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XLVII. 589. Andrew Home, Commendator of Jedburgh, 



A.D. 1561. 

 P.O. Seal, bearing in a canopied niche, a full length figure of 

 the B. Virgin Mary and Child. In base, upon a staff, an 

 ornamental shield of arms : — Quarterly, 1. 4. a lion rampant, 

 Home, 2. 3. three popinjays, Pepdie, of Dunglas, over all on 

 an escutcheon an Orle, Landels. Legend — S' ANDREI} 

 COMEDATARII MONASTERII BE IEDBVRGH. 



Historic Notices of Haughton Castle, North Tynedale. By 

 the Rev. G. Rome Hall, F.S.A., Vicar of Birtley, and 

 Chaplain of Ohipchase Castle Chapel, Wark-on-Tyne.* 



The fine baronial Castle of Haughton, of which I have been 

 asked to give some historical description to-day, is well worthy 

 of notice, both from the remarkable beauty of its site and sur- 

 roundings, in one of the most charming portions of the picturesque 

 valley of the North Tyne, and also from its being one of the 

 most perfectly preserved media3\al strongholds in the North of 

 England. The history of Haughton in Tynedale, begins in the 

 stirring times of the 12th century, and is, in its earliest phases, 

 of interest to the dwellers on both sides of the Anglo-Scottish 

 Borders. When Haughton is first mentioned in any known 

 record it comes before us as belonging to Scotland, like the rest 

 of the liberty and franchise of Tynedale, of which Wark was the 

 capital. King Stephen had originally granted Northumberland 

 and Cumberland, including the Royal franchise of Tynedale, 

 to the Scottish Kings to purchase their neutrality. Henry II. 

 of England had, however, resumed these crown domains ; but 

 in 1159 the liberty of Tynedale was re-granted to Scotland, 

 being given to William the Lion, son of Earl Henry, brother 

 of Malcolm IV., and father of Alexander II. "Tynedale was 

 held by the Scottish Crown of the Kings of England by homage 

 only, and the Scottish monarchs enjoyed their Jura regalia as 



*llead at the combined meeting- of the Architectural and Archaeological 

 Society of Durham and Northumberland, and the Berwickshire Nntumlists' 

 Club, July 30th, 1885. 



