OF EMINENT MEN, 



rics, The 'valiant Efquire of Northumberland. In the reign of K. Ed- 

 ^vardjll. 1340, he gave the Scots fueh a drubbing, for their depre- 

 dations on the borders, as made them both venerate and dread 

 his courage. He was at the battle of- NeviFs Crofs, near Durham, 

 Ovfl. 1 7th, 1346, in the fame reign, where he encountered their 

 valiant King David, and carried him off in triumph from the 

 field to his caftle of Roxbrough, attended by only eight -of his fer- 

 'vants. Many jewels were found on his royal prifoner, and 

 among the reft, the holy crofs of Holyrood-Houfe, which he wore 

 from a vain hope, that it would make him invincible (a). His 

 ranfom coft Scotland 100,000 marks fieri ing by a treaty, dated sd 

 Oftobcr, 1,357, at Berwick upon Tweed (b) ; the furprize of that 

 town by his nephew, Robert Steuart, provoking the Engli/Jj to raife 

 it from 90,000 marks to that fum. Sir John was made a Knight 

 Banneret for this exploit by his fovereign, King Edward ; and had 

 500 /. per annum fettled upon him and his heirs for even the pa- 

 vent dated at Eltham, 2Oth "January, 1347 (c). 



Famous alfo are the names of Sir Ralph Grey, of Heton ; of Sir 

 William Lijle, of Felt on ; of Thomas Carr, of Etall j and of Sir John 

 Forjler, of Bambrough. 



Sir Ralph Grey was Knight of the moft noble Order of the Garter, 

 Captain of Wark-Caftle upon Tweed, and alfo of the caftle of Roxbrough 

 in Scotland, which, in the 4th of K. Henry VI. 1436, he defended 

 againft an army of 30,000 refolute Scotchmen, headed by their fove- 



(a) Hoi. Chron. vol. i. p. 240-1. And, vol. n. p. 375. Barns's Hift. of K. Ju>ardlII. 

 1. i. c. 17. 



(t) Rym. Faed. vol. v. p. 46. 56. 59. 6r. Afla Regia, vol. I. 8vo. p. 309. 315. 368. 

 (c) Hoi. Chron. vol 11. p. 376. Rym. Fasd. vol. v. p. 542. Afl Regia, vol. I. 8vo. 



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