Elizabeth Graham

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“JOHNNY ARMSTRONG AND THE MISSING HEIR” < link >

Since the death of Johnny Armstrong there have been many stories as to what happened to his vast fortune. One rarely spoken story is that it is in fact buried at Langholm Castle, under a point where there is a risen part of the ground where a vault could easily be hidden. What secrets lie under it may go undiscovered but the tale of Johnny Armstrong will live forever.

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Notes

John Armstrong, born 1480, House Gilnockle Hall, Parish, Scotland, died 8 June 1530, Caerlanrig, Whithaugh, Scotland. He was the son of Alexander Armstrong (1445-1510).

"John of Gilnockie" Armstrong is immortalized in "The Ballad of Johnie Armstrang" attributed to Ringan's Thom. The full account of his betrayal can be found in "The Steel Bonnets" by George MacDonald Fraser (1971).

CAREY'S Memoirs, p. 151.

From this narrative, the power and strength of the Armstrongs, at this late period, appear to have been very considerable. Johnie Armstrong of Gilnockie, the hero of the following ballad, is a noted personage, both in history and tradition. He was, it would seem from the ballad, a brother of the Laird of Mangertoun, chief of the name. His place of residence (now a roofless tower) was at the Hollows, a few miles from Langholm, where its ruins still serve to adorn a scene, which in natural beauty, has few equals in Scotland. At the head of a desperate band of freebooters, this Armstrong is said to have spread the terror of his name almost as far as Newcastle, and to have levied black-mail, or protection and forbearance money, for many miles round.

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