Tour Scotland Video Patrick Brown Merchant Gravestone Howff Graveyard Dundee

Tour Scotland travel video of the Patrick Brown, Merchant, Gravestone in the Howff Graveyard cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Dundee. The land of the burial ground was part of the Franciscan, Greyfriars, Monastery until the Scottish Reformation. In 1564 Mary, Queen of Scots granted the land to the burgh of Dundee, for use as a burial ground. It was used for meetings by the Dundee Incorporated Trades, and subsequently became known as The Howff, from the Scots word howff meaning a meeting place. Meetings at The Howff ceased in 1776. The last burial took place in 1857. The walls along the west side date from 1601.

The Brown surname is common in both England and Ireland, but the variant surname Browne is associated more with Ireland. Originating from the Olde English, Norse Viking and Anglo Saxon pre 7th century word, brun, it generally referred to the colour of the person's hair, complexion or garments.

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Tour Scotland Video Howff Graveyard Dundee

Tour Scotland travel video of the Howff Graveyard on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Dundee. This burial ground was formerly part of the lands of the Greyfriars granted by Mary Queen of Scots to the burgh of Dundee in 1564. The name Howff which means, meeting place, derives from the fact that the Dundee Incorporated Trades met here until 1776.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Archbishop Alexander Stewart Kate Kennedy Procession St Andrews

Tour Scotland photograph of Archbishop Alexander Stewart in the Kate Kennedy Procession in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Alexander Stewart, 1493 to 9th September 1513, was an illegitimate son of King James IV of Scotland and his mistress Marion Boyd. He was the eldest illegitimate child of King James IV of Scotland and his mistress Marion Boyd. He was an elder brother of Catherine Stewart his only full sibling, a half brother to James Stewart, Margaret Stewart and Janet Stewart the other royal illegitimate children of James IV and his mistresses. He was an older half brother of James V. Alexander was reportedly severely myopic, possibly from extensive study in poor conditions. In 1511 he co-founded St Leonard's College in St Andrews, whose chapel still stands, minus its original tower. A gateway with his coat of arms above the arch survives in St Andrews. He was killed along with his father at the Battle of Flodden Field. The St Andrews University Student portraying Archbishop Alexander Stewart today was Joseph White.



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Tour Scotland Photograph King James 1st Kate Kennedy Procession St Andrews

Tour Scotland photograph of King James the 1st in the Kate Kennedy Procession in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. James achieved a great deal for Scotland, restoring law and order and introducing number of much needed reforms. Inevitably, his decisive methods won him enemies and in 1437 three of them stabbed him to death, leaving his six year-old son James II as the heir. The St Andrews University Student portraying James 1st today was Michael Glenfield.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Laurence Of Lindores Kate Kennedy Procession St Andrews

Tour Scotland photograph of Laurence Of Lindores in the Kate Kennedy Procession in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. He was the first philosopher recorded at the University of St Andrews, and he became the leading figure in its early days, being Principal Regent of Pedagogy and Rector and Governor of the University. Under him, the University of St Andrews adopted the Paris system of division into four Nations. The St Andrews University Student portraying Laurence Of Lindores today was Nicholas Froy.



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