21-618: The Hermitage Water is a river in Liddesdale , in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland . Among its many feeder burns are Braidley Burn, Dinley Burn, Gorrenberry Burn and Twislehope Burn. The Water flows through the hamlets of Dinley and Gorrenberry, and through the village of Hermitage , and past Hermitage Castle . It continues past Toftholm where it meets the B6399, and passes Newlands , Longhaugh, Leahaugh and Redheugh. At Sandholm it joins
42-546: A truce day . He was taken to Carlisle and imprisoned in Carlisle Castle . Buccleuch, as Keeper of Liddesdale, petitioned the English Warden Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton for Armstrong's release without success. Unable to release Armstrong by diplomatic means, on the night of 13 April 1596 Buccleuch led a party of about 80 men to Carlisle. Leaving the main body of his men a small distance outside
63-579: A diplomatic incident between England and Scotland, and war between the two nations appeared imminent until Buccleuch surrendered himself to the English authorities. Tried and found guilty, Buccleuch was placed in the custody of the English Master of the Ordnance at Berwick , Sir William Selby , and was afterwards sent to London . When Buccleuch reached London, and, having been presented to Queen Elizabeth I ,
84-568: The Liddel Water and the dismantled railway. 55°15′N 2°46′W / 55.250°N 2.767°W / 55.250; -2.767 This article related to a river in Scotland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Liddesdale Liddesdale , the valley of the Liddel Water , in the County of Roxburgh , southern Scotland , extends in a south-westerly direction from
105-522: The March Wardens. The best known was Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch , known as "the bold Buccleuch". The chief point of interest in the valley, however, is Hermitage Castle , a massive H-shaped fortress of enormous strength, one of the oldest surviving castles in Scotland. It stands on a hill overlooking Hermitage Water , a tributary of the Liddel. It was built in 1244 by Nicholas de Soulis, and
126-654: The United Kingdom ) Liddesdale is sometimes considered to form the northern end of the Maiden Way Roman road . At one time the points of vantage on the river and its affluents were occupied by freebooters' peel towers , but many of them have disappeared and the remainder are in decay. Larriston Tower belonged to the Elliots , Mangerton , now little more than a site, to the Armstrongs and Park to " Little Jock Elliot ",
147-605: The baptism of Prince Henry dressed as an Amazon . In January 1595 he influenced Anne of Denmark to intercede for the life of James Scott of Balwearie , an agent of the rebel Catholic earls. It was suspected an English Catholic agent, Nicholas Williamson , tried to meet him in March 1595. In April 1595 and in 1597 he raided Tynedale in England with 100 or 1,000 men. They killed at least 30 residents, and burnt houses at Thorneburn, Donkleywood, Stokoe, Hordley Hill House and others including
168-526: The border to the south. The area was in the Sheriffdom of Roxburgh and later became part of the County of Roxburgh , one of the counties of Scotland . The main reorganisation took place during the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 , this Act established a uniform system of county councils and town councils in Scotland and restructured many of Scotland's counties. (See: History of local government in
189-506: The city to ambush any pursuers, Buccleuch took a small raiding party on to the castle where Armstrong was imprisoned. Finding their ladders too short to scale the walls, the raiding party breached a postern gate — or more probably bribed a contact inside the castle to open it for them — located Armstrong's cell and freed him, returning him back across the Scottish border. No fatalities were occasioned on either side. The raid on Carlisle created
210-477: The firmest throne of Europe". Buccleuch's kinsman, the author Sir Walter Scott , transcribed a well-known ballad about the raid entitled Kinmont Willie in his collection Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. 1 . He was created a Lord of Parliament , as Lord Scott of Buccleuch, in 1606 (pursuant to a commission from King James dated 18 March 1606). From 1604 until the truce of 1609, Buccleuch led
231-544: The home of a widow, Catherine Dodd of Bruntbank, and caused damage valued at £191, and killed four members of the Charlton family at Bought Hill (now Charlton, Northumberland ). As Keeper of Liddesdale he rescued Kinmont Willie Armstrong from prison in Carlisle, an exploit famous in border lore. Armstrong, a well-known border reiver , was captured by English soldiers led by Deputy Warden Salkeld on 17 March 1596, in violation of
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#1732887192771252-411: The lairds of Liddesdale stood near the junction of Hermitage Water and the Liddel, and around it grew up the village of Newcastleton . Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch Walter Scott, 5th of Buccleuch, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch (1565 – 15 December 1611) was a Scottish nobleman and famous border reiver , known as the "Bold Buccleuch" and leader of Kinmont Willie's Raid . Scott
273-555: The local leaders, "the best of the surname men", Moray burned the farmsteads in Liddesdale, and did not leave one house standing. He stayed at Mangerton, then had the house blown up with gunpowder and returned to Jedburgh. Liddesdale was a bloody cockpit during the days of the Border reivers, with order supposedly kept by the Keeper of Liddesdale, an important post regarded as almost equivalent to
294-547: The outlaw who nearly killed Bothwell in an encounter in 1566. Hollows Tower , Johnnie Armstrong's peel, is in good condition; it is on the A7 , about 4 mi (6 km) south of Langholm . In March 1569 Regent Moray came from Kelso to Liddesdale to punish the border people. He spoke to the English border warden, Sir John Forster . Moray was accompanied by Lord Home , Ker of Cessford , Ker of Ferniehirst , and Scot of Buccleuch and 4000 men. After holding unsatisfactory talks with
315-451: The rebellious Earl of Bothwell . He went abroad in September 1591, first travelling to Italy with the poet William Fowler . In November 1592 Buccleuch was allowed to return to Scotland from Flanders by the intercession of Anne of Denmark , at the request of the old Lady Ferniehirst . In 1594, Buccleuch was re-appointed Keeper of Liddesdale. In August 1594 he performed in tournament at
336-614: The vicinity of Peel Fell to the River Esk , a distance of 21 miles (34 km). The Waverley route of the North British Railway ran down the dale, and the Catrail , or Picts' Dyke, crosses its head. Liddesdale was also a historic district of Scotland, bordering Teviotdale to the east, Annandale to the west and Tweeddale to the north, with the English county of Cumberland across
357-421: Was (in 1320) boiled by his vassals in a copper cauldron, which was supported on two of the nine stones which composed the "Druidical" circle that gave the ridge its name. Only five of the stones remain. James Telfer (1802–1862), the writer of ballads, who was born in the parish of Southdean (pronounced Soudan), was for several years schoolmaster of Saughtree , near the head of the valley . The castle of
378-401: Was asked by her how he dared to undertake an enterprise so desperate and presumptuous, Buccleuch is reported to have replied, "What is it that a man dare not do?" Unaccustomed though she must have been to such rejoinders from her own courtly nobles, Elizabeth not only did not resent the answer, but turning to a lord-in-waiting, said, "With ten thousand such men, our brother in Scotland might shake
399-563: Was captured by the English in David II 's reign. It was retaken by Sir William Douglas , who received a grant of it from the king. In 1492 Archibald Douglas , 5th Earl of Angus , exchanged it for Bothwell Castle on the Clyde with Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell . It finally passed to the Duke of Buccleuch , under whose care further ruin was arrested. It was here that Sir Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie
420-405: Was starved to death by Sir William Douglas in 1342, and that James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell , was visited by Mary, Queen of Scots , after the assault referred to previously. To the east of the castle is Ninestane Rig , a hill 943 ft (287 m) high, 4 mi (6 km) long and 1.6 mi (3 km) broad. Here it is said that William de Soulis , hated for oppression and cruelty,
441-458: Was the son of Sir Walter Scott, 4th of Buccleuch (himself grandson of Walter Scott of Branxholme and Buccleuch ) and Margaret Douglas . He was knighted by James VI of Scotland on 17 May 1590 at the coronation of Anne of Denmark . He was later appointed Keeper of Liddesdale and Warden of the West March on the English border. Buccleuch was implicated in the troubles of his step-father,
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