450 ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 



Haggcrjlon, the feat of the ancient family of the Haggerjlons ; of 

 'John Haggcijlon, in the reign of K. Henry III, and i K. Edward I 

 (x) ; of Sir Thomas HaggerJIon, created a baronet, 1 9 K. Charles I, 

 16^13, who was a coldnel in the famous 'Northumberland-regiment, 

 aftive and faithful to his Majefty, for which his eftate was fequef- 

 tred by the parliament, 16 July, 1651; of Sir Thomas Haggerjion, 

 his fon, who was governor of Berwick upon Twetd 5 of the late 

 Sir Carnaby Haggerfton ; and now of his fon, Sir Thomas Haggerfton, 

 Bart. His feat is the old tower in which K. Ed-ward II. received 

 the homage of Thomas Earl of Lancajler for the earldom of Lincoln, 

 1311 (y. : . It is kept in good repair. On the fouth- front is the 

 family-arms, but 110 date. Hard by is the ruin of an old chapel. 

 The gardens, in which is a confervatory, are bounded to the 

 fcuth by the flow running ilrearn of Lind (zj. 



Seven miles from HaggerJIon, is the villa of 



Tweedmouth, fo called from its lituation by the oftium of the rivei* 

 Tivi'cd ; memorable for the general mufter of the army that was 

 to march againft Scotland, 4 K. Edward I. Here the barons, 

 knights, and tenants by warlike ferjanties made their Profrum 

 Serviciorum, the profer of fervices, before Sir -Bartholomew Badlef- 

 mere, lieutenant to the conftablc of England, and Sir Nicholas de 

 Segrave, marcfcal of the king's hoft, on Thurfday next after the 

 Nativity of St. Mary, roth September. 



(x) Jtbannes Haggtrflun tenet villam fuam de Haggerftm liberj, et red Jit incle per annum 

 C 3 . mortuus eft, et terrae ejus funt in manu reois. Efcaet. de anno 1 Ed. I. 



(y) Hcl. Chron. vol. ii. p. 320. 

 (x) Lindif Lei. Itin. vol. vii. p. 60. 



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