tom moss
Hi to everyone. My name is Tom Moss and I am a qualified textile technologist and, luckily, have worked in the british textile industry since college days from the 'dark satanic' weaving mills of Lancashire, England to the beauty of the Scottish and English Borders. Currently working in Carlisle, the great Border city and living in a beautiful part of north Cumbria, England.
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Textile technology and business management qualifications coupled somewhat incongruously to a classical education.Interests
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Border Reivers - the Irvings of BonshawThe Irvings of Bonshaw were an illustrious Scottish Border Clan who fought for Scottish Independence alongside the King of Scots, Robert the Bruce.Their alliance with the Johnstone clan would invoke the rage of the Johnstone's arch enemies - the Maxwells. -
Border Reivers - Minstrelsy of the Scottish BorderWord, song and chant were the literary legacy of the Border Reivers. Yet nothing beyond the written sources left by Border authority and government survived. Sir Walter Scott ensured that the Ballads of the Scottish Border were saved for posterity. -
Border Reivers - a Scottish King Hangs One of His OwnIn the early 16th century Johnnie Armstrong of Gilnockie exacted blackmail along the whole length of the English side of the Scottish English Border. His power was resented by the Scottish king, James V. -
Border Reivers - the Bloodiest Feud in British HistoryThroughout the centuries that the Reivers held sway in the English Scottish Border lands many of the families were at feud. None more so than the Johnstones and Maxwells. -
Border Reivers - the Scots Raid on Tynedale, NorthumberlandThe Great Raid of Tynedale was carried out by a thousand men from the Border valleys of Southern Scotland. Its aim, it can be argued, to thwart the Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland. -
Border Reivers - 'Auld' (Old) Wat Scott of Harden'Auld (Old) Wat Scott of Harden was a Border Reiver of reknown in the 16th century Border country of England and Scotland. He was, as a result of his relentless raids into English territory, the bain of English authority. -
Border Reivers. Thomas Lord ScropeThe English Scottish Border of the 16th century was a land in turmoil:ruled by the Border Reivers who had little respect for any authority. Thomas Lord Scrope, as March Warden, sought to bring peace and amity to a troubled land. -
Border Reivers - Border Law - Hot and Cold TrodShould a man lose cattle, sheep or household goods to the vicious raids of the Border Reivers he had recourse to justice under the Border Law. It was, however, a course of action fraught with many dangers. Deadly Feud could ensue. -
Border Reivers - Hell and Damnation on the English Scottish BorderAs the 16th century dawned on the Borders of England and Scotland, crime was on the increase. Whatever laws were put in place, nothing could curtail the relentless surge of animosity. The Church decided to take a hand. -
Border Reivers - Religion in 16th Century English Scottish BorderBorder Reiving left many a church and parish empty of its spiritual mentor. The Book-a-Bosom priest endeavoured to fill the gap. -
Border Reivers of Scottish English HistoryIn the middle of a bitter and endless war between English and Scots, the Border folk suffered intolerable loss of life and livelihood over a period of three centuries. They were hard resolute folk who survived the atrocities and fought back. -
Border Reivers. Who Were They?From the end of the 13th century to the beginning of the 17th, the clans and families of the Scottish English Border held sway over any authority and even monarchy in the Border lands. Allegiance to the family came first