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Celia Lewis's avatar

By the way, this morning I attended ScottishIndexes Conferences, where Andrew Armstrong provided a marvellous talk on the Border Reivers including Kinmont. Great details.

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Andrew Chapman's avatar

Ah, fantastic! Such an interesting subject/era.

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Randy Herring's avatar

Thanks for an interesting bit of history.

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Celia Lewis's avatar

Great story! I'm trying to imagine how 500 men could not be heard by those in the castle. Hmmm, I have some Armstrongs in my ancestry, knew they were originally from the 'debatable land'.

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Andrew Chapman's avatar

Thanks! Yes, I suspect Scrope had an incentive to make it seem like the odds were completely against him.

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