56 Bewick Chapel. 



of St. Albans, and to Tioimouth, a cell of that monastery, the 

 ville of Bewick. 



She was married to Henry in 1100, and died in 1118, and 

 the above grant was made before the year 1107, the Monks 

 having acquired about that year the Church of Eglingham, 

 by the gift of Winnoe the hunter. The Chapel of Bewick 

 was in all probability begun to be built immediately after- 

 wards, by the Monks of Tinmouth. 



Gaufrid de Gorham, Abbot of St. Albans (1119-1146) 

 leases to Cospatrick, son of Cospatrick, formerly Earl of 

 Northumberland, and to his son Adam, formerly called 

 Waldief, the land of Archil Turrel, called Bewick, and the 

 land of Eglingham, rent ^4. Conditions very curious. 

 — (V. Charter at Durham.) 



The Church at Eglingham is mentioned in the deed, but 

 no mention is made of a chapel at Bewick. 24 Edward I. 

 Thomas and Alexander, clerks of Bewick, occur in a subsidy 

 roll. 



1189, Richard I., in the first year of his reign, confirms to 

 the Monks of Tynemouth and St. Albans, inter alia the 

 Church of Bewyk. 



Bewick must have had at one time a great population. 

 Henry 111. granted to it a weekly market, and fairs at stated 

 times in the year. 



When Jfa^eVc^a gave Bewick to St. Albans, Northumberland 

 was a fief of Scotland, and in all probability it {Bewick) was 

 part of her dower. 



She gave under the same right the church of Carham to the 

 Monks of Durham. Her charter of the latter, with a gallant 

 seal, is preserved at Durham. 



The foundations of an old peel Castle are yet to be traced 

 at the side of the high road, passing through Bewick. 



19 Mar. 1.577-8, Bewicke, offic' dni contra Johem Rustall, 

 &c. 



That the rode loft is not cleane taken downe. {Court Book, 

 Durham.) 



Believe me to be, 



Yours very faithfully, 



P. C. HARDWICK. 



J. C. Langlands, Esq. 



