“The Scottish navy was powerful enough and enterprising enough to interfere with the commerce of England” “Another Scottish vessel called the Great Spaniard lies at Dieppe, pursuing the same course, and is aided by France”…
The 'Peaceful Persuasion' And Transplanting Of The Marchmen By James VI Scotland & I England/Scotland WITH the union of the two crowns in the person of James vi. and i. the golden time of the…
The Scots are coming! Everyone get your weapons and assemble [muster] in Carlisle to defend against the Scots, if you don’t muster then it is a capital offence – The Scots may kill you but…
The Border Laws Printed in Bishop Nicholson's Leges Marchiarum. (London, 1705.) From which we are given blackmail, whitemail, the Hot Trod, The Cold Trod, The Fray, Broken Men, over-swearing, fishing in The Tweed, Hue and…
Heraldry of the Border Lairds; Robert Forster's Gravestone 1598. At one time the strongholds of the Border lairds must all have had a heraldic panel on the wall or above the doorway to denote the…
Painting of Johnnie Armstrong's Return, by Henry Hetherington Emerson. Henry Hetherington Emerson (1831-1895) was a Northumbrian painter best known for his portraits, landscapes, murals and illustrations. He was born at Chester-le-Street and studied in Newcastle…
Painting of Johnnie Armstrong Leaving, by Henry Hetherington Emerson. Henry Hetherington Emerson (1831-1895) was a Northumbrian painter best known for his portraits, landscapes, murals and illustrations. He was born at Chester-le-Street and studied in Newcastle…
Painting of The Dowie Dens of Yarrow, by Sir Joseph Noel Paton 1821-1901. Joseph Noel Patton (1821-1901) was best known for his paintings of historical, mythical and religious subjects. He was born in Dunfermline and…
Hollows Tower stands on the right bank of the river Esk two miles north of Canonbie. A house was built at Hollows about 1518 by an Armstrong and burnt by Lord Dacre in 1528. The…
The Dawn Raid: a painting illustrating the capture of a Border tower in 1547. Sir Thomas Carleton in his report on the capture of Lochwood Tower in Annandale in 1547 left an interesting account. “We…
Fyre and Sword – Music and Poetry LAMENT OF THE BORDER WIDOW (Trad) Linda Adams (vocal), Richard Evans (Scottish small pipes) It is no coincidence that the Reivers gave the word bereave to the…
[This is raw database entry from file L records not used. This entry to be clarified and illustrated later.] L1002 Henry VII Order to Carlisle to Defend Against Scots Letter from Henry VII ordering Carlisle…
Unlawful Games 59- Item, if any person or persons suffer hereafter any unlawful games to be played at or within his house or garden shall forfeit for every time. And the player at the same…
DRUIMCOLTRAN CASTLE Now in a dilapidated and uncared-for condition, this interesting fortalice stands, surrounded by farm-buildings, about a mile-and-a-half N.N.E. of Kirkgunzeon. The building consists of a large rectangular tower, three storeys and a garret…
