border reivers
Anglo-Scottish cattle thieves
Border reivers were raiders who operated along the Anglo-Scottish border from the 13th to 17th centuries, conducting cattle theft, kidnapping, and pillaging across both sides of the frontier.
The lawless border region made reiving a way of life for certain families.
The word reiver comes from an old verb meaning to rob or plunder.
The border reivers left a legacy of fortified towers and blood feuds.
Swift raid or attempt
- plunderGoods seized violently
- rustlingSoft crackling noise
- pillagingForcible theft during conflict
- blackmailCoercion through damaging threats
spoils · freebooter · marauding · incursion · night raid · brigandage · depredation · ransoming
Surname meaning powerful limb
- ElliottAnglo-Saxon given name
- JohnstoneScottish place or surname
- MaxwellScottish-origin given name
- Nixon37th U.S. president
Scott · Bell · Charlton · Forster · Robson · Hume · Douglas · Rutherford
Firm promise or certainty
- outlawryStatus of declared criminal
- broken menThose destroyed by circumstance
- garrisonStationed military force
- pacificationRestoring calm after conflict
hanging · execution · safe conduct · pledges · sureties · Percy · Forster · Carey
Hereditary family identifiers
- kinshipState of being related
- hospitalityGenerous treatment of guests
- blood bondConnection through shared lineage
- lanceLong thrusting weapon
sword · dagger · hobbler · pricker · Geordie · oral tradition · folklore · legacy
Frontier boundary territories
- CarlisleNorthern English border city
- HermitageMajor Russian art institution
- NorthumberlandEnglish county bordering Scotland
- CumberlandRiver or mountain gap
Fortified place of defense
- castleFortified medieval residence
- stone wallsRefuses to cooperate
- refugePlace of safety
- watchtowerElevated structure for surveillance
foray
Swift raid or attempt
blackmail · spoils · freebooter · marauding · incursion · night raid · brigandage · depredation · ransoming · kidnapping
Armstrong
Surname meaning powerful limb
Nixon · Scott · Bell · Charlton · Forster · Robson · Hume · Douglas · Rutherford · Irvine
assurance
Firm promise or certainty
- outlawryStatus of declared criminal
- broken menThose destroyed by circumstance
- garrisonStationed military force
pacification · hanging · execution · safe conduct · pledges · sureties · Percy · Forster · Carey
surnames
Hereditary family identifiers
- kinshipState of being related
- hospitalityGenerous treatment of guests
- blood bondConnection through shared lineage
lance · sword · dagger · hobbler · pricker · Geordie · oral tradition · folklore · legacy
Marches
Frontier boundary territories
- CarlisleNorthern English border city
- HermitageMajor Russian art institution
- NorthumberlandEnglish county bordering Scotland
stronghold
Fortified place of defense
- castleFortified medieval residence
- stone wallsRefuses to cooperate
- refugePlace of safety
- invadersinvaders, raiders, marauders, pillagers, plunderers
- Scottish HistoryScottish Parliament, clans, Alba, Culloden, Bannockburn
- raidersraiders, marauders, pillagers, plunderers, looters
- Welsh MarchesShropshire, Marches, Welsh Marches, Ludlow, boundary disputes
- ScotlandGlasgow, Edinburgh, Highlands, whisky, bagpipes
- Scottish MilitaryBlack Watch, claymore, broadsword, bagpiper, bagpipers
border reiverspeaceful
Free from disturbance
law-abiding · honest · good neighbors · trustworthy · peacekeepers
border reiverstenant farmers
Agriculturalists renting land
husbandmen · yeomen · shepherds · merchants · craftsmen
border reiversking's men
Servants of a monarch
sheriffs · lawmen · justices · border patrol
border, borders, bordering, bordered, borderline, borderland, borderless, borderlands, borderers