Carlisle Castle

He had been present at Dayholm, near Kirhope's Foot, on the occasion of a day of truce in the month of March in the year fifteen ninety-six.

The business which called them together having been finished, he was returning home accompanied by a few of his friends along the banks of the Liddel when he was suddenly attacked by a body of two hundred English borderers led by Salced, the deputy of Lord Scrope, the warden of the East March, chased for some miles, captured, tied to the body of his horse, and thus carried in triumph to Carlisle Castle.

"They band his legs beneath the steed, They tied his hands behind his back, They guarded him fivesome on each side, And they brought him o'er the Liddel rack.

They led him through the Liddel rack, And also through the Carlisle sands, They brought him to Carlisle Castle, To be at my Lord Scrope's commands." This proceeding was clearly in direct violation of border law, which guaranteed freedom from molestation to all who might be present at a warden court or day of truce betwixt sunrise on the one day and sunrise on the next.

We can easily understand the overmastering desire of the warden's deputy to lay Kinmont, quote, "By the heels," end quote, as he had long been notorious for his depredations on the English border.

But it is incumbent on the representatives of the law that they should honor it in their own persons, and however many crimes might be laid to the charge of the famous freebooter, he was justly entitled to enjoy the freedom which a wise legal provision had secured even to the greatest offenders.

And have they ta'en him, Kinmont Willie, against the truce of border tide, and forgotten that the bold Bickloo is keeper here on the Scottish side.

And have they e'en ta'en him, Kinmont Willie, withouten either dread or fear, and forgotten that the bold Bickloo can back a steed or shake a spear.

Yes.

And here's another one from someone who says, Carlisle Castle is situated in Carlisle, the English county of Cumbria, near the ruins of Hadrian's Wall.

The castle is over 900 years old and has been the seat of many historical episodes in British history.

Well, I'm really delighted to hear that, but it's not called Carlisle Castle, is it? Well, I think so.

No, it's not.

It's called, like, something else castle, you know what I mean? Like, Bowles Castle or something like that.

No, I think it's Carlisle Castle.

It's not known.

I have a question here about placement, because it's so rare for White to locate us somewhere specific.

Why has he decided to pick Carlisle Castle, which wasn't even built until William II? Why are we there? I think

this is in the source.

Okay.

"What is it," answered he, "that a man dare not do?" "With ten thousand such men," said Elizabeth, turning to a lord in waiting, "our brother of Scotland might shake the firmest throne of Europe." The ballad tells of the capture of Kinmont Willie and how the false Salkeld and his men treacherously seized him.

They bound his legs beneath his horse and tied his hands behind his back, and with five men on each side to guard him, brought him over Liddel Ford and through Carlisle Sands to Carlisle Castle.

When he arrived there, Willie addressed his captor in these words: "My hands are tied, but my tongue is free.

Who will avow this deed or answer for it to bold Buccleuch?" "Hold thy tongue, thou rank robber.

"Fear ye not that, my lord," answers Willie, "for by the faith of my body, never did I yet lodge in a hostelry but that I paid my reckoning before I went." Word was sent to Branxton Hall to the keeper of Liddesdale that Lord Scroop had captured Kinmont Willie, whereupon the keeper smote the table with his hand till the red wine sprang on high.

"A curse on my head," he cried, "if I be not avenged of Lord Scroop.

Is my helmet a widow's cap, or my lance a twig from a willow tree, or my fist a lady's lily hand that an English lord should appraise me so lightly? Have they taken Kinmont Willie in spite of the truce and forgotten that the bold Buccleuch is keeper on the Scottish side? Have they taken Kinmont Willie so fearlessly and forgotten that the bold Buccleuch can back a steed and wield a weapon? Were there but war between the lands, then would I slight Carlisle Castle, though it were built of marble.

I would set it on fire and drench it with English blood.

He had been present at Dayholm, near Kirhope's Foot, on the occasion of a day of truce in the month of March in the year fifteen ninety-six.

The business which called them together having been finished, he was returning home accompanied by a few of his friends along the banks of the Liddel when he was suddenly attacked by a body of two hundred English borderers led by Salkead, the deputy of Lord Scrope, the warden of the East March, chased for some miles, captured, tied to the body of his horse, and thus carried in triumph to Carlisle Castle.

"They band his legs beneath the steed, They tied his hands behind his back, They guarded him fivesome on each side, And they brought him o'er the Liddel rack.

They led him through the Liddel rack, And also through the Carlisle sands, They brought him to Carlisle Castle, To be at my Lord Scrope's commands." This proceeding was clearly in direct violation of border law, which guaranteed freedom from molestation to all who might be present at a warden court or day of truce betwixt sunrise on the one day and sunrise on the next.

We can easily understand the overmastering desire of the warden's deputy to lay Kinmont "by the heels," as he had long been notorious for his depredations on the English border.

But it is incumbent on the representatives of the law that they should honor it in their own persons, and however many crimes might be laid to the charge of the famous freebooter, he was justly entitled to enjoy the freedom which a wise legal provision had secured even to the greatest offenders.

And have they ta'en him, Kinmont Willie, against the truce of border tide, and forgotten that the bold Bickloo is keeper here on the Scottish side.

And have they e'en ta'en him, Kinmont Willie, withouten either dread or fear, and forgotten that the bold Bickloo can back a steed or shake a spear.

But Elizabeth's government was unwilling to offer aid to Mary.

Instead, she was placed under house arrest at Carlisle Castle.

She would spend the next 18 and a half years detained in various castles across northern England and the English Midlands as Elizabeth's government decided that she should not be released for fear that Scotland would once more be brought into the Catholic fold if she returned to her homeland and potentially drew on French aid.

Her place as a prisoner of the English government would influence Anglo-Scottish relations throughout the regency governments of the late 1560s and 1570s, and in the 1580s when James finally began to rule Scotland in his own right.

"What is it," answered he, "that a man dare not do?" "With ten thousand such men," said Elizabeth, turning to a lord in waiting, "our brother of Scotland might shake the firmest throne of Europe." The ballad tells of the capture of Kinmont Willie, and how the false Sackeld and his men treacherously seized him.

They bound his legs beneath his horse and tied his hands behind his back, and with five men on each side to guard him, brought him over Liddel Ford and through Carlisle sands to Carlisle Castle.

When he arrived there, Willie addressed his captor in these words: "My hands are tied, but my tongue is free.

Who will avow this deed or answer for it to bold Buccleuch?" "Hold thy tongue, thou rank robber.

"Fear ye not that, my lord," answers Willie, "for by the faith of my body, never did I yet lodge in a hostelry but that I paid my reckoning before I went." Word was sent to Branxton Hall to the keeper of Liddesdale that Lord Scroop had captured Kinmont Willie, whereupon the keeper smote the table with his hand till the red wine sprang on high.

"A curse on my head," he cried, "if I be not avenged of Lord Scroop.

Is my helmet a widow's cap, or my lance a twig from a willow tree, or my fist a lady's lily hand, that an English lord should appraise me so lightly?" Have they taken Kinmont Willie in spite of the truce and forgotten that the bold Buccleuch is keeper on the Scottish side? Have they taken Kinmont Willie so fearlessly and forgotten that the bold Buccleuch can back a steed and wield a weapon? Were there but war between the lands, then would I slight Carlisle Castle, though it were built of marble.

I would set it on fire and drench it with English blood.

There, one of my night stopovers is in Carlisle.

I wanna see Carlisle Castle and Cathedral.

And then there's a few other things.

Like I saw there's an airplane museum along the way.