Spring Drive To Clan Lindsay Castle Near Moonzie Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of a Spring road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes and drums music, past Guardbridge through Dairsie and into Cupar then onwards on ancestry visit to Lordscairnie Castle, near Moonzie on ancestry visit to Fife. Little remains of the original keep and tower of the 15th or 16th century building which was built for the Lindsay family, later the Earls of Crawford from 1355. The tower was constructed around 1500 by Alexander Lindsay of Auchtermoonzie. The second son of the 4th earl of Crawford, Alexander subsequently became 7th earl, inheriting the earldom from his nephew who was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. According to John Knox, King James V of Scotland visited the castle just before his death in 1542, to visit the earl's daughter who was " one of his whores ". It was unoccupied in the 17th century, and was used for religious meetings by an outlawed Episcopal congregation. The loch which used to surround the castle has been drained and it is said that treasure is buried nearby. The 4th Earl of Crawford is said to be seen playing cards with the devil at midnight each New Year's Eve.

The Lindsay family originally lived in the parish of Lindsay in the northern English county of Northumberland. Ealdric de Lindsay held estates in both Normandy and in Lincolnshire, England. He was a tenant of English estates for the Earl of Chester. The Scottish surname for Clan Lindsay was first found in Lanarkshire, Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig, a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow where they were descended from Randolph Lord of Toeni who was banished by Duke William from Normandy in 1058 along with many other knights. He settled on the borders of Lincolnshire and Leicestershire and erected a barony known as Linesi including Belvoir Castle. When the Duke of Normandy invaded England he was again forced to move and settled on the lands of Crawford in Lanarkshire Scotland. The Lindsays of Evelix or Evelick were a family of Scottish baronets from Evelix in Perthshire, a sub-family of the Clan Lindsay.

Henry Lindsay, a Scottish convict who was convicted in Glasgow, Scotland for life, was transported aboard the " Asia " on 19th November 1827, settling in New South Wales, Australia. Mary Lindsay, a Scottish convict from Aberdeen, was transported aboard the " Arab " on December 14, 1835, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia. Stuart Lindsay, arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship " Forfarshire " in 1848.

Andrew Lindsay, arrived in New York, America in 1708. Donald Lindsay, landed in New York, America, in 1739. Philip Lindsay, landed in Virginia, America, in 1791. Joseph Lindsay, arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, in 1798.

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