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Wark Castle: Robert Bowes' Book of the State of the Frontiers and Marches, 1551
Sir Robert Bowes wrote this book in 1551 at the request of the Marquis of Dorset. It describes the then current state
of the border frontier between England and Scotland. The book is held in the British Library manuscript collection
and is indexed as Cotton Titus F XIII
f145,
f145v and f146.
In order to understand the manuscript we have provided
pop-up window with English translation.
After viewing the manuscript you can explore more of the Wark archive or
reconstructions of the castle.
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