142 Notes on Branxholme. By W. Eliott Lockhart. 



within a myle of the same putt forth a forrey, who ranne up the water of 

 Slettricke and burned the townes and howses, that thereafter be named as 

 Hoble Knowes, Gallaslande being Clement Crosers, Whyght law and Lytle 

 Whetlawe the larde of Bowcloughes. Thomebogg Marten Crosers, Askar 

 Knowe, Cockes John Crosers, Tome, Wenerton and Fowlerawe, being the 

 Larde of Gledstones. All which towns, howses, and corne war burned to the 

 harde grounde, by the forrey. The towne of Hawicke was also burned by 

 the footmen, both howses and corne, save only the towars of stone, which 

 they colde not gett. They burned a towar of a Prestes called Sir James 

 Yonge who did resist, and shott ij. hackebuttes at the footmen which priest 

 was burned in the towar and tenne others with hym. Ther war also 

 slayn in Hawick ij. men. They burned in Hawicke a howse of the Lorde of 

 Bucloughes and a fyne bed of Fflaunders making, at w<=h bnrnyng one 

 Wyllm Skott cam in and yelded his house, and so they have hym 

 prysonner. They burned in Hawicke iij. towars of stoone, John Crosyer 

 with above xxx. other of the best sorte thereawayes ar taken prysoners, also 

 there war gotten xxiij. score shepe, gootes iiiixx. (80), nete six scoore, wch 

 they imparted more largely to that countreyth men, thereby tincrease 

 there desyres to serve, then to others. These thingis doune retorned with 

 saffetie," trusts his Grace would well perceive that he would endeavour to 

 the further afflicting, and the advancement of the service. 1 



This letter is interesting as shewing that Buccleuch had a 

 house in Hawick even at this early period, as "the Black Tower 

 of Drumlanrig" (now the Tower Hotel) did not come into the pos- 

 session of the Buccleuchs till a much later period. 



Shrewsbury having in August relieved the English garrison 

 at Haddington, which was sore pressed, returned with his force 

 to England, towards the end of September. 



" The Lord dray of Wiltoun remaining on the bordouris as liuetennent, 

 eftir that the Erie of Shrewisbery wes returned into his cunfcrey, assem- 

 bled all the horsemen lying as thane on the bordoui is, with quhame and the 

 Almanis 2 he entred Scotland agane, and br-int in Teuidaill and Liddisdale, 

 boith houses, cornis, hay, and all other thingis thai conic within his way/'" 



In the carrying out of these incursions, Lord Grey reported to 

 Somerset on the 4th Oct. 1548, an invasion into Scotland, in which 

 the Tyndale and Rydisdale men drove the Scots out of Ancrum 

 and Jedwortk, and they fled to Peebles and Edinburgh. 1 



In the Memo, between the Scotts and Kerrs, already referred 

 to, it is stated that after the Lord Governor and Mons. Darcy had 

 been to Jedburgh and taken the Lairds of Cessford, Ferniehurst, 



1 State Papers, Scot., Edw. VI., vol. in., No. 34 (com. by 1!. 13. Armstrong, 

 from MS. in Record Office.) - (icrmans. 



a Leslie, p. 217 (Bannatyne Club. 2nd part, from Melville MSS.) 

 Hollinshed, p. 995. 



A Caligula, B. vn.. f. 323 (com. by G. F. Warner. British Museum). 



