The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, with memoir of the author.

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Brampton, in Cumberland. Lord William Howard
is ancestor of the Earls of Carlisle.
NOTE A 2.
Lord Dacre. —P. 123.
The well-known name of Dacre is derived from the
exploits of one of their ancestors at the siege of Acre,
or Ptolemais, under Richard Caeur de Lion. There
were two powerful branches of that name. The first
family, called Lord Dacres of the South, held the
castle of the same name, and are ancestors to the present Lord Dacre. The other family, descended from
the same stock, were called Lord Dacres of the North,
and were barons of Gilsland and Graystock. A
chieftain of the latter branch was warden of the West
Marches during the reign of Edward VI. He was a
man of a hot and obstinate character, as appears from
some particulars of Lord Surrey's letter to Henry
VIII., giving an account of his behaviour at the siege
and storm of Jedburgh. It is printed in the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Appendix to the Introduction.
NOTE B 2.
The German hackbut-men.-P. 123.
In the wars with Scotland, Henry VIII. and his
successors employed numerous bands of mercenary
troops. At the battle of Pinky, there were in the