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Here was an antient hofphal, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, now 

 called, the Spital, the maftermip of which was in the difpofal of 

 the bifhop of Durham (a). 



We crofs the Tweed by a ftrong and handfome ftone-bridge, on 

 the north fide of which is the antient town of 



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Berwick (b). It was given by Edgar, King of Scotland, to the fee 

 of Durham, with the lands of Coldingham to the priory of Durham, 

 in honour of St. Cuthbert, for a vidlory obtained under his banner 

 over his uncle Donald. Canulph was then bifliop, by whofe defec- 

 tion and difloyalty this noble jewel was loft to that fee ; the pious 

 Edgar taking it from that ungrateful prelate into his own hands 

 again (cj. 



On the convention held for the ranfom of William, King of 

 Scotland, in the reign of K. Henry II, at the round fum of 1 00,000 /. 

 it was one of the four garrifons delivered up for fccurity of the 

 payment; the other three being JRoxbrotqrh, Edinburgh, and Striveling. 

 K. Henry, in whom the antient royal Saxon line was reftored to 

 the crown of England (d), fortified it with a caftle (ej. The 

 Scotch King did homage to him for his kingdom, as mentioned 

 in another place (fj. The ranfom being paid, this and the other 



(a} Rex dedit clerico fuo Roberto Gerhihirp cuftodiam hofpitalis S. Bartbolomei de Twtde- 

 mouth ratione vacationis epifcopatus Dunelm. Pat. 5 Ric. II. p. i. m. 



(b) Tucfis civitas antiquifTima re&e Ptolomao de nomine cognita. 

 Lei. Comment, in Cygn. Cantionem, in Itin. vol. ix. p. 93. 

 Bed. Hift. 1. i. c. 12. 



(c) Hoi. Chron. vol. i. p. 181. (d) Parliament. Hift. of Engl. 8vo. vol. i. p. 14. 

 (e) Polychronicon. (f) See Jflnwich 



pledges 



