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| | Brewcastle |
 | | In 1092 Cumberland was annexed from Scotland by King William II of England, who built castles along the border to protect it. |
 | | In the reign of Edward II., Sir John Scrivener held the manor in right of his wife, the heiress of the Swinburnes, but it afterwards passed to the crown, and was granted by Edward IV. |
 | | King Charles I., in 1630, granted it in consideration of £200, to Richard Graham, Knight, to be held by him and his heirs in capite by one entire knight's fee, and the annual payment of £7 lOs. |
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