Dear list members On google books I have been reading the A History of Northumberland, in three parts by John Hodgson, Clerk. Part II, Vol I Parochial History. On p75 there is a description (just extracts here...) In the manuscript survey of the 10th of Elizabeth, 1568, which is attributed to Lawson, then the queen's feodary in Northumberland, there is a curious enumeration of the possessions which the crown had at the that time in Redesdale, and also of the names of the other principal proprietors, and of their estates within in". It goes on to say that, in Redesdale, many men were 'seized' in certain lands. One of these was "Thomas Elsdon, certain lands in Whiskersheels, Elsden and Raylees". Does anyone know whether this means that Thomas Elsdon had a lease or ownership of these lands from the queen or the queen's representative? And Newcastle Indictments relating to Morpeth Deanery. p76 in 1628, there were 28 indictments at the assizes at Newcastle . 24 for felony, out of which . 4 were out of Redesdale, viz.:George Coxon, Gerard Coxon, Michael Elsdon, not found guilty and John Reed. p77 Northumberland 1628 Michael Elsden of the Mote commit from the last sessions without either bail or malpraise, being taken upon a capias awarded from the last sessions upon an indictment for felony, vix. For stealing of cattle. Archaeologia Aeliana, vol 1, p150, 161. Does anyone know whether both of these reference are likely to mean that Michael Elsdon was indicted at the Newcastle Assizes in 1628 and aquitted with no bail? Thanks Judith Australia