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and from this and what Mr Dixon and Hodgson's " History 

 of Northumberland" tell us, it may be stated here in brief 

 that the Oastle, going in earlier times with the Lordship of 

 Redesdale, was successively in the hands of the Umfravilles, 

 namely — (1) Odinel, 1155 (successor of Eobert, "the Bearded"); 

 (2) Eichard, 1218; (3) Gilbert, 1226; (4) Gilbert, first Earl 

 of Angus in this family, 1296; (5) Robert, second Earl of 

 Angus, 1308; (6) Gilbert, third Earl of Angus, who died in 

 1381 ; until, in 1436, (7) Sir Robert Umfraville, Yice-Admiral 

 of England, dying without issue, it passed to the Talbois 

 family, where it remained down to the year 1541 : thence it 

 passed to the Crown till 1604, when it was granted to 

 George, Lord Home, Earl of Dunbar. 



Harbottle Castle is specially notable, in a matter interesting 

 to both sides of the Border, as the scene of an event which 

 links Scottish and English history, the Royal lines of Tudor 

 and Stewart. Here was born in October 1515 the Lady 

 Margaret Douglas, daughter of Margaret, the Royal widow 

 of James IV. of Scotland, and sister of Henry VIII. of 

 England, by her second husband, Archibald Douglas, Earl 

 of Angus, grandson of Archibald Douglas, " Bell the Cat." 

 This Lady Margaret Douglas, marrying Matthew Stewart, 

 second Earl of Lennox, became the mother of Henry, Lord 

 Darnley, the husband of Queen Mary, and father of King 

 James VI., who was King James I. of England. 



In 1614 King James I. granted the manor, lands, and 

 castle of Harbottle to Lord Home's daughter, and to her 

 husband, Lord Howard. After the Howards, the castle and 

 manor came to a Widdrington. and after being subsequently 

 purchased by the family of Clennell, were bequeathed by 

 Percival Clennell to Thomas Fenwick of Earsdon, who took 

 the name of Clennell, and they remain now in the family of 

 Fenwicke-Clennell. 



After the ruined castle the next point to be visited was 

 the Norman Church of Alwinton. But members of the Club 

 were not allowed to resume their journey until they had 

 enjoyed the hospitality of Mr and Mrs Thomas Fenwicke- 

 Clennell at their own house, not far from the ancient castle, 

 and had expressed their thanks, through Canon Wilsden, 

 to their host. On reaching the church, at about two o'clock, 



