Crossword-Solution: TOCHER 6 letters, 3 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 11

Francis killed Simon Ruthven of Drumshoreland, anno 1540; bought letters of slayers at the widow and heir, and, by a barbarous form of compounding, married (without tocher) Simon’s daughter Grizzel, which is the way the Traquairs and Ruthvens came first to an intermarriage.

Abbs to find her; whereat one of the men-at-arms burst out laughing, and crying, 'That's a' that ye ken, auld Davie! As though the Master of Albany would let a bonnie lassie ware hersel' and her tocher on stone walls and dour old nuns.' 'Has she wedded the Master of Albany, then?' asked Malcolm, concealing his anxiety as best he might.

Abbs, she kens weel how to keep a lass wi' a tocher--so what does the Master but sends a letter ower to our Prior, bidding him send two trusty brethren, as though from the King, to conduct her to Whitby?' 'Ha!' said Malcolm; 'but that's ower the Border.' 'Even so; but the Glenuskies are all English at heart, and it sicker trained away the silly lassie.' 'And then?'--the other man-at-arms laughed.

There’s for the demoiselle who craved for knights to break lances for her!’ ‘Knights indeed! Highland thieves,’ said Jean; ‘and ‘tis for what tocher they may force from you, James, not for her face.’ ‘You are right there, my puir bairn,’ said the Bishop.

Yet gin some prince cam’ in her way, I’d scarce give much for Geordie’s chance.’ ‘The auld king spake once to me of his younger son, the Duke of Berry, as they call him,’ said Sir Patrick; ‘but the Constable told me that was all froth, the young duke must wed a princess with a tocher.’ ‘I trust none will put it in our Jeanie’s light brain,’ sighed Lily, ‘or she will be neither to have nor to hold.’ The consultation was interrupted by the sudden bursting in of Jean herself.