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"In the year 1526 the Battle of Linlithgow Bridge was fought between the faction of the Earl of Angus
who had possession of the person of James 5, then a minor and the party who South to deliver
the Prince from the influence of the Douglasses. The Conflict began on the haugh of Manuel
but the main Conflict was close by the village of Linlithgow Bridge which has given
its name to the engagement. The Earl of Lennox the Chief of the party opposed to
Angus was after being promised quarter Slain by Sir James Hamilton. The place of
his interment was long Known as Lennox's Cairn." - The new Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Co. [County] Linlithgow p.172

"Nearly a mile north west of the town is the Scene of a Sanguinary Conflict began opposite
the Priory of Manuel but fought out here between the Earls of Arran and of Lennox
during the minority of James 5. Though the precise spot cannot now be exactly identified
it was long distinguished by one of those rude memorials to which every passenger
contributed a stone and which was called Lennox's Cairn. Near this spot and possibly
identical with it is a field anciently used for military exercises and feats and still
called the Joisting Haugh." - Fullarton's Gazetteer of Scotland.

In 1526 the Earl of Angus defeated the Earl of Lennox at Linlithgow Bridge where Lennox's
Cairn long distinguished the disastrous Scene of his fall. - Chalmer's Caledonia Vol.II p.259

"Battle near Linlithgow Bridge. - This was fought between the Earls of Lennox and Arran
during the minority of James V. It began on the plain opposite the Priory of Manuel but
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