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Archive for October 11th, 2009

Enacted to Combat Crime across the English\Scottish Border

The Border Laws, formulated in the Mid 13th Century, were unique in British History. They were an Attempt to Control the Scottish\English clans of the Border country. In their 350 years existence the Border Laws would be amended many times in an effort to bring order and peace to the Border Lands. They would not succeed.

The Border Line is Determined

In 1249 twenty-four knights of England and a similar number from Scotland met at the Border Line to determine its course from East to West. It had been determined almost two centuries earlier but ever increasing confrontation between the people who lived either side of it had prompted action from the English monarchy. Henry 111 of England wished to know exactly where the Border Line was.

The Border Laws. Unique in British History