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]-OCH\VOOI) USED AS AN KXCUSH GARRISON, 15 17. xiv
amongst others, soon after our coming an J icmaiiiing tlKUo. I called ccrkiiu of
the host horsed wen of the garrison, declaring to them I )iad a purpose, ofl'ered hy
a Scotsman which would bo our guide, and thai was t(. Iniin Lamingtou, wliicli
wc' did wl]oll3-, took prisoners and won much goods, both malt, sheep, horse, and
insight, and brought the same to mo in tl>c head of Annerdale and there distri-
buted it. . . . After that I made a road iu by Crawfurth Castle and the head of
Clyde wlicre we seized a great bastil house of James Douglas ; which they held
till the men and cattle were all devoured with smoke and fire : and' so we re-
turned to the Longhwood, at wliich place we remained very quietly, and in a
manner in as civil order for hunting and pastime as if we had been at home in
our own houses. For every man within Annerdale being within twelve or sixteen
miles of the Loughwood would have resorted to me to seek reformation for ;',i)y
injury committed or done within the said compass, which I omitted not, but
immediately after the plaint either rode myself and took tlie i)arty complained of
or sent for him and punished or redressed as the cause deserved. And the country
was then in good quietness ; Annerdale, Nidsdale and a great part of Galloway,
all to the water of Dee were come in and entered pledges." ^
Tlie later references in the above narrative .'jliow how thoroughly tlie
whole west border had been subjugated to English influence. Lists prepared
by the English wardens of those gentlemen and barons on the Scottish border
who had given in their adherence to England, and their followers, shovr
totals of between 5000 and 7000 persons, according to tlie districts included,
jfany Johnstone.? are included, among whom a^ipears William Johnstone,
brotlier of the chief Johnstone liimself remained a prisoner for some time,
notwithstanding tlie efiorts of the Scottish governor, mIio is said to have been
much vexed at lii ; capture. An attempt was made to effect an. exebnnge
when Langholm was taken by the Scu's, but though one writer states that
this was done, the negotiations appear to have been unsuccessful, and a
similar fate apparently befell a special remonstrance and embassy despatched
hy Arran in May 1547." Johnstone was still in England iu November ]r).17,
two months after the battle of Pinkie, where the Scots sustained such a
• Cailet.iii'., iLT-rative, cit-J in M^Doivall's History of Dumfries, yp. 22S-230.
- Thorpe's Calena.-.r of State Papers, ^ol. i. pp. 02, 03 ; iJiiiriial of Occurrcnt?, j'p. -13, 44.