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could not get money for necessary repairs. The tower of the White 

 Wall was sore undermined with water. The King's bakehouses, 

 brewhouses, mills, garners, within the castle, were much decayed 

 owing to the late tempestuous weather. Next year the walla were 

 reported as being in a very bad state. Sir Thomas Clyfford, while 

 Captain, thus wrote to the King — " Has often informed the King of 

 the ruinous state of Berwick. Those sent down will report of town and 

 castle." This was probably the survey taken about this period.] 



Doc'u/ments — Morpeth. (Contributed b}' Mr Woodman.) 



II.— Queen of Scotland at Morpeth. 



Margaret, daughter of Henry VII., went to Scotland in great state 

 to be married to King James IV. She was married at Holyrood 

 8th Aug. 1502. The following is the account of her passage through 

 Morpeth. 



1502, July 26th. Margaret, daughter of Henry VII., affianced to 

 James IV. of Scotland, arrived at Morpeth on her journey to Scotland. 

 The following account of her reception is by John Younge, who 

 accompanied her, and is printed in Leland's Collectanea. " To the 

 said Newecastell cam the Lord Dacre of the North, accompanied of 

 many gentylmen, honestly appoynted, and hys folks arrayed in hys 

 liveray. The 26th day of the said mouneth the said queue departed 

 from the said place, after the custome precedent, varey richly and 

 in fayr array, and the said Mayr conveyd hyr out of the said towne, 

 and after tuk lyve of her. 



Half a mylle out of the said towne was Syr Humfrey Lysle and 

 the prior of Bryngborn, well appoynted, and well horst to the nombre 

 of 20 horsys. Their folks arrayed of their liveray. And a mylle 

 from the said towne was in order the shheryffe of Northumberland, 

 Sir Rauff Evers, in company of many other gentylmen, varry well 

 apoynted, their folks clothed in their liveray, well mouted, and with 

 them wer many honest folks of the countre, with spers and bowes, 

 in jackets, to nombre of two hondreth horsys. 



" With the same fayr companye, was the said queue conveyd to 

 Morpath, and by the towne passed in fayre ordre, wher ther was much 

 people ; and so sche went to the Abbay (Newminster Abbey) wher 

 sche was well receyved by the abbot and religyous revested, at the 

 gate of the church, with the crosse. And after the receyving sche was 

 conveyd to her lodgyngs in the said place for that sam nyght. 



" The 27th day of the said mouneth the quene departed from 

 Morpath, after the custom before, to goo to Alnewyke, a place of the 

 Erie of Northumberland. And in haff of the way came before hyr 

 Maister Henry Gray, esquier, well appointed. In hys companye many 

 other gentylmen, and hys folks well monted and arayd in hys liveray, 

 to the nombre of a hondreth horsys." 



