Mr. Jeffrey 07i Jedburgh. 345 



Britons to aid them in repelling the Saxon invader. After 

 the time of Edwin's success this district was incorporated 

 with the kingdom of Northumberland, and continued to form 

 a part thereof till the end of the tenth century, when it be- 

 came the property of the king of Scotland. Few glimpses 

 are obtained of its condition during the Northumbrian period, 

 till about the beginning of the ninth century it is seen as the 

 property of Ecfrid, who was bishop of Lindisfarne from 829 

 to 845. He is said to have been a man of noble birth and 

 ample possessions. In the work which passes under the 

 name of Simeon of Durham — but the real author of which is 

 understood to be Turgot the prior of Durham — written about 

 the end of the eleventh century, it is said that Ecfrid built 

 the towns of Jeddeword, and bestowed them upon the see of 

 which he was bishop.* Little is known of the history of the 

 district for a considerable time after it formed j)art of Scot- 

 land, but about 1097, the town under the shelter of the castle 

 had risen to be a burgh and royal domain. At the death of 

 Edgar it became the property of his younger brother, the 

 pious David, who both previous to and after his becoming 

 king resided here ; and Earl Henry his son dated a charter at 

 Jedburgh. Malcolm IV., who loved the southern borders 

 well, delighted to dwell at his castle on the Jed, where he 

 died in 1165. His brother, William the Lion, also made it 

 his residence, and where he granted many charters before 

 1214. King Alexander II., the " devout, upright, and courte- 

 ous prince," also made it his abode, from whence he dated 

 many charters. The town and its pertinents with other lands 

 were, in 1221, settled on Johanna his wife, the sister of the 

 English king. Here Alexander III. met the English depu- 

 ties, and after repeated conferences, which lasted three weeks, 

 concluded peace, his army at the time lying in the adjoining 

 woods, said by historians to be the most secure retreat for 

 individuals and armies. A son was born to him in the castle 

 of Jedburgh, and named Alexander. In 1282 the marriage 

 of the Prince of Scotland with Margaret, the daughter of 

 Guy, the Earl of Flanders, was solemnized here, on the sab- 

 bath day after the feast of St. Martin. " The feast of this 

 marriage," says the chronicler, *' was holden with great 

 triumph and solemnity continuously for the space of fifteen 

 days together." The prince died in the following year. In 

 October 1285, the same king was married here to Jolind, 



* Ecfrid was also the founder of the church of Norham, about 830. Anglia 

 Sacra, vol. i. p. 698. 



