Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video, with Scottish music, of Crichton Castle and Stable on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Midlothian, Britain, United Kingdom. Constructed as a tower house in the late 14th century, and it was expanded as power of the Crichton family grew. However, the Crichtons fell from favour in the later 15th century, and the castle passed to the Earls of Bothwell. Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, constructed the Italianate north range in the 1580s, featuring an elaborate diamond patterned facade. After Bothwell was accused of witchcraft the castle fell into neglect
That castle rises on the steep
Of the green vale of Tyne:
And far beneath, where slow they creep,
From pool to eddy, dark and deep,
Where alders moist and willows weep,
You hear her streams repine.
The towers in different ages rose;
Their various architecture shows
The builders' various hands;
A mighty mass that could oppose,
When deadliest hatred fired its foes,
The vengeful Douglas bands.
From 'Marmion' by Sir Walter Scott
This building which may have been used as a stable block, slaughter house or chapel is said to be haunted by the ghost of William Crichton. The ghost of a horseman has been seen riding up to the castle and through the original entrance, which has long since been blocked with stone. Some claim the phantom horseman is none other than Sir William Crichton. It also rumored that the spirit of Sir William Crichton has been seen leaving the stables across from Crichton Castle and entering the castle tower on the anniversary of his death.
The ancestors of the first family to use the name Crichton were thought to have lived among the Boernician tribe of ancient Scotland. They lived near a border. This surname came from the Gaelic word crioch and the Old English word tune, which mean border and farm or settlement, respectively. Thus, the surname indicates that the original bearer lived near a border. The name may also have derived from a place name, such as Crichton, near Edinburgh, or the territories of Kreiton in Lothian. The surname Crichton was first found in Midlothian, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. The first on record was Turstan Crectune, who was granted lands by King David of Scotland in 1128. Alexander and Thomas Creighton both having territories in Berwickshire rendered homage to King Edward I of England on his brief conquest of Scotland, in 1296. Crichton has appeared under the spelling variations Crichton, Creighton, Creaton, Craighton, Creton, Creeton, Crichten, Crighton, Chreichton, Creichtone, Creychton, Creychtoun and many more.
Miss Margaret Crichton was convicted in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland for 7 years, and transported aboard the ship Cadet on 4th September 1847, arriving in Tasmania or Van Diemen's Land; Robert Crichton arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship Mermaid in 1859; John Crichton arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship Mermaid in 1859; Alexander Crichton arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship Nimroud in 1860; Thomas Crichton, born 1845, at age 18, he was a British ploughman who travelled from London, England, aboard the ship Brothers Pride arriving in Lyttelton, South Island, New Zealand on 8th December 1863; William Crichton, born 1842, ate age 32, he was a Scottish shepherd, from Perth who travelled from Greenock aboard the ship Nelson arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 31st December 1874; John Crichton arrived in New Jersey, America, in 1685; Ann Crichton, aged 28, arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, in 1774; James Crichton landed in New York in 1810; Robert Crichton landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania, America, in 1850; Alexander William Crichton landed in Florida in 1854.
Clan Crichton is a Lowland Scottish clan. One of the earliest baronies around Edinburgh was formed from the lands of Kreitton and is mentioned in charters of the early 12th century. In 1128 Thurstan de Crechtune witnessed the foundation of Holyrood Abbey by David I of Scotland. Thurstan's son, Thomas de Crichton is listed on the Ragman Rolls of 1296, swearing fealty to King Edward I of England. Thomas's three sons each extended the family's holdings. The second son, William, married Isobel de Ross who was the heiress to the barony of Sanquhar in Dumfriesshire. In 1464 Sir Robert Crichton of Sanquhar was sheriff of the county of Dumfries. From 1468 to 1469 he was also Coroner of Nithsdale. In 1487 his eldest son, Robert Crichton, was created a peer with the title Lord Crichton of Sanquhar by King James III of Scotland. The second Lord Crichton obtained the barony of Frendraught in Banffshire through marriage. In about 1552, William Crichton, third Lord Sanquhar, was killed in the house of the Regent Arran, by Lord Sempill, chief of Clan Sempill.
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