July 30th Scots Book of Days

July 30 1249 sometime in July William “Longleg” Lord de Douglas circa 1220-1274, attended Meeting of the great Magnates of the Realm to establish a regency until King Alexander III (1249–1262) came of age.

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Coronation of King Alexander on Moot Hill, Scone. He is being greeted by the ollamh rígh, the royal poet, who is addressing him with the proclamation “Benach De Re Albanne” (= Beannachd Dé Rígh Alban, “God Bless the King of Scotland”); the poet goes on to recite Alexander’s genealogy. By Alexander’s side is Maol Choluim II, Earl of Fife holding the sword. Scone palace is two miles north of Perth on the River Tay

1335 – Battle of Boroughmuir, Edinburgh. Guy, Count of Namur, a cousin of Queen Philippa versus John Randolph, Earl of Moray, the Guardian of Scotland. Second War of Scottish Independence. In 1335 King Edward III decided to make one great effort on behalf of his hapless and unlucky protégé, coming to Scotland himself at the head of an army, the largest to enter the country since his father came to Edinburgh in 1322.

By the second week of July the Edw 3^rd had over 13000 men in arms at Newcastle. He was joined there by Edward Balliol, coming from Carlisle. A council of war was held and it was decided that Scotland would be enveloped in a vast pincer movement by land and sea. The army was divided in two: Edward was to command the invasion of Scotland from Carlisle, while Balliol moved northwards from Berwick. His progress would be supported by a strong naval force moving up the east coast towards the Firth of Tay, while Edward would have similar support from a force sailing from Ireland into the Firth of Clyde. The purpose of the invasion was to find and destroy the Scottish army in the field, rather than take castles. Edward 3^rd marched through Nithsdale, bypassing Loch Doon castle, still held for King David, and overran Carrick, Cunnigham and Kyle. In the meantime, Balliol moved quickly up the east coast into Lothian. Like a plague of biblical locusts his army consumed everything in its path. Letters of protection issued by Edward 3^rd himself did nothing to protect Newbattle Abbey or Manuel Nunnery from destruction. In the Firth of Forth the abbey on the island of Inchcolm was destroyed by the English navy, which then proceeded north into the Tay, landing at Dundee, setting the town and its Franciscan friary alight. The looting and destruction of the friary caused the English author of the Lanercost Chronicle to drop his usual patriotic cloak and express his disapproval in a brief flourish of Christian solidarity. Towards the end of July the land arms of the English pincer joined at Glasgow, having caught nothing of substance in their embrace and from there marched on to Perth. The gaps in the English defenses were filled in the only way possible; the horses were killed to provide a barricade of flesh. The men of Namur therefore, as they fled and fought bravely, kept together until they climbed the lamentable hill where there used to be the Maidens’ castle of Edinburgh, which had been demolished earlier for fear of the English. These rocks they defended courageously, and killing their exhausted and injured horses besides, they made a defensive wall with their bodies. And thus, surrounded and besieged by the Scots throughout the whole of that night, they passed it continuously without sleep, hungry, cold, thirsty and weary. Tired out and distressed in this way, and with no hope of any help, they in the morning of the next day surrendered themselves to the Scots in capitulation, after an agreement had been reached about the ransom to be paid, provided that they could depart to their home country. VIEW OF LANERCOST PRIORY FROM A WATER-COLOUR SKETCH PAINTED BY JAMES ORROCK, R.I. The Border Country 1906.

1588 Having lost the Battle of Graveslines, the Armada is forced into the North Sea, and unable to retrace into the channel, and strategically defeated the invasion has failed. With westerly winds, Admiral Medina Sidonia orders his fleet to sail for Spain by the “North About” route round Scotland and the west coast of Ireland. The Spanish fleet is short of food and water, with many of the ships severely battle. The storms from the Atlantic were unseasonably bad. The execution of Mary Queen of Scots in 1587 was the final incentive for the invasion by the Spanish Armada.

A contemporary illustration showing the Armada in crescent formation  pursued down the Channel by the English Fleet of Lord Howard of Effingham. http://www.britishbattles.com/spanish-war/spanish-armada.htm

1714 Queen Anne’s life was despaired of. (TG65-224), Last of the Stewrat line before Hanover moved in. Eventually, Diana Spencer, a descendant of Kings Charles 2^nd and James 2^nd and 7^th, was mother to Princes William and Harry.

1746 – The two Earls, of Kilmarnock and Cromarty, with Lord Balmerino, were brought to the bar of the House of Lords, towards the end of July, 1746, upon a charge of high treason, to which the two Earls pleaded guilty, and adhered to that plea. Lord Balmerino, when asked to plead, declared, that he had been indicted as the Lord Balmerino “of the city of Carlisle,” a title which did not belong to him, and that he even had not been at Carlisle on the day when he was charged by the indictment. He was answered, that the words, ” late of Carlisle,” were not made part of his title, (TG85-380, 381)’’ Kilmarnock is on the road to Strathaven, in Air, 1799 map of Scotland. Also on the map is Irwin, Air, Stair, Muir Kirk, Loudoun, and Lanerk shire.

Cromarty in Highlands, north of Inverness. Dingwall is a Lord in Disney’s Brave movie. Other locations Moray Firth, Dornoch, Inverness, Elgin, Forres, Auddearn. Clan Ross, clan Mackenzie, clan Macintosh.

1762 – James Boswell, 9^th Laird of Auchinleck, took his oral law exam. Upon this success, Lord Auchinleck decided to raise his son’s allowance to £200 a year and allowed him to return to London. It was during his second spell there that Boswell wrote his London Journal. The estate of Auchinleck, in Ayrshire, was bestowed by James the Fourth on Thomas Boswell, eldest son of David Boswell of Balmuto, by Lady Margaret Sinclair, as above mentioned, he being held in high estimation by that monarch. He was slain at Flodden, 9^th September, 1513. By his wife, Annabella, daughter of Sir Hugh Campbell of Loudoun, he had an only son, David Boswell of Auchinleck. The latter married Lady Janet Hamilton, daughter of James, first earl of Arran, progenitor of the dukes of Hamilton, and was succeeded by his son, John, who was twice married, first, to Christian, daughter of Sir Robert Dalzell of Glenae, progenitor of the earls of Carnwath, and by her he had three sons, James, his heir; John or Mungo, who received from his father the lands of Duncansmuir, and was progenitor of the Boswells of Craigston; and Robert; secondly to a daughter of the lord Stewart of Ochiltree, by whom he had a son, William, who obtained the estate of Knockroon.

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1841 earthquake Comrie 3.9. Doctrine and Covenants 43-25 ‘’How oft have I called upon you by the mouth of my servants, and by the ministering of angels, and by mine own voice, and by the voice of earthquakes and would have saved you with an everlasting salvation, but ye would not!’’

Comrie is west of Perth, in Perthshire. Comrie is on the river EARN, east, down stream from Loch Earn to the Firth of Tay. It is on the rail line from St Fillans, Comrie, Crieff, Innerperthay, Abercairney, Madderty, Balgowan, Methven and Perth.

1937 Wee Willie Winkie released. Sierra Leone postage stamp. A shirley temple film. Features Scots regiment.

Wee Willie Winkie, Sierra Leone postage

1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission – David Scott and James Irwin (both Scots descent) on the Apollo Lunar Module module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.

Insignia. 4^th manned landing on the Moon.

2005 Molly Lenore Summers (nee Choate) marries Garrett Scott Summers at Slake temple. Molly is a many cousin of James Boswell through both clans Boswell and Cochrane. Descends from Warren, cousin of the Protector of Scotland late 13^th century. Molly’s Scots Clans include Macalan 1317, Macdonald Earl of Ross Lord of the Isles 1440

Macdonald of Galloway 1250, Macgilivrail Macgillivray 1180, Malcolm king of Scots 1093, Mar Earl of Mar 1330, Margaret Aetheling 1067, Martin GAL, Maule of Parmure, Maxwell 1450 Maccuswell 1196, Macpherson 1893 GAL, Macpherson of Inverness 1568 GAL, McCullum 1775 GAL, Meldrum of Tibbermore Perth 1756, Melville 1420 of Cairnbee, Menteith of Carse 1400, Millar of Alloway and Gilvan 1649, Millar of Temple Killoch Ochiltree Ayr 1630, Miller of St Quivox Ayr 1732, Molle 1131, Montefex 1373, Montgomerie Earl of Eglinton 1536, Montgomery of Eaglesham 1361 of Ardrossan 1429, Moray 1400, Morton – Margaret Renfrew, Munfode 1320, Mure or More of Rowallan 1390 Muir, Murray of Tullibardine 1500. Vintage post card ‘Mormo Temple Grounds, looking towards State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah.’ Note Tabernacle seagull monument and state Capitol in the beehive state.

2011 The Cabin (movie) is being edited, per director Brian Trenchard-Smith. HallMark Movie Channel with Lea Thompson, Steven Brand (Scottish actor) and Bei Powley, all playing MacDougals. In The Cabin, Lily MacDougall (Thompson) and Conor MacDougall (Steven Brand), divorced strangers who have little in common but their surname, have each brought their children to Scotland to enter a family-style competition. But when the two reservations of MacDougalls are confused for one reservation, both families find themselves sharing one cabin (shortage of housing?). Featuring some highland games, hammer, caber, stones. Target market, over 40. Chic flic.