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| County of the Borough | } | After the battle of Hastings, Edward | ||||
| and Town of | } Continued | & Morcar (Earl of Mercia & his brother) | ||||
| Berwick upon Tweed | } | raised a large Army in the North | ||||
| to resist the Conqueror. The Berwickers | ||||||
| espoused the cause of the former, | ||||||
| & having been defeated with great | ||||||
| slaughter, the town suffered | ||||||
| severely. It was visited by Wms Troops in 1070, who devastated the whole country | ||||||
| from York to Haddington. In 1072 the Scottish monarch took Berwick | ||||||
| by assault, overan the Country as far as the Tyne, and returned homewards | ||||||
| laden with spoil and many captives – William the Lion invaded | ||||||
| England in consequence of the English having taken his inheritance from him | ||||||
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| to repel him William retired into his own Kingdom. In revenge | ||||||
| "Bohun" crossed the Tweed, burnt Berwick and laid waste the adjoining | ||||||
| Country. | ||||||
| The above mentioned William the Lion being taken | ||||||
| prisoner at the Siege of Alnwick Castle, was restored to liberty | ||||||
| on condition that he delivered up to the King of England the | ||||||
| Castles of Roxburgh, Jedburgh, Berwick & Maiden Castle | ||||||
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Transcribed by PT and PF
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