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century it underwent complete " restoration," and was thereby 

 deprived of nearly every pristine feature it possessed. Traces of 

 two built-up arches, which probably admitted to vaults under- 

 neath the church, are still visible near the middle of the N. 

 wall, a little above the level of the ground. 



A fragment of an ancient burial -slab has been preserved in the 

 Harcarse aisle, a 1 7th century adjunct at the east end, which may 

 have been a reconstruction of the chancel. This slab has had 

 carved on its upper face an elaborate and ornate cross with a 

 branched stem, but no portion of the base or arms remains. 

 The work has been unusually well executed, and probably 

 belongs to the 14th century. 



In the Liber de Calehou, there are several charters relating 

 to a Chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas, which was granted by 

 Patrick Corbet to the monks of Kelso Abbey between 1280 and 

 1297.* Whether this was a specially endowed chapel in the 

 parish church of Fogo, or a separate ecclesiastical foundation 

 within the limits of the parish, is not altogether certain. The 

 terms of the charters would seem to indicate a distinct founda- 

 tion ; and the double dedication by Bishop Bernham (in 1242 

 and 1243) confirms this view. 



FOULDEN, 



According to the charter mentioned in the note, was one of the 

 manors bestowed by King Edgar upon the monks of St Cuthbert, 

 Durham. f At what date the Church was erected has not been 



* Liber de Calchon, Nos. 305, 306, 307, and 308. 



t Coldingham Charters, No. 7, Appendix to Raine's North Durham. It 

 may be proper to mention that the genuineness of this charter, which has 

 already been referred to in our notices of Ayton and Chirnside, has been 

 strongly impugned, and may reasonably be regarded as open to grave 

 doubt. The manors conveyed by it are " Berwic et cum ista mansione has 

 subscriptas mansiones, scilicet Greiden . leinhale . dilsterhalle . brygham . 

 Edrem . Chirnesid . Hilton . Blakedir . Chynbrygham . huton . Regninton . 

 Paxton . Fulden . Morthyngton . lamberton . AHam lamberton . Hadrynton . 

 ffyschewike . Horford . Vpsetinton . et mansionern de CoUingam et cum ista 

 mansione has subscriptas mansiones scilicet Aldcambus . lumsden . Reston . 

 Suineston . faudon . Ayton . aliam Ayton . Prendirgest . Cramsmowth . 

 Hadynton." The orthography of such words as Ayton, Reston, Hilton, etc., 

 looks much later than the date assigned to the document, and is not the 

 least suspicious of its many doubtful features, Dr Raine, however, 

 defends its authenticity. 

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