A LIST of prominent Reivers’ surnames shows just how many families were involved in the border skirmishes of the past.
You may have one of these names and not even realise what your ancestors got up to from the 13th to 17th century.
If you’re an Archibold, Armstrong (crest pictured), Beattie, Bell, Burns, Carleton, Carlisle, Carnaby, Carrs, Carruthers, Charlton, Collingwood, Crisp, Crozier, Cuthbert, Dacre, Davison, Dixon, Dodd, Douglas, Dunne, Elliot, Fenwick, Forster, Graham, Gray, Hall, Hedley, Henderson, Heron, Hetherington, Hume, Irvine/Irving, Johnstone, Kerr, Laidlaw, Little, Lowther, Maxwell, Milburn, Musgrove, Nixon, Noble, Ogle, Oliver, Potts, Pringle, Radcliffe, Reade, Ridley, Robson, Routledge, Rutherford, Salkeld, Scott, Selby, Shaftoe, Storey, Simpson, Tait, Taylor, Trotter, Turnbull, Wake, Watson, Wilson, Woodrington or Young then there’s a fair chance you have Reiver ancestors.
Find out more at the annual Hawick Reivers Festival in March.
It comprises a full weekend of activities, including re-enactments, concerts, lectures, drama, 16th century market an encampment and a torchlight procession and fireworks display.
