. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . was sup-posed to end all trou-bles ; but, far from thisbeing so, the state ofthe Bo rd er be c a m eworse, as those who hadhitherto gained a livingby hostile incursionsinto the other kingdom,finding their occupationgone, quickly betookthemselves to robbingtheir neighbours. Or-ganised, to some extent,in their thousands, theMosstroopers of Tyn-dale, Redesdale, Bew-castle, and Gilsland compelled honest people to pay blackmail forsecurity; and having relatives, dependants, and employers, all moreor less involved in their proceedings, the ram
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . was sup-posed to end all trou-bles ; but, far from thisbeing so, the state ofthe Bo rd er be c a m eworse, as those who hadhitherto gained a livingby hostile incursionsinto the other kingdom,finding their occupationgone, quickly betookthemselves to robbingtheir neighbours. Or-ganised, to some extent,in their thousands, theMosstroopers of Tyn-dale, Redesdale, Bew-castle, and Gilsland compelled honest people to pay blackmail forsecurity; and having relatives, dependants, and employers, all moreor less involved in their proceedings, the ramifications of knaverywere so extensive and intricate that the magistrates were practi-cally unable to interfere. So much was this the case, indeed, thatwhen, in 1615, the Council asked why, after these many yearsof peace, there is more breaking of prison, and less execution ofjustice than of yore, the answer returned was that the ProvostMarshall hath been of kin to many that have been heinousoffenders, and that it hath been observed that most gentilmen. WARDERS TURRET ON DACRE TOWER
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