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INTRODUCTION. Ixxv \
No. VII.
EXCOxMMUNICATION OF BORDER ROBBERS.
BY RICHARD FOX,
BISHOP OF DURHAM, IN THE TIME OF HENRY VII.
This very curious document, wliich contains some particulars Iiighly illustrative of the
state of Border manners, was given to the Editor by his valued friend, Richard Surtees, Esq., of
Mainsforth, in the bishoprick of Durham, eminent for his knowledge of Border antiquities.
RICHD. FOX. Bp. temp. H. J.
MONITIO CONTRA FAMOSOS LATRONES DE TYNDALL ET RYDSDALL.
RicARDus permissione divina Dunolm. Episcopus dilectis Nobis Magi'o-
Georgio Ogle, A.M. iiecnon universis et singulis ecclesiaruni parochialium
infra Tyndalle et Riddysdale nostra3 dioces. constitiitarum Rectoribus et
Vicariis necnon Capellarum et Cantanarum, inibi Capellanis Curatis et non
Curatis, Salutem. Quia tarn faina quam uotorietate facti referentibus ad
aures nostras delatum est quod nonnulli Villas Villulas Hamelectas et alia
loca de Tyuclale et Ryddisdalle inhabitantes nee divina nee humana jura
tinieutes, quibus se illaqueatos esse (quod summopere dolemus) intelligunt
aut saltern intelligere debent de eisdem Villis Villulis Hamelectis ad in
episcopatu villis, villulis, hamelectis, ad et in episcopatum Dunelm. et conii-
tatuui Northumbriaj aliaq. loca dictis locis de Tyndalle et Ryddisdalle confinia
et adjacentia, Latronum, Raijientium ac Deprtedautium, more, per diuturna
tenipora sroj^e, ssepius, et ssepissime, publice, et manifeste, nocte dieq. incur-
rentes, prout adliuc indies, cotidie, spepe, sijepius, et ssepissime noctu dieq.
publice et manifeste sic incurrunt, furta, latrocinia, rapinas, et depredationes
passim committentes, pecora et catalla in eisdem inventa furati deprsedatiq.
fuerunt, et ab eisdem ad partes et territoria de Tyndall et Ryddisdalle prse-
dict. aliaq. loca eisdem confinia, ad libitum suarum voluntatum asportaveruut,
fugaverunt, et abigerunt, prout adhuc indies nuUi equidera rei, quam, hujus-
modi furtis, latrociniis, rapinis, et deprsedationibus, dediti, furantur, depi'se-
dantur, fugant et abigunt. Et quod ipso delicto deterius est, per tabernas,
et alia loca publica, iniquitatibus, furtis, latrociniis, et deprajdationibus suis
liujusmodi gloriantes se talia commississe, et de csetero committere, palam et
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No. VII.
EXCOxMMUNICATION OF BORDER ROBBERS.
BY RICHARD FOX,
BISHOP OF DURHAM, IN THE TIME OF HENRY VII.
This very curious document, wliich contains some particulars Iiighly illustrative of the
state of Border manners, was given to the Editor by his valued friend, Richard Surtees, Esq., of
Mainsforth, in the bishoprick of Durham, eminent for his knowledge of Border antiquities.
RICHD. FOX. Bp. temp. H. J.
MONITIO CONTRA FAMOSOS LATRONES DE TYNDALL ET RYDSDALL.
RicARDus permissione divina Dunolm. Episcopus dilectis Nobis Magi'o-
Georgio Ogle, A.M. iiecnon universis et singulis ecclesiaruni parochialium
infra Tyndalle et Riddysdale nostra3 dioces. constitiitarum Rectoribus et
Vicariis necnon Capellarum et Cantanarum, inibi Capellanis Curatis et non
Curatis, Salutem. Quia tarn faina quam uotorietate facti referentibus ad
aures nostras delatum est quod nonnulli Villas Villulas Hamelectas et alia
loca de Tyuclale et Ryddisdalle inhabitantes nee divina nee humana jura
tinieutes, quibus se illaqueatos esse (quod summopere dolemus) intelligunt
aut saltern intelligere debent de eisdem Villis Villulis Hamelectis ad in
episcopatu villis, villulis, hamelectis, ad et in episcopatum Dunelm. et conii-
tatuui Northumbriaj aliaq. loca dictis locis de Tyndalle et Ryddisdalle confinia
et adjacentia, Latronum, Raijientium ac Deprtedautium, more, per diuturna
tenipora sroj^e, ssepius, et ssepissime, publice, et manifeste, nocte dieq. incur-
rentes, prout adliuc indies, cotidie, spepe, sijepius, et ssepissime noctu dieq.
publice et manifeste sic incurrunt, furta, latrocinia, rapinas, et depredationes
passim committentes, pecora et catalla in eisdem inventa furati deprsedatiq.
fuerunt, et ab eisdem ad partes et territoria de Tyndall et Ryddisdalle prse-
dict. aliaq. loca eisdem confinia, ad libitum suarum voluntatum asportaveruut,
fugaverunt, et abigerunt, prout adhuc indies nuUi equidera rei, quam, hujus-
modi furtis, latrociniis, rapinis, et deprsedationibus, dediti, furantur, depi'se-
dantur, fugant et abigunt. Et quod ipso delicto deterius est, per tabernas,
et alia loca publica, iniquitatibus, furtis, latrociniis, et deprajdationibus suis
liujusmodi gloriantes se talia commississe, et de csetero committere, palam et
/2
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