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MORDINGTON (Parish) Mordington (Ph) [Parish] Continued [Continued from Page 5]
of Coldingham is celebrated as having been the place where King James IV. of Scotland and Margaret, daughter of Henry VII, of England, were contracted in Marriage in the year 1503, which paved the way for the happy union, first of the two Crowns, and afterwards of the two Kingdoms. This Chapel has now nothing remaining but part of the outer walls, and is used as the burying place of the family of Mr. Renton of Lamberton. The old castle of Edrington, of which but a small part also has escaped the mutilating hand of time, is situated at the South of the parish, on the top of an almost perpendicular rock, which is clad with wood, & washed by the winding Whiteadder below. Like many of the old forts in this neighbourhood, it was the Scene of frequent Contests in the border wars. Its possession was often included in treaties between the Kings of England and Scotland. In the year 1534, it was restored by Henry the 8th to James the 5th, from the latter of whom it had been taken in a former war. Henry declaring that he made this restitution as a proof of his grattitude, benevolence, and friendship for the Scottish King. The possession of this Castle, & the lands Connected with it, was thus Confirmed to the King of Scotland and his subjects, its former owners, free of molestation or injury on the part of the King of England, his vassals, or subjects, or the inhabitants of the town & Castle of Berwick upon Tweed, and it probably Continued in this Situation till the unionof the two Kingdoms. From its
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Parish of Mordington.

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