62 Tur CastLE oF DumFrIés. 
fries were paid 6 shillings for the King’s support for three days 
on his arrival there in the month of June, by the hands of Lord 
Henry, the almoner. On 10th July the King made an oblation of 
7 shillings at the great altar of the church of the Minor Friars of 
Dumfries. On the 12th he made a similar offering in his own 
chapel at Carlaverock, in honour of St. Thomas; on the 14th he 
remained at Carlaverock. (These two dates, the 12th and 14th 
July probably coincide with the siege of Carlaverock). On the 
16th the King made another offering in the church of the Minor 
Friars at Dumfries. On the 24th October the King made his 
oblation of 7 shillings in his own chapel at Dumfries, for the good 
report which he heard from the parts of Galloway. At the same 
place on the 28th, being the feast of the apostles Simeon and 
Jude, he made his oblation of 7 shillings in the church of the 
Minor Friars. On lst November, the feast of all saints’ mass was 
celebrated in the presence of the King and of Lord Edward the 
King’s son, in the church of the Minor Friars of Dumfries, when 
he made his usual offering of 6 shillings. On the same day the 
Minor Friars were paid 5 shillings and 4 pence for the King’s 
board for 4 days of his stay there in the month of October, by the 
hands of William of Annan. And on 3rd November the King 
made his usual offering in his own chapel at Caerlaverock. Other 
places in the neighbourhood were honoured by the King’s 
presence, as Applegarth, Tinwald, Lochrutton, (Lochroiton), 
Kirkcudbright, Twynholm, and Girthon. 
The Queen and the Court arrived at Dumfries on the 17th 
October, and remained until the end of the month. They 
journeyed in the company of a squadron of foot soldiers, leaving 
Carlisle on Saturday, 15th October, on which day sight of 
Dumfries was first seen, and arrived as before stated on the 17th. 
Tur Company DWELLING IN THE CASTLE. 
A treaty having been concluded between England and 
France, without reference to the Scots, Edward resolved to prose- 
cute his grand purpose, the conquest of the Kingdom of Scotland. 
He entered Scotland at the head of a numerous and well ap- 
pointed army, consisting of the flower of the English nobility, 
and led by the most experienced generals of the age. | Conse- 
quently, the dwellers in the Castle were numerous and illustrious. 
Some of them had come prior to, and were present at, the seige 
