THE BLACK ROLL

A partial and incomplete list of Border Reivers, in no particular order, known to have been executed during the first six years of the Pacification of the Borders between 1605 and 1611 at Newcastle, Carlisle, Dumfries, Peebles, Selkirk, Hawick and Jedburgh. 1. Simon Armstrong, Laird of Mangerton 2. Simon Armstrong, Laird of Whithaugh 3. William Elliot 4. Andrew Armstrong 5. Martin Elliot 6. John ‘Jock Stowlugs’ Armstrong 7. Edward’s Tom Armstrong 8. Christopher Irving alias ‘Gifford Carleton’ 9. Thomas ‘Geordie’s Tom’ Armstrong 10. Thomas ‘Souter’s Tom’ Armstrong 11. Robert Graham 12. William ‘Flangtail’ Graham 13. John Pott 14. Alexander Davidson 15. Anthony Stokoe 16. Reynold Charlton 17. Henry Dodds 18. Arthur Robson 19. Archie Rogers 20. John Hall, 21. Archie Armstrong 22. Thomas Armstrong 23. Cuthbert Charlton 24. William Charlton 25. George Reed 26. George Nixon 27. Bartram Potts 28. William Elliot 29. Gawen Reed 30. John Gibson 31. William Ormsby...