The English Raids on Dumfries in 1570. 221 



natioun as have and sail support her rebells."^ This declara- 

 tion greatly disconcerted the Catholic party, and they hastily 

 made representations to Elizabeth and to Sussex. These, how- 

 ever, Avere disregarded, and the Lords whose districts were 

 threatened made for home. Sussex reported to Cecil on the 

 10th of April that " Herries had made proclamation for all his 

 men to be ready with fourteen days victual upon an hours warn- 

 ing. "^ After that Herries had departed to the Convention, but 

 returned to meet the invaders. 



On the 17th of April Sussex, having divided his forces of 

 1000 horsemen and 3000 foot into three parts, to attack respect- 

 ively the East, Middle, and West Marches, entered Teviotdale, 

 and Scrope, who was given 100 horsemen and 500 foot and the 

 retention of 100 horsemen "of such as were trusty in these 

 parts, "^'^ followed suit the next day. 



During the succeeding week Sussex's forces " burnt, herrijt 

 and destroyit sa meikill of the merse and Teviotdaill as they 

 mycht be maisteris of . . . assegit the castell of Pharnihirst, 

 and demolisched the same, and thairefter past to Hawick and to 

 Br^nxholme and brunt and herijt the same and thairefter returnit 

 agane to Jedburgh and Kelso quhair thaj remanit be the space of 

 ane day, and past agane to Berwick, "'■i Branxholm had been 

 burned by Buccleuch " as cruelly as they could have done it them- 

 selves so they blew one half from the other." At Hawick they 

 " found the thatch on fire and the people wholly fled." Hunsdon 

 " burned on both hands for at least two miles leaving neither 

 castle town or tower unburnt till they came to Jedburgh." 

 Sussex, summing up, said he thought " there were few per.sons in 

 Tevydale who have received her [Elizabeth's] rebels or invaded 

 England who at this hour have either castle standing for them- 

 selves or house for any of their people and therewith no person 

 hurt who has not deserved "^^ — a statement we are not likely to 

 accept, but rather interpret it as an expression of regret or to 

 stifle conscience. 



The smaller force under Scrope does not appear to have 



8. Calderwood II., 555-7. 



9. Cal. State Papers, For. Ser., is., 216. 



10. Op. cit., p. 222. 



11. Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 171. , 



12. Cal. State Papers, For. Ser., ix., p. 228, 229. 



