222 The English Raids on Dumfries in 1570. 



been so successful. Its progress is somewhat confusedly detailed 

 by the Warden of the Western Marches himself in his report to 

 Sussex : — 



April 21st. — "According to your Lordships direction I 

 entered Scotland on Tuesday at night last the xviii of this April 

 and on Wednesday at night incamped at Hacklefegham [Eccle- 

 fechan] within Hoddon distant from Carlisle x\iii myles and 

 within Scotland xii myles and on Thursday in the morning I sent 

 forth Symon Musgrave, appointed by me as general of the horse- 

 men, accompanied with the gentlemen named in the schedule here 

 inclosed, to burne and spoile the countrey, and to mete me at a 

 place called Cumber trees, and the said Symon with the gentle- 

 men aforesaid brent the townes of Hoddom and the Maynes, 

 Trailtrowe, Revell [Ruthwell], and Cockpole, the towne of Black- 

 shawe, Sherington, the Bankend thre myles of Drumfrise, 

 Lougher and Lougherwodd and Heckleghan which townes were 

 of the landes of the Lords Herris and Maxwell, the Laird of 

 Cockpole and the Laird of Holme ende. And the said SATnon 

 and his company camme to olde Cockpole, there was the Lord 

 Maxwell with his forces and the inhabitantes ot Dromfreise 

 assembled and skirmissed with the skuriers and compelled them 

 to retorne unto the said Symon, and then Symon marched into the 

 town of Blackshawe with his company where the Lord Maxwell 

 was in order and his forces, x-^nd then Symon and Fergus Grame 

 with the nomber of cth [100] horsemen did give the chardge apon 

 the said Lord Maxwell and made him flee and his company also. 

 In which thir fight ther were taken of the nombers of cth pres- 

 oners " of which the principal were the Alderman of Drumfreise 

 [Archibald M'Brair] and 16 of the burgesses thereof. The rest 

 were footmen. The chase was followed within a mile of Drum- 

 freise. 



After which conflict the said Simon retired to Blackshawe 

 and burned it, and seized a great number of cattle and delivered 

 the same to Wm. Musgrave, Richard Sackeld, John Dalston, and 

 Thomas Carleton and others to convey to me. 



The said Simon with 100 horsemen rode to burn Bankend, 

 Lougher and Lougher Wood. " As the said gentlemen with ther 

 company camme to a strait place nere unto old Cockpole, the said 

 Lord Maxwell, the Lord Carlile, the Lord Johnson, the Laird of 

 Cockpole, the Lairds of Holmend, Closburne, Lagge, Hemps- 



