NOTES ON PAWSTON, MINDRUM, SHOTTON, ETC. 187 



inteiite to make yt to alter the course and ry v'e towarde England, 

 so that thereby they might wynne the haughs endlonge that 

 burne syde. And Sir Robert Ellerker had broken the damynge, 

 and sett the water againe in his righte course. 



Also hygher up on the said burne appered two comonly used 

 waies or rakes of great bredth, where the cattalles of Scotland 

 had bene accustomed to have been dryven into the grounde 

 of England to their contynuale pastures. Also, the tounes of 

 Scotland boundinge upon England have eared, plowed and sowen 

 muche of all the grounde that was wounte to be pasture ; and 

 pasture all their shepe and cattail in great nombres within 

 the realme of England. 



The Verdict of the Assise of England touching the Bownder 

 of the Marches [omitting first part]. 



" And from the fote of Cawdron burne ascendynge Est ward 

 to the standinge stones ; and from the standinge stones up the 

 syke to a stone lyinge in the syke edge ; and so Westwarde up 

 the marche dyke to Swynley mosse ; and so through the moss by 

 the marche dyke to the Black Knowe at Chapman-deanc head ; 

 and from the Chapman-deane head by a dyke tyll we come to 

 Shotton-lawe Swyre ; and also by the said dyke to yt fall in 

 Bowbent ; and from the enti^aunce of Elterbourne in Bowbent 

 up the said bourne tyll we come to the Staweforde ; and from 

 the Staweforde up the bourne to the White Swyre ; and then 

 up Sterrygge as the water falls ; and so to the Hanginge-stane 

 where the bounder restes without pie." (Hodgson, Northumber- 

 land, Part III., Vol. ii., pp. 218-220). 



Pressen — Gray of Chillingham's inheritance. No fortresse 

 in warre, the towne left desolate. 



The towneshippe of Pressen conteyneth in yt viij husband- 

 lands plenyshed, and thereyn is neither tower, barmekyn, 

 nor other holde, by occasion whereof on every appearance of 

 warre the tenantes there recules inwards to some fortresse for 

 their suertye, and leaves the same toune waste redy to be 

 spoylled or destroyed with enemyes, and the said toune ys of the 

 inheritance of ... . Gray of Chyllingham, and now in the order 

 of Lyonell Graye esqviyre, porter of the said towne of Barwyke. 



Myndrome — Gray of Chillinghame's inheritance. In warre 

 left to the enemy. 



