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with very little lofs ; his enemies lofing a prodigious nurtiber in 

 the battle and the purfuit, 7 Earls, 900 Knights, 400 Efquires, 

 and about 32,000 common men, and by their own confeffion 

 14,000. The caftle furrendered the next day, being St. Marga- 

 ret's 



The Scots regained the town, but not the caftle, 29 K. 'Ed-ward 

 III, 1355, early in the morning of the fixth of November, by 

 furprize. The king was then in France. In January following, 

 1356, he came before it with a fleet and army. He 'entered the 

 caftle by a mine, to the great joy of the Engli/lo commander, and 

 the whole garifon. The miners were brought from the foreft of 

 Dean, in Gloucefterfbire, and other parts of England. The Scott,. 

 perceiving this, gave up the town. Upon its reduction, his nra- 

 jcfty repaired the fortifications 



The caftle was taken by furprize, by the Scots, i K. Richard II, 

 1377. They were difpoffefred of it in the fame year by the Earl 

 of Northumberland, the Lords Lucy and Greyjlock, and others, who 

 took it by ftorm, and put every Scotchman to the fword, except 

 their captain, Sir Alexander Ramfey. The Earl of Northumberland 

 entered Scotland with 3000 men of arms, and 7000 archers, and 

 wafted the lands of the Earl of March for three days together, in 

 refentment for burning Roxbrough fr). 



The caftle was taken by the Scots, by furprize in the night the 

 year following, on Thurfday before St. Andrew's day. The En- 

 li/h conftable of it was Sir Robert Bointon, who was flain. His 



(p) Hoi. Chron. Vol. ii. p, 350. 



(l) ' - - -- P- 336. 



(r) -------- p. 418, 420. 



wife, 



