{"id":2917,"date":"2025-09-06T10:57:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T09:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crimesofthecenturies.com\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2026-04-12T16:17:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:17:42","slug":"richard-graham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimesofthecenturies.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/06\/richard-graham\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Graham \u2013 no favouritism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a previous post<\/a>
I quoted an appeal sent on June 25, 1605, by John Graham, Earl of Montrose to the English commissioners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAlthough you have determined to transport certain of my cousins to Newcastle on Saturday night, there to remain in ward, I entreat you to permit Richard Graham, son of Walter of Netherby, to remain with me. I will be answerable for him to the King, to the Council, and to you.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As I explained in this post<\/a>, the Grahams of Montrose and Menteith considered the reiver Grahams to be part of their clan. And clearly had contact with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Earl of Montrose\u2019s letter is ambiguous. By \u2018remain with me\u2019 does he mean that Richard Graham was with him at that point? Or does he mean \u2018let him come and stay with me\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I suspect it was the latter \u2013 unless Richard Graham had dodged the summons to Carlisle, where so many of his kinsmen found themselves locked up soon after arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Graham<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For sure, the English commissioners, charged with \u2018pacifying\u2019 the long-turbulent border with Scotland, knew Richard Graham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For just over a month earlier, they had written to their Scottish counterparts about him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter might suggest that the Scottish commissioners, like the Earl of Montrose, were minded to exclude Richard Graham from what amounted to a kind of \u2018ethnic cleansing\u2019 of the reiver Grahams from the borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unless it was the English commissioners who\u2019d left him off the list, then changed their minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It forms folio 8 in the Pacification of the Borders documents I have been transcribing from their original Jacobean handwriting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Folio 8<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Folio 8 starts with a list of Grahams. As the first is numbered 134, there must be several pages preceding it which were not uploaded to the Reivers website<\/a>.
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As the last is numbered 149, this has to be the list of Grahams who were to be banished to the Cautionary Towns in the Netherlands (see previous post, link above).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It then says that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘we perceive that the leaving out of Richard Graham, son to Walter of Netherby is so -ill taken, that we shalbe taxed of partiallitie\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026therefore we have thought good hereby to pray your consent, that his name may be added to the rest as before it was<\/em>.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Banished<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As my post on Walter Graham of Netherby (link above) says, Richard Graham was deported, firstly to the Netherlands, and later to Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is my transcript of folio 8:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

134. Willm Graham, ?servant to Fergie of Medopp<\/p>\n\n\n\n

135. Robt Graham of Aykebank, alias ?Xpe Robbe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

136 Richard Graham alias linox?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

137. Thomas Graham alias Ke\u2014s Tom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

138. Edward Graham of Mill<\/p>\n\n\n\n

139 Fergus Graham of Mill<\/p>\n\n\n\n

140 John Graham alias John of Westlinton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

141 Willm Graham son to Robt of Closegapp?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

142 Richard, alias Arthur\u2019s Ritchie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

143 Robert of the Fauld<\/p>\n\n\n\n

144 George of Millhill<\/p>\n\n\n\n

145 Richard of Crosshead<\/p>\n\n\n\n

146\/7\/8\/9. Willm, Walter, William, Willm Graime \u2013 cottingers to Davie of Bankhead<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The copy of the ?\u2014 sent from the English commissioners to the Scottish, the 17th of April 1605.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may please your honour to understand that since our departure from your thi-day we<\/p>\n\n\n\n

perceive that the leaving out of Richard Graham, son to Walter of Netherby<\/p>\n\n\n\n

is so -ill taken, that we shalbe taxed of partiallitie and as yet noone complained of that<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we hold not an indifferent course in our proceedings therefore we have thought good<\/p>\n\n\n\n

hereby to pray your consent, that his name may be added to the rest as before it was<\/p>\n\n\n\n

being a thing? that now as the case stands, we may not in reason do without your<\/p>\n\n\n\n

pri-ities. And further where we doubt those names of the Grahams and others already<\/p>\n\n\n\n

set down, may not fa-e out to be – men as is fitting, we have thought it best in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

discharge of all our duties to have all the particular branches of the Grahams before<\/p>\n\n\n\n

us, before we -e-te, and to see them face to face, and by all other the best ways and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

means we can, to inform our selves of such as are most fytt to be sent away, not<\/p>\n\n\n\n

being done we shall draw upp their names in that pa- we all fyned yst you best<\/p>\n\n\n\n

pleased, or else that it be left to us, That praying that be this course, we may under-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

stand your mynds therein, we leave you with our hartie commendations, and like thanks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

for all your courtesies to the protection of the almightie, Carliel in haste, the 17th of April 1605.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your honours\u2019 assured ffriends<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wee are given to understand by Sir-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henry Leigh of a great abuse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

offered contrarie to your directions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to one Johne Skelton, where-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we pray you have regard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find my book The Story of the Border Grahams, chiefest actors in the spoil,<\/em><\/strong> here<\/a>.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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