Deadlock and Deliverance: The Rescue of Kinmont Willie by Tom Moss

Deadlock and Deliverance is an account of the capture and rescue of William Armstrong of Kinmont, the most notable of the Scottish reivers of his day. The English authorities captured Kinmont after a Day of Truce. Revealed in this book is Kinmont’s story in two parts, from two perspectives.
 
Given the events on the day of his capture, the taking of Kinmont was deemed illegal by the Scots. They maintained that Kinmont was taken against the Assurance, and thus contrary to those Laws which since 1249 had served every generation of the Border people.
 
The English endeavoured to see the events differently!