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queen Margaret entirely defperate, a 9 the cruelties prac¬ 
ticed upon all her adherents rendered it very dangerous 
to befriend her. 
St. Ofwald’s is an ancient hamlet north of Hexham, 
on the Pidls wall. Here Ofwald totally defeated Ced- 
wall, a Britifh ufurper, who was killed on the firft on- 
fet ; and here Ofwald, who was afterwards fainted, 
fet up the .firft crofs in the kingdom of Northumber¬ 
land. 
Reapington, on the River Read, near Readmouth, 
where it falls into the Tine, has been almoft waffied 
away by its. river. It has many remains of antiquity, 
particularly infcriptions ;' many of which were copied 
about anno 1606 by fir Robert Cotton, as well as fince 
by Mr. Warburton, and may be feen in Camden’s Hif- 
tory ; from which it appears, that its ancient Pagan in¬ 
habitants worfhipped a god called Mogon. The Ro¬ 
man ftreet comes hither from Corbridge, which is near 
Hexham, in the road from Newcaftle, on the north fide 
of the Tine, over which it has a bridge. Several large 
teeth and bones found here are fuppofed to be thofe of 
oxen facrificed to Hercules, whofe altar was difcovered 
here fome years ago. 
Steward’s Caftle is near Hexham. Little now remains 
of it but a ragged gateway, which was defended by a 
drawbridge and portcullis, and fome ruined walls to the 
weftward. It is remarkably fitu'ated, being on a penin- 
fula formed by the Allen and Harfingdale burn. About 
a mile from it is a water-fall. 
Portgate is to the north-eaft of Hexham, a mile and a 
half from Halton Sheles, and three miles and a half from 
Chollerford. Here are many ruins of antique buildings j 
and a fquare old tower is yet Handing ; here having been 
formerly agate through the Pidts wall. From hence to 
Chollerford the wall is yet entire in fome places; but 
hence to Halton Sheles there is only the middle of it feen. 
Rifing is fouth-eaft of Hexham, but is generally call¬ 
ed Rifingham ; a Roman ftation upon the Watling-ftreet, 
on the banks of the Read, containing a vallum of three 
acres and upwards, where many coins and other Roman 
antiquities have been difcovered. 
Haydon is weft of Hexham. Here is an ancient caftle 
greatly in decay ; the fituation is formidable, and, from 
the folemnity of its ruins, is at this time ftrikingly au- 
guft. It is fituate on the weft fide of a deep glen, on 
the brink of a precipice, at whofe foot runs a little 
brook. It appears to have been a place of confiderable 
extent and ftrength. One thing remarkable is a liable 
with an arched roof of ftone, without any wood in its 
ftrudture ; the mangers are even ftone troughs: it is 
highly worthy the attention of the architect. The pro- 
fpedt from hence delightful. The precipice is famous 
for a lover’s leap. Several ancient monuments have 
been dug up here. 
HEXTS, /. [ e |k, Gr. from < yu, to have.] The natu¬ 
ral habit or conftitution of body. 
HEY, interj. An expreflion of joy, or mutual exhor¬ 
tation; the contrary to the Latin hei : 
To blefs the time of peaceful lyric ; 
Then hey for praife and panegyric. Prior. 
HEY'BOTE, f. Underwood neceffary for making 
and repairing fences. Objolete. 
HEY'DAU, a town of Silefia, in the principality of 
Neilfe : three miles fouth-eaft of Neilfe. 
HEY'DAY, interj. [for high-day.] An expreflion of 
frolic and exultation; lometimes of wonder: 
T.hou’lt fay anon he is fome kin to thee, 
Thou fpend’ft fuch heyday wit in praifing him. Shakefpeare. 
’Twas a ftrange riddle of a lady, 
Not love, if any lov’d her, heyday l Hudibras . 
HEY'DEY, f. A frolic ; wildnefs: 
At your age 
The heyday in the blood is tame, it’s humble, 
And waits upon the judgment, Shakefpeare, 
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HEY'DECK, a town of Germany, in Bavaria, and 
principality of Neuburg: twenty-three miles^fouth of 
Nuremberg, and twenty-two north of Neuburg. 
HEY'DEGIVES, /. A frolic dance. Objolete. 
But friendly fairies met with many graces, , 
And light-foot nymphs can chafe the ling’ring night 
With keydegives, and trimly-trodden traces. Spenfer. 
HEY'DEN, a town of Germany, in Weftphalia, and 
county of Lippe : four miles north of Detmold. 
HEY'DINGSFELD, a town of Germany, in Fran¬ 
conia, and bifliopric of Wurzburg, fituated on the Main : 
two miles fouth of Wurzburg. 
HEY'DON, a pleafant well-built town, in that part of 
Yorkfliire called Holderneife, feated on a river that falls 
into the Humber. It is alfo written Heddon, or Hea- 
don, and is very ancient. King John granted it to the 
earl of Albemarle for a free borough ; fo that the bur- 
geffes of it fiiould hold in free burgage in as full a man¬ 
ner as the burgefles of York and Lincoln. It was for¬ 
merly confiderable in merchants and (hipping. It makes 
no very great appearance now, which is afcribed to the 
neighbourhood of Hull, and to its harbour being choak- 
ed, the fea having fo much encroached upon this fliore 
as to have fwallowed up many of its buildings. There 
is a cut made on the fouth-eaft part of the town, which 
helps to fcower that part of the haven which is left; 
but there are no hopes of rendering it fo extenfive as 
formerly. In 1656, great part of the town was burnt 
down, as were, a few years fince, many houfes in the 
market-place; but the greateft part is rebuilt, and the 
town thereby rendered much more beautiful ; and of 
lkte years it is grown more opulent, which is chiefly af¬ 
cribed to its frequent fairs. Thefe are, March 13, Sep¬ 
tember 14, November 17, December 6, and every fort¬ 
night from Shrove-Mondav to Midfummer. Market- 
days, Wednefdays and Saturdays. 
The town has now but one church, though here are 
the remains of two more. There is a remarkable infcrip- 
tion on a tombftone eredted in the church-yard, viz. 
* ‘ Here lies the body of William Trutton, of Patrington, 
buried the 18th of May, 1734, aged 97; who had by 
his firft wife 28 children, and by his fecond wife 17, in 
all 45 ; he was grand-father to 86, great grand-father to 
97, and great-great-grand-father to 23; in all had 251 
defcendants.” Heydon is governed by a mayor, a recor¬ 
der, nine aldermen, and two bailiffs, who have the power 
of choofing ffierifts, and are juftices of the peace. It 
fent members to parliament anno 23 Edw. I. after which 
it ceafed fending till 1 Edw. VI. The right of eledlion 
is in the burgefles, whofe privileges are gained either 
by defcent, by ferving feven years to a freeman refiding 
only in the borough, or by an honorary gift, at the dif- 
cretion of the chief officers for the time being. The 
mayor is the returning officer. 
HEYDT (John Wolfgang), architect to the prince 
of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurft, is recorded as a valuable 
author, on account of the following work, Allerneujler 
gcographifcher Schauplatz von Africa und OJlindien , &c. or, 
A true Reprefentation and Defcription of the principal 
Countries, Coafts, and.Iflands, belonging to the Dutch 
Eaft-India Company, in accurate Maps and Charts; with 
the Towns, Harbours, Forts, Faftories, Caftles, Wharfs, 
Churches, and other public Buildings, See. and an ap¬ 
pendix, or hiftorical defcription of the author’s voyage 
from Holland to the Eaft Indies, and thence back to his 
native country ; printed at Wilhermfdorf and Nurem¬ 
berg, in 1744, fmall folio. It is a fcarce book, and very 
little known. Heydt refided in the Dutch Indian fet- 
tlements from 1735 t0 *74i» and executed moft of his 
drawings on the lpot, by command of the governor- 
general at Batavia. 
HEY'DUKEN-SCHANTZ, a fortrefs of Hungary: 
five miles weft-fouth-weft of Arad. 
HEY'-HO 1 An interje£lion of bewailing. 
HEY'LIN (Peter), an eminent divine of the church 
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