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Cumming • Comyn

3 Celts & Company • "CUMMING"

The Cummings or Cumyns trace Norman descent from Charlemange through Robert de Comyn, appointed governor of Northumberland in 1068 by his kinsman William the Conqueror. Under David I, William de Comyn became Chancellor of Scotland in 1133. Settled first in Roxburghshire, the family later gained through marriages the earldom of Buchan and Balenoch; and Altyre in Moray has long been the seat of their chief.

From 1309 the Comyn's power was broken through their having contested Bruce's succession to the throne. Sir John ('the Red') Comyn's mother was the sister of ex-king John Baliol. He was slain by Bruce's party at Dumfries [Grey Friars], and the Buchan Comyns were defeated in battle at Inverurie, 1308.

Septs: BUCHAN, CHEYNE, CHIENE, COMMON, COMMONS, CUMMIN, CUMMINGS, CUMYN, FARQUHARSON, MACNIVEN, NIVEN, RUSSELL

The Comyn tartan sett closely resembles the 'Vestiarium' version, but is in fact the one given by Logan as MacAuley and illustrated by MacIan in 'The Clans of the Scottish Highlands', 1847. The Smith brothers said that the sett had the approval of the head of the family of Cumming.
The source of tartan 1157 was: W. and A. Smith. Mauchline, East Ayrshire, SCOT.

"CUMMING." Scots Kith and Kin and Illustrated Map Revised Second Edition. Edinburgh, SCOT: Clan House, c.1970. p.53. Print.

"Comyn or MacAulay Tartan STWR Ref:1158." Scottish Tartans World Register No.1157. [Archived]. 7 October 2007. web.

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Davidson see also Clan Chattan

3 Celts & Company • "DAVIDSON"

The clan MacDhai or Davidson, earliest settled Invernahaven in Strathspey, are believed to take name from an ancestor David Dhu, fourth son of Murriach the 12th-century founder of the MacPhersons. Members of the Clan Chattan, they were deeply involved in the quarrels of precedency that beset that confederacy. These were publicly culminated in 1396 in the famous thirty-a-side combat MacPherson v. Davidson, before King Robert III and his court on the North Inch of Perth. Whether because 29 leading MacDhais were killed, or because one escaped alive, the clan there-after fell from prominence. They are now chiefly represented by the Davidsons of Tulloch in Cromarty. A small border clan Davidson arose in Roxburghshire around the 16th century, perhaps of quite independent origin, like the Davis name in Orkney, and others. The Inverness-shire MacKays are really MacDhais.

Septs: DAVEY, DAVIE, DAVIS, DAVISOIN, DAWSON, DAY, DEA, DEAN, DEANE, DEAS, DEASON, DEY, DOW, DYE, KAY, KEAY, KEY, KEYS, MACDADE, MACDAID, MACDAVID, MACKAY, SLORA, SLORACH

"DAVIDSON." Scots Kith and Kin and Illustrated Map Revised Second Edition. Edinburgh, SCOT: Clan House, c.1970. p.53,54. Print.

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Clan Douglas

3 Celts & Company • "DOUGLAS"

An adequate history of the Douglases would be largely one of Scotland itself, where they long rivaled the royal power, and eleven times married into it. Perhaps originally kinsmen of Freskin [ le Flemming ], the Clan Murray founder, it is in the South that they first come to note. Here in the 12th century they originated the 'Black Douglas'--of Douglasdale (Lanarkshire), Dumfriesshire, and Galloway. The next century saw the 'Red Douglases' established at Dalkeith (whence sprang the earls of Morton), and then in Angus. The term 'Black Douglas' was first applied by the English to the Sir James who was Bruce's doughty lieutenant, to fall at last in Spain when on his final service of conveying the royal heart [ of Robert de Brus ] to the Holy Land.
The ("DOUGLAS" sept) name Lockhart was spelt Locard or Lokart in early times. Like many other Scottish families the Locards came from England to Scotland after they had been dispossessed of lands by William the Conqueror. In the twelfth century there were Lockards near Penrith and later in Annandale. In Annandale the town of Lockerbie is said to have been named after them. During the crusades of the 14th century the Lockharts brought back a precious heirloom, a touch piece which has been treasured ever since. It is known as the "Lee Penny". At the Battle of Teba in Spain, Sir Simon Lockhart captured a Moorish Emir and received from the man's mother as part of his ransom an amulet or stone with healing powers. The Prince's mother told Sir Simon that the stone was a sovereign remedy against bleeding and fever, the bite of a mad dog, and sickness in horses and cattle. The stone is dark orange in colour and oblique in shape and was later set in a silver coin which has now been identified as a four penny piece from the reign of King Edward IV. The Lee Penny is kept in a gold snuffbox which was a gift from Maria Theresa of Austria, Empress of Austria to her general Count James Lockhart in 1789.

Septs: CAVERS, DOUGLASS, DRYSDALE, FOREST, FORREST, GLENDINNING, INGLIS, KIRKPATRICK, LOCKERBY, MACGUFFIE, MACGUFFOCK, MORTON, SANDILANDS

"DOUGLAS." Scots Kith and Kin and Illustrated Map Revised Second Edition. Edinburgh, SCOT: Clan House, c.1970. p.54. Print.

"The Lee Penny." Wikipedia. Clan Lockhart . 13 October 2013. web.

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