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Documents — Berwlck-upon-Ttueed. (Contributed by Mr 

 Woodman.) 



I. — From the Collection in the Rolls House. 



Thr Booke of the Circuyte and particuler decayes of the town and 

 castell of Harwike declayred in articles. 



A declaracion of the Circuytte of the wawlles of the town and 

 castell of Barwicke, with the towers of the same, and of the particuler 

 decayes necessary to be repayred, and other diverse things to be 

 noted for the strength of the said town. 



Firste, from a tower called Percy tower, beinge thentre furth of the 

 town into the castell, nnto the tower at the gaite called Saint Mary 

 gayte, being thentre towarte Scoteland, is the distance of v score yords of 

 waulle, whereof the most purte of the foundation is decayed, which 

 must be underset with stoone and lyme, and a part of the same is 

 howgyt and lyke to fawU to the gronnde within breve tyme. 



Item, the same tower callid Sanct Mary gaite, is in divers places 

 rysted through the waulle, and the wawll thereof conteignith in 

 thikeness, of the part towart Scoteland iiii foote, in some places bot 

 iii foote, and the syd towarte town bot ii foote, in height from the 

 ground upwarte xl foote, and in compass within xl foote sqwayre. 



Item, between the same gaithouse or tower of the north part of 

 the town towart Scoteland, and the tower caHed the Brode Stairhed 

 tower, beinge a tower of defence estwart, is distaunce of a hondreth 

 and xii yerds of waulle, the most part wherof beinge maide of stoone 

 and blak erth, is soore bowyed and like to fawU down within breif 

 tyme. And the entre into the said tower furth of the town, through 

 the counter moore, conteinth in length xxxii foote, and in bred iiii 

 foote, and is maid of stone and lyme, and overheled with tymber 

 which tymber is now soore rotten, waisted, an<l fallen down ; by 

 occasion wherof the conntermoore disendith, fallith down, and stoppith 

 the entre. And the same tower conteignith in widenes within, wher 

 the gunners should occuppye their ordenance, xii foote. And the 

 mayne wawll of the same tower outwart vi foote in thikness, which 

 tower maiks no defence bot by the grounde allongs the wawlle of 

 either syd, and the over part of the same tovrer is fylled with 

 urtli, and dampned. 



Item, between the said tower at the Braid stair hed, and a tower 

 being dampned and fylled full of erth estwart is the distaunce of 

 xxvii, viii yerds. Wherof diverse parts beinge maid of stone and blak 

 oith is sore bowget and like to fawll shortely, to the value iii 

 suore viii yerds. 



Item, on these part of the same tower is one other tower, dampned 

 and filled full of erth, called Wawlles tower, distannte from the other 

 tower xlviii yerds, the most part of which wawll being likewise maid 

 of stone and erth, is bowged and in danger of fawllinge to the grounde. 



