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The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland
The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland Author:Sir Walter Scott Subtitle: Comprising Specimens of Architecture and Scultpture, and Other Vestiges of Former Ages, Accompanied by Descriptions : Together With Illustrations of Remarkable Incidents in Border History and Tradition, and Original Poetry General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1817 Original Publisher: Printed for Longman, H... more »urst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row; J. Murray, Albemarle-Street; John Greig, Upper-Street, Islington; and Constable and Co. Edinburgh. Subjects: Scotland Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) Welsh Borders (England and Wales) Borders Region (Scotland) Architecture / General Architecture / Criticism Architecture / History / General Architecture / Individual Architect Architecture / Regional History / Europe / Great Britain Travel / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: APPENDIX. -- No. I. Testament of Sir Walter Scott ofBranxholme and Buccleuch, Chief of the name of Scott, dated Nov. 18, 1574. [The powerful chief, whose last testament is here published, made a very great figure during the troubles of Queen Mary's reign, and was able to raise above three thousand men within his own district Yet the enumeration of. his wealth shews, that, as asserted in the Introduction, the principal revenues of a Border chief depended entirely upon the quantity of stock which he was able to put upon his lamls.] The testament testamentar and inventar of the gndis geir soumes of money and dettis pertening to vmquhile Walter Scot of Branxholme knycht the tyme of his deceis quha deceist in the moneth of Aprile the yheir of God I"VcLxxiiij yheiris ffaithfullie maid and gevin vp be his awne mouth vpoun the eUevint day of Aprile the yheir of God f...« less