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Almanacks for 1645, under the name Naworth, he came unto me: 'Now,
William Lilly's History of His Life and Times Lilly, William, 1602-1681 1715
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The fine old Border castle of Naworth contains a private stair from the apartment of the Lord William
A Legend of Montrose 2008
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Skirting by Naworth, thence up by Tindale Tarn and down the burn to South Tyne, he had now come to the Fells a little to the south and east of Haltwhistle.
Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang
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With help of his brothers down the water and a mason from Falstone Si had run a dry-stone dyke -- strengthened with fir tree trunks -- round about for the protection of his sheep and nowt in the event of a foray, and was as pleased with 'the Bower' as Lord William Howard with Naworth.
Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease
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_Monasticon_, vol.vi. p. 869., it is stated that in 1638 it was in the possession of Lord William Howard, of Naworth; but though a search has been made among Lord William's papers and MSS. in the possession of his descendant, the Earl of Carlisle, at Castle Howard, the Chartulary is not now to be found among them.
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Naworth, the wild men of Bewcastle; the Armstrongs, Elliots, Scotts, and others across the Border, they were all of them -- they and their forebears to the earliest times -- of the stuff that prefers action, however stormy, to inglorious peace and quiet, and the man who "kept up his end" in their neighbourhood could be no weakling.
Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang
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I remember him once in the incomparable setting of Naworth; but more often in London, and in Stopford Brooke's company.
Writer's Recollections Ward, Mrs Humphry 1918
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There were others of your name rode in the Hermitage forays and turned Naworth and
The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907
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Museum, nor with that remnant of the same collection which is owned by the College of Arms. The Arundel MSS., so-called, were collected largely by Lord William Howard (Belted Will) of Naworth, passed on to Thomas,
The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts Helps for Students of History, No. 17. 1899
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Naworth; but more often in London, and in Stopford Brooke's company.
A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 Humphry Ward 1885
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