Tour Scotland photograph of the Andrew Moncur gravestone in Gask Parish Churchyard cemetery, Perthshire, Scotland. Farmer Clathybeg, who died 30th of May, 1876, aged 63. Recorded in a number of forms including Moncur, Mankor, Minker, Moniker, Moncarr, Muncor and Muncer, this is a famous Scottish surname. It is one which is claimed to be ultimately of Norman French origins, and if so may well owe something to the invasion of England in 1066, when many French took the opportunity to offer their services to the king of Scotland. In return for this protection, they were often granted lands and estates. This surname is first recorded in Scotland in the 13th century. It is known that Andrew de Muncurr was a retainer of James, known as The Steward of Scotland, in about the year 1285 and that one Robert de Muntcurt was one of the prisoners taken at Dunbar Castle in the same year. The family of Moncur of Dundee for several generations enjoyed a high reputation as armoures in the accounts of the Lord High Treasurer, of 1566. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Michale de Muncur. This was dated 1237, when he was a charter witness, during the reign of King Alexander II of Scotland.
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