Featherston Family Origins \cont. )

The Ballad of Albany Featherstonhaugh

"Hoot awa' , lads, hoot awa' .
Ha' ye heard how the Ridleys, and Thirwalls, and a' Ha' set upon Albany Fetherstonhaugh,
And Taken his life at the Deadmanshaw?
There was Willemonteswick,
And Hardriding Dick,
And Hughie of Hawden, and Will of the Wa',
I canno' te II a' , I canno' te II a' ,
And mony a mair that the de'il may knaw.

The auld men went down. but Nicol his son,
Ran away afore the fight was begun;
And he run, and he run,
And afore they were done,
There was many a Fetherston gat sic a stun,
As never was seen since the world begun.

I canna' tell a'. I canna' tell a' ,
Some gat a skelp. and some gat a claw;
But they gar' d the Feathel"stons haud their jaw--
Nicol and Aleck and a'Some gat a hurt, and some gat nane.
Some had harness, and some gat staen,
Ane gat a twist 0' the craig;
Ane gat a bunch 0' the wame;
Symy Haw gat lamed of a leg;
And syne ran wallowing hame.

Hoot, hoot. the auld man's slain outright!
Lay him now wi' his face down:--He's a sorrowful sight.
Janet, thou donot,
I'll lay my best bonnet,
Thou gets a new gude-man affore it be night.

Hoot away, lads, hoot away,
Wi's a' hanged if we stay;
Tak' up the dead man, and lay him ahint the bigging; Here's the Baily 0' Haltwhistle,
Wi' his great bull's pizzle,
That supp'd up the broo' and syne--in the piggin."

R.S. Surtees

The Featherstone Castle lineage again made a mark upon English history with Sir Timothy Fetherstonehaugh, great grandson of Sir Albany Fetherstone- haugh (6) .During the civil wars under King Charles I, Sir Timothy was a royalist, and contributed liberally to the royal cause raising troops at his