For a detailed account of the battle of Ancrum Moor, where
Lord Evers and his son were slain, see Tytler's Scotland, vol. v.
p. 380-384; or Appendix to that noble ballad “The Eve of St
John.”—(Border Minstrelsy, vol. iv.)
The chivalrous Douglas, killed at Otterburn in the fight with
Percy, was interred beneath the high altar of Melrose, “hys
baner hangyng over hym.”—(Froissart, vol. ii.) William
Douglas, called the Black Knight of Liddesdale, was also
buried here with great pomp and pageantry.—(Godscroft's
History of the House of Douglas, vol. ii. p. 123.) His tomb is
still shown.
In the battle of Anerum Moor, according to Ridpath, eight
hundred of the English were killed, with both their leaders,
Evers and Latoun; and a thousand taken prisoners. The
Scots are said to have lost only two of their number, and to
have treated their enemies with great barbarity.—(Border History,
p. 553.)
It is strongly suspected, however, that the Scottish historians
have not given a fair account of their loss. “Parta autem victoria,”
says Lesly, (p. 478,) “ita in fugientes sævitum est, ut
nihil illustre postea gesserimus, quin potius luculenta ad Musselburghum
plaga accepta maximas summæ immanitatis pœnas
dederimus.”
