Articles written by Thomas William Moss
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Reivers - The Irvings of Bonshaw
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.
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Reivers - Canonbie in the Debateable Land
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
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Reivers - The Border Lands are Pacified
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
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Reivers - The Great Raid of Tynedale
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.
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Reivers - Monition of Cursing of Gavin Dunbar
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.
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Reivers - Book-a-Bosom Priest
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.
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Reivers - Walter Scott of Harden
'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.
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Reivers - A Beautiful Redesdale Village
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.
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Reivers - Parcy Reed of Troughend
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.
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Reivers - The Maxwell - Johnstone Feud of 1593
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
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Reivers - the 'Day of Truce'
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.
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Reivers - The March Wardens
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'.
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Reivers - An English West March Warden
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
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Reivers - Jamie Telfer of the Fair Dodhead
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.
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Reivers - Richie Graham of Brackenhill
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.
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Reivers - The Hot and Cold Trod Was Border Law
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.
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Reivers – Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch
Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch attacked English castle and rescued notorious Scottish Reiver, Kinmont Willie Armstrong, when peace existed between England and Scotland.
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Reivers – A New King Brought on the Busy Week
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.
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Reivers – Little Jock Elliot of the Park
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.
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Reivers - Rising of the North
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.
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Reivers - Kinmont Willie Armstrong
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.
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Reivers - Raid of the Redeswire in July 1575
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.
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Reivers - Bastles of the English Scottish Border
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.
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Reivers - Pele Towers of the Anglo\Scots Border
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.
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Reivers - The Debateable Land
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.
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Reivers - Hobbie Noble of the Crew in Bewcastle
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
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Reivers - The Border Ballads
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.
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Reivers - John Armstrong of Gilnockie
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.
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Reivers - Clans of the English Scottish Border
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.
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Reivers - The Anglo Scots Border Laws of 1249
Confrontation on the Borderline between England and Scotland called for special measures. The Border Laws was a system of legislation unique in British history
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Reivers - Law on the Anglo Scottish Border
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.
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Reivers - Law on the English Scottish Border
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.
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Reivers - Law on the Anglo Scots Border Marches
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.
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Reivers - Law on the Scottish English Border
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.
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Reivers - Wardens of the Border Marches
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.
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Reivers - The Border Marches of Britain
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.
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Reivers - Border Laws - England and Scotland
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.
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Reivers - Border Laws of Medieval Britain
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
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Reivers - Scottish English Border
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
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Reivers - English Scottish Border
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.
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