Tour Scotland short Spring 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of a road trip drive to Lordscairnie on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to North Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Weather forecast was for the warmest day of the year with temperatures reaching 25 degrees Centigrade. Though the name Barclay’s of Cairnie does not appear until 1452, one David de Barclay is described as Lord of Cairnie. It is possible that the Barclays lost these lands in 1437, since two brothers, the Barclays of Tents Muir, fled to France following the assassination of King James I at Perth, Perthshire, in February of that year and were executed by the duke of Brittany for their part in that crime. The lands of Lordscairnie and Moonzie ended up in the hands of David Dunbar of Cockburn, who played such a conspicuous and dramatic role in pursuing the king’s murderers. Dunbar’s daughter and heiress, Margaret Dunbar, married Alexander Lindsay fourth earl of Crawford, which explains how the lands of Lordscairnie and Moonzie came into Clan Lindsay hands, where they remained until modern times. Traditionally the building of the castle is attributed to Alexander Lindsay, nicknamed Earl Beardie or the Tiger Earl, who died in 1453, but it is argued that this was not the case, but rather that the Tiger Earl’s younger son, also Alexander Lindsay, was the man responsible. Alexander junior received sasine of the lands of Auchtermoonzie shortly before 9 March 1480. He was probably based here for much of his career, becoming seventh earl of Crawford in 1513, and dying in 1517. The first explicit mention of a castle or mansion house here is in a document dated 18 December 1525, when David, 8th earl of Crawford, granted the barony of Auchtermoonzie ‘with his lands of Cairnie, with the mansion of the same to his fourth son John Lindsay, a minor. The first reference to these lands as Countess Cairnie is in 1518 in an inquest made by the steward of the Regality of St Andrews after the death of Alexander 7th earl of Crawford in 1517. The eponymous countess is probably the earl’s late mother, Margaret Dunbar, daughter of Sir David Dunbar of Cockburn, who herself had died in 1499 or 1500, having outlived her first husband, Alexander 4th earl of Crawford, by almost fifty years, and who was at Cairnie shortly before her death. However, it is also possible that the eponymous countess was Isobel Campbell, wife of Alexander 7th earl of Crawford, who survived her husband, and who retained Moonzie and its chaplainry after his death, while her son, David, 8th earl of Crawford, inherited Cairnie. Spring in the United Kingdom depends on whether you are following the astronomical or metrological calendar. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March 2022, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip
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