The Douglas family — specifically the Douglases of Drumlanrig, distinct from the great Black Douglases extinguished in 1455 — remained powerful in Nithsdale and Galloway. Territorial disputes with neighbouring families were settled by force throughout the sixteenth century in this area far from effective royal control.
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