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families attacked Branxholme and Mosshouse, “Smoked very sore the towers, slew many Scots and then “wane a tower of the Captains of Edinburgh Castle, called Burdlands, burnt all the roofs within the walls, and coming home took may oxen and shepe besiede one Scot slayne.”
While the English army was ravaging East Lothianin in 1547, Lords Lennox and Wharton crossed the Esk to subdue the South of Annandale and Castlemilk, The country being stricken with fear, the Lairds and all the families(clans) came and gave an oath of obeisance as subjects to the King of England. In Bell’s Manuscript, preserved in the Carlisle Cathedral Library, there is a list of the chiefs and their men who surrendered. The list contains some 304 Beatties, Littles and Thomsons ---all had served the English - some above a year, some more than three years. The peace arranged in 1551 provided that the West Marche debatable land between the Esk and Sark would belong to neither kingdom.
On April 6th 1569 and bond was signed at Kelso to show support for the young King during the civil war between Queen Mary, her third husband, Bothwell, and the Protestant party under Regent for the infant king, referencing “the barons, landit men and gentlemen, inhabitants of Sheriffdom of Berwick Roxburgh, Selkirk, and Peebles.” The forsigned professed themselves specially enemies to all persons named Armstrong, Elliot, Nickson, Little, Beattie, Thomson, Irving, Bell, Johnstone, Glendinning, Routlege, Henderson and Scott of Ewisdale – in fact, of those families who had fought on the side of the Queen at Langholm.
The Parliamentary Register of 10 December 1585 Act in favour of John [Maxwell], earl of Morton, his friends, and servants (and others) gave general abolition for extinguishing all facts, and deeds, committed by him or any other person hereafter enumerated in this present ordinance including slaughter, raiding, reives, plunder, depredations, pillaging done at any time since April 1569 to the day and date of this Act shall be abolished and extinct forever. To the effect it may be clearly understood it shall only appertain the persons after-following: (some omitted for brevity) John Thomson in Millhead, Thomas Thomson, his brother; John Wallace elder of Carzield, Nicol Thomson and 20 others, John Nicolson in Corriewood, Roger Thomson, John Thomson, Roger Thomson, his sons, James Thomson, smith, David Thomson, his son, and 4 others, John Thomson of Know, and 6 others, John Turner in Carse, John Thomson, and 26 others, John Callan in Drumcrago, Thomas Thomson, and 3 others, William Thomson in Clynt, Andrew and John Thomson, his brothers, John Beattie in Glenbervell, 28 Beatties, Ade Thomson, Edward Thomson, John Thomson, Sim Thomson, John Thomson, alias Rowll, Dick Thomson, Will Thomson, 8 Littles, 4 Glendinnings, and 6 others, Christie Armstrong of Barnglies, John Murry, his man, John Thomson, Jock Bell, his servants and 6 others, Robert Graham, dwelling on Serk Water, Martin Thomson, and 8 others, Robert MacVitie, writer to Kinmont, Archie and Adam Thomson, Geordie Thomson in Kirgill, Jock Thomson, Adie and Jock
Thomson, his brothers, Wat in Allebasterland, John Thomson, John Thomson in Kirkgill, Archie Thomson in Allebasterland, Nicky and Jock Thomson, John Thomson in Pollorane, Tom Armstrong, son to the Laird’s Rowe, Geordie Thomson, Ringane, Armstrong of Auchinbedrig, Sim Thomas, and 10 others, Captain John Maxwell of Aikenhead, Lieutenant John Thomson, and 19 others, John Edgar of Holme, John Thomson, James Thomson, and 162 other horsemen, Captain William Maxwell, Adam Thomson, Richie Thomson, and 164 other horsemen.
