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  1. Cramond

    infobox UK place static image name Cramond Harbour.jpg static image caption small Cramond Harbour small country Scotland official name Cramond population 7,502 population ref United Kingdom Census 2001 ... NT275735 london distance 332  miles 535  km Boxing the compass SSE Cramond lang gd Cathair ... . The Cramond area has a long history, with evidence of Mesolithic , Bronze Age and Roman Empire ... John Law . Etymology It was once believed that Cramond Roman Fort was known to the Romans as Alaterva . A stone altar was dug up in the grounds of Cramond House dedicated To the Alatervan Matres and Matrones ... site 50409 details cramond Site Record for Cramond Edinburgh, Cramond Roman Fort Details Royal Commission ... and that Alaterva was the Roman name of Cramond. Endorsed by William Stukeley Stukeley , this suggestion ... the end of the Roman occupation, Cramond passed into the hands of the Votadini , who spoke Cumbric ... the settlement its name. Cramond is derived from the compound Caer Amon , meaning fort on the river ... and the Mothers of the Parade ground. Early history Pre Roman Archaeological excavations at Cramond .... ref name hunter gatherers Cramond Heritage Trust 1996 , p. 8 ref Although no bones survived the acid ... also Cramond Roman Fort Around 142, Roman Empire Roman forces arrived at Cramond by order of Emperor ... parish church of Cramond parish which retains its late medieval western tower in altered form , was built within the Roman fort. File Cramond Lioness, National Museum of Scotland.jpg thumb 160px Cramond Lioness Though knowledge of the Roman presence at Cramond was recorded afterwards, the remains .... In 1997 the Cramond Lioness was uncovered in the harbour mud by a local boatman who received ... Image Cramond map.jpg thumb 200px A map showing the parish of Cramond in 1794. After the departure of the Romans, little is known about the state of Cramond for several centuries. The historiography ... again settled over the parish of Cramond, of which I cannot find the smallest memorial in any historian ...   more details



  1. Lord Cramond

    Use dmy dates date April 2012 The title of Lord of Cramond was a title in the Peerage of Scotland . It was created on 23 February 1628 for Dame Elizabeth Richardson. On the death of the fifth lord in 1735, it became extinct. Lords and Ladies of Cramond 1628 Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady Cramond d. 1651 Thomas Richardson, 2nd Lord Cramond 1627 1674 Henry Richardson, 3rd Lord Cramond 1650 1701 William Richardson, 4th Lord Cramond 1654 1719 William Richardson, 5th Lord Cramond 1715 1735 extinct References Rayment date February 2012 DEFAULTSORT Cramond Category Lordships of Parliament Category Extinct lordships of parliament ...   more details



  1. Cramond Tower

    Image Cramond Tower.jpg thumb Cramond Tower Cramond Tower is a fifteenth century tower house in the village of Cramond to the north west of Edinburgh , Scotland. History The castle was at one stage part of the bishop of Dunkeld s residence. It became the property of John Inglis, an English merchant, in 1662. His grandson moved to the nearby Cramond House and the tower was abandoned. By the twentieth century it had become ruinous and dangerous, but it was subsequently restored and reoccupied. ref name Lindsay Lindsay, p.167 ref Description The castle was originally a four storey rectangular tower, with a first floor hall. There is a vaulted basement room, approached from the main entrance. A pitched roof has been re erected as part of the restoration. ref name Lindsay Notes reflist References Lindsay, Maurice 1994 The Castles of Scotland . Constable. ISBN 0 09 473430 5 External links http www.rampantscotland.com castles blcastles cramond.htm Photograph of Cramond Tower Category Castles in City of Edinburgh Category Category B listed buildings in Scotland Category Listed buildings in Edinburgh Category Listed castles in Scotland coord 55.9773 N 3.2995 W display title scotland castle stub pt Torre Cramond ...   more details



  1. Cramond Island

    File Cramond Island.jpg thumb 380px Cramond Island and the causeway viewed from the mainland shore File Cramond Island and causeway from air.JPG thumb 380px Cramond Island and the causeway seen from the air Cramond Island Scottish Gaelic Eilean Chathair Amain is one of several islands that lie in the Firth of Forth in eastern Scotland , near Edinburgh . As its name implies, it lies off Cramond . It is convert ... featurefirst1593.html title Overview of Cramond Island publisher Geo.ed.ac.uk date accessdate ... approximately one mile 1.6 km out at sea, Cramond is a tidal island which is only connected ... fresh warnings surrounding cramond island after two teenagers get stranded twice.html title Fresh warnings surrounding Cramond Island after two teenagers get stranded twice publisher s1Cramond date ... trapped on Cramond Island publisher Rnli.org.uk date accessdate 2012 03 02 ref ref cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk news uk scotland edinburgh east fife 12285865 title BBC News Cramond Island rescue for Daniel Defoe publisher bbc.co.uk date 2011 01 26 accessdate 2012 03 02 ref ref name cramond revellers ... mouth is near the landward end of the crossing. It is a popular recreation area. Cramond Island ... Islands . Matador. ref History File Cramond island farm.JPG left thumb The ruined farmstead on Cramond ... was found. As nearby Cramond was a Cramond Roman Fort Roman outpost , it is likely that it may have been used by them. The Roman presence in Scotland was not particularly strong, but Cramond is one ... Melrose . Throughout most of its history, Cramond Island was used for farming, especially sheep ... until the 1930s and sheep were still kept on the island as late as the 1960s. World War II File Cramond island ww2 defences.jpg thumb WW2 era fortifications on Cramond Island At the outbreak of World War II, Cramond Island, along with other islands in the Forth, was fortified to protect the coasts ... Geography of Edinburgh Category Islands of the Forth Category Tidal islands of Scotland es Cramond ...   more details



  1. Cramond Lioness

    File Cramond Lion geograph.org.uk 1341230.jpg thumb right Cramond Lioness The Cramond lioness is a Roman Britain Roman era sculpture recovered in 1997 from the mouth of the River Almond, Lothian River Almond at Cramond , Edinburgh , Scotland . It depicts a bound male prisoner being killed by a lioness. The upper torso and head of the prisoner are shown, with the giant lioness behind him, sinking her teeth into his skull. The work is interpreted as a Roman sculpture imported to Scotland to serve as part of the tomb of a Roman military commander or dignitary, and connected to the nearby Cramond Roman Fort . The location of such a tomb, and how the sculpture reached its location in the river are unknown. ref cite web url http www.rcahms.gov.uk pls portal canmore.newcandig details gis?inumlink 183719 title Cramond Ferry work CANMORE publisher Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland ref The sculpture is presently housed at the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. In 2003, plans were unveiled for the lioness to be housed in a new archaeological centre at the Roman Fort in Cramond, ref cite web url http heritage.scotsman.com theromans Lion to take pride of.2454848.jp title Lion to take pride of place at Roman ruins date 21 August 2003 work The Scotsman accessdate 2009 12 09 ref although this proposal was still at the initial planning stage in 2008. ref cite web url http thescotsman.scotsman.com scotland Roman fort will be centrepiece.4439316.jp title Roman fort will be centrepiece of new tourist attraction date 29 August 2008 work The Scotsman accessdate 2009 12 09 ref References reflist External links http www.nms.ac.uk our collections collection highlights cramond lioness.aspx Cramond Lioness , National Museum of Scotland http www.aocarchaeology.com discoveries news cramond.htm Cramond Roman Fort , AOC Archaeology Images of the http www.dkimages.com discover DKIMAGES Discover Home Geography Europe Great Britain Scotland Edinburgh General General 038.html ...   more details



  1. Cramond Roman Fort

    infobox UK feature official name Cramond Roman Fort static image name Roman fort cramond.jpg static image caption Site of the Roman fort at Cramond shire county state Edinburgh country Scotland nation UK map name Scotland Edinburgh os grid reference NT1976 latitude 55.977446 longitude 3.296687 Cramond Roman Fort is a Roman Britain Roman Era archaeological site at Cramond , Edinburgh , Scotland . In the Ravenna Cosmography this settlement is called Caromago . The fort was established around 140 AD and occupied until around 170, with a further period of occupation from around 208 to 211. Among the many archaeological finds, one of the most famous is a sculpture known as the Cramond Lioness . History The fort at Cramond was located on the River Almond, Lothian River Almond at the point where it flows into the Firth of Forth Forth . In Roman Empire Roman times , there was probably a natural harbour ... The Roman fort at Cramond was established around 140 during the building of the Antonine Wall , and remained ... http www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk edinburgh cramondfort index.html Cramond Roman Fort at Undiscovered ... rcahms http canmore.rcahms.gov.uk en site 50409 details cramond Site Record for Cramond Edinburgh, Cramond ... Finds A stone altar which was dug up a few hundred years ago in the grounds of Cramond House , was originally ..., and drew from it the conclusion that the Roman name of Cramond was Alaterva . ref name proc1917 Proceedings ... ref ref http www.romanmap.com htm nomina Carumabo.htm ref . The most famous sculpture is the Cramond ... canmore.rcahms.gov.uk en site 183719 details edinburgh cramond cramond ferry Site Record for Edinburgh, Cramond, Cramond Ferry Cramond Ferry Steps River Almond Cramond Lioness Details Royal Commission ... edinburgh Cramond is turned into next.2524847.jp Cramond is turned into next fort of call news.scotsman.com 01 May 2004 reF References reflist External links Commons category Cramond Roman Fort http www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk edinburgh cramondfort index.html Cramond Roman Fort at Undiscovered Scotland ...   more details



  1. Thomas Richardson, 2nd Lord Cramond

    Thomas Richardson, 2nd Lord Cramond 19 June 1627 16 May 1674 was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England House of Commons from 1660 to 1674. Richardson was the son of Sir Thomas Richardson and his wife Elizabeth Hewitt daughter of Sir William Hewitt, of Pishiobury, Hertfordshire. He was a grandson of Thomas Richardson judge Thomas Richardson who was a judge and speaker of the House of Commons. His grandfather s second wife Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady Cramond was given the title Lord Cramond which was to go to her stepson. Richardson succeeded to the peerage on the death of Lady Cramond in April 1651 as his father died on 12 March 1645. ref name DNB DNB Cite wstitle Richardson, Thomas 1569 1635 ref In 1660, Richardson was elected Member of Parliament for Norfolk UK Parliament constituency Norfolk in the Convention Parliament 1660 Convention Parliament . He was re elected MP for Norfolk in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1674. ref name HOP http www.historyofparliamentonline.org volume 1660 1690 member richardson thomas 1627 74 History of Parliament Online Richardson, Thomas, 2nd Baron Cramond ref Richardson died at the age of 46. Richardson married Anne Gurney, daughter of Sir Richard Gurney, 1st Baronet , of Totteridge, Hertfordshire. ref name HOP His son Henry Richardson, 2nd Lord Cramond Henry succeeded to the title. References Reflist Persondata NAME Richardson, Thomas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Member of the Parliament of England DATE OF BIRTH 19 June 1627 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 16 May 1674 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Richardson, Thomas Category 1627 births Category 1674 deaths Category Members of the Parliament of England pre 1707 England MP stub ...   more details



  1. Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady Cramond

    Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady Cramond 1576 77 &ndash 1651 was an English writer and Peerage peeress . ref name Peerage George Cokayne , The Complete Peerage , 1887 98 ref Born Elizabeth Beaumont, she was the eldest child of Sir Thomas Beaumont the brother of Huntingdon Beaumont and his wife, Catherine. ref name Peerage ref Monument, St Botolph church, Aldersgate , London ref On 27 November 1594, she married John Ashburnham knighted in 1604 at Stoughton, Leicestershire , and they had ten children including the next John Ashburnham MP . ref name Peerage ref Parish register, Stoughton, Leicestershire ref Sir John s death in 1620 left the family in financial difficulty, but Lady Ashburnham was considerably influential at noble court court due to Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham mother of James I of England King James s favourite, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham being her cousin. She procured a baronet cy for her son in law, Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet Edward Dering , in 1627 and a letter to Buckingham, that year, indicates she enjoyed the company of his wife, Katherine Villiers ... Lord Cramond Lady Cramond in the Peerage of Scotland , on 29 February 1628 with a special remainder ..., Public Record Office ref In 1645, Lady Cramond s collection of prayers, A Ladies Legacie to her Daughters ... Shakespeare Library , manuscript V.a.511 ref Lady Cramond died in 1651 and was buried next to her first ..., 2nd Lord Cramond Thomas . Notes and references reflist Victoria E. Burke, Richardson , Elizabeth, suo jure baroness of sic Cramond 1576 7 1651 , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford ... s reg sct succession box title Lord Cramond Lady Cramond before New creation after Thomas Richardson, 2nd Lord Cramond Thomas Richardson years 1628 1651 s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cramond, Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1651 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cramond, Elizabeth Richardson, 1st ...   more details



  1. Elizabeth Richardson

    Elizabeth Richardson may refer to Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady Cramond 1576 77 1651 , English writer and peeress Elizabeth Hadley Richardson See also Richardson surname hndis Richardson, Elizabeth ...   more details



  1. Elizabeth Beaumont

    Elizabeth Beaumont may refer to Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady Cramond , nee Beaumont Betty Beaumont , artist hndis Beaumont, Elizabeth ...   more details



  1. River Almond

    River Almond can refer to two rivers in Scotland River Almond, Lothian , which goes by Livingston and Cramond River Almond, Perth and Kinross , a tributary of the River Tay a tree Andira inermis River almond Andira inermis , a type of tree native to Central and South America disambig ...   more details



  1. John Philip Wood

    John Philip Wood ref Given as John Philp Wood in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . ref died 1838 was a Scottish antiquary and biographer. Life His family was from Cramond , near Edinburgh . Though deaf mute from early childhood, he held for many years the office of auditor of excise in Scotland. Wood died at Edinburgh in December 1838. He was a friend of Walter Scott , who called him honest John Wood, and the brother in law of Robert Cadell , the business partner of Archibald Constable . Works In 1791 he published A Sketch of the Life and Projects of John Law of Lauriston, Comptroller general of the Finances of France Edinburgh . A new and enlarged edition, entitled Memoirs of the Life of John Law , appeared in 1824, speculation and John Law economist John Law a native of Cramond being topical. which the extravagance of contemporary commercial speculation aroused. File Cramond map.jpg thumb Map from The Ancient and Modern State of the Parish of Cramond . Wood brought out in 1794 the first parochial history attempted in Scotland, The Ancient and Modern State of the Parish of Cramond Edinburgh . His major work was his edition of the Peerage of Scotland , by Sir Robert Douglas , printed at Edinburgh in two folio volumes in 1813. He had originally intended to bring out a separate peerage for the period between 1707 and 1809, but was persuaded to incorporate his collections with Douglas s work. He made contributions to the Gentleman s Magazine , and communicated to John Nichols printer John Nichols most of the biographical notes to poets in The Muses Welcome to King James, printed in the Progresses of King James I . References cite DNB wstitle Wood, John Philip Notes reflist Attribution DNB wstitle Wood, John Philip Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Wood, John Philip ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Scottish writer DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1838 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wood, John Philip Category Year of birth missing C ...   more details



  1. David Bruce (minister)

    David Bruce 20 June 1824&ndash 15 December 1911 was a New Zealand presbyterian minister and journalist. He was born in Cramond , Midlothian , Scotland on 20 June 1824. ref name DNZB Bruce DNZB title David Bruce first Ian last Breward id 2b43 accessdate December 2011 ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bruce, David ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Presbyterian minister, journalist DATE OF BIRTH 20 June 1824 PLACE OF BIRTH Cramond, Midlothian, Scotland DATE OF DEATH 15 December 1911 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bruce, David Category 1824 births Category 1911 deaths Category New Zealand journalists Category Scottish emigrants to New Zealand Category New Zealand writers Category New Zealand Presbyterians NewZealand bio stub ...   more details



  1. Sir John Inglis, 2nd Baronet

    Sir John Inglis of Cramond, 2nd Baronet 23 September 1683 3 March 1771 was United Kingdom Postmaster General Postmaster General for Scotland , the son and heir of Sir James Inglis, 1st Baronet of Cramond, Edinburghshire by his spouse Anne, daughter of Sir Patrick Houstoun, 1st Baronet of that Ilk. He succeeded his father in 1688. Sir John married Anne, daughter of Adam Cockburn of Ormiston , Lord Justice Clerk , and had issue four sons below and five daughters. Sir Adam Inglis, 3rd Baronet 1714 1772 , d.s.p. Sir John Inglis, 4th Baronet c.1716 1799 Patrick Inglis, a merchant in Edinburgh. Rear Admiral Charles Inglis c. 1731 1791 Charles Inglis 1731 1791 References Rayment bt date March 2012 The Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland , by Messrs. John and John Bernard Burke, second edition, London, 1841, p.  627. S start S reg sct bt Succession box before Sir James Inglis, 1st Baronet James Inglis title Inglis Baronets Baronet br of Cramond years 1688 1771 after Sir Adam Inglis, 3rd Baronet Adam Inglis S end Use British English date March 2012 Use dmy dates date January 2012 Persondata name Inglis, John, 2nd Baronet alternative names short description date of birth 23 September 1683 place of birth date of death 3 March 1771 place of death DEFAULTSORT Inglis, John, 2nd Baronet Category 1683 births Category 1771 deaths Category Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia Baronet stub ...   more details



  1. Davidson's Mains

    No footnotes date June 2009 File Cottages, Davidson s Mains geograph.org.uk 10099.jpg thumb Cottages Davidsons Mains is a former village which is now a district of Edinburgh , Scotland . It is adjacent to the districts of Barnton, Edinburgh Barnton , Cramond , Silverknowes , Blackhall, Edinburgh Blackhall and Corbiehill House O Hill. Within the district there is a variety of shops and businesses, ranging from cobblers to large supermarkets, as well as food outlets of various kinds. The district is also served by four churches, two banks, a veterinary surgery, a doctor s surgery, two dental surgeries and a primary school. The district is currently served by three bus routes run by Lothian Buses the 42 which travels via Tesco between Edinburgh Park and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh the 21 which travels to the Gyle Centre via Clermiston and to Leith in the other direction the 41 which travels from Cramond to Morningside, Edinburgh Morningside . External links http www.dmpc.org.uk Davidson s Mains Parish Church Church of Scotland http www.holycrossedinburgh.org Church of the Holy Cross Davidson s Mains Scottish Episcopal Areas of Edinburgh coord 55 57 55.40 N 3 16 27.58 W display title Edinburgh geo stub Category Areas of Edinburgh ...   more details



  1. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide

    . The inpatient unit, Cramond Clinic, was named after Professor William Cramond the foundation Chair ... of Adelaide . Cramond pioneered the delivery of mental health care to renal patients at TQEH in the 1960s. ref Cramond WA. Court JH. Higgins BA. Knight PR. Lawrence JR. Psychological ...   more details



  1. River Almond, Lothian

    . Fishing on the lower Almond is leased from the Crown Estate by http www.fishalmond.co.uk Cramond Angling Club , with both Day and Season Tickets available. The mouth of the Almond at Cramond formerly had a small passenger ferry. In 1997 the ferryman discovered the Cramond Lioness , a Roman Britain ..., accessed November 20, 2009. http www.fishalmond.co.uk Cramond Angling Club http www.fishforth.co.uk ...   more details



  1. Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend

    for Norfolk UK Parliament constituency Norfolk br small with Thomas Richardson, 2nd Lord Cramond The Lord Cramond small years 1660 &ndash 1661 s aft after Thomas Richardson, 2nd Lord Cramond The Lord Cramond br Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet Sir Ralph Hare, Bt s hon s bef before Thomas Wriothesley ...   more details



  1. Ronald Rae

    Ronald Rae is a British sculptor born in Ayr , Scotland , in 1946. Works, by hand, in granite . His largest work to date is the 20 tonne Lion of Scotland . Solo exhibitions ref Ronald Rae Sculpture 2006 Bramble Press ISBN 0952359952 ref include Regents Park , London 1999 2002 and Holyrood Park , Edinburgh . 2006 2007 Collections Public works include Widow Woman , ref http www.jerwoodsculpture.org ?lid 2096 Widow Woman stone sculpture in Jerwood sculpture Collection, Ragley Hall, UK ref purchased for the permanent collection ref http www.jerwoodsculpture.org ?lid 2113 Jerwood Sculpture Collection biography of Ronald Rae ref of the Jerwood Foundation and presently at Jerwood Sculpture, Ragley Hall. In April 2009 Rae s eight tonne sculpture Fish was installed on the Waterfront at Cramond ref http news.scotsman.com edinburgh Neighbours chip in to net.5098132.jp ref after a successful fundraising campaign by the Cramond Community. The sculpture was carved from a 460 million year old granite stone in the grounds of Cramond Kirk over a period of eight months. In February 2008 the highly emotive sculpture Fallen Christ ref http www.iona.org.uk news.php?id 44 ref was sited outside the MacLeod Centre on the Isle of Iona and dedicated to the memory of Jim Hughes a well loved member of the Iona Community. Other public works include O Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast at Milton Keynes Railway Station, ref http www.mkweb.co.uk art displayarticle.asp?id 294 ref five sculptures depicting The Tragic Sacrifice of Christ in Rozelle Park, Alloway and Abraham at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital , Return of the Prodigal at Aviva, Perth, Famine and Mark of the Nail at St.John s Church,Edinburgh, The Good Samaritan at Riverside Park, Glenrothes, Sheep at Almond Valley Heritage Centre, Livingston, Sacred Cow at Victoria Quays, Sheffield, Insect and Celtic Cross at Erdington Railway Station, Birmingham, Elephant and Rhino at Dormston Art Centre, Dudley, Hiroshima Departed at the Japanese Peace Park, ...   more details



  1. Kinneddar Castle

    File Kineddar Church Location.jpg 250px thumb Kinneddar kirkyard with the raised mound giving the location of the ancient church of Kinneddar Kinneddar Castle in Moray , Scotland was the residence of the Bishop of Moray bishops of Moray from c.1187 and its first documented incumbent was Richard de Lincoln Bishop Richard 1187 &ndash 1203 . Archibald Bishop of Moray Bishop Archibald enlarged or rebuilt the castle in c. 1280 and it continued to be used by the bishops until the late 14th century. Ref name RCAHMS Royal Commission on the ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, Archaeological Notes Canmore ID 16459 ref ref Cramond, Records of Elgin , pp.  16&ndash 7. Cramond cites the primary source, the Registry of Moray where Bishop Bur arrests a ship on 7 June 1383 in the tidal Loch Spynie delivering cargo to the burgesses of Elgin. Bur was sailing from his residence at Kinneddar Castle to the church of Urquhart. ref Nothing now exists of the castle except one fragment of a rubble wall that is integrated into the Kinneddar kirkyard boundary wall. ref name Oram 122 Oram, Moray & Badenoch , p.  122 ref Loch Spynie , then open to the sea and much larger than its present size, came close to the castle and its marshes surrounded the castle enclosure on three sides. ref name Oram 122 The ruinous structure still existed in 1734 and was described as being a central tower enclosed by two concentric hexagonal walls which made it unique in Scottish terms. Ref name RCAHMS Adjacent to the castle grounds stood the ancient kirk of Kinneddar which became the second cathedral of Moray following the move of the cathedra bishop s seat from Birnie Kirk Birnie . The Pictish sculptures found in the vicinity of the castle and kirkyard point to the area being an important 8th century Christian centre and may have been a principal location for the conversion of the Picts . ref Oram, Moray & Badenoch , p.  98 ref Notes Reflist References Refbegin Cite book last1 Cramond first1 ...   more details



  1. Sedgeley

    s plan. ref name fazio270 Ownership Cramond owned the mansion for a short period, as he was forced ...   more details



  1. Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk

    This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk . Richard Southwell courtier Sir Richard Southwell bef. 1544 &ndash aft. 1547 James Boleyn Sir James Boleyn bef. 1558&ndash 1561 William Woodhouse Sir William Woodhouse bef. 1562&ndash 1564 Christopher Heydon Sir Christopher Heydon bef. 1573&ndash 1579 Drue Drury courtier Sir Dru Drury bef. 1584&ndash 1617 Sir Philip Woodhouse, 1st Baronet 1617 Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel 1617&ndash 1636 Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel Henry Howard, Lord Maltravers 1636&ndash 1646 Interregnum Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet 1660&ndash 1681 Henry Richardson, 3rd Lord Cramond 1681&ndash 1689 Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk 1689&ndash 1701 For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk . References http www.history.ac.uk publications office custodes1544 Institute of Historical Research Custodes Rotulorum 1544 1646 http www.history.ac.uk publications office custodes1660 Institute of Historical Research Custodes Rotulorum 1660 1828 Custodes Rotulorum Category Lists of custodes rotulorum Norfolk ...   more details



  1. Richard de Prebenda

    Richard de Prebenda 1210 was an early 13th century bishop of Dunkeld . He had previously been a clerk position clerk of King William I of Scotland William of Scotland and was appointed to the bishopric in 1203. Records indicate a commission of Pope Innocent III attempting to resolve a dispute between Richard and the prior of St Andrews regarding control of the church of Meigle . He died in May, 1210, at Cramond in Midlothian , and was buried on the island of Inchcolm Innse Choluim . References John Dowden Dowden, John , The Bishops of Scotland , ed. J. Maitland Thomson, Glasgow, 1912 start box s rel succession box before John the Scot bishop of Dunkeld John title Bishop of Dunkeld after John de Leicester years 1203&ndash 1210 end box Bishops of Dunkeld Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Prebenda, Richard de ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1210 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Prebenda, Richard de Category 12th century births Category 1210 deaths Category Bishops of Dunkeld Category 13th century Roman Catholic bishops Scotland reli bio stub ...   more details



  1. John de Leicester

    John de Leicester or Johannes de Lacester 1214 was an early 13th century bishop of Dunkeld . Before becoming bishop, he had been archdeacon of Lothian . He was elected to the Diocese bishopric on 22 July 1211. As bishop elect, he is present when King William I of Scotland William of Scotland paid homage to King John of England in 1212. He had been consecrated by June 1212, when a letter from Pope Innocent III to Walter Capellanus Walter , bishop of Glasgow , and Radulf of Brechin Radulphus , bishop of Brechin , writes of the election and consecration of John, archdeacon of Lothian. John s episcopate would only last a few years he died on 7 October 1214. His death occurred at Cramond , Midlothian , and was buried on Inchcolm . References John Dowden Dowden, John , The Bishops of Scotland , ed. J. Maitland Thomson, Glasgow, 1912 s start s rel succession box before Richard de Prebenda title Bishop of Dunkeld after Hugh de Sigillo years 1211 2&ndash 1214 s end Bishops of Dunkeld Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leicester, John de ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Scottish bishop DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1214 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leicester, John de Category 12th century births Category 1214 deaths Category Bishops of Dunkeld Category 13th century Roman Catholic bishops ...   more details



  1. Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet

    UK Parliament constituency Norfolk with Thomas Richardson, 1st Baron Cramond The Lord Cramond ... Ralph Hare Sir Ralph Hare before2 Thomas Richardson, 2nd Lord Cramond The Lord Cramond after Neville ...   more details




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