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James Douglas Of Parkhead
James Douglas of Parkhead (died 1608) was a Scottish landowner. He was a son of George Douglas of Parkhead and Marion Douglas. Douglas married Elizabeth Carlyle, daughter of Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald, William, Master of Carlyle. She was an heiress and the marriage was probably arranged by Regent Morton. It was said that he was cruel to her. In March 1580 he fought with Robert Aslowane in Edinburgh. Aslowane was injured and his wounds were tended by several surgeons including Gilbert Primrose (surgeon), Gilbert Primrose. When they declared Aslowane was likely to recover, James Douglas and his accomplices were released by the town authorities, who had also received a notice from James VI of Scotland, James VI that he should be released. On 2 November 1596 James Douglas of Parkhead and his accomplices killed his father's enemy, James Stewart, Earl of Arran, James Stewart, the former Earl of Arran at Symington, South Lanarkshire, Symington. They claimed that Stewart was technical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arms Of The House Douglas Of Parkhead
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Holyrood Abbey
Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1128 by David I of Scotland. During the 15th century, the abbey guesthouse was developed into a royal residence, and after the Scottish Reformation the Palace of Holyroodhouse was expanded further. The abbey church was used as a parish church until the 17th century, and has been ruined since the 18th century. The remaining walls of the abbey lie adjacent to the palace, at the eastern end of Edinburgh's Royal Mile. The site of the abbey is protected as a scheduled monument. Etymology of name Rood is a word for the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified; thus the name Holyrood is equivalent to " Holy Cross". History Legend relates that in 1127, while King David I was hunting in the forests to the east of Edinburgh during the Feast of the Cross, he was thrown from his horse after it had been startled by a hart. According to variations of the story, the king was saved from b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Saltonstall
Peter Saltonstall (1577-1651), was an English courtier and lawyer. He was the fourth son of Richard Saltonstall, Lord Mayor of London and Susanna Saltonstall ''nee'' Pointz, from whom he inherited the manors of Barkway in Royston. The Saltonstall family originated in the Halifax area. His mother was an aunt of the translator Adrian Poyntz, who dedicated his ''New and singular patternes & workes of linnen'' (London, 1591), and ''Treasure of the Soule'' (London, 1596) to her and Richard Saltonstall. Career While still a student of law at the Temple, Peter Saltonstall visited Scotland with the poet Benjamin Rudyerd, a friend from the Middle Temple in October 1601. The border official John Carey heard that Saltonstall assumed the name "Courtney" when he passed through Berwick-upon-Tweed and wore mean clothing, but carried a "very rich suit of apparel". Rudyerd called himself "Davis". The pair were tricked, and marked to be robbed, then imprisoned. Saltonstall and Rudyerd wrote to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Mayor Of London
The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powers, rights, and privileges, including the title and style ''The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London''. One of the world's oldest continuously elected civic offices, it is entirely separate from the directly elected mayor of London, a political office controlling a budget which covers the much larger area of Greater London. The Corporation of London changed its name to the City of London Corporation in 2006, and accordingly the title Lord Mayor of the City of London was introduced, so as to avoid confusion with the mayor of London. However, the legal and commonly used title remains ''Lord Mayor of London''. The Lord Mayor is elected at ''Common Hall'' each year on Michaelmas, and takes office on the Friday before the second Saturday i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Saltonstall (mayor)
Sir Richard Saltonstall (1521 – 17 March 1601) was an English politician, merchant, and Lord Mayor of London. Early life Saltonstall was born in Yorkshire, England in 1521. He was the second son of Agnes and Gilbert Saltonstall, a cloth merchant of Halifax, Yorkshire who owned lands in Hipperholme. He was descended from Robert de Saltonstall who held lands in Warley, near Halifax, in 1274. Saltonstall was the uncle of New England colonist Sir Richard Saltonstall. Career For a time, Saltonstall lived in the Netherlands, where he was a member of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London; by 1585, he had become the director of the company. He was also affiliated with the Muscovy Company, the Levant Company, and the English East India Company. He also had a long political career serving the city of London. He was a member of the city council by 1583, a Member of Parliament in 1586, and an alderman by 1588. He served as Sheriff of the City of London for 1589 and was elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gordon Of Lochinvar
Sir Robert Gordon of Lochinvar (died 1628) was a Scottish landowner, courtier, and promoter of colonies in Nova Scotia. He was a son of John Gordon of Lochinvar and his second wife Elizabeth Maxwell, a daughter of John Maxwell 4th Lord Herries. His homes were Lochinvar and Kenmure Castle. Lochinvar was knighted at the coronation of Anne of Denmark on 17 May 1590. He was involved in scandal in June 1608. He was accused of killing his manservant. The servant was said to have been overfamiliar with his wife, Elizabeth Ruthven. It was also alleged that Gordon had invented this story of his wife's infidelity in order to divorce her and marry another woman. He was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to James VI and I. He was the Robert Gordon who competed at the Arthurian-themed tournament in January 1610 for Prince Henry called Prince Henry's barriers. The combat took place in the old Banqueting Hall at Whitehall Palace. The Scottish historian Robert Johnston mentions Lochinvar's physic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stewart Of Monkton
William Stewart of Monkton and Carstairs (died 1588) was a Scottish landowner and courtier. He was a son of Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree and Agnes Cunningham. His elder brother was James Stewart, Earl of Arran and his sister Margaret Stewart married John Knox. According to the English diplomat Thomas Randolph, he was known as "William the Sticker." His estates were at Monkton, Ayrshire and Carstairs. Richard Musgave of Carlisle complained about goods sold at Kirkcudbright in 1581, involving Stewart. In November 1584 James VI granted him a pension from the lands of Whithorn Priory which had previously been paid to his sister-in-law, Margaret Stewart, Mistress of Ochiltree. Stewart of Monkton was Provost of Ayr in 1585. In 1585 the former royal favourite James Stewart, Earl of Arran embarked on Robert Jameson's boat carrying royal jewellery including 'Kingis Eitche', the Great H of Scotland, but he was forced to give his treasure up to another William Stewart, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Mile
The Royal Mile () is a succession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. The term was first used descriptively in W. M. Gilbert's ''Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century'' (1901), describing the city "with its Castle and Palace and the royal mile between", and was further popularised as the title of a guidebook by R. T. Skinner published in 1920, "''The Royal Mile (Edinburgh) Castle to Holyrood(house)''". The Royal Mile runs between two significant locations in the royal history of Scotland: Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace. The name derives from it being the traditional processional route of monarchs, with a total length of approximately one Scots mile, a now obsolete measurement measuring 1.81km. The streets which make up the Royal Mile are (west to east) Castlehill, the Lawnmarket, the High Street, the Canongate and Abbey Strand. The Royal Mile is the busiest tourist street in the Old Town, rivalled only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Birch
Thomas Birch (23 November 17059 January 1766) was an English historian. Life He was the son of Joseph Birch, a coffee-mill maker, and was born at Clerkenwell. He preferred study to business but, as his parents were Quakers, he did not go to the university. Notwithstanding this circumstance, he was ordained deacon in the Church of England in 1730 and priest in 1731. As a strong supporter of the Whigs, he gained the favour of Philip Yorke, afterwards Lord Chancellor and first Earl of Hardwicke, and his subsequent preferments were largely due to this friendship. He held successively a number of benefices in different counties, and finally in London. He was noted as a keen fisherman during the course of his lifetime, and devised an unusual method of disguising his intentions. Dressed as a tree, he stood by the side of a stream in an outfit designed to make his arms seem like branches and the rod and line a spray of blossom. Any movement, he argued, would be taken by a fish to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Douglas Of Parkhead
George Douglas of Parkhead, (died 1602), was a Scottish landowner, mining entrepreneur, Provost of Edinburgh, and Keeper of Edinburgh Castle. Career George Douglas was a son of George Douglas of Pittendreich, the name of his mother is unknown. His half-sister, Elizabeth, daughter of Lady Dundas, married Smeton Richeson. He married Marioun Douglas, heiress of Parkhead or Parkheid, and so became known as George Douglas of Parkhead. Parkhead is close to the Lanarkshire town of Douglas. He was later Provost of Edinburgh and Captain or keeper of Edinburgh Castle. After the Lang Siege of Edinburgh castle was concluded in August 1573, Douglas supervised the rebuilding of part of the back wall and other repairs, buying lime, sand, slate and glass. Part of the running expenses, or "sustenation" of the castle was paid to Douglas from the customs of Edinburgh town by Robert Gourlay. Parkhead is credited with building the half-moon battery at Edinburgh castle, the ''Historie of King Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symington, South Lanarkshire
Symington is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, southwest of Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Biggar, east of Douglas, South Lanarkshire, Douglas and southeast of Carluke. Geographical features near Symington include Tinto, Tinto Hill, the Coulter Hills and the River Clyde. A map by Pont in 1596 showed two St John's Kirks in a small settlement, and another map by Roy in 1754 showed a mill to the east. History The Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway operated initially between 1858 and 1861 between and Peebles (West), with nine stations, including Stobo railway station. Its successor was the Caledonian Railway Main Line. Recognition Symington was painted by John Pairman of Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Biggar around 1830. See also *Symington, South Ayrshire *Symington Family Estates *List of places in South Lanarkshire *List of places in Scotland References * External links HistoryRCAHMS record for Symington House [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stewart, Earl Of Arran
Captain James Stewart, Earl of Arran (died 1595) was created Earl of Arran by the young King James VI, who wrested the title from James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran. He rose to become Lord Chancellor of Scotland and was eventually murdered in 1595. Career He was the second son of Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree, by his wife Agnes, the daughter of John Cunningham, 5th of Capringtoun, Ayrshire. Stewart's sister, Margaret, was married to the reformer John Knox. In April 1573, James was sent as a "pledge" or hostage to England for the security of the English army and artillery sent to the "Lang Siege" of Edinburgh Castle, which was held by supporters of Mary Queen of Scots. Regent Morton gave him £55 for his expenses in England. He was Captain of the Royal Guard of James VI, served with the Dutch forces in the Netherlands against the Spanish, and returned to Scotland in 1579. James quickly became a favourite of the young king, and in 1580 was made Gentleman of the Bedcham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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