Pitscottie, who have the Governor and Regent give thanks for the unexpected victory, where "so small a number discomfited so great a host and one so well appointed (equipped)." As the modern historian Marcus Merriman notes, the size of the English battle group was rare, larger than any border raiding party, especially considering the winter conditions. Arran's movements are documented in his household account book held by the National Records of Scotland, which records payments for messengers at the time of battle and a celebration afterwards at Hume Castle. Outcome The English lost 800 men killed (including Eure and Layton) and 1,000 taken prisoner. This temporarily stopped their harrying of Scotland. News of the victory also induced Francis I of France to send troops to aid the Scots, although they achieved little. The war came to an end shortly afterwards on the death of Henry VIII, only to break out again with perhaps even more violence when Hertford, now Protector Somerset ruling on behalf of Edward VI, sought to impose his own political and religious settlement on Scotland. Fair maiden Lilliard A monument on the site of the battle, also known as Lilliard's Edge, records the following traditional verse: Fair maiden Lilliard lies under this stane little was her stature but muckle was her fame upon the English loons she laid monie thumps and when her legs were cuttit off she fought upon her stumps. - AD 1544 The monument was erected in the 19th century, although it replaced an earlier stone with the same inscription, which is recorded as being in pieces in 1743. Lilliard is said to have fought at the battle following the death of her lover. However, her story is entirely apocryphal, as the name of the location is recorded as "Lillesietburn" in the 12th century, and as "Lillyat Cros" in 1378. The verse itself is based on the earlier English border ballad of Chevy Chase. See also Ancrum Ancrum Old Parish Church List of places in the Scottish Borders References Sources Buchanan, George, Rerum Scoticarum Historia, (1582), book 15 chapters 20-21, (Latin & English translation, Dana Sutton, University of Birmingham, Philological Museum) Mackie, R. L. A Short History of Scotland, 1962. External links Ancrum Moor in the Scottish Government Inventory of Historic Battlefields The Battlefields Trust Conflicts in 1545 1545 in Scotland Battles of the Rough Wooing History of the Scottish Borders Inventory of Historic