Tue CASTLE OF DUMFRIES. 65 
astute Edward entrap into his service many loyal Scots. Passing 
to the Continent, Sir Richard gained the King’s commendation, 
who commanded the Constable of Bristol Castle to free Richard 
Siward, junior, of his fetters, give him a chamber with a privy 
chamber, and deal leniently with him on account of the good 
services of Sir Richard, his father in Flanders. Sir Richard re- 
turned to Scotland, was present at the battle of Falkirk, where he 
had for his own riding a horse gifted to him by the English King. 
He again became Edward’s Warden of Nithsdale, and owner of 
Tibbers Castle, which he repaired or rebuilt, the King ordering 
payment of £100 due to him so as the work should not be 
hindered. Sir Richard held from time to time many high offices, 
and since his imprisonment he remained during a long and 
arduous life faithful to Edward and his son. He was Sheriff of 
Dumfries and Warden of the Castle when it was wrested from the 
_ English by Bruce. His name appears in the Roll of Carlaverock. 
He had “a black banner painted with a white cross, flowered at 
the ends.’’ Later we find Sir Richard’s son John adhering to the 
Scots. 
The names of officers, with a variety of detail more or less 
interesting, are revealed in the wages account :—“ To Sir James 
de Dalelegh (the king’s receiver) agreed for wages of horsemen 
and footmen dwelling within the fortifications of the castles of 
Dumfries and Lochmaben, to be paid for the wages of Sir Roger 
Kirkpatrick, made constable of the Castle of Lochmaben by Sir 
John de St. John, captain of the march of Cumberland, and of 
the vale of Annan, . . . for the wages of Sirs Humphrey de 
Bosco, Hugh Mauleverer, Thomas de Torthorwald, Humphrey de 
Garding, and William de Heriz, Knights, their twelve esquires, 
and 3 valets, with covered horses, dwelling within the same 
fortifications from the 8th day of July until the 19th day of 
November at the end of the present year. . . . For the 
wages of banerets, knights, and esquires below written, sent by 
the king for Caerlaverock in the company of the said Sir John, to 
dwell in the aforesaid fortifications, both for the protection of the 
same parts, and for an expedition to be made upon the Scots, 
after the return of the King with his army from the parts of Gal- 
loway, between the 30th day of August and the 19th day of 
November, namely, for the wages of Sir Richard Siward, baneret, 
of 2 knights and their 7 esquires, from the said 30th day of August 
