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in velvet, on fine horfes, with 4000 yeomen and fervants, tall and 

 well mounted, made their fubmiffion on their knees to his ma- 

 jefly, and prefented him with 900 /. on his entering their county. 

 He was their fpeaker (k). He was taken prifoner the year fol- 

 lowing in an expedition againft the Scots, and detained without 

 ranfom, contrary to the laws of the marches. He was releafed 

 in 1543, by tb.c favour of the Earl of Arran, then regent of Scot- 

 land (I) ; and made treafurcr of the army fent into France (m.) 

 He was of the council at For/-, 29, 30 K. Henry VIII, and 4 K. Ed- 

 ward VI (n). Lernard-Caftle being befieged, 23d November, 12 Q^ 

 Elizabeth^ 1570, the two brothers defended it by their valour for 

 eleven days, and then obtained an honourable capitulation (o). 

 Sir William Bowes, Knt. was one of her majeily's commiflioners 

 for border-caufes in Scotland, in the 40th year of her reign, 1597 

 (p). He was alfoher ambaffador extraordinary in that kingdom, 

 in 1599 (qj. He was of the council at Tork, 41 ft of her majefly's 

 reign, and i K. James I. The late George Bowes, Efq; was a re- 

 prefentative for the county of Durham in feveral parliaments to 

 the time of his death. His only daughter and heir married the 

 right honourable the Earl of Strathmore, who by an a6l of parlia- 

 ment affumed the name of Bowes, and is one of ihejixteen Peers 

 of Scotland. 



This manour now belongs to his Grace the Duke of Northum- 

 berland. The village is fmall. It Hands above a fine fandy bay 



(k) Hal. Chron. vol. ii. p. 954. 

 (1) p . 959. 



(m) p. 960. 



(n) Drake's Antiq. of Tork. (o) Htil. Chron. vol. ii. p, 1212. 



(p) Rym. Feed. torn. xvi. p. 312. Aa R<. vcl. iv. 8vo. p. 165. 



(q) Rym. Feed. torn, xvi, p. 373. A&a Regia^ vol. iv. p. 166. 



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