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brother, K. Henry VIII, after her marriage with Archbold Douglas, 

 Earl of Angus. In this recefs her daughter, Lady Mary Douglas, 

 was born, 1518; afterwards married to the Earl of Lenox, 36 

 K. Henry VIII, 1544(0). 



A mile below ffarbottle-czftle, on the fame fide of the Coquet, is 



Halyjlone, a fmall villa, where Paulinus is faid to have baptized 

 many thoufand Saxons on their converfion to Chriftianity (p). 

 Here was a priory of fix or eight Benedictine nuns, founded by 



Humfranvily of Harbottk-ca&le. ; who gave them the 



villa, impropriation and advowfon of Halyfton. Alice de Alneto 

 gave them one toft and ciofc in Hedrejlon, now Etherflon. Roger 

 Bertram, Baron of Mitford, gave them the whole wafle of Bald- 

 ivinfwood, with liberty of grinding all their corn raifed upon it 

 at any of his mills in the parifh of Mitford, multure-free, with 

 liberty of pafture on the commons of Newton and Throphill; which 

 grants were confirmed to them, 251!! September, 39 K. Henry III, 

 1255 (q). They had Corfonhope and Sintill. They had forty acres 



of 



(o) Hoi. Chron. vol. ii. p. 838. 963. 



(p) Camdens Britan. p. 859. 

 Lei. Itin. vol. vii. p. 59. 



(q) Rex archiepifcopis,&c. Salutem. Sciatis nos profalute animae noftrae, et animarum ante- 

 cefTorum ethaeredum noftrorum conceflifle, et confirmafle Piioriffa et monialibus de Halyflani 

 donationes fubfcriptas, videlicet de dono Aleftte de Alneto totam terrain quam ipfa Alefia te- 

 nuit in villa de Hedrejlone; fcilicet tres bovatas terrae cum una tofta et crofto, et cum omni- 

 bus libertatibus et afiamentis ad praefatam villain pertinentibus. Et de dono Regeri Bertram 

 totum bofcum qui vocatur Baldiwinefwode per has divifas ; fcilicet a campo fofTati monialium 

 ex auftrali parte defcendcntis in Sillefdoneburne, ttpcrSilleftsiubsmt afcendendoverfus occiden- 

 tem ufque ad divifas de Thorntone, et fie per vetus foflatum verfus aquilonem ufque divifas Ro- 

 gtrl de Merlay, et fie per illas divifas ufque divifas de Stantene verfus orientem, et fie .ufque ad 



foflatum 



