128 On a Roman Patella. By Rev. T. Stephens. 



the lands and tenements of Prenderlath (Tytler, i. p. 190) ; 

 which he retained till 1341 or 2, when Sir Alexander Ramsay 

 captured Eoxburgh Castle, and relieved the sheriffdom from 

 English thraldom. In Oct. 1342, Selby refusing to surrender 

 the "Pyle" of Liddel, to David II., was after withstanding a 

 six days' siege, taken in the storm of the castle, and ordered to 

 instant execution. (Hailes' Annals, ii. p. 213 ; Tytler's Hist, of 

 Scotland, i., p. 190). His son James de Selby was long detained 

 a prisoner in Scotland. When the English regained Roxburgh- 

 shire, Edward III., in 1357-8 gave instructions to Richard Tempest, 

 the English shireff of the country to re-instate him in Prender- 

 lath, on the same conditions as it had been granted to his father 

 Walter, by Edward de Balliol. (Rot. Scot, i., p. 820, a). In 

 1359, "Prenderlath" was still in the allegiance of England. 

 (Ghamberlain Rolls of Scotland, i., p. 318). Biddleston was 

 possessed by James de Selby in the reign of Richard II., and 

 from him the present owners derive their descent. 



The history of Oxnam has extended beyond what I first con- 

 templated ; but so many facts arose as inquiry proceeded, that 

 it was necessary to affix this supplement to the previous state- 

 ments. 



On a Roman Patella and a Leaden Vessel found in Redes- 

 dale. By the Rev. Thomas Stephens, Vicar of Horsley 

 by Otterburn. 



Mr AVilliam Thompson Hall, of Dunn's Houses, Redesdale, 

 enclosed in a letter a copy of the following communication from 

 Rev. T. Stephens to Mr Robert Blair, E.S.A., Secretary of the 

 Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, written along with a 

 coloured figure, in compliance with Mr Hall's wish that it should 

 be laid before the Club. Both Mr Stephens and Mr Blair 

 consent that the notice should appear in our "Proceedings," as 

 it has already done in the "Proceedings" of the Newcastle 

 Antiquarian Society, (vol. ii., pp. 63-4), and Mr Blair has added 

 at my request a loan of the blocks of his figures, which supersede 

 any new attempt at engraving. Mr Stephens has since subjoined 

 the measurements, and made additional remarks. 



