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Bedrule Castle

January 01, 1970

Bedrule Castle is a ruined 13th-century castle in the Rule Valley, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.[1]

The castle was built in the 13th century by the Comyn family. During King Edward I of England’s invasion of Scotland in 1298, he stayed at the castle. On the forfeiting of the Comyn lands in 1306, the castle passed to the Douglas family.

The Douglases made the Turnbull family tenants.

Bedrule and the Turnbulls at war edit

On 8 November 1511, James IV of Scotland came to do justice in the Rule Valley. He captured several leading members of the Turnbull family and took them to Jedburgh. They submitted to the king with naked swords in their hands and withies about their neck. They were sent as prisoners to be warded in distant castles.[2]

In July 1544, during the war now known as the Rough Wooing, Bedrule and 15 or 16 other steads or farms were burnt by Master Clefforth and English soldiers with men from Tynedale and Redesdale. The raiding party took 300 cattle and 600 sheep from the Rule valley and captured three field cannon called "basses" from the Laird of Ferniehirst.[3]

On 16 September 1545 Bedrule Castle was attacked by the English again. Lord Hertford reported that "I sent forth a good band to the number of 1500 light horsemen in the leading of me [and] Sir Robert Bowes, with from 5 a.m. till 3 p.m., forayed along the waters of Tyvyote and Rowle, 6 or 7 miles beyond Jedburgh, and burnt 14 or 15 towns and a great quantity of all kinds of corn". This English incursion was a response to the Scottish victory at the battle of Ancrum Moor back in February 1545.[4][5]

After the Rising of the North in England, in January 1570 Catholic fugitives were welcomed by the Laird of Bedrule at Bedrule,[6] including Tristram Fenwyk, Robert Shafto, and Thomas Ogle.[7] Bedrule, "a house of Sir Andrew Trumble", Andrew Turnbull, was burnt again by an English army commanded by the Earl of Sussex on 19 April 1570, during the Marian Civil War.[8] Lord Hunsdon wrote, "we burnt also Bedrowle, which was the first house that Leonard Dacres took for his succor, when he fled out of England".[9] Elizabeth I and her ministers claimed that this invasion was not an intervention of behalf of the infant James VI against Mary, Queen of Scots, but only a raid to punish and capture English border outlaws and fugitives and those who received them.[10]

The Turnbulls themselves were supporters of Regent Lennox and his grandson James VI. On 29 August 1571 the Laird of Bedrule (Thomas Turnbull) and his son (William), with many other lairds, were declared forfeited for treason by the supporters of Mary, Queen of Scots.[11] In February 1572 Thomas Turnbull signed a band at Jedburgh to join with other lairds to support James VI and keep order on the English border, and resist the king's enemies, especially Thomas Kerr of Ferniehirst.[12] The later historian David Hume of Godscroft describes how the Hume lairds met the Earl of Morton at Leith, and were reluctant to sign a band to join with the lawless and notorious Turnbulls of Bedrule.[13] Soon after, the Turnbulls ransacked the house of Robert Ker of Woodhead at Ancrum and carried off his household goods, clothes, and farmstock.[14]

In November 1572 Thomas Turnbull attended the convention at Edinburgh when the Earl of Morton was elected as Regent.[15] Andrew Turnbull of Bedrule was involved in the Raid of the Redeswire in 1575, and Hunsdon requested he be sent into England as a pledge or hostage for the English prisoners held by Regent Morton at Dalkeith Palace.[16] During the struggle at Redeswire, his companion, Robert Shafto, an English follower of the rebel Earl of Northumberland, was shot dead.[17]

For a time the Turnbull family lost Bedrule. In May 1594 Harry Home of Coldenknowes sold the Castle and its lands back to Walter Turnbull and his son William Turnbull.[18]

References edit

  1. ^ Coventry, Martin (1997) The Castles of Scotland. Goblinshead. ISBN 1-899874-10-0 p.160
  2. ^ Raphael Holinshed, First and Second Volumes of Chronicles: The Historie of Scotland (London, 1586), p. 294, named as Trumbils
  3. ^ Samuel Haynes, Collection of State Papers (London, 1740), p. 44: James Gairdner & R. H. Brodie, Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII, 19:2 (London, 1905), p. 372 no. 625
  4. ^ James Gairdner & R H Brodie, Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, vol. 20:2 (London, 1907), no. 400: State Papers Henry the Eighth, Part IV (London, 1836), pp. 521-2: David Laing, 'Account of the Earl of Hertford's Second Expedition to Scotland', PSAS, p. 277.
  5. ^ Lorna Hutson, England's Insular Imagining: The Elizabethan Erasure of Scotland (Cambridge, 2023), p. 23: Samuel Haynes, Collection of State Papers (London, 1740), p. 53.
  6. ^ Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History, vol. 2 (London, 1791), p. 32.
  7. ^ Samuel Haynes, Collection of State Papers (London, 1740), p. 573: George Ridpath, Border History of England & Scotland (Berwick, 1810), p. 632 fn: Arthur Clifford, Sadler State Papers, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1809), p. 117: William Boyd, Calendar State Papers Scotland, 1569-1571, vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1903), pp. 49-50 no. 84.
  8. ^ Allan James Crosby, Calendar State Papers Foreign Elizabeth, 1569-1571 (London, 1874), p. 228 no. 841: Calendar State Papers Scotland, 1569-1571, p. 197 no. 270 citing TNA SP59/17 f.21r: Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History, vol. 2 (London, 1791), pp. 42-3
  9. ^ Walter Laidlaw, 'On Armorial Bearings', History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, vol. 11 (Alnwick, 1887), p. 139: W. Elliot Lockhart, 'Notes on Branxholme', History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, vol. 11 (Alnwick, 1887), p. 449.
  10. ^ John Hosack, Mary Queen of Scots and Her Accusers, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1874), pp. 8-12.
  11. ^ Thomas Thomson, Diurnal of Occurrents (Edinburgh, 1833), p. 243.
  12. ^ John Hill Burton, Register of the Privy Council, 1569-1578, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1878), p. 117.
  13. ^ David Reid, David Hume of Godscroft's History of the House of Angus, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 2005), pp. 209-11.
  14. ^ John Hill Burton, Register of the Privy Council, 1569-1578, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1878), pp. 266-71.
  15. ^ Calendar State Papers Scotland, 1571-1574, vol. 4 (Edinburgh, 1905), pp. 433-4.
  16. ^ Thomas Wright, Queen Elizabeth and her times, vol. 2 (London, 1838), p. 22.
  17. ^ Allan James Crosby, Calendar State Papers Foreign Elizabeth, 1575-1577 (London, 1880), pp. 85, 91-2.
  18. ^ John Maitland Thomson, Register of the Great Seal, 1593-1608 (Edinburgh, 1890), pp. 598-9 no. 1659.

External links edit

  • Bedrule Castle: Towers of Rule


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Bedrule Castle is a ruined 13th century castle in the Rule Valley in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland 1 The castle was built in the 13th century by the Comyn family During King Edward I of England s invasion of Scotland in 1298 he stayed at the castle On the forfeiting of the Comyn lands in 1306 the castle passed to the Douglas family The Douglases made the Turnbull family tenants Bedrule and the Turnbulls at war editOn 8 November 1511 James IV of Scotland came to do justice in the Rule Valley He captured several leading members of the Turnbull family and took them to Jedburgh They submitted to the king with naked swords in their hands and withies about their neck They were sent as prisoners to be warded in distant castles 2 In July 1544 during the war now known as the Rough Wooing Bedrule and 15 or 16 other steads or farms were burnt by Master Clefforth and English soldiers with men from Tynedale and Redesdale The raiding party took 300 cattle and 600 sheep from the Rule valley and captured three field cannon called basses from the Laird of Ferniehirst 3 On 16 September 1545 Bedrule Castle was attacked by the English again Lord Hertford reported that I sent forth a good band to the number of 1500 light horsemen in the leading of me and Sir Robert Bowes with from 5 a m till 3 p m forayed along the waters of Tyvyote and Rowle 6 or 7 miles beyond Jedburgh and burnt 14 or 15 towns and a great quantity of all kinds of corn This English incursion was a response to the Scottish victory at the battle of Ancrum Moor back in February 1545 4 5 After the Rising of the North in England in January 1570 Catholic fugitives were welcomed by the Laird of Bedrule at Bedrule 6 including Tristram Fenwyk Robert Shafto and Thomas Ogle 7 Bedrule a house of Sir Andrew Trumble Andrew Turnbull was burnt again by an English army commanded by the Earl of Sussex on 19 April 1570 during the Marian Civil War 8 Lord Hunsdon wrote we burnt also Bedrowle which was the first house that Leonard Dacres took for his succor when he fled out of England 9 Elizabeth I and her ministers claimed that this invasion was not an intervention of behalf of the infant James VI against Mary Queen of Scots but only a raid to punish and capture English border outlaws and fugitives and those who received them 10 The Turnbulls themselves were supporters of Regent Lennox and his grandson James VI On 29 August 1571 the Laird of Bedrule Thomas Turnbull and his son William with many other lairds were declared forfeited for treason by the supporters of Mary Queen of Scots 11 In February 1572 Thomas Turnbull signed a band at Jedburgh to join with other lairds to support James VI and keep order on the English border and resist the king s enemies especially Thomas Kerr of Ferniehirst 12 The later historian David Hume of Godscroft describes how the Hume lairds met the Earl of Morton at Leith and were reluctant to sign a band to join with the lawless and notorious Turnbulls of Bedrule 13 Soon after the Turnbulls ransacked the house of Robert Ker of Woodhead at Ancrum and carried off his household goods clothes and farmstock 14 In November 1572 Thomas Turnbull attended the convention at Edinburgh when the Earl of Morton was elected as Regent 15 Andrew Turnbull of Bedrule was involved in the Raid of the Redeswire in 1575 and Hunsdon requested he be sent into England as a pledge or hostage for the English prisoners held by Regent Morton at Dalkeith Palace 16 During the struggle at Redeswire his companion Robert Shafto an English follower of the rebel Earl of Northumberland was shot dead 17 For a time the Turnbull family lost Bedrule In May 1594 Harry Home of Coldenknowes sold the Castle and its lands back to Walter Turnbull and his son William Turnbull 18 References edit Coventry Martin 1997 The Castles of Scotland Goblinshead ISBN 1 899874 10 0 p 160 Raphael Holinshed First and Second Volumes of Chronicles The Historie of Scotland London 1586 p 294 named as Trumbils Samuel Haynes Collection of State Papers London 1740 p 44 James Gairdner amp R H Brodie Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic of the Reign of Henry VIII 19 2 London 1905 p 372 no 625 James Gairdner amp R H Brodie Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII vol 20 2 London 1907 no 400 State Papers Henry the Eighth Part IV London 1836 pp 521 2 David Laing Account of the Earl of Hertford s Second Expedition to Scotland PSAS p 277 Lorna Hutson England s Insular Imagining The Elizabethan Erasure of Scotland Cambridge 2023 p 23 Samuel Haynes Collection of State Papers London 1740 p 53 Edmund Lodge Illustrations of British History vol 2 London 1791 p 32 Samuel Haynes Collection of State Papers London 1740 p 573 George Ridpath Border History of England amp Scotland Berwick 1810 p 632 fn Arthur Clifford Sadler State Papers vol 2 Edinburgh 1809 p 117 William Boyd Calendar State Papers Scotland 1569 1571 vol 3 Edinburgh 1903 pp 49 50 no 84 Allan James Crosby Calendar State Papers Foreign Elizabeth 1569 1571 London 1874 p 228 no 841 Calendar State Papers Scotland 1569 1571 p 197 no 270 citing TNA SP59 17 f 21r Edmund Lodge Illustrations of British History vol 2 London 1791 pp 42 3 Walter Laidlaw On Armorial Bearings History of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club vol 11 Alnwick 1887 p 139 W Elliot Lockhart Notes on Branxholme History of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club vol 11 Alnwick 1887 p 449 John Hosack Mary Queen of Scots and Her Accusers vol 2 Edinburgh 1874 pp 8 12 Thomas Thomson Diurnal of Occurrents Edinburgh 1833 p 243 John Hill Burton Register of the Privy Council 1569 1578 vol 1 Edinburgh 1878 p 117 David Reid David Hume of Godscroft s History of the House of Angus vol 1 Edinburgh 2005 pp 209 11 John Hill Burton Register of the Privy Council 1569 1578 vol 1 Edinburgh 1878 pp 266 71 Calendar State Papers Scotland 1571 1574 vol 4 Edinburgh 1905 pp 433 4 Thomas Wright Queen Elizabeth and her times vol 2 London 1838 p 22 Allan James Crosby Calendar State Papers Foreign Elizabeth 1575 1577 London 1880 pp 85 91 2 John Maitland Thomson Register of the Great Seal 1593 1608 Edinburgh 1890 pp 598 9 no 1659 External links editBedrule Castle Towers of Rule 55 27 17 N 2 38 13 W 55 4547 N 2 6369 W 55 4547 2 6369 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bedrule Castle amp oldid 1181992408, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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