PRUDDO-CASTLE, (Northumberland) near the Tine, S. of Ovingham, seat of the late D. of Somerset, maintained a long siege
against William K. of Scotland in the R. of Hen. IV. and bel. to the Umfravils. K. Hen. VI. bestowed it on his son, John
D. of Bedford, who was succeeded in it by Henry E. of Northumberland, and he by Robert Ld. Ogle. Its Ch. was built in the
R. of Q. Eliz. when there lived here one farmer Williams, grandfather to 60 persons then alive, and who rode 12 m. one
morning, to be at the christning of his great great grandson.