440 Notes on Branxholme. By W. Eliott Lockhart. 



was able to bring to the assistance of Arran, an engagement 

 was fought at Anerum Moor on 9th March 1545, in which the 

 English were completely defeated, and both Sir Ralph Evres 

 and Sir Brian Latoun were killed. 1 



Buccleuch, at the head of a large body of men,took part in the 

 battle of Pinkie, on the 10th Sept. 1547, and immediately after- 

 wards he met with a considerable number of Scotts and Kerrs to 

 the west of Cowsland, where they bound each other to be leal 

 and true to the queen, and to act against their " auld ennemies 

 of England " unto the end of their lives. 



A tryst was appointed to be held at Ancrumwodheid, alias 

 the Palisfuird, upon the 12th Sept., at which the said parties, 

 with the whole gentlemen of Teviotdale, were sworn to observe 

 the foregoing agreement. In spite of this solemn engagement, 

 the Lairds of Cessford, Ferniehurst, Mark Kerr, and others met 

 with Sir Ealph Buhner and Sir Oswald Wilstrop on the 21st of the 

 said month, unknown to Sir Walter Scott and his friends, and 

 remained with the English at Old Roxburgh until they left 

 Scotland. 2 On the 23rd Sept. the Kerrs, and many others from 

 Teviotdale, came into the English camp and made an assurance 

 for that day, till the next day at night, and eventually they were 

 all won over to the obedience of the king. 3 On the 29th Sept. 

 the Duke of Somerset retired with his forces into England ; and 

 on the same day Lord Grey of Wilton, who was appointed as the 

 king's lieutenant on the Borders, retired towards Berwick with 

 the Earl of Warwick, Sir Ralph Sadler, etc. 4 



Neither Buccleuch, nor any of the Scotts, were amongst those 

 who had made their submission, and in consequence their lands 

 were exposed to attack from the English, as well as from the 

 Kerrs and others who had done so. Buccleuch thereupon wrote 

 to Lord Grey, offering to submit, 5 having been authorized by 

 the Earl of Arran, governor of Scotland, to take this step. A 

 letter of 26th Sept., under the signet of Queen Mary, and sub- 

 scribed by Arran, ratifies a foirmer permission, and authorizes 

 him to " intercommune with the Protector and Council of 

 England, and sic utheris Inglismen as he pleissis, for saiftie of 



1 Scotts of Buccleuch, i., p. 108. Pitscottie, pp. 288-9. 

 * Scotts of Buccleuch, vol. n., p. 185-6. (Memo, of Agreement between 

 the Scotts and Kerrs.) :i Patten, pp. 86-7. 



4 Patten, p. 73 ; also Hollinshed's Chronicles, p. 991. 



J Cal. State Papers, Scotland, Edward VI., vol. i., p. 71 ; (vol. II., No. 43.) 



