. The history of the castle, town and forest of Knaresbrough, with Harrogate, and it's medicinal springs. eded to these lordships* John,lord Marmion, having been very serviceable in thewars of Scotland, obtained a licence to make a .castleof his house, situate in Tanfield-wood.* This John,died in the year 1322; and, was succeeded by Robert,lord Marmion. Avise, sister and heiress of Robert, married sir * The paters lodge, remains to this day; of wUch, i*r. Gro»e haS4pvea a view* Y S 258 WEST-TANFIELD. John Grey; whose son, John, lord Grey, died seizedof these estates. The seat of Philip Fitzhug
. The history of the castle, town and forest of Knaresbrough, with Harrogate, and it's medicinal springs. eded to these lordships* John,lord Marmion, having been very serviceable in thewars of Scotland, obtained a licence to make a .castleof his house, situate in Tanfield-wood.* This John,died in the year 1322; and, was succeeded by Robert,lord Marmion. Avise, sister and heiress of Robert, married sir * The paters lodge, remains to this day; of wUch, i*r. Gro»e haS4pvea a view* Y S 258 WEST-TANFIELD. John Grey; whose son, John, lord Grey, died seizedof these estates. The seat of Philip Fitzhugh, esq., in King-Georgecounty, in Virginia, is at this day, called Marmion. On Thornborough-moor, near Tanfield, are theremains of three ancient enclosures, all of the samedimensions; the most perfect of the three, is situatedat the west end of the moor, and, is of acircular form,,about 540 feet in diameter; and consists, first, of ahigh rampart, 42 feet in breadth; secondly, a ditch,36 feet wide; within which, is a flat area, 300 feet indiameter. «**l*V*!tfr/ film! IVjWlT MlhHttlilill^ ittfcllfVl*. Worth. Bishop Gibson, in his edition of Camdens Britan-7iia, supposes such enclosures to have been tilting-cir-cles; and, gives an engraving of one of them, with •WEST-TANFIfcLD. 259 two warriors engaging in a tournament within it. Theterraces were allotted for the spectators, who sat roundthose arctic amphitheatres: the entrances, placed op-posite each other, for the champions to enter tumuli, near these enclosures, may possiblycover the remains of warriors, slain in those tourna-ments. In Tanfield-church, are the monuments of two ladies;one of whom, has the arms of Fitzhugn on her man-tle. A knight in armor, with his lady; supposed to bethe monument of John, lord Marmion. In the sameaisle, is a fine alabaster tomb, with a man in armor,and a lady near him; said to be the monument of , lord Marmion, and his wife, Anne, daughter ofFitzhugh, temp. Henry III., or
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