Scotland/Scots > Life of Sir William Wallace, Knight of Ellerslie, and Guardian of Scotland

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have been the place from which Sir William Wal¬
lace sallied forth on the night when he took by sur¬
prise the Peel of Gargunnock.” Slat. Acc. xviii.
116, 117.
P. 82. “ Slough hounds. So late as the reign of
James I. of England, there is an order dated A.D.
1616, that no less than nine blood hounds should be
kept on the Border, upon Esk and other places men¬
tioned.” Pennant's Tour, 1772, i. 77, ii. 397.
“ John Harding has given a curious account of
the means used by Edward I. for taking Bruce,
similar to that here said to have been employed
against Wallace.
The King Edward with horns and houndes him soght,
With monne on fote, through marris, mosse, and myre;
Through wodes also and mountens, (wher they fought);
And ever the Kyng Edward hight men greate hyre,
Hym for to take by might conquere;
But thei might hym not gette, by force ne by traine,
P. 84. “ Sir Gerald Heron. This appears to have
been the head of the ancient family of Heron, who
held Ford Castle in Northumberland. In the reign
of Henry III. it was in possession of Sir William
Heron, who was Governor of the Castles Bambo-
rough, Pickering, and Scarborough, Lord Warden
of the Forests north of Trent, and Sheriff of Nor¬
thumberland for eleven successive years.” V. Hut¬
chinson’s Northumberland, ii. 19. “ This castle has
attracted much attention, as having been the scene
of the enchantments of its fair mistress, by means of