68 Rev. R. W. Bosanquet, A.M., on Bock Hall. 



Swinburn being riding upon his hors at Meldon Gaits, intending 

 to ride home after his wife who was gone a little afore to Capheton, 

 Salkeld stept afore him and would have him to light and drinke 

 more. Mr. Swinburn refused. Salkeld told him he should light 

 and dringe a cup more ; but still Mr. Swinburn refused, where- 

 upon Salkeld stept afore him and drew his raper ; made a thurst 

 at him and hurt his horse : whereupon Mr. Swinburn seeing his 

 hors hurt alighted, and as he was letting his cloike fall from 

 him, profering to lay his hand on his sword, where upon I being 

 present and his servant, run in hastely fearing my Master Mr. 

 Swinburn should have drawn his sword. I cacht hould of him, 

 and in y e intrem Salkeld came running in and thurst him in the 

 belly, which wound was his death." H. Beown." 



" It : he is gilte of murder since. 



It : there was a former quarrel, witness D. Wilson. 



It : he fled y* night into another Counte. 



It : he is found gilty of murder by the Co. quest. Mem. to 

 send for H. Lambert and for W. Mostrope." — other 

 persons were present at the transaction, whose deposi- 

 tions were taken. 



It is hardly possible to doubt that the Captain John Sal- 

 keld, of Rock, here referred to, is the man who was afterwards 

 known as Col. Salkeld, and who lived to the age of 89 ; he 

 would have been 27 years of age at the date of this transac- 

 tion. It is indeed marvellous that the murder of so important 

 a person as Mr. Swinburn should have passed off unavenged, 

 but there is no mention in the Miscellanea of Salkeld's having 

 been taken ; and the mention of the precise value of the 

 rapier in the verdict of the coroner's jury, looks as if they 

 thought that a deodand would be exacted, as was usual till 

 a much later period in cases of manslaughter or death by 

 misadventure. It is also to be observed that ft he fled that 

 night into another Counte," which in those days was often a 

 prelude to an escape altogether. Still an explanation upon 

 the subject is much wanted. 



In a copy I have of the second edition of Patten's History of 

 the Rebellion in 1715, there is inserted at the end a manuscript 

 note by a later hand, relating at length a serious occurrence 

 which is only shortly mentioned in the book itself, in which 

 two individuals closely connected with this county, one 

 Fenwick, of Rock (or stated to be of Rock), and one of the 

 Forsters, of Bamborough lost their lives. " In the Assize 

 week of the year 1701, when William Ramsay was mayor 

 and William Boutflower sheriffe, on the 22nd of the month 



