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XIV. The English Occupation (1384). 
In these Baliol wars England got a fast grip of Annandale 
which Edward Baliol, in consideration of favours received and 
expected, had ceded to Edward III. For over half a century 
Annan remained in English hands. There is slender means of 
gauging the feeling of the town towards its temporary masters. 
This, however, is certain—the Scottish feeling never flagged. An 
interesting legal document* dated 24th July, 1347, is a formal 
inquest made in course of the service of an heir to a property in 
Annan. The jury in precise and regular fashion speak of Annan 
not as a city, not as a vill, but as a burgh. As early as the 
middle of the 13th century the town had begun to give surnamet 
to persons in different parts of the country. William of Anantt 
was in the Scots garrison of Stirling in 1304. John of Anand, 
was a Scottish sailor$ wrecked in 1320. Walter of Anand, in 
1335, was nominee|| for the rectory of Dornock. There are many{ 
other instances, mostly names, and nothing more. But Sir David 
of Anand, was one of the most distinguished men of the 14th 
century, a soldier? such as Annan might well be proud of, could 
the claim to him as a native be substantiated. 
In 1363 Roger Clifford received a license from Edward III. to 
retain in his service for three years John, son of Robert Corry, 
of the town of Annan, whose father dwells in Scotland at the 
Scottish faith ; a striking documentary voucher of the patriotism 
of the place. Still more interesting is a safe conduct granted in 
1368 to John Clerc and John Belle, of Annan, merchants to 
travel with goods and merchandise into England!—an industry 
which happily is still far from extinct ! In spite of the English 
occupation the town continued to enjoy such a precarious measure 
of prosperity as the dangerous time allowed. The inhabitants 
were exposed alike to the rapacity of their English masters, 
and the attacks of the Scots, their fellow countrymen struggling 
to rid them of the English yoke. The “vills” of Annan and 
*Bain’s Cal., ili. 1499. 
+Reg. Glasg., i., p. 183. Reg. Domus de Soltra, p. 34. 
tFedera, 24th July, 1304. 
§Bain’s Cal., ili. 713. 
Reg. Glasg. i, p. 249. 
I Robertson's Index. 
# Bower, Scotichronicon, ii. 319. Rotuli Scotic, i. 879ab. 
1 Rotuli Scotiw, i. 9260. 
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