39* ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 



The Greys afterwards acquired the whole manour ; which was 

 poflefTed by John Grey, Efq; high fheriff of Northumberland, 14 K. 

 William III, 1701 ; by the late Sir Henry Grey, Bart, high flier iff of 

 Northumberland, 1736 ; and now by his foil and heir, Sir Henry Grey* 

 Bart, a reprefentative in parliament for Northumberland. 



The old tower of Howlck, mentioned by Leland fh) t is entered 

 by a flight of Heps, and is ftill a fair ftructure, to the north end 

 of which the late Sir Harry built a large, handfome houfe, and 

 elegant offices. It ftands within a mile of the fea, and on the 

 north fide of a trout-ftream, called Hoivick-burn, crofledby a new 

 {lone-bridge of afhler-work. To the north-eaft are the flables. 

 To the weft is a fhrubbery and plantation, through which the 

 brook takes its courfe between grafs-lawns, and makes its Exit 

 by a gentle fall. To the fouth-eaft is the church, dedicated to 

 St. Michael, rebuilt after a handfome manner by the late Sir 

 Harry, though not the patron. Near it is a free-fchool, for the 

 education of his tenants children in reading, writing, and ac- 

 counts, to which at his death he gave 200 /. 



A mile north-Cad from Hoivick, is 



Cra/ler (i), the manour and villa of the antient family of the 

 Crajlers ; of William de Crofter, I K. Edward I (kj ; of Sir Edmund 



^V;n Hercn, anceftorof this &oberl,he\d the manour oLLittieiHsttfbitftaf ths fame barony, 



I K. Ed. i. 'Johannes Heron tenet villam fuam de parva Hmghton per unum feod. vet. 



feoffam. Baronia c'e Alnwlck. E'fcaet. de anno I Ed. I. 



(h) Lr.l. Itin. vol. vii. 



//; Crawftcr. 

 Crafter, 



,-(t) JFillielmus de Crmvjhi' tenet Crawjle'r per dlmid, feod. milit. veteris feoftamenti, Ba- 

 ft>iiia de Emelten. Efcaet.de anno I Ed. I. 



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