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County of the Borough and Town of Berwick upon Tweed} continued

........ William the Lion being unable
to raise the money sufficient
to pay his ransom,
the Castle of Berwick fell
into the hands of Henry II, who
pulled down the old Castle
and rebuilt it entirely new -
Berwick again becomes an English Town. Kind Richard I, on going
to the Holy Land sold the Vassalage of Scotland & the Castles of Roxburgh
and Berwick to Scotland, for 10,000 merks.Berwick again becomes
a Scotch Town = King John took Berwick, slaughtered men
women & children, and burnt it =
On the 2nd of August 1291, the States of England and Scotland with
Edward I, assembled in Berwick, in order to try or determine
the claims of "Robert Bruce", & "John Baliol".
In 1296, Edward I took Berwick by storm. The Castle surrendred ,
and its garrison of 2000 men. Many writers mention the slaughter
of the inhabitants as tremendous; 7000 were butchered according
Fordun; 8000 by another writer, and Mathew of Westminster
does not scruple to assent that the number slaughtered acceded
60 000 -; Berwick again becomes an English Town .

Transcriber's notes

A 'merk' was a Scottish silver coin.
Fordun is John of Fordun, a Scottish chronicler.

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DANIALSAN, Alan White, Whitewillow

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