In 1558, the English West March warden assembled the border levies at Burgh-by-Sands Marsh on the Solway Firth to review and muster the men available for march defence. Sir Richard Musgrave, one of the leading border service families, played a prominent role in organising the muster. Burgh Marsh, where Edward I had died in 1307 while marching against Robert Bruce, was the traditional assembly point for the English Solway levies. The 1558 muster reflected English anxiety about Scottish intentions following the marriage of Mary Queen of Scots to the French dauphin.
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