A Border Reiver Folktale ~ The Death of Parcy Reed

[@racheljames7]

Brilliant stuff. You do the North East proud. I homeschool my three sons and we watch your videos. We've learned so much. We went to Hulne park to see the Hermit thanks to the info you shared.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you for the kind comment! That’s very humbling!

[@williamrobinson7435]

I have missed your wonderful tales Sir! This is characteristically engaging, and the footage of the borderlands truly magical. Thank you indeed! 🌟👍

[@TheJollyReiver]

Cheers mate! Really glad you enjoyed!

[@APIEProductions]

The editing and film reminds me of the documentary styles when I was growing up. Great job as always!

[@racheljames7]

I know exactly what you mean. 90s and early 2000s history documentaries were great. I loved David Starkey's Monarchy.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you! I do prefer the slower pace of those old programs

[@MrBenandrea]

This was great. Think the tales of the border reivers are my favourite

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you!

[@veronicasiegfried2712]

Great video, but it's a sad story.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you :-)

[@carolescutt2257]

😊😊perfect for a Friday nite in with 'my favouritist handsomest jolly Reiver and his cinder toffee voice❤❤❤

[@TheJollyReiver]

Ahaha too kind!

[@billbarton9046]

A great tale and well told.👍

[@TheJollyReiver]

Cheers mate, glad you enjoyed!

[@adventurewithacamera]

Nice to have you back Jolly Reiver!

[@TheJollyReiver]

Cheers fella. I never go away, it just takes ages to make these aha

[@adventurewithacamera]

@@TheJollyReiver Indeed. I make a lot of elk hunt videos on my channel here in the states (and an occasional Reiver video). Few people understand the hours of filming and post production it takes for a 10-minute finished product. I appreciate your work.

[@TheJollyReiver]

@adventurewithacamera nice one mate, I’ll check out your channel tomorrow after work!

[@ShaunUnderwoodx]

Loved it. Always very informative well presented and well produced..

[@Hawthorne-Studios]

Nice work, excellent locations as always. At 1:58 you can see a functional Yetts gate, these formidable gateways are very rare to see nowadays on houses as James 2 made it almost impossible to legally own or construct in the early 17th century. What a story too, rip Parcy.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Cheers mate!

[@theendofeverything6356]

Always enjoyable and interesting work, sir. Many thanks.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you :-)

[@Ccrawford112]

Another interesting tale,thanks.

[@TheJollyReiver]

My pleasure!

[@ladoboyo5452]

Another excellent video Reiver. So sad that people who in many cases were cousins fought tooth and nail for so long over scraps of land, livestock and petty feuds.

[@breakablehandlewithcare]

Love listening to your telling of the tale....

[@TheJollyReiver]

Glad you enjoy!

[@Sonny-m1f]

Came here from the childs ballad. Im going to show my kida these ballads. Hopfully they grow into strong Reivers. The ballads teach the lesson. Like Baron O' Brackley.

[@QueenB33-s3b]

Great to see you again!!! I'm glad I don't have to live in the past among the border wars. Could you imagine?!

[@margarethughes3763]

Thank you for this story.

[@TheJollyReiver]

My pleasure!

[@connorricketts1323]

a great tale as always thank you loved it and love folklore stories and mythology and folklore love this channel and you find us great tales your great a telling them and loved the musice

[@thomasofearth3183]

Thanks for this! Amazing quality as always!

[@TheJollyReiver]

My pleasure!

[@Jen999]

Beautiful video.. although awfully sad.. what was done to Percival Reed was far worse than hanging.. To maim a man.. after he fought so valiantly.. and leave him to bleed to death.. ..was indeed cruel.. And the Halls betrayed him.. Felt badly for his family.. amazing he lived as long as he did without bleeding to death.. and that the herdsman was there to ease his agony and warn his family.. Your telling of this memorable tale was well done.. and you had us perched on the edge of our chairs.. Ach… it is your voice that brings this tale to life, kind sir.. and puts the proper mystical magic into the telling of it🌹☘️ The result is achingly beautiful..we so thank you 💜💙

[@Hawthorne-Studios]

He made an error having no clan relatives with him.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed this one. It was probably one of my favourites to make!

[@Jen999]

@@TheJollyReiver Indeed we did.. and look forward to many more tales from you in the future.. the key to these.. as always .. is the ethereal and plaintive expressiveness of your wondrous voice.. magical and mystical words become in your hands ,, 💜💙🌹

[@USMC_Tex_68]

Thank you for this wonderful tale.

[@TheJollyReiver]

My pleasure!

[@DanDavisHistory]

Wonderful tale beautifully told. It really is a lovely landscape. Thank you.

[@TheJollyReiver]

@@DanDavisHistory cheers mate! Good to see you here!

[@shocklogic8107]

I really like this channel. Keep up the good work.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you!

[@CallOfTheDarkVideo]

Another excellent film. Must say, the music was brilliant.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you! :-)

[@eazygamer8974]

What could you possibly offer someone to betray a man in such a dastardly way! Not only did they leave him to fight multiple men on horse back alone. But they also sabotage his weapons! Just plain shameful!!

[@Chris-tt5cc]

Fantastic footage, it’s amazing to see the living landscape and the stories brought together in this way. Great work as usual!

[@jasonmarshall771]

Magnificent your videos are world class, a beautiful part of our country with a violent past and stories that just draw you in, if those rolling hills and burns could speak oh what stories they could tell, I'm fascinated by this part of our country and the border families, your videos are my favourite of all the KZbin videos I watch, truly in a league of their own. Ja from the merry city (Wakefield).

[@TheJollyReiver]

Cheers mate, the kind words are much appreciated!

[@eetadakimasu]

I really enjoy your stories and getting to see the actual locations❤ you're a great history teller❤

[@TheJollyReiver]

thank you! glad you enjoyed!

[@emmajulian8716]

Hello can not believe i have only just found your channel its brilliant thank you and i have subscribed 😊

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you! Hope you enjoy my future vids too!

[@b_ks]

A very good tale.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you :-)

[@patrickcosgrove2623]

Great story, enjoyed. Thanks for sharing 👍😊

[@TheJollyReiver]

Cheers mate!

[@timelordvictorious]

Love the old ballads of the boarder reavers .Alun Armstrong is a favourite of mine

[@TheJollyReiver]

:-)

[@BilaalDalais]

The tale of the fish lises was a top tale

[@curlyt8899]

Brilliant you remind us all of the old stories.

[@TheJollyReiver]

:-)

[@mk_gamíng0609]

As a proud Reiver descendant (Both on Scottish and English side) This video is brilliant I wish there was more out there about the Border Reivers , since its a cool bit of history.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Cheers mate!

[@KateGladstone]

I LOVE your channel! Could you please do a video about Clan Gladstone? I’m told we were a Border Reiver family (and some of us were a few other things).

[@TheJollyReiver]

Glad you enjoyed! Perhaps I will one day :-)

[@JordanWhite-p8c]

Keep up the good work mate 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@brucemurray9127]

Best one yet!

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you!

[@joanhoffman3702]

A good tale well told. What more could one ask for? 💐

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you!

[@talesfromthewildmagicalWest]

Great video as always how does the Guy not have more subscribers also where do you find all these stories from

[@TheJollyReiver]

My pleasure! I have a huge library and I’m always on the hunt for old books that are long out of print.

[@Rebecca-d7b]

Good story thank you

[@artangel4172]

Brilliant 🤩

[@TheJollyReiver]

:-)

[@charlotteillustration5778]

Great video, beautifully told story, thank you.

[@TheJollyReiver]

My pleasure!

[@ianmatthews3041]

9:39 Here's a touch of Irony concerning Parcy and the Burn! My Great Grandfather wjo was a Hall was a Bricklayer during the building of Catcleugh Resevoir less than a mile from Parcy's place of death!

[@theramblingseanchai]

It's great to see another brilliant video from yourself! Beautifully shot and edited, gosh what a harrowing story. I especially loved the delivery of Parcy's monologue as he's being betrayed, gosh there are some epic lines in there! Thanks so much for sharing, looking forward to seeing more soon! I've just finished a video about the Triple Goddess Brigid but next week I'll be heading back to Rathlin for some more filming over there. It was so great meeting you there last year! I hope you're keeping well :)

[@TheJollyReiver]

Cheers mate, I’ll take a look at that video of yours tonight! Sounds great! Aye Rathlin was great but I wish I’d had my drone back then and stayed for a couple of days!

[@theramblingseanchai]

@@TheJollyReiver aye that would've been really cool, I'm sure you would have been able to get some amazing shots of the island! I'm hoping to get a job there next summer, if you're ever in the area again let me know sure :)

[@GravesRWFiA]

coming form the osuth, we rarely heard of the borders stories, being all caught up with the kings and such, did the reavers stop when the kingdom was united?

[@TheJollyReiver]

It’s a big question with lots of technicalities. For the most part yes after the pacification. But not entirely.

[@feewatt]

I lived in Ottorburn, my Mother was an Armstrong. Strong Reiver connections/ancestry.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Very cool!

[@feewatt]

@@TheJollyReiver My Father actually worked at Troughend farm before I was born. I am 65 now. He swore he saw Percy's ghost. He said it frightened the life out of him. We used to pronounce Troughend like Troffend.

[@Cumbrianlad3363]

As a descendant of the Croziers I'm really happy to hear about us in this video but I just want to let you know it's pronounced Crozhur

[@ianmatthews3041]

Do they still have the Stalwart at Black Middens?

[@JCOwens-zq6fd]

The number 33 pops up in strange places. Usually when one see's it in a story, it's a sign that the mystery school had a hand in it.

[@hayleyh3024]

Your videos remind me of Part Time Explorer, and IMO there's no finer compliment

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you! I’ll have to check him out!

[@bloodbased]

500 years of cope and seethe🍻

[@laurengraves3261]

Have you ever thought of doing long compilations with no/quiet music? I think a lot of people would like videos where they could listen to your stories while trying to sleep

[@TheJollyReiver]

I’ve considered it but it would be so time consuming! Maybe over the winter I’ll do it!

[@MindyerownBusiness-s4d]

Stories of the Reivers would be a great tv series ala Sharp

[@michaelwhite8031]

What about Albert Hall.

[@donnyskinglongliveme]

Oh not the bloody reivers again! 😁

[@TheJollyReiver]

👀

[@Sonny-m1f]

I believe its thw same man. Mentions crosiers aswell.

[@sullyb23511]

The Crosiers and Halls were cowards.

[@ronhall9394]

This sort of double dealing and treachery was part and parcel of the rievers, the Halls get a bad press here but there will be many instances where a Reed/Reid did something similar, that's the twos sides of the Reivers, derring do and murderous actions.

[@bloodbased]

@@ronhall9394 this.

[@ianmatthews3041]

​@@ronhall9394Are You an English or Scottish Hall Mate?

[@d.l.l.6578]

It took 33 against one and they had to sabotage his weapons and horse. That tells you what a fighter Reed was. What chickens.

[@Cumbrianlad3363]

You better not be calling the Croziers chickens there

[@d.l.l.6578]

@@Cumbrianlad3363 I most certainly am. 33 of them against Reed, they sabotaged his weapons and horse, stabbed him in the back, what do you call them? 🤮🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔

[@Cumbrianlad3363]

@@d.l.l.6578 it was the halls who sabotaged his weapons and stabbed him in the back, not the Croziers. Sure, we didn't need 33 men but he also started it by killing our lad

[@bloodbased]

it was 33 _blows_ not 33 men.

[@d.l.l.6578]

@@bloodbased Too bad, the video states it was 33 men. Watch the video.

[@TheMetyx]

So when will you publish videos from Estonia ?