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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| BATTLE OF LINLITHGOW BRIDGE Continued | 005 | of their defeat. The battle raged along the River Side in the Avontoun grounds to the Bridge, near to which the Young Monarch was stationed and Where the Most Sanguinary part of the Contest took place. The Lennox Party was Completely defeated, the Chief himself being Severely Wounded. James, Who it Appears was attached to Lennox, Ordered him to be spared & accorded him the Royal Pardon, but Sir James Hamilton neglecting or despising this Act of Mercy, Afterwards slew the Earl in Cold blood. It is Said he was buried where he fell, a spot Outside the road in the Corner of a field On the N. [North] of Kettleston and S.E. [South East] of the Avontoun grounds; near the entrance lodge - it Was long distinguished by a Cairn of Stones Accumulated most probably by passers bye Casting a stone on his grave to testify their abhorrence of the treacherous Act. Several Stone Coffins have been found in the locality, Containing human Remains and between the Bridge And the Avon Print Works a Sword Was Also found but broken. |
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