HH25: Escaping Hexham: The 1538 prison break and the 1608 Survey of the Manor Office and Moot Hall

In 1538, raiders broke into Hexham prison, then housed in the Manor Office, to free a priest and other Catholic rebels. Some years later, in the early years of the reign of James I & VI, following yet another gaol break, another report was submitted. These two reports, 70 years apart, shed an interesting light on the continuing neglect by the authorities of the Crown properties.