. p. 56. 



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