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He and his band of men were attacked by a patrol led by Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth Lord Warden of the Marches (1596-1598). During the assault Bourne"s uncle was killed and Geordie was beaten into surrender. After his arrest he was found guilty of March Treason and sentenced to death.
The condemned man was given a 24-hour reprieve and riders were sent to Cessford to invite his intervention.
There was no response. According to Carey"s "Memoirs", Geordie Bourne confessed that
He spent his final hours repenting to a preacher, Mr Selby, and was executed the next morning.
From Chambers’s Cyclopædia of English Literature, New Edition by David Patrick, LL. Doctorate., Volume III.; J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, West. &.
R. Chambers Limited, London and Edinburgh.
1902. Pages 396–397.
