History of the burgh of Dumfries, with notices of Nithsdale, Annandale, and the western border |
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... Prisoners captured at Solway Moss to favour his Designs - Lord Maxwell's Bill permitting the Bible to be Read in the Vulgar Tongue , · • XIX . War Experiences on the Western Border - The Burgh again Partially Consumed by Fire , " 210 ...
... Prisoners captured at Solway Moss to favour his Designs - Lord Maxwell's Bill permitting the Bible to be Read in the Vulgar Tongue , · • XIX . War Experiences on the Western Border - The Burgh again Partially Consumed by Fire , " 210 ...
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... prisoner in the engagement that ensued , together with a hundred men of rank ; and upwards of a hundred and sixty of his soldiers were left dead on the disastrous field . Among the slain were Sir Humphrey de Bois , of Dryfesdale ...
... prisoner in the engagement that ensued , together with a hundred men of rank ; and upwards of a hundred and sixty of his soldiers were left dead on the disastrous field . Among the slain were Sir Humphrey de Bois , of Dryfesdale ...
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... prisoner , in an abortive attempt to surprise the Castle of Roxburgh ; and it was almost entirely crushed when Sir Archibald Douglas , his successor in the Regency , after a wasting raid into England , recrossed the Tweed , for the ...
... prisoner , in an abortive attempt to surprise the Castle of Roxburgh ; and it was almost entirely crushed when Sir Archibald Douglas , his successor in the Regency , after a wasting raid into England , recrossed the Tweed , for the ...
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... prisoner though that monarch still was , and made the rest of Nithsdale too hot for its foreign occupants ; while John Stewart , eldest son of the Regent , performed a similar service towards the English in Annandale - Lochmaben Castle ...
... prisoner though that monarch still was , and made the rest of Nithsdale too hot for its foreign occupants ; while John Stewart , eldest son of the Regent , performed a similar service towards the English in Annandale - Lochmaben Castle ...
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... and when he resigned the office , in 1396 , it was conferred on Galfrid Tilliol and Galfrid Louther .-- Rotuli Scotia , vol . ii . , p . 152 . Q hundred and forty were made prisoners , and only a HISTORY OF DUMFRIES . 129.
... and when he resigned the office , in 1396 , it was conferred on Galfrid Tilliol and Galfrid Louther .-- Rotuli Scotia , vol . ii . , p . 152 . Q hundred and forty were made prisoners , and only a HISTORY OF DUMFRIES . 129.
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History of the Burgh of Dumfries: With Notices of Nithsdale, Annandale, and ... William M'Dowall No preview available - 2015 |
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