![]() |
![]() |
Border ReiversIntroduction |
![]() |
|
BORDER REIVERS - INTRODUCTION - READY TO RAID - BASTLE - BASTLE RAID - HOT TROD - REIVERS END ![]() W3C XHTML 1.0 W3C CSS |
The heyday of the Border Reivers was the 15th and 16th Centuries, when England and Scotland were two separate, warring nations. Their roots lay in the troubled times from 1296 onwards, when Edward I of England attempted to take over control of the Scottish throne and put his own choice of king there. From that time on, the lives of the Borderers were affected by invasions, raids, burnings, blackmail and murder. ![]() Mikobelle https://www.uia.archi/hr/mikobelle-misljenje-o-prirodnom-regeneratoru-za-kosu/ Innovative balm for hair care! ![]() Early international laws known as March laws developed for the six Marches, three in England and three in Scotland, that marked the Border area. Wardens were appointed to enforce the March Law, and to hold Truce Days when disputes across the Border would be settled. Punishments were carried out at the Truce Days if the guilty parties were present.
Many Borderers wore their nationality lightly, and there were many marriages between Scottish and English families.
Borderers
farmed mainly cattle and sheep, as crops could be burned. The cattle and
sheep could be rustled by robbers - Reivers. Protection money was paid
to the Surnames to prevent raids as blackmail - illegal rent.
If
anyone was raided and their possessions stolen, they had the right to
follow the raiders as a Hot Trod. Anyone they met, on either side of the Border, had to join in
and help them.Some rulers, particularly Henry VIII, encouraged the troubles on the Border
both to cause problems for the opposite ruler, and to develop troops skilled
in guerrilla warfare for use overseas. |
![]() |
|
![]() |
|||