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Polwarth Castle
Polwarth Castle was a castle, located near Polwarth, Scottish Borders in Scotland. History Held by the Polwarth family it passed by marriage of Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of Patrick de Polwarth of Polwarth, to John St Clair, 7th Lord Herdmanston. The castle later passed to the Home of Wedderburn family via the heiress Mariota Sinclair and later to the Scott family. Polwarth was destroyed in the Rough Wooing The Rough Wooing (December 1543 – March 1551), also known as the Eight Years' War, was part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars of the 16th century. Following its break with the Roman Catholic Church, England attacked Scotland, partly to break the ... wars of the 1540s. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Polwarth Castle Clan Sinclair Ruined castles in the Scottish Borders ... [...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] |
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothian and, to the south-west, south and east, the English counties of Cumbria and Northumberland. The administrative centre of the area is Newtown St Boswells. The term Scottish Borders, or normally just "the Borders", is also used to designate the areas of southern Scotland and northern England that bound the Anglo-Scottish border. Geography The Scottish Borders are in the eastern part of the Southern Uplands. The region is hilly and largely rural, with the River Tweed flowing west to east through it. The highest hill in the region is Broad Law in the Manor Hills. In the east of the region, the area that borders the River Tweed is flat and is known as 'The Merse'. The Tweed and its tributaries drain the entire region with the rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 * Seco ... Clan Sinclair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Home
Clan Home (pronounced and sometimes spelt Hume) is a Scottish clan.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). Published in 1994. Pages 168 – 169. It held immense power for much of the Middle Ages and dominated the eastern Scottish Borders. It produced no fewer than eight Wardens of the Eastern March – more than any other family. History Origins of the clan The Home family descends in the male-line from Cospatric I (died after 1073), the Anglo-Celtic Earl of Northumbria. His descendant William de Home (son of Sir Patrick de Greenlaw, the second son of Cospatric III, Earl of Lothian), adopted the surname following his acquisition of the lands of Home in Berwickshire in the early 13th century, through his marriage to his second cousin Ada (the daughter of Patrick I, Earl of Dunbar). William's arms featured the silver lion of Dunbar but with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musselburgh
Musselburgh (; sco, Musselburrae; gd, Baile nam Feusgan) is the largest settlement in East Lothian, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, east of Edinburgh city centre. It has a population of . History The name Musselburgh is Old English in origin, with ''mussel'' referring to the shellfish.Musselburgh was famous for the mussel beds which grew in the Firth of Forth; after many years of claims that the mussels were unsafe for consumption, a movement has been started to reestablish the mussel beds as a commercial venture. The ''burgh'' element appears to derive from burh, in the same way as Edinburgh, before the introduction of formal burghs by David I. Its earliest Anglic name was ''Eskmuthe'' (Eskmouth) for its location at the mouth of the River Esk. Musselburgh was first settled by the Romans in the years following their invasion of Scotland in AD 80. They built a fort a little inland from the mouth of the River Esk, at Inveresk. They bridged the Esk dow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rough Wooing
The Rough Wooing (December 1543 – March 1551), also known as the Eight Years' War, was part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars of the 16th century. Following its break with the Roman Catholic Church, England attacked Scotland, partly to break the Auld Alliance and prevent Scotland being used as a springboard for future invasion by France, partly to weaken Scotland, and partly to force the Scottish Parliament to confirm the existing marriage alliance between Mary, Queen of Scots (born 8 December 1542), and the English heir apparent Edward (born 12 October 1537), son of King Henry VIII, under the terms of the Treaty of Greenwich of July 1543. An invasion of France was also contemplated. Henry declared war in an attempt to force the Scottish Parliament to agree to the planned marriage between Edward, who was six years old at the start of the war, and the infant queen, thereby creating a new alliance between Scotland and England. Upon Edward's accession to the throne in 1547 at the ag ... [...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 Rosli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
