[109] “The vestiges of Tiber Castle, which has been a large building, are to be seen on the banks of the Nith. A small part of the wall next the river remains; fosses are visible; and some intrenchments, where it was most accessible. It is supposed that the barony of _Tiber_ is named from Tiber, or Tiberius. There is a Roman encampment too. The English had a garrison in this castle, in the time of Sir William Wallace, who took it by surprise.”--_Stat. Acc. Parish of Penpont_, i. 209. [110] William de Warren was the son of John, Earl of Warren and Surrey (according to Dugdale), by Alice, daughter of Hugh le Brun, Count of March, uterine sister of Henry the Third. In 5th Edward I., he was sent into Wales on the King’s business. In 22d Edward I., he was employed in pressing ships in the southern and western counties, and in cutting down timber for the use of the Royal Navy, which was to rendezvous at Portsmouth. In 25th Edward I., he was taken prisoner by the Scots, on which occasion the King committed the care of his lands to his own attorney, William de Berquey. According to Dugdale, he had a claim, through his wife Mary, to the Isle of Man; but Edward having reserved the Island for his own use, it is uncertain what compensation, or, if any, was made. He appears to have allowed her, by the name of _Regina Manniæ, quondam uxor Domini William filii_ Warren, for her support, the value of 2 hogsheads wine, 40 quarters wheat, and 40 of malt, amounting to 31_l._ 6s. 8d., but on what account is not stated. William died during his father’s lifetime, leaving his wife _enceinte_ of John, who succeeded his grandfather in his honours. See _Observations on the Wardrobe of Edward_ I., page lviii. lix. [111] _Wyntown, vol. ii, p. 97, and Fordun, Lib. xi. cap. xxix_. [112] This system of warfare, from the following effusion, appears also to have met the approbation of the immortal Bruce:-- “_Scotica sit guerra pedites, mons, mossica terra: Silvæ pro muris sint, arcus, et hasta securis. Per loca stricta greges munientur. Plana perignes Sic inflammentur, ut ab hostibus evacuentur. Insidiæ vigiles sint, noctu vociferantes. Sic male turbati redient velut[F] ense fugati Hostes pro certo, sic regæ docente Roberto._” Scottish version, ex edit. Hearn. On fut suld be all Scottis weire, Be hyll and mosse thaim self to weire. Lat wod for wallis be bow and speire, That innymeis do thaim na dreire. In strait placis gar keip all stoire, And byrnen the planen land thaim before: Thanen sall thai pass away in haist, Quhen that they find nathing bot waist. With wyllis and wakenen of the nicht, And mekill noyes maid on hycht. Thanen sall they turnen with gret affrai, As thai were chasit with several away. This is the counsall and intent. Of gud King Robert’s testament. [F] _Famis ense_ MSS. Cupr. and Perth.--See Fordun, vol. ii. p. 232. [Edin. Ed. 1775.] [113]