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EARLS AND LORDS OF BORDER COUNTRY - CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS

EARLS AND LORDS OF BORDER COUNTRY – CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS

The Peerage of Scotland is perhaps the most aristocratic body in the world; all creations ceased at the period of the Legislative Union in 1707, and only two or three of the families of whom it is corn posed arc not of old Baronial descent, and as the title of Laird frequently occurs herein I may explain that the lesser Barons or Lairds were hardly to be distinguished from the nobility, who,…

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BORDER REIVERSD-A TIME OF PEACE - CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS

BORDER REIVERSD-A TIME OF PEACE – CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS

  A TIME OF PEACE   One of the last contracts or pledges to the crown, being a general band or bond against thieves, murderers and oppressors, was made as late at 1602, and among the lairds who subscribed thereto is “Johnne Inglis of Manerheid (with my hand at the pen led by James Primrois, Clerk of the Counsale, at my command because I cannot write),” and Maxwells, Turn-bulls, Kers, ( variation…

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BORDER REIVERS-THE MIDDLE MARCH - CLAN CARRUTHES CCIS

BORDER REIVERS-THE MIDDLE MARCH – CLAN CARRUTHES CCIS

THE MIDDLE MARCH Earle Bothuile (Botlzwell ), Laird of Phairny-hurst (Ker),* Earl of Angus (Douglas), Laird of Bukcleuch (Scott), Sherif of Teviotdale (Douglas of Cavers), Laird of Bedroule (Turnbull), Laird of Mynto (Turnbull), Laird of Wauchop (Turnbull), Lord Heries (Harries, afterward Earl of Nitlzsdale), Laird of Howpaislott (Scott), George Turneble of Halroule, Laird of Littledene (Ker),…

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CLAN CARRUTHERS-BORDER REIVERS-KERSHOPE BURN

CLAN CARRUTHERS INT SOCIETY CCIS                  PROMPTUS ET FIDELIS

  KERSHOPE BURN

  The Kershope Burn is, and has been, the Border Line between England and Scotland since medieval times. It is an insignificant little burn (stream) but throughout the ages it has witnessed scenes of conflict and violence, law and justice, harmony and happiness.

In the days of the Border Reivers, the Kershope…

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CLAN CARRUTHERS-A COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF THE HIGHLAND AND BORDER CLANS OF SCOTLAND- CHAPTER 2-The Territorial Nature of the Highlands and Borders

CLAN CARRUTHERS-A COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF THE HIGHLAND AND BORDER CLANS OF SCOTLAND- CHAPTER 2-The Territorial Nature of the Highlands and Borders

CLAN CARRUTHERS INT SOCIETY CCIS                     PROMPTUS ET FIDELIS

  A COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF THE HIGHLAND AND BORDER CLANS OF SCOTLAND- CHAPTER 2

  The Territorial Nature of the Highlands and Borders

In the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries, the Highland and Border clans were constantly engaging in combat of one type or another.  Sometimes the fighting was between just a few…

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CLAN CARRUTHERS- A COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF THE HIGHLAND AND BORDER CLANS OF SCOTLAND-CHAPTER 5- CONCLUSION

CLAN CARRUTHERS- A COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF THE HIGHLAND AND BORDER CLANS OF SCOTLAND-CHAPTER 5- CONCLUSION

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CHAPTER FIVE

CONCLUSION

Hopefully the last three chapters have been illustrative of the similarities and differences between the Highland and Border clans when it came to conflict.  Territory provided the platform for many conflicts, both in the Highlands and Borders.  In this respect, the Highland and Border clans are very…

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CLAN CARRUTHERS-A COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF THE HIGHLAND AND BORDER CLANS OF SCOTLAND

CLAN CARRUTHERS-A COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF THE HIGHLAND AND BORDER CLANS OF SCOTLAND

CLAN CARRUTHERS INT SOCIETY CCIS                      PROMPTUS ET FIDELIS

A COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF THE HIGHLAND AND BORDER CLANS OF SCOTLAND

  CLANS – TRIBES- BORDERS-HIGHLANDS

  The following is a comparison and contrast of the Highland and Border clans of Scotland.  This study is conducted through the lens of clan conflict from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries.  It begins…

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CLAN CARRUTHERS-THE BORDER TARTAN - SHEPHERDS TARTAN

CLAN CARRUTHERS-THE BORDER TARTAN – SHEPHERDS TARTAN

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THE BORDER TARTAN – SHEPHERDS TARTAN

  Border tartan, sometimes known as Northumbrian tartan, Shepherds’ Plaid or Border Drab, or Border check is a design used in woven fabrics historically associated with the Anglo-Scottish Border, including the Scottish Borders and Northumbria. Possibly the most identifiable…

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