Tour Scotland Video David Rattray Flax Spinner Gravestone Rattray Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the David Rattray, Flax Spinner, gravestone on ancestry visit to the Parish Church graveyard in Rattray by Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Erected by Helen Jamieson in memory of her husband, Flax Spinner, Bramble Bank, who died 23rd November, 1850, aged 58 years. Also of their five children who died in infancy. Also in memory of the above Jamieson who died 29th April, 1856, aged 59 years.

The surname Rattray is taken from the barony of Rattray in Perthshire. This barony has been in their possession since the eleventh century. The Rattray estate includes the ruins of a pictish fort dwelling. It stands on a sandy mound which is associated by local tradition with Pagan rites. The first recorded Laird of Rattray was Alan who witnessed charters by William the Lion and Alexander II of Scotland. During the Wars of Scottish Independence, Alan's grandson, Eustace Rattray, was captured at the Battle of Dunbar in 1296 and taken to England as a prisoner. Eustace's son was Adam Rattray who swore fealty to King Edward I of England, appearing on the Ragman Rolls of 1296. Adam was succeeded by his son, Alexander Rattray, who was amongst the barons who sat in the Parliament at Ayr to determine the succession to the throne in 1315. Alexander was succeeded by his brother, Eustace, the sixth Laird of Rattray, who was accused of being involved in a plot to depose Robert the Bruce, but he was latter acquitted.

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