1686] DIAKY OF PATRICK GORDON 139 passed the river Wherf by a stone bridge, at Wethersby

Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699"

1686] DIAKY OF PATRICK GORDON 139

passed the river Wherf by a stone bridge, at Wethersby, where wee lodged.

Being Whitsonday, wee rested till midday, passing the tyme in the May
morning by viewing the pleasant fields and conrse of the river. Haveing
dined, wee payed, for our selves, four shillings six pence ; for our horses,
two shilUngs nine pence ; and wages, six pence. Wee tooke horse, and
rode to Borrowbridgcs, ten miles, where wee crossed the river Ouse, rested,
and payed two shillings six pence in the Red Lyon, and rode four miles
further to TopclifFe, where wee lodged, and payed, for ourselves, two shil-
lings one penny ; for our horses, three shillings.

Wee rode eight long miles to Northallertowne, and fyve miles to Smit- May
totownc,* where wee dyned, and payed, for our selves and horses, three
shillings four pence. Then to Darneton,t fyve miles, where a great faire ;
where payed, for a flaggon of ale, foure pence ; and rideing foure miles
further, to YakclifFe,J where wee rested a litle, and payed thirteen pence ; and
it being a great raine, wee could gett no further as Ferryhill, being fyve
miles, where wee lodged, and payed, for ourselves, thirty two pence ; and
horses, three shillings ; wages, fyve pence.

Wee came to Durham early, being fyve miles, where great preparations May
for a faire ; and then twelve miles, to Newcastle, where dyned upon good
fish, paying, for our selves, two shillings ; for our horses, twenty one pence ;
for rmgs to a sadle, foure pence ; and then twelve miles, to Morpeth, where
wee lodged, and payed, for our selves, two shillings two and a half pence ;
for our horses, three shillings two pence.

Wee rode to Fermliugton, eight miles ; and, over a great hill, to Whit- May
tinghame, six miles, where dyned, and payed, for ourselves, one shilling two
pence ; for our horses, nyne pence. Wee lodged this night in a inne called
Haugh Head, a mile short of Woller, and payed, for ourselves, thirty three
pence ; for our horses, six pence ; wages, six pence ; and, at parting, two
and a half pence for brandy.

To Wuller, a mile ; to Newtowne, where a fort, four miles ; to the Scots May
Borders, four miles ; to Kelso, where wee crossed Tweed at a foord, foure
miles ; where wee dyned, and payed, for our selves and horses, foure shil-
lings three pence ; wages, six pence. From hence wee rode through the
pleasant countrey of the Merse, to Lawder, ten miles, where wee lodged,
and payed, for our selves, two shillings six pence ; for our horses, two shil-
lings four pence ; wages, six pence.

*[Smeaton.] f [Darlington] J [Ayclifife.]