Category: Border Reiver

This is Part II, a continuation from part I previously published and the following information is taken, in part, from a visit to the exhibition at Tullie House Museum in Carlisle, which can be found at Castle Street, Carlisle CA3 8TP, and sits in front of Carlisle Castle from which the tunnel, with the cursing stone is… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: The Border Reiver Exhibition. Pt 2.

This is part 1 of a 3 part series taken in part from the exhibition at Tullie House Museum in Carlisle, which was opened in 1893. For anyone interested in our Reiver ancestry, or in fact local history going back from Roman times to the near past, it is well worth the visit. It can… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: The Border Reiver Exhibition. Pt 1

Tom Moss We continue with the interview with Tom Moss, Reiver historian and author. Our last blog covered his beginnings, the start of his interest in Reiver history and an introduction to his level of expertise. His website Reivers History is the go to place for everything to do with the Border Reivers and as… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: The enemy of our enemy is our friend ; An interview with Tom Moss, Reiver Historian and Author Part 2

The Capture of Kinmont Willie by John Faed The ancient proverb, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend", has traversed time and is a phrase that would easily have been used by our reiver ancestors, whose priority and loyalty was always to their family and its allies. In some ways, it is as apt… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: The enemy of my enemy is my friend. An interview with Tom Moss, Reiver Author and Historian.

Here is an excellent albeit concise piece taken from another website (Hodgson) and as such it is only proper that credit is given to the authors. What is really interesting and augments exactly what our society has said for years based on the current evidence, is that this progression clearly shows that Annandale was not… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: Changes in the Anglo-Scottish borders over the 9th and 10th centuries

The Curse of the Border Clans The Carruthers, along with many others, were one of the great border clans also known as Reivers, they were one of 17 listed in the Suppression of Unruly Clans Act of 1587. This Act did not suggest that those not mentioed wewre less unruly, but was a heads up… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: The Curse of the Border Reivers, still in place.