224 The English Raids on Dumfries in 1570. 



and pearced up the cuntrie even to Dumfries — but to little pur- 

 pose — for the Laird of Johnstone in Annandaill and the Lord 

 Herreis in Galloway and Xithsdaill, were upon the fields with 

 all the hors they could rase, and the cuntrie people were com- 

 manded to dryve all there goods to the moors and themselves to 

 goe out of the way. So, fearing distres in his armie, he retreated 

 to Carleile, with loss of many of his armie. "^^ 



It is curious to note that although Lord Maxwell took the 

 leading part in repelling Scrope's forces, yet his lands were not 

 destroyed. Morton, it seems, had advised Randolph that Scrope 

 should make an inroad on Maxwell's country and on that of Lord 

 Herries to prevent them going to Edinburgh with the Catholic 

 Lords then gathered at Linlithgow. ^^ This led to a remonstrance 

 bv Kirkcaldy of Grange, who in a letter to Randolph asserted 

 that Maxwell had not left the King's obedience or had to do 

 with the English rebels. ^'^ Randolph replied that he had not 

 only maintained the rebels, but despoiled her [Elizabeth's] sub- 

 jects. ^^ Yet Scrope reports that he had spared the lands of Ivord 

 Maxwell at Morton's request, but destroyed those of Lord 

 Herries and the Laird of Johnstone and his friemen,!^ 



That Scrope's raid had not the desired effect is clear from 

 the report which he himself made to Sussex within a week (25th 

 April) of his retiral in which he states that " yesterday Lord 

 Herries openly in Dumfries proclaimed himself Warden in the 

 Queen's name and had before him all the Lairds and gentlemen 

 of that part who promised themselves to be of that Queen's 

 faction. "2° 



The action of Lord Herries and the Lairds, instinct with 

 indifference to the English efforts was not shared by the douce 

 burgesses of Dumfries. On the approach of the English, and 

 thinking only of immediate defence the Burgh had dispatched 

 hagbutters and pikemen to the Blackshaw as the following primi- 

 tive account shows : — 



15. Herries, Hist. Memoirs 1836, p. 127. 



16. Cal. State Papers, For Ser., 1569-71, 25 April, entry 849. 



17. Op. cit., entry 854. 



18. Op. cit., May 1, entry 875. 



19. Cal. State Papers, Scotl., p. 245, May 9. 



20. Cal. State Papers, For. Ser., ix., p. 230. 



