"A party of visitors at Chillingham castle, accompanied by the keeper, went into the park for the purpose of shooting one of the wild cattle, and whilst the keepers were reconnoitering their position, one of the cattle made a sudden rush, when Barnes, the gamekeeper, unfortunately fell down, and the animal threw him twice over his head and gored him very much. The infuriated animal was ultimately driven off by a deerhound, and dispatched by a volley from the party. Barnes was conveyed home in a dangerous state, and every attention paid him by the noble earl and his family." 5th November 1833

From: T Fordyce, J. Sykes. Local records; or, Historical register of remarkable events which have occurred in Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Berwick-upon-Tweed..., published 1867