

 ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 



by Henry de iLlcrton, i K. Edivardl (r), who alfo held the Three Mid- 

 dletons by the annual rent of i /. 10 s. per annum, of the barony of 

 Beanly (s) ; by Sir Thomas de Ilderton, high flieriff of Northumber- 

 land, 50 K. Edivard III (tj, who was at the liege of Berwick upon 

 Ttveed, i K. Richard II, 1378, and acquired great honour by his 

 valour (i;) , by Sir Thomas de Ilderton, high fheriff of Northumber- 

 land, 2i K. Henry VII (v) ; by Thomas de Ilderton, 6 K. Edward VI 

 f-rcv', and 10 (^Elizabeth (x) ; by JoAw de Ilderton, in the reign of 

 K. Charles 1 ; by the late Thomas Ilderton, Efq; who died in Ja- 

 nuary, 1762, and was fucceeded by his fon and heir, Thomas Il- 

 derton, Efq. 



On Rofedon-edge, on the fouth fide of Ilderton, is a large fquare 

 intrcnchment. 



There is alfo another in fight from It on ^wzV-hill, on the 

 ear! fide of the rivulet of Bramiflj, femicircular, with a double 

 fofs and vallum ; a ftcep precipice to the weft ; an extenfive prof- 

 pcft from it on a clear day. A hollow way leads to it from the 

 fouth, twelve feet and a halS broad, edged on one fide with large 

 ragftones, fet edgeways in the earth. 



(r) Efcaet. de anno 49 Hen. III. 



(s) Hfuricus de Ilderton tenet trcs Middlitcm per redditum xxx s. per ann. Baronia ds 

 Heathy. 



(t) Efcaet. de anno 50 Ed. III. 



(u) Ho!. Chron. vol. ii. p. 421. 



(v) Efcaet. de anno 21 Hen. VII. 



(w) Bp. Nifhilfon's Border-Laws, p. 337-. 



(x) Thomas lldertan futt feifitus de et \n,llaerton et Rofedon, cum terris in Branten, et 



Efcaet. de anno 10 Eliz; 



By 



