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John St Clair, 7th Lord Herdmanston
John St Clair, Lord Herdmanston, Baron of Carfrae and Cessford, was a Scottish noble of the 14th century. John was the son of William St Clair of Herdmanston and Margaret, daughter of William St Clair, Master of Roslin. He resigned the barony of Cessford to younger brother Walter St.Clair in 1376. His half sister was Margaret, Countess of Angus and Mar from John's mother's second marriage. John married Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of Patrick de Polwarth of Polwarth, bringing the estates of Polwarth and Kimmeringhame into the family. John was succeeded by his son William. Citations References * {{authority control John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Secon ... Clan Sinclair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Sinclair
Clan Sinclair ( gd, Clann na Ceàrda ) is a Highland Scottish clan which holds the lands of Caithness, the Orkney Islands, and the Lothians. The chiefs of the clan were the Barons of Roslin and later the Earls of Orkney and Earls of Caithness. The Sinclairs are believed to have come from Normandy to England during the Norman conquest of England, before arriving in Scotland in the 11th century. The Sinclairs supported the Scottish Crown during the Scottish–Norwegian War and the Wars of Scottish Independence. The chiefs were originally Barons of Roslin, Midlothian and William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness and Baron of Roslin founded the famous Rosslyn Chapel in the 15th century. He split the family lands, disinheriting his eldest son from his first marriage, William ("the Waster"), who inherited the title of Lord Sinclair, instead giving the lands of Caithness to the second son from his second marriage, William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness, in 1476, and the lands at Roslin to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Herdmanston
Lord Herdmanston was a title in the Peerage of Scotland that was held by the Sinclair or St Clair family. History Herdmanston in East Lothian had been held from the 12th century, when Henry St Clair received a grant of the lands of Herdmanston, from Richard de Morville, Constable of Scotland. It is not known if the Sinclair Lords Herdmanston share a common origin with the Sinclair Barons of Roslin, from whom branch off the Lords Sinclair and Earls of Caithness. According to the website sinclairgenealogy.info, the fact that the first proven Baron of Roslin, William St. Clair (died 1297) was made sheriff of Haddington in East Lothian where Herdmanston also is, suggests that he was appointed there to cover his own home area, and given that the name William appears frequently in the St Clair of Herdmanston family suggests that he may have been part of their extended family. However, according to the website clansinclairusa.org, William St Clair of Roslin was probably unrela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carfrae Bastle
Carfrae Bastle is a small ruined tower house about north of Lauder, Scottish Borders, Scotland, near HillhouseCoventry, Martin (1997) ''The Castles of Scotland''. Goblinshead. p.103 History Carfrae Bastle is of medieval origin. The bastle has a strategic position commanding the passes from Upper Lauderdale into Lothian, by way of Glengelt and Kelphope glens. Carfrae is first mentioned in a charter in which William de Morville, son of Richard de Morville, Lord of Lauderdale, grants the lands and barony of Carfrae to Henry St Clair, in around 1196. The barony encompassed much of the eastern part of the parish of Channelkirk.History of Channelkirk, by Rev.Archibald Allen, publ. by James Thin, Edinburgh, 1900; ch.14 Structure The overgrown remains of rubble masonry stand to first floor height. The structure, by , is divided into two compartments. There is a vaulted basement while the remains of a round stair-tower stand in the southeast angle. See also *Castles in Great Britain a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cessford, Scottish Borders
Cessford is a hamlet and former barony about a mile south of the B6401 road, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The placename is from Gaelic 'ceis' and means 'the wattled causeway over the ford'; spellings vary between Cesfuird, Cesford, Cessfoord, Cessfuird, and Cessfurde. Places nearby include Crailing, Eckford, Kelso, Morebattle, Nisbet, and Oxnam Cessford Castle is a ruined castle nearby. Cessford Burn is a tributary of the Kale Water. See also *List of places in the Scottish Borders ''Map of places in the Scottish Borders compiled from this list'':See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties. This list of places in the Scottish Borders includes towns, villages, hamlets, castles, golf courses, historic hous ... References * Scott, T (1897) 'Collection of flint arrow-heads, spearheads, knives, scrapers, borers, flakes - about 600 in all - from Craigsfordmains mostly', ''Hist Berwickshire Natur Club, vol.15,1'', pages 166–7. External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William St Clair, 6th Lord Herdmanston
William St Clair, Lord Herdmanston, Baron of Carfrae and Cessford, was a Scottish noble of the 14th century. William was the son of William St Clair of Herdmanston, who had fought at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. Marriage and issue William married Margaret, daughter of William St Clair, Master of Roslin (died 1330), they are known to have had the following issue: *John St Clair of Herdmanston *James St Clair *Walter St Clair of Cessford After the death of William, Margaret was remarried to Thomas Stewart, Earl of Angus and Chamberlain of Scotland, in 1357. Citations References * {{authority control William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ... Clan Sinclair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Stewart, Countess Of Angus And Mar
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus and Mar (died 1417) was Countess of Angus and Lady of Abernethy in her own right. Her father was Thomas Stewart, 2nd Earl of Angus. She was married to Thomas, Earl of Mar with whom she had no children. After her husband's death in 1374, she began an extramarital affair with William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, who was married to the Earl of Mar's sister. With the Earl of Douglas, she had two children, George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus (c. 1380–1403) and Lady Margaret Douglas who in 1404 received the lands of Bonjedward from her half-sister, Lady Isabel Douglas. The countess secured a charter of her estates for her son, to whom, in 1389 the title was granted by King Robert II.Act of Parliament, Edinburgh 10 April 1389 See also *Earl of Angus The Mormaer or Earl of Angus was the ruler of the medieval Scottish Provinces of Scotland, province of Angus, Scotland, Angus. The title, in the Peerage of Scotland, is held by the Duke of Hamilton, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polwarth, Scottish Borders
Polwarth ( sco, Polart) is a village and parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is located at , between Greenlaw and Duns, in the former county of Berwickshire. Other places nearby include the Blackadder Water, Fogo, Langston, Longformacus, Marchmont House and Marchmont Estate, all in the Scottish Borders Council Area. Polwarth Parish Church was built in 1703, replacing a 13th-century building. Polwarth Castle was situated halfway between Polwarth village and Polwarth Parish Church. The Polwarth Thorn was a thorn tree which was used in village festivities. Several verses and melodies have arisen, e.g.: *''At Polwarth on the green / Our forebears oft are seen / To dance about the thorn / When they got in their corn.'' - Also: ''At Polwarth on the Green / If you'll meet me in the morn / Where lads and lasses do convene / To dance around the thorn''. See also * Merse (Scotland) *List of places in the Scottish Borders ''Map of places in the Scottish Borders c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimmerghame House
Kimmerghame House is a 19th-century mansion in the Scottish Borders, located south-east of Duns by the Blackadder Water. It is the seat of the Swintons of Kimmerghame, a branch of the Lowland Clan Swinton. The house was designed in the Scottish Baronial style by David Bryce in 1851. Kimmerghame is protected as a category B listed building and the grounds are included on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland. History Kimmerghame was held by the Moreham family, before passing to the Polwarth family whose heiress married into the Sinclair family in the 14th century with the estate passing to the Home family in the 15th century. The estate was the site of an earlier house, the home of Sir Andrew Home in the 1730s. An inventory of the house and its furnishing survives from this period. Old Kimmerghame house and estate was purchased in 1770 by Captain Archibald Swinton of Manderston, who later sold it in 1803. However his son John Swinton acquired Kimmerghame i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lords Herdmanston
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