"08 Death of Comyn. 



(or knight) named Roland, together with many nobles of Gallo- 

 way. And he caught the said Donald, their leader, fleeing. 

 And after this he burnt up the island. 



IV. — Page 346. A.D. 1312. 



In the same year the castles of Buth, Dumfries, and Dal- 

 swinton, wdth many other fortalices, are taken with the strong 

 hand and levelled with the earth. 



v.— Page 356. A.D. 1332. 



In the same year, on the 15th of December, John Randolph, 

 earl of Murray, Archibald Douglas, and Simon Fraser, with a 

 few other nobles, having met in the town of Moffat, came by 

 night to the town of Annan. There they had a sudden 

 encounter with Edward de Balliol; but they quickly put the 

 said Edward to flight. John de Mowbray, Henry de Balliol, 

 and Walter Comyn, with many others, were killed in the conflict 

 itself, and Edward himself, with a few men, with difficulty 

 escaped. In the same place Alexander de Bruce was taken by 

 the earl of Murray and rescued from death. 



VI.— Page 383. 



In the year 1383, the castle of Lochmaben was taken by 

 the Scots, namely, Earl William de Douglas and Archibald, 

 and destroyed on the fourth day of the month of February. 



Extracts from the Book of Pluscardensis, Written in 1461 

 BY Maurice Buchanan. 



I. — Book 8, chapter 10 (Edition Felix Skene), a.d. 1307. 



In the first place Edward of Carnarvon caused all the 



magnates of Scotland to be summoned before him, both clergy 



and laity, at Dumfries to render him homage and to take the 



oath of fealty. 



II. — Book 10, Chapter 22. 



In the year of the Lord, 141 5, the town of Penrith was 

 burnt down by the Scots, and the town of Dumfries by the 

 English. 



