The Battle of Solway Moss
In November 1542, a Scottish army retiring across the fords of the River Esk at Longtown was attacked and routed in the marches of the Solway Moss by a much smaller English force. More than 1,200 prisoners were taken, among them many great Scottish nobles. Fortunes were made from their ransoms.
The Battle of Solway Moss is now one of forty-three battlefield sites listed in the official Register of English Heritage.
Things grew quieter on the Border after the union of the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1603. Some of the Grahams however, persisted in making trouble.
Their lands were confiscated and 150 of them were listed for transportation.