Grip Fast Online
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Load more
Recommended publications
-
The Sinclair Macphersons
Clan Macpherson, 1215 - 1550 How the Macphersons acquired their Clan Lands and Independence Reynold Macpherson, 20 January 2011 Not for sale, free download available from www.reynoldmacpherson.ac.nz Clan Macpherson, 1215 to 1550 How the Macphersons acquired their traditional Clan Lands and Independence Reynold Macpherson Introduction The Clan Macpherson Museum (see right) is in the village of Newtonmore, near Kingussie, capital of the old Highland district of Badenoch in Scotland. It presents the history of the Clan and houses many precious artifacts. The rebuilt Cluny Castle is nearby (see below), once the home of the chief. The front cover of this chapter is the view up the Spey Valley from the memorial near Newtonmore to the Macpherson‟s greatest chief; Col. Ewan Macpherson of Cluny of the ‟45. Clearly, the district of Badenoch has long been the home of the Macphersons. It was not always so. This chapter will make clear how Clan Macpherson acquired their traditional lands in Badenoch. It means explaining why Clan Macpherson emerged from the Old Clan Chattan, was both a founding member of the Chattan Confederation and yet regularly disputed Clan Macintosh‟s leadership, why the Chattan Confederation expanded and gradually disintegrated and how Clan Macpherson gained its property and governance rights. The next chapter will explain why the two groups played different roles leading up to the Battle of Culloden in 1746. The following chapter will identify the earliest confirmed ancestor in our family who moved to Portsoy on the Banff coast soon after the battle and, over the decades, either prospered or left in search of new opportunities. -
The History of Scotland from the Accession of Alexander III. to The
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES THE GIFT OF MAY TREAT MORRISON IN MEMORY OF ALEXANDER F MORRISON THE A 1C MEMORIAL LIBRARY HISTORY OF THE HISTORY OF SCOTLAND, ACCESSION OF ALEXANDEB III. TO THE UNION. BY PATRICK FRASER TYTLER, ** F.RS.E. AND F.A.S. NEW EDITION. IN TEN VOLUMES. VOL. X. EDINBURGH: WILLIAM P. NIMMO. 1866. MUEKAY AND OIBB, PUINTERS. EDI.VBUKOII V.IC INDE X. ABBOT of Unreason, vi. 64 ABELARD, ii. 291 ABERBROTHOC, i. 318, 321 ; ii. 205, 207, 230 Henry, Abbot of, i. 99, Abbots of, ii. 206 Abbey of, ii. 205. See ARBROATH ABERCORN. Edward I. of England proceeds to, i. 147 Castle of, taken by James II. iv. 102, 104. Mentioned, 105 ABERCROMBY, author of the Martial Achievements, noticed, i. 125 n.; iv. 278 David, Dean of Aberdeen, iv. 264 ABERDEEN. Edward I. of England passes through, i. 105. Noticed, 174. Part of Wallace's body sent to, 186. Mentioned, 208; ii. Ill, n. iii. 148 iv. 206, 233 234, 237, 238, 248, 295, 364 ; 64, ; 159, v. vi. vii. 267 ; 9, 25, 30, 174, 219, 241 ; 175, 263, 265, 266 ; 278, viii. 339 ; 12 n.; ix. 14, 25, 26, 39, 75, 146, 152, 153, 154, 167, 233-234 iii. Bishop of, noticed, 76 ; iv. 137, 178, 206, 261, 290 ; v. 115, n. n. vi. 145, 149, 153, 155, 156, 167, 204, 205 242 ; 207 Thomas, bishop of, iv. 130 Provost of, vii. 164 n. Burgesses of, hanged by order of Wallace, i. 127 Breviary of, v. 36 n. Castle of, taken by Bruce, i. -
Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland, Hitherto
1 ifl ANCIENT OF THE NOETH OF SCOTLAND, HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED. explanatory notes, By peter BUCHAN, COKRESFONDING ME3IBER OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND. " The ancient spirit is not dead,— " Old times, wc trust, are living here.' VOL. ir. EDINBURGH: PRINTED 1011 W. & D. LAING, ANI> J, STEVENSON ; A. BllOWN & CO. ABERDEEN ; J. WYLIE, AND ROBERTSON AND ATKINSON, GLASGOW; D. MORISON & CO. PERTH ; AND J. DARLING, LONDON. MDCCCXXVIII. j^^nterct! in -Stationers i^all*] TK CONTENTS V.'Z OF THK SECOND VOLUME. Ballads. N'olcs. The Birth of Robin Hood Page 1 305 /King Malcolm and Sir Colvin 6 30G Young Allan - - - - 11 ib. Sir Niel and Mac Van 16 307 Lord John's Murder 20 ib. The Duke of Athole's Nurse 23 ib. The Laird of Southland's Courtship 27 308 Burd Helen ... 30 ib. Lord Livingston ... 39 ib. Fause Sir John and IMay Colvin 45 309 Willie's Lyke Wake 61 310 JSTathaniel Gordon - - 54 ib. Lord Lundy ... 57 312 Jock and Tarn Gordon 61 ib. The Bonny Lass o' Englessie's Dance 63 313 Geordie Downie . - 65 314 Lord Aboyne . 66 ib. Young Hastings ... 67 315 Reedisdale and Wise William 70 ib. Young Bearwell ... 75 316 Kemp Owyne . 78 ib. Earl Richard, the Queen's Brother 81 318 Earl Lithgow .... 91 ib. Bonny Lizie Lindsay ... 102 ib. The Baron turned Ploughman 109 319 Donald M'Queen's Flight wi' Lizie Menzie 117 ib. The Millar's Son - - - - 120 320 The Last Guid-night ... 127 ib. The Bonny Bows o' London 128 ib. The Abashed Knight 131 321 Lord Salton and Auchanachie 133 ib. -
Download PDF Booklet
LIZZIE HIGGINS UP AND AWA’ WI’ THE LAVEROCK 1 Up and Awa Wi’ the Laverock 2 Lord Lovat 3 Soo Sewin’ Silk 4 Lady Mary Ann 5 MacDonald of Glencoe 6 The Forester 7 Tammy Toddles 8 Aul’ Roguie Gray 9 The Twa Brothers 10 The Cruel Mother 11 The Lassie Gathering Nuts First published by Topic 1975 Recorded and produced by Tony Engle, Aberdeen, January 1975 Notes by Peter Hall Sleeve design by Tony Engle Photographs by Peter Hall and Popperfoto Topic would like to thank Peter Hall for his help in making this record. This is the second solo record featuring the singing of Lizzie The Singer Higgins, one of our finest traditional singers, now at the height Good traditional singers depend to a considerable extent upon of her powers. The north-east of Scotland has been known for their background to equip them with the necessary artistic 200 years as a region rich in tradition, and recent collecting experience and skill, accumulated by preceding generations. has shown this still to be the case. Lizzie features on this It is not surprising then to find in Lizzie Higgins a superb record some of the big ballads for which the area is famed, exponent of Scots folk song, for she has all the advantages of such as The Twa Brothers, The Cruel Mother and The Forester. being born in the right region, the right community and, Like her famous mother, the late Jeannie Robertson, she has most important of all, the right family. The singing of her the grandeur to give these pieces their full majestic impact. -
July, August, September 2012
- 1 - DOWN UNDER THE NEWSLETTER OF CLAN LESLIE SOCIETY Vol. 7 No 3, July, Aug, Sept 2012 OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND. (CLANZ) A MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEFTAIN Well here we are almost halfway through another year and what a year it has been, violence seems to be steadily on the increase. I often wonder if it is worse or is it an illusion due to television and better George Leslie reporting and communication by the media. It does seem to me that people are less tolerant of each other. I remember being brought up living in tenement housing in Aberdeen. Yes there were difficulties, but they seemed to be overcome and everyone seemed to co-exist. I remember going to the Duthie Park with my friend Neil Wilson, we would have been between the age of five to six years old and off we went on own, feeling no sense of danger. I think Signalman Patrick Leslie 31842 2NZEF. that living in council tenement housing had the effect of making everyone work as a team, with a Signalman Patrick Leslie was born on the 14 th roster for washing day and cleaning the stairs and October 1912 at Okahukura, Kaipara, North the bannisters by the women folk and the men had Auckland, New Zealand, as Patrick Perekara but to make sure that during the winter time the water decided to take the name of Leslie, owing to his pipes were lagged to stop them from freezing. closeness to Andrew John (Jack) Leslie and We give a welcome back to Barrie who has just Andrews wife Mary Edith Leslie, nee Hall, as returned home from hospital, after a rather lengthy when he was 12 he started to work on the Leslie stay in rehab, following his back operation. -
A Collection of Ballads
A COLLECTION OF BALLADS INTRODUCTION When the learned first gave serious attention to popular ballads, from the time of Percy to that of Scott, they laboured under certain disabilities. The Comparative Method was scarcely understood, and was little practised. Editors were content to study the ballads of their own countryside, or, at most, of Great Britain. Teutonic and Northern parallels to our ballads were then adduced, as by Scott and Jamieson. It was later that the ballads of Europe, from the Faroes to Modern Greece, were compared with our own, with European Märchen, or children’s tales, and with the popular songs, dances, and traditions of classical and savage peoples. The results of this more recent comparison may be briefly stated. Poetry begins, as Aristotle says, in improvisation. Every man is his own poet, and, in moments of stronge motion, expresses himself in song. A typical example is the Song of Lamech in Genesis— “I have slain a man to my wounding, And a young man to my hurt.” Instances perpetually occur in the Sagas: Grettir, Egil, Skarphedin, are always singing. In Kidnapped, Mr. Stevenson introduces “The Song of the Sword of Alan,” a fine example of Celtic practice: words and air are beaten out together, in the heat of victory. In the same way, the women sang improvised dirges, like Helen; lullabies, like the lullaby of Danae in Simonides, and flower songs, as in modern Italy. Every function of life, war, agriculture, the chase, had its appropriate magical and mimetic dance and song, as in Finland, among Red Indians, and among Australian blacks. -
The Battle of Harlaw Was Fought on 24 July 1411
Lordship of the Isles The Lordship of the Isles comprised a varying extent of land at different times, but can be roughly approximated to Argyll. It included the Hebrides (Skye and Ross from 1438), Knoydart, Ardnamurchan, and the Kintyre peninsula. The Lordship developed under descendants of the Vikings, mixed with Gaels and Scots. Its first great historical leader is often said to be Somerled who ruled in the 12th century. It was a maritime and seafaring kingdom and as such its heraldry always contained a galley. It was effectively in the 12th and early 13th centuries an independent kingdom within Scotland. We should, however, be careful in Illustration 2: Battle of Harlaw monument. using the term Scotland here. This Illustration 3: Map showing supposed was a time when the nation as we extent of Lordship of the Isles. think of it was starting to come into existence: the Isles, however, were effectively the last major area to retain a strong tradition and reality of independence about them. Arguably it was only after the Battle of Largs (on the west coast of Scotland, some 30 The Battle of Harlaw was fought on 24 July 1411. It is so symptomatic of how little is miles west of Glasgow) in 1263, that the Lordship became, nominally at least, part of known about the battle that both sides have claimed it as a victory. However, Harlaw has had a profound impact on the north east of Scotland and on its perception of Scotland. During the 14th century the MacDonald family had been emerging as the its own history. -
Gazetteer of Selected Scottish Battlefields
Scotland’s Historic Fields of Conflict Gazetteer: page 1 GAZETTEER OF SELECTED SCOTTISH BATTLEFIELDS LIST OF CONTENTS ABERDEEN II ............................................................................................................. 4 ALFORD ...................................................................................................................... 9 ANCRUM MOOR...................................................................................................... 19 AULDEARN .............................................................................................................. 26 BANNOCKBURN ..................................................................................................... 34 BOTHWELL BRIDGE .............................................................................................. 59 BRUNANBURH ........................................................................................................ 64 DRUMCLOG ............................................................................................................. 66 DUNBAR II................................................................................................................ 71 DUPPLIN MOOR ...................................................................................................... 79 FALKIRK I ................................................................................................................ 87 FALKIRK II .............................................................................................................. -
Kith & Kin: Surnames & Clans
1 Kith & Kin: Surnames & Clans An old Gaelic proverb says: ‘Remember the men from whence you came’ Scottish surnames alphabetically arranged to show clan or sept connection, or approximate district or century earliest known in Scotland. Cross-references to other names in this list are printed in capitals. The names of associated clans are printed in bold italic type. SURNAME CLAN or District Source A ABBOT, ABBOTT Fife, 14th c.; MACNAB ABBOTSON MACNAB ABERCROMBIE Fife (place, now St. Monans) 15th c. ABERNETHY Strathern 12th c.; FRASER; LESLIE ADAIR Galloway 14th c.; from EDGAR ADAM, ADAMS Fife 13th c.; GORDON ADAMSON Berwickshire 13th c., Aberdeen 14th c.; GORDON; MACINTOSH ADDIE, ADIE Fife 13th c.; GORDON ADDISON Peeblesshire, 14th c; GORDON AFFLECK From AUCHINLECK, Angus 14th c. AGNEW Galloway 11th c. AIKMAN Lanarkshire 13th c. AINSLIE Roxburghshire 13th c. AIRD Ayrshire 16th c. AIRLIE OGILVIE AIRTH Stirlingshire 12th c.; GRAHAM AITCHISON E. Lothian 14th c.; GORDON AITKEN, AIKEN Aberdeen 15th c.; GORDON AITKENHEAD Lanarkshire (place) 13th c. ALASTAIR MACALISTER; MACDONALD; MACDONNELL of Glengarry ALCOCK From ALLAN ALEXANDER MACALISTER; MACDONALD; MACDONNELL of Glengarry ALISON, ALLISON From MACALISTER; Also ALLANSON ALLAN, ALLEN Aberdeenshire 17th c., MACFARLANE; Clanranald MACDONALD ; GRANT ; MACKAY ; Kirkcudbrightshire 14th c. ALLANACH Aberdeenshire, see MACALLAN ALLANSON From MACALLAN ALLARDYCE Mearns (place) 13th c.; GRAHAM ALLISTER MACALISTER; MACDONALD; MACDONNELL of Glengarry *ALPIN, ALPINE CLAN ALPIN ALVES Moray (Alves) 13th c. AMBROSE Glasgow 15th c., Edinburgh 17th c. ANDERSON Peebles 13th c.; ROSS ; Islay, MACDONALD ANDISON From ANDERSON ANDREW, ANDREWS Dumfries, Aberdeen 14th c.; ROSS ANGUS Angus county 13th c.; MACINNES ANNAL, ANNALL Fife 16th c. -
Jock Duncan Archive
Ye Shine Whar Ye Stan! Jock uncan SCOTTISHD SONG: the north-east tradition 1 Contents OCK DUNCAN was brought up in the ballad-rich Introduction: 1 farming country around New Deer and Fyvie in Aber- deenshire. He has been singing traditional songs and 1 Gruel 3 Jbothy ballads as long as he can remember. 2 Rhynie 4 Jockʼs father had the farm of Gelliebrae beside New Deer 3 Lothian Hairst 5 and Jock was born there in 1925. Three years later Jockʼs father took over at South Faddenhill of Fyvie when Jockʼs Hairstersʼ Reel grandfather gave up the farm. Jock grew up to take his part 4 Cruel Mother 6 in the every day work of the farm and by the age of 10 he 5 Hash o Benagoak 7 was good enough to be driving a horse at the plough. 6 Bogieʼs Bonnie Belle 8 One of the major influences on Jockʼs music was his mother. Jock writes: My mother was what I would term 7 Glenlogie 9 ʻthe stang o the trumpʼ [the best of the bunch], a fine pian- 8 Bonnie Udny 11 ist and accompanist to the many fine fiddle players who 9 Bonnie Lass o Fyvie 11 graced the great splores [house ceilidhs] she organised in the ben the hoose end at Faddenhill. We could listen or 10 13 Sleepytoon participate – singing the ald Scots sangs and ballads, the 11 Mormond Braes 14 ald bothy ballads and the new cornkisters of Willie Kemp 12 The Hairst o Rettie 15 and George Morris. They were my pop idols made famous 13 Macfarlan o the Sprotts 16 with the advent of their ʻ78ʼ Beltona records in the early 1930s. -
In Fifteenth-Century Scotland
Edinburgh Research Explorer Commemorating the Battle of Harlaw (1411) in Fifteenth-Century Scotland Citation for published version: Boardman, S 2018, Commemorating the Battle of Harlaw (1411) in Fifteenth-Century Scotland. in S Butler & KJ Kesselring (eds), Crossing Borders: Boundaries and Margins in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain: Essays in Honour of Cynthia J. Neville., 3, Later Medieval Europe, vol. 17, Brill, Leiden, pp. 61-82. Link: Link to publication record in Edinburgh Research Explorer Document Version: Peer reviewed version Published In: Crossing Borders: Boundaries and Margins in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain General rights Copyright for the publications made accessible via the Edinburgh Research Explorer is retained by the author(s) and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Take down policy The University of Edinburgh has made every reasonable effort to ensure that Edinburgh Research Explorer content complies with UK legislation. If you believe that the public display of this file breaches copyright please contact [email protected] providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 26. Sep. 2021 Commemorating the Battle of Harlaw (1411) in Fifteenth-Century Scotland Stephen Boardman On 24 July 1411 a fierce battle took place on the low plateau of Harlaw in the parish of Chapel of Garioch, near Inverurie in north-eastern Scotland.1 The opposing forces were led by Donald, Lord of the Isles, who brought to the field a large army drawn chiefly from his Hebridean, west-coast and central Highland lordships, and Alexander Stewart, earl of Mar, at the head of a host raised from Mar, Buchan, Angus, and the burgh of Aberdeen. -
Volume 4, Number 2, April, 2013
Knighting Ceremony, CASSOC Tartan Day Ceilidh Volume 4, Number 2, April, 2013 Contents The Honourable Alexander Leslie, Chief of Clan Leslie, The Battle of Flodden................................................................................ 2 William Leslie, Commissioner, Clan Leslie, North America Some Personal Family History………………………….............................. 3 David Leslie White, Chieftain, CLSI, Founder’s Plaque Project…………...……………………………………...... 4 Brigadier General E.M.D. Leslie…………………………………………….. 5 Historic Battlefields of Scotland……………………………………………… 5 Chaplain’s Corner, Samantha Gray A Departure…………………………………………………………. ……….. 5 “Lang May Your Lum Reek”………………………………………………...… 6 Appointment of Robert Leslie…………………………………………………… 7 Robert Leslie, Acton, Ontario CASSOC Tartan Day Ceilidh…………………………………………………. 7 Leslie Tents at Highland Games, Festivals and Gatherings……………...…. 8 New Members and Donors to CLSI……………………………………………. 9 Clan Leslie Society International – Scholarships…………………………….. 9 Clan Leslie Items from the Quartermaster - Postcards and Pins…………… 9 Kilts Available…………………………………………………………………….. 10 CLSI Library Fund………………………………………………………………………… 10 You Can Choose How You Receive This Publication………………………... 11 Clan Leslie Officers………………………………………………………………. 11 THE HONOURABLE ALEXANDER LESLIE, CHIEF OF THE CLAN LESLIE The Battle of Flodden – 500 years on One of the things that is keeping me busy at the moment is a church service. On September the 9th this year, the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs is hosting a service in St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh to commemorate the 500th Anniversary of the battle of Flodden. While it might seem a little gloomy to mark the anniversary of Scotland’s most disastrous defeat we are also celebrating 500 years of the Scottish Soldier and raising money for two charities. The first is Combat Stress (www.combatstress.co.uk) - the UK’s leading military charity specialising in the care of Veterans’ mental health.