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Earl of Home. The territory about the beginning of the 

 17th century passed into the family of Scott, who can trace 

 their origin to the beginning of the 12th century. The 

 grounds of the castle contain many fine trees ; a lime tree, 

 §7 feet in circumference; a weeping ash, 21 feet; a willow, 

 14 feet ; and two walnut trees about 10 feet in girth. The 

 heights to the west of the house have been occupied by forts. 

 The ruins of one of these forts are still to be seen. Here one 

 of the principal Border garrisons was kept. The locality was 

 often visited by our enemies the English during the time of 

 Border warfare. Dacre burned it in 1513, It was destroyed 

 by Sir Ralph Evers in 1544, and was again burned to the 

 ground by Hertford in the following year. 



The town of Ancrum gave a surname to several persons 

 between 1252 and 1406. The pious John Livingstone was 

 incumbent of the parish of Ancrum about 1660. Two years 

 after he was banished to Holland, and a person named James 

 Scott, who was under sentence of excommunication, presented 

 to the charge. His settlement was opposed, and a few boys 

 threw some stones, which was magnified to a great offence, 

 and they were carried to Edinburgh, tried and sentenced to 

 be scourged through the streets, burned in the face with a 

 hot iron, and sold as slaves to Barbadoes. A woman of the 

 the name of Turnbull, who had taken Scott by the cloak to 

 speak to him, was whipped through the streets of Jedburgh. 

 Two of her brothers were banished to Virginia. John 

 Buchan, Author of " Domestic Medicine," was born here in 

 1729. John Hume, a dramatic writer, was born in the vici- 

 nity of Ancrum. 



The site of the battle of Ancrum Moor is a little to the 

 east of Ancrum, partly on the territory of Sir William Scott. 

 The battle was fought in 1545. Tradition has it, that the 

 place where the battle was fought was on Lilliard's Edge, a 

 ridge running east and west, and that a young female belong- 

 ing to Maxton or Broomhouse, fell fighting in the Scottish 

 ranks. It is said that when Evers destroyed her native vil- 

 lage, her relations and lover were slain, and she having sworn 

 to revenge their loss, joined the army of the Scots, and per- 

 formed deeds of valour. The same authority tells us that 

 she was buried where she fell, near to the edge of the Roman 

 Road ; and a stone erected to her memory bore the following 

 inscription : — 



♦' Fair maid Lilliaid lies under this stane, 

 Little was Ler stature, but great was her fame ; 

 On the English louns she laid many thumps, 

 And when her legs were cutten off, she fought upon her stumps." 



