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falling into the hands of the English. The same thing appears 

 to have been done with Caerlaverock ; and Lochmaben, Bruce's 

 town, was made a royal burgh. This was a great blow and 

 sore discouragement to the fair town of Dumfries. And 

 though its great natural advantages enabled it to surmount 

 this and other calamities, the castle ceased from that time to 

 afford a residence for royalty or any place of public meeting. 



Accordingly when in the wars of York and Lancaster, 

 Queen Margaret of England fled to this country with her son, 

 the Abbey of Lincluden afforded them shelter, not Dumfries, 

 though indeed they were welcomed there. And it was at Lin- 

 cluden, not Dumfries, that the great Border meeting under the 

 Earl of Douglas was held for the revision of the Border laws. 



When King James IV. came to the circuit court held 

 at Dumfries in August 1504, he put up, as we gather from 

 the Lord Treasurer's accounts, at "WilHam Cunynhams 

 burgess of Dumfriese," — the King's Arms Hotel, in all likeli- 

 hood, of that day. And King James VI. put up, it seems, 

 at Terregles. But this monarch was entertained in the town 

 on two occasions : — once, in the " painted hall belonging to 

 the Cuninghams," for so it is described to us. Provost Francis 

 Irvin presiding ; the other occasion was when he passed through 

 to England in 1617. 



The last remains of the ancient castle were demolished in 

 1719, and the materials taken to assist in building the New 

 Church. 



The Monastery 



founded by DervorgUle must have occupied a considerable 

 space of ground in the town, having besides the old church a 

 dormitory, refectory and other buildings and conveniences, 

 all enclosed, like the castle, within its own walls and gates. 

 It was erected for the order of Franciscans or Grey Friars ; 

 and not improbably on the site of an earlier ecclesiastical 

 foundation. 



