Articles related to "Reivers"

Lawlessness was endemic in the Border Lands in the Reiving times. The Church threatened hell and damnation unless the Reiving Clans were to mend their ways.

The English Scottish Borderline took centuries of war and hostility before its lines were established. People of the Border lands would suffer great hardship as a result.

Hobbie Noble of the Crew was an English Border Reiver who, in fear of his life after many raids against his own countrymen, was befriended by the Armstrongs of Liddesdale

Jamie Telfer lost all when raided by the English of Bewcastle. His despair would change to delight when help from the Scotts of Teviotdale brought him an unexpected gain.

William Armstrong of Kinmont, a Scottish Border Reiver, was notorious for his raids into England. He was captured by the English in1596 contrary to Border Law.

The Great Raid of Tynedale was carried out by a thousand men from the Border valleys of Southern Scotland. Its aim, it can be argued, to thwart the Union of the Crowns.

The Cursing Stone is carved with a medieval curse. Carlisle residents blame it for floods, fires, unemployment, disease and the relegation of the local soccer team.

The English\Scottish Border lands were often laid waste in the Reiving Times. The Church, reliant for its welfare on the produce of its parishioners, suffered greatly.

Richie Graham of Brackenhill was reiver, blackmailer, extortionist and counterfeit coiner. He would commit murder and treason but never answer for his life of crime.

In late1569 the Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland rebelled against the Protestant religion. It was a short-lived affair, doomed to failure. They fled to Liddesdale.

Should a man have his cattle, sheep and household goods stolen by the Border Reivers, he could legally pursue the thieves either immediately or within six days.

Elsdon Pele is a magnificent example of the fortified towers built on each side of the English Scottish Border as both defence and sanctuary against the Border Reivers.

The English March Wardens were appointed by the Crown. Last of the West March Wardens up to the Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1603 was Thomas Lord Scrope

People of the English\Scottish Borderline lived in constant fear of raid and reprisal at the hands of the Border Reivers. The Bastle House provided refuge and defence.

In meetings of English and Scottish knights in 1249 the notion of the Border Laws was mooted. Their deliberations would provide a format to control the Reiving Clans.

The Border Laws, formulated in the Mid 13th Century, were unique in British History. They were an Attempt to Control the Scottish\English clans of the Border country

The Debateable Land was a region of contention between England and Scotland in the Reiver times. Often both disowned it but Canonbie was at its heart and hotly contested

To Reive is to thieve. From the 14th to the 17th centuries theft, murder and feud were rife among the Border Clans of England and Scotland.

Johnnie Armstrong of Gilnockie was an infamous Scottish Border Reiver. His rule of the Borderlands from Esk to Newcastle was resented by the Scottish king, James V.

There was more than one way to put on trial the Reivers of the Scottish\English Border brought to the Border Line to answer for their crimes. All were subject to abuse.

The 'Day of Truce' was the basis of Border law on the Anglo\Scottish Border. It needed 'Assurance' as the Clans who attended as Witnesses were often at Feud.

Prior to the Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1603 the Border Law held sway in the Border Lands. The 'Day of Truce' was the Mainstay of Border Justice.

The Border Marches were specific areas of government on both sides of the Scottish\English Borderline. March Wardens strove to dole out the Border Law.

The Halls and the Reeds were the clans that vied for control in Redesdale, Northumberland in the reiving times. Outwardly allies, treachery would lead to lasting feud.

In a land that was often ravaged by war, even in peace subject to attack from neighbours and raiders from the opposite realm, pele towers were the last line of defence.

The 'Day of Truce' brought together the warring clans of the Border to witness the trials of felons accused of murder and theft. Safety for all was ensured in Border Law.

The Border Line between England and Scotland took centuries to agree. Scottish\English knights met in the early\mid thirteenth century in an attempt to resolve its course

The Border Laws held sway in the Border Lands of England and Scotland for over three centuries. It was at the 'Day of Truce' that the felons were put on trial.

Confrontation on the Borderline between England and Scotland called for special measures. The Border Laws was a system of legislation unique in British history

Word, song and chant were the legacy of the Border Reivers. Sir Walter Scott would ensure that the Ballads of the English\Scottish Border were saved for posterity.

In March 1603 Elizabeth 1 of England died without issue.The Crown of England was bestowed on the King of Scots, James V1. He set about subjugating the unruly Border Clans

The Border Laws were unique to the Border Country of England and Scotland. In place as early as 1249, they sought to control the clans until the Union of the Crowns.

The Debateable Land, straddling the English\Scottish Borderline, was a tract of Border country frequented by Border Reivers who avoided the justice their crimes deserved.

The Irvings of Bonshaw were allies with the Johnstones of Annandale in the Reiving Times of the 16th century. Their feud with the Maxwells was both bitter and prolonged.

The March Wardens, English and Scottish, worked in direct opposition to each other across the Border Line. Their paths would cross often, especially at a 'Day of Truce'.

Throughout the centuries that the Reivers held sway in the English Scottish Border lands many of the families were at feud. None more so than the Johnstones and Maxwells

'Auld' Wat of Harden was, without doubt, a memorable scottish reiver of the 16th century. His raids into England were formidable, yet his sense of humour was renowned.

The Rule of Law was a long time coming in the English\Scottish Border Lands. From the early 14th century Wardens were put in place to govern each of the six Marches.

In 1566 James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, was Lord Warden of the Scottish Marches. He was determined to subdue the thieves of the Scottish West March.

Elizabeth l died in 1603.The Borders became embroiled in savage raiding as a result known as Busy Week. It would be the beginning of the end for the Border Reivers.

Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch attacked English castle and rescued notorious Scottish Reiver, Kinmont Willie Armstrong, when peace existed between England and Scotland.

Every July the Scottish village of Newcastleton plays host to a weekend of music and song set among the border hills for one of Scotland's longest running folk events

High in the Hills on the Scottish/English Borderline a ruined stone tower holds the key to many legends from this part of Southern Scotland

Brief biography of William Faulkner, influential American novelist and short-story writer of the 20th century, known for his fictional Yoknapatawpha County.

A brief snapshot biography of the life and works of Southern American Author William Faulkner.

Alnwick Castle is best known as a location in the Harry Potter movies. The castle has centuries of history and has been inhabited by powerful families for 700 years.

Everyone's heard of Jack the Ripper, but in the mid-seventies, another serial killer, Peter Sutcliffe, terrorized England by targeting prostitutes.

Rising in the soggy bleakness of the Cheviot Hills, the River Coquet meanders through geological time zones and human history, to reach the North Sea at Amble.