Posted with permission of the transcriber, Barb. Baker. Geo. THE TIMES, Thursday, Sept 2, 1858 "BELTED WILL". - A few days ago as old JAMES WALKER, the parish clerk, was digging a grave in the burial ground attached to Brampton Old Church, he came upon the sidestone of a "throgh" or altar tomb, imbedded in the soil, at a depth of about 15 inches from the surface. Upon the stone were carved the arms of the De MULTONS, the DACRES, and the HOWARDS quartered with the DACRES; and near the place where it was found, there was also discovered a spur of the period "When rustled moors-troopers rode the hill "And bugles blew for BELTED WILL" It will be remembered that it was by the marriage of the heiress of THOMAS de MULTON, MARGARET de MULTON, who was carried off in the night time from Warwick-castle, by RALPH de DACRE, to whom she had been betrothed, that Naworth passed to LORD WILLIAM HOWARD. LORD CARLISLE, who is now staying at Naworth, has examined, the stone and has expressed his belief that it has marked the grave of BELTED WILL, and he intends to make further excavations as soon as he obtains the consent of the vicar. Naworth Castle is in the parish of Brampton, and it seems not at all unlikely that the parish church would be selected as the burial place of LORD WILLIAM HOWARD. He died at Naworth in the year 1640, during the ravages of the plague, and if, as has been alleged, he fell a victim to that fearful disease, he would, as is usual in such cases, be buried in his clothes; this may account for the finding of the spur near the place of the supposed interment....." Carlisle Journal "