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Pajlon, the feat and manour of Gabriel Selby, Efq; of the antient 

 family of the Selbys of Tivizell. It ftands on the fouth fide of the 

 rivulet of Bowmonf, on a rifing ground, well flickered with tali 

 foreft trees. 



On a hill to the fouth-weft of Pajlon, called The Hare-law, i. c. 

 the hill or ftation of the army, is a circular intrenchment, with 

 a double rampier and fofs. Under the hill, on the weft fide, is 

 a hamlet which takes its name from it. It gives a fine view of a 

 narrow vale weftward, through which the Boiv-mont takes its 

 courfe, fo called from its bending or winding courfe under the 

 mountains, joined by the ftreamlet of Shotton, within about ten 

 yards of the boundary between the two kingdoms of England and 

 Scotland. 



Two miles fouth from Tewing, by the road to Wookr, is 



Humbledon('w), a fmall village, on an eminence, under v/hich. 

 a great victory was obtained by iu-.-iry Lord Percy ^ ?... .d C,eorgc Farl 

 of March) over the Scotch under the command of .Jrchibak 1 Earl of 

 Douglas, on Hoh rood-fay in the harveft, 3 1C. Hen-y ' 2. ^..irl 



Douglas's forces confifted of io,oco men. He pofTefled \ "Us, 

 but Lord Percy, firnamed Hotfpur, cutting off his retreat to 

 land with the plunder he had acquired in Northumberland, he yj*.* 

 forced to come to an engagement on the plain. With him were 

 moft of the barons, knights, and gentlemen of Fife and Lothian, 

 who efcaped by flight, 2 ad of June, the year before, from the 



(tv) Humbledon. Efcaetr. Northumbr. 

 Hameldw. Rym. feed. 



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