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| Humbleton Hill | Humbleton Hill | "on the eminence, he found it necessary to engage | ||||
| Homildon Hill or | the enemy on the plain below, where the | |||||
| Humbleton Heugh | conflict was so bloody, that the lands were afterwards | |||||
| called Redriggs. | ||||||
| According to Hollingshead, among the prisoners | ||||||
| were the Earls of Fife, Murray, Angus, Athol | ||||||
| Orkney, and Monteath, the Lords Montgomery & | ||||||
| Erskine, & about 80 Knights. Douglas | ||||||
| received five wounds and lost an eye. being | ||||||
| closely pursued in their retreat about | ||||||
| 500 Scots were drowned in the Tweed, | ||||||
| so that very few of their numerous army | ||||||
| escaped Death or captivity on this fatal | ||||||
| day- | ||||||
| This victory was attributed to the numbers & | ||||||
| Skill of the English archers. Sir John Swinton | ||||||
| & Adam Gordon several times renewed the battle | ||||||
| with great bravery, till they fell among the slain. | ||||||
| Such was the famous battle of Homildon | ||||||
| Hill, which was founght on Holyrood day 1402. | ||||||
| Humbleton Heugh is the name by which | ||||||
| this Hill is now best known by – | ||||||
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