Border reivers - Wikipedia
Border reivers were raiders along the Anglo-Scottish border from the late 13th century to the beginning of the 17th century. They included both Scottish and English people, and they raided the entire border country without regard to their victims' nationality.
Surnames & Clans – Border Reiver Heritage Society
If you are looking to pinpoint the names and where your reiver ancestors lived in the Scottish West March – and there are a lot of you out there – then here is a great place to start. The Records of the Scottish Parliament to 1707 are a goldmine of information and a key source.
CLANS AND FAMILIES - Border Reivers
CLANS AND FAMILIES. Scattered throughout the world are the descendants of the families who lived in the Anglo-Scottish Borders during the times of the Border reivers. Many of these family were themselves reivers and almost all of them suffered through reiving.
Reivers and Relatives: Ancestors along the Anglo-Scottish Border. Craig L. Foster AG®. Where are the Borders? The Scottish called this region “The Borders” while the English called it the “Border” and it specifically meant the frontier with Scotland.
The History of the Border Reivers
It was a time when people owed their tribal or clan loyalty to their blood relatives or families. And it was common for these families to straddle the Border. The Reivers were the product of the constant English-Scottish wars that would often reduce the Border area to a wasteland.
BORDER FAMILIES - Border Reivers
BORDER FAMILIES. These clans and families lived in the and Anglo-Scottish Borders during the times of the Border Reivers. All are linked.
Border Reiver Genealogy - Relatively Scottish
What also noticeable is a smattering of the most infamous reiver families live on. There are no less than 3 sons of Kinmont Willie and also Lancie Armstrong of Whithaugh. There’s a Clement and a Quentin Croser – definite echoes of their distinctively named reiver forebears.
Border Reivers of Scotland - RootsWeb
There are 77 predominant family names who can claim to have been Reivers. Border Clans included the Armstrongs, Johnstones, Scotts, Elliotts, Fenwicks, Bells, Nixons, Maxwells, Kerrs, Dodds, Taits, Howards, Cecils, Douglases, Homes, Croziers, Forsters, Grahams, Irvines, Robsons and Storeys.
Clan Hall – Border Reiver Heritage Society
Aug 14, 1993 · The Halls were one of the sixty (60) major riding families of the Anglo-Scottish border and were involved in reiving along with as other border clans. During one of the "Day of Truce" occasions, a Robert Spragon "fyled" a complaint against two …
Clan Irving
Find out about this old Scots Border Clan – its origins, history and territory; and more on the Scottish Border Region and the Reiver Clans. The Border Irvings & Irvines recognised as a Scottish Clan by Act of Parliament 1587 with its Chiefs descended from William Irving of …