An Account of Lesbury Parish, by Geo. Tate, F.G.S. 255 



Jolm Wesley's Journal, p. 274, that on the 4th of August, 1748, 

 he visited Alemouth.] 



ADDITIONAL NOTICES. 



By charter of John de Vescy, the brethren of Holne Abbey 

 were at liberty for their support, in his burgh of Alnmouth, an- 

 nually to purchase a last of herrings, at the same market and in 

 the same manner as the burgesses bought, without any hindrance 

 or gainsaying of the bailiffs or burgesses, at the herring-fishing 

 season, to wit, at their own convenience. They were, besides, 

 permitted to buy other fishes necessary for their subsistence, and 

 all other vendables procurable in the said burgh, when required, 

 and this when it appeared to them most suitable. (Cart. Conv. 

 de Holne. Proc. Arch. Inst. 1852, vol. ii., app., p. lxx., &c.) This 

 was repeatedly confirmed by other over-lords. 



Some additional facts not included in Mr Tate's MS., I have 

 supplied within brackets. What I have further collected of the 

 annals of Alnmouth may be placed here. In Bishop Gibson's 

 edition of Camden's Britannia, London, 1753, p. 1085 (reference 

 being made to Phil. Trans, No. 330), in mentioning that there 

 had been disclosed at Corbridge " great numbers or strata of 

 teeth and bones of a very extraordinary size;" the Bishop goes 

 on to say, " the like bones are reported to have been frequently 

 discovered on the shore near Alnmouth, in this county ; all of 

 them at a greater depth in the ground than they can well be 

 imagined ever to have been buried." It is remarkable that in 

 recent times, we have no news of this osseous deposit. Alnmouth 

 has not been without its alarms and disasters, incidental to its 

 littoral situation, and the perils of a sea-faring life. On the 

 6th of July, 1744, Captain' Turner, of the Thomas and Margaret, of 

 Sunderland, and a brigantine from Berwick, laden with corn, 

 were taken by a privateer off Alemouth ; Capt. Turner was ran- 

 somed for £225, and the brig was sent into Dunkirk. The Sun- 

 derland vessel stood an engagement of five hours, commencing in 

 the evening, and was taken next morning aboiit three miles from 

 Holy Island. Captain Turner's vessel was thrice boarded ; and 

 having cleared the deck twice, after killing 26 of the Frenchmen, 

 he was at last obliged to strike, when his mate was shot for stand- 

 ing out so long. He had 6 men, 3 boys, and 4 guns ; and was 



