Berwick Castle - Governors, or Keepers, of The Castle

Governors, or Keepers, of The Castle

• Sir William Douglas, 1294-1296 surrendered to Edward I of England following the Massacre of Berwick
• Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley, English governor c.1314
• Edmond de Caillou, Gascon governor for the English, Killed at the Battle of Skaithmuir 1316.
• Sir Robert Lauder of The Bass, to circa 1330.
• Robert Lauder of Edrington (later Robert Lauder of The Bass), 1461/2-1474.
• David, Earl of Crawford, 1474-1478.
• Sir Robert Lauder of Edrington, Knt., 1478-1482.
• Sir Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord Hailes, 1482 (last Scottish governor).
• Sir William Drury (d.1579), Marshal of Berwick-upon-Tweed, before 1564.
• Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, appointed 1564
• Sir George Bowes of Streatlam, co.Durham (d.1580), Marshal of Berwick. In 1568 he escorted Mary, Queen of Scots, from Carlisle to Bolton Castle. His sister Margery married John Knox.