250 Mr. J. C. Langlands oti Old Bewick. 



Such were the drengs of Bewick and other manors in the 

 neighbourhood held under the castle of Bamburgh. 



The vill of Bewick was given to Tynemouth, a cell of S. 

 Alban's, by Matilda, wife of Hen. I., who before HOT A.D., 

 and probably very soon after her coronation, granted a char- 

 ter, of which the following is a translation : — 



" Matilda of England Queen, to Eoger Bigot and all the 

 King's Barons, French and English, in Northumberland, greet- 

 ing: — Be it known, that I have granted to God, S. Alban, and 

 S. Oswin and to Richard the Abbot, the land of Archi Morell, 

 to be possessed for ever ; for the soul of my Father. And I will, 

 that S. Albans hold it, with peace and honor, with Sac and 

 Soke, and Tol and Team, and Infangentheof, and all custom. 

 And I command you Eoger, that you do faithfully defend the 

 Church of S. Albans and S. Oswin — witness Bernard the Chan- 

 cellor." And this grant was confirmed by K. Hen. I. in Lon- 

 don. 



King Henry I. granted to Richard the Abbot, the manor 

 of Egulewineham fully and entirely, as well as that moiety 

 which Winnuth — Winoe — or Winsauf the hunter gave lastly 

 as that which he gave at first. 



Matilda was the daughter of Malcolm, king of Scotland, 

 and in all probability this part of Northumberland formed a 

 portion of her dowry. In 1093 Malcolm, who invaded North- 

 umberland, was slain near the river Aln, according to the 

 letter of the monk of Kelso, who states that he has found a 

 book which he calls the history of the Danes, in which is recog- 

 nised the judgment of God in the death of Malcolm in North- 

 umberland which he had so often wasted. The person by 

 whom Malcolm was killed, is there named Morell of Bam- 

 burgh ; the Saxon chronicle says he was slain by Morael 

 of Bamburgh, who was the lieutenant or steward of the 

 Earl of Northumberland; " et Malcomi Regis susceptore," 

 meaning apparently, godfather to the king, or as Hailes 

 supposes, godsip or gossip of the king, from having stood 

 godfathers together. The lands of Archi Morel having been 

 given by Matilda to S. Alban's and 8. Oswin for the good of 

 the soul of her father, who was buried at Tynemouth, the 

 similarity of the names would suggest some connection with 

 the Morell of Bamburgh, especially as the manor of Bewick 

 was held under the castle of which this Morell was the 

 lieutenant. 



About 1136— Geoffrey de Gorham, Abbot of S. Albans " with 

 the will of the Chapter, granted to iEdgar son of Earl Oospatrick ; 



