NOTES ON PAWSTON, MINDRUM, SHOTTON, ETC. 191 



their quarters at the villages of Wark, Learmouth, Presson, 

 and Mindrim in the parish of Carham, (Hodgson, Northumber- 

 land, pp. 383, 388.) 



Knights in 1323. 



List of persons possessed of 20 libra tes of land and upwards, 

 who ought to be knights, and are not : — [tenants of William de 

 Ros] John de Oggel, Robert de Pennebery, William de Espelly, 

 William de Stingelaw of Mindrum {ibid. 295). 



Northumberland — List of knights and men at arms as retui-ned 

 by the Sheriff, Gilbert de Boroughden, July 7, 1323, 17 Edw. 

 II. William de Presfen (one of them) (ibid. p. 303). 



Hutchinson, about 1778, speaks of having travelled near 18 

 miles in the rude and mountainous country from Wooler, when 

 we seldom had in sight a cultivated valley or fertile tract of 

 any consequence except Paston, or the plain of Milfield. 

 (Hutchinson, Northumberland, Vol. i., p. 262). 



Book of Rates, 1663. 



Downham, Mr Henry Ogle of Eglinghani, and Mr. John 

 Forster. 



Hagg, Mr. John Forster. 



Learmouth, Lord Grey. 



Mindrum and Mill, Lord Qrey and Colonel Thos. Forster, 



Monelaws, Mr. Wm. Selby. 



Preston, Lord Grey. 



Coldsmouth and Thompson's Walls, Kirknewton parish — no 

 owner entered. 



Crookhouse, Gilbert Swinhoe. 



Howtell and Reedsford, Mr W. Burrell, Mr John Reed, and 

 David Edington. 



Kilham and Mill, Lord Grey. 



Paston and Hairlaw, Mr Wm. Selby for land and mill ; Mr 

 Thos. Watson for part of Hairlaw ; Shotton, Mr Watson for 

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