Agnes Randolph, Countess of Dunbar — "Black Agnes" — defended Dunbar Castle against the Earl of Salisbury for five months. When Salisbury used a siege engine, Agnes had her ladies dust off the battlements with white cloths. When he threatened to kill her brother Patrick if she didn't yield, she replied that his death would make her the heir to his titles. Salisbury gave up in disgust. One of Scotland's great female heroes.
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