NOTES ON PAWSTON, MINDRUM, SHOTTON, ETC. 197 



such fortresses, lye wast in every warre or troublesome tyme. 



Also that the towne of Myndrom, well plenished, lyeth so 

 in the highe streete and way whereby the Scottes passe and 

 repasse into those Marches of England, that it would not 

 only be a greate reliefe or defense to that frontier, but also, 

 having two litle piles, or watch-howses, the one uppon Tevers- 

 heughe, betweene it and Warke, and the other uppon Heddon 

 Lawe, between it and Chevyot, there could no Scotts men 

 passe into England, nor from England, but one of those bowses 

 might discover them ; and soe, by burninge of beacons or shote 

 of a goune, to give knowledge and warninge from one to 

 another, whereby they might assemble to resiste, repulse, or 

 anoye the enemye, as occasion might serve them. The 

 uttermost frontyer they fortefyed uppon the East Marches 

 would cawse that sundrye villages, wasted by wares and lying 

 longe tyme uninhabited, to be re-peopled and plenished, which 

 were a greate strength to those borders. 



The moste parte of the fortresses, towers, and piles, uppon 

 the utter side, or frontier, of those East Marches, have been in 

 tymes past, rased and casten downe by the Scottes, and yet 

 be not repayred, which is much pittye to se — as the castle 

 of Heton, belonging to Mr. Gray ; the tower of Twisell, 

 belonging to the heires of Heron of Foorde ; the tower of 

 Howtell, belonging to one Burrell ; the tower of Shoreswood, 

 belonginge to the colledge of Durham ; the tower of Barmor, 

 belonging to Edwarde Muschaunce ; the tower of Duddo, 

 belonging to Robert Clavering ; and the moste parte of ah the 

 other castells, fortresses, towers, and piles, within the said 

 East Marches, belonging as well to the King's Majestye as to 

 any other person, be suffered to decay, which would be a- 

 meanded, otherwise it wilbe great dannger if the Scottes 

 should be hereafter able and of power to invayd those Marches, 

 and remayne any time within the same without repulse. 

 {Border Cluh, Vol. i., pp. 95-97.) 



Freeholders in Northumberland, 1628. Glendale Ward. 



Sir William Muschamp of Barmoor, kt. ; Thomas Carr of 

 Foorde, Esq. ; John Strother of Newton, Esq. ; John Selby of 

 Pawston, gent, ; Gerrard Selby of the Harelawe, gent, ; 

 Ralph Muschamp of Lyam-hall, gent. ; Stephen Jackson of 



