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ROXBURGH CASTLE (Remains of) Roxburgh Castle
(Remains of)
Chalmers Caledonia
Jeffrey's History Roxburghshire
The County Maps
009.08 The Castle & Town of Roxburgh, seem
to have existed, during Saxon times &
during the Scottish period of thee
North British Annals. The Castle & town were portions of Earl David's apanage, and his favorite residence after his succession, as King. It was used, as a State prison, as well as a Royal residence, during the reigns of David 1., and his grandsons, Malcolm, and William, In 1306. Mary the Sister of Robert the Bruce was confined (by the English, in an Iron Cage within the Castle. Alexander III was born in Roxburgh Castle on the 4th September 1241. As the safe-guard of the border, it was surrendered to Henry II by William, the Lion, as part of the price of his freedom, but was restored by Richard in 1189. In 1292 the English Court of King's Bench sat for some time here. Edward the 1st resided here [continued on page 6]

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Parish of Roxburgh -- W. Beatty C.a [Civilian assistant]

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