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honour by their valour in an expedition againft the Scots, 5th of 

 July, i6th of the fame reign, 1524; when with 900 men they 

 defeated, after a long and obftinate engagement, 2000 Scotchmen, 

 in the fine country of the Merfe, and took 200 prifoners ; Sir Ralph 

 being unfortunately taken prifoner, with feven others, in the 

 purfuit, and fix more of his company flain ; among the latter, 

 a valiant young gentleman, of the name of Heron (r) : of Ralph 

 de Fen-wick, 6 K. Ed-ward VI, a commiffioner in that year for the 

 enclosures upon the middle marches fsj -, of Richard de Fen- 

 wick, 10 Q^E/iza^etb (tj ; of William de Fenwick (u) ; of Roger Fen- 

 wick, and of his foil, John Fenivick, Efqrs; (v). It is now in the 

 poffeffion of William Fennvick, of Bywell, Efq; (TV). 



From the top of the hill, called', Liniel-Law, above w/7o>,.by 

 a plantation, is an extenfive land and fea profpect. 



At the foot of Lintel-Law, on the right hand, is a femicircular 

 lake, between two young plantations ; a rill entering it from the 

 north, called, White Den-Sike. 



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From the lake we afcend a hill, called, Codgey-Crag, and come 

 paft a large plantation on the left hand, and a park, called Rothe- 



(r) HoL Chron. vol. ii. p. 883. 



(s) Bp. Nicbolfin's. Border-Laws, p. 331. 



(t) Richardus Ftnwhk fuit feifitus de et in manerio et villa de Stantan, dbjbeels, Limekin- 

 field, ac de et in medietate villz de Long Witton, cum terris in Farnelaw, Ti uhetly-Jheels, 

 Efiendcn, et Cewpm. Efcaet. de anno 10 Eiiz. 



(u) IVillielmus Fenwick, arm. filius Richard}, tenet in capite perfervic. milit. maneriumde 

 Stanton, cum pertinentibus. Efcaet. de anno 14 Car. I. 



.' (v ) See Brinkburru (w) See 



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