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 | | James II also granted to him and to Sir David, his son, the remaining half of the barony of Branxholm to be held in blanch for the payment of a red rose for their brave and faithful exertions in favor of the king against the house of Douglas. |
 | | Obtained from King James I a grant of the Mains of Eckford, in the county of Roxburgh, as a reward for his capture of Gilbert of Rutherford, a noted reiver, which grant was completed by King James II, by charter dated at Stirling 3 May 1437. |
 | | After the succession of James to the English throne, Buccleuch was very active in quieting the borders, and to accomplish this he raised a regiment of the boldest and most desperate of the borderers, and carried them over to fight against the Spaniards in the wars of Holland. |
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