412 JS^otes on Yarrow. By James Hardy. 



" The king now decided on taking tlie pacifying of the country 

 into his own hands, and his first act showed how little confi.dence 

 he had in the frequent promises he had received from the lords 

 and barons in the south, for by his directions Both well. Home, 

 Maxwell, Johnston, Buccleugh, Drumlangrig, Wanifray, Mark 

 Ker of Dolphinstoune, John Home of Coldouneknowis, a son of 

 Fernyhirst, and a son of Hennerland, were all placed in ward. 

 [' Henneriand's son,' was to be delivered to Lord Hay — Act. 

 Dom. Con. MS. vol. xli. f. 79.] On the 19th May a meeting of 

 the council took place, at which it was arranged that the king, 

 accompanied by the true barons and lieges, should ride ' in proper 

 personn endlangis his bordouris ' for the punishment of male- 

 factors and the pacifying of the country It was farther 



decided that letters should be written stating that Henderland 

 and Tuschelaw had been executed for injuries committed on the 

 inward part of the realm, and the king intended to put good rule 

 throughout all his borders." 



The lieges were therefore convoked to assemble with their 

 households '* bodin in feir of weire " well victualled and fur- 

 nished for 40 days to meet the king at Edinburgh on 26th June, 

 and accompany his highness on the following day towards the 

 Borders. The places visited by James are as follows. " Meggot 

 Water, Crammat, Pappert Law, St Marylaws, Carlaveruk 

 Chapel, Ewindoors and Langhope." (Pitscottie's Chron.) Prom 

 another and contemporary record Ave learn that the king was at 

 Peblis on 2d July, at Douglas Watter, near St Mary's Loch, on 

 the 4th, at Carlanrig on 5th, at Allan Watter in Teviotdale on 

 the 7th, in Heusdale [Ewesdale] on the 10th, at Stabilgorton on 

 the 12th, at Peblis on the l;3th, at Crammald near St Mary's 

 Loch on the 15th, and again at Peblis on the 18th.— Excerpta e 

 Libris Domicilii, Jac. Y,, Appendix, p. 31 : apud Armstrong, I.e. 

 JNote, p. 273. — By a comparison of dates it is clear that the king 

 was not in the vicinity of St Mary's Loch, until a month and 

 nineteen days after Henderland's execution. 



But though the popular story may be erroneous, there may be 

 features of truth in the narrative of Cockburn's apprehension, 

 and the escape of his wife. A verse in the ballad refers to the 

 fatigues the wife underwent in the carrying his body to be 

 interred. Did she convey it privately here from Edinburgh, to 

 deposit it in the ancestral tomb ? I would not willingly discredit 

 the authenticity of the ballad attributed to this event. It may 



