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Arbroath (/ ɑːr ˈ b r oʊ θ /) or Aberbrothock (Scottish Gaelic: Obar Bhrothaig [2] [ˈopəɾ ˈvɾo.ɪkʲ]) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902. [3]
The original Crown Charter [8] for the Lordship of Arbroath (or Aberbrothwick) was granted to James, 2nd Marquis of Hamilton, during the reign of James VI of Scotland and marked a significant moment in Scottish history, as lands formerly under the control of the Arbroath Abbey, one of Scotland's wealthiest ecclesiastical estates, were transferred to a powerful noble family.
He signed the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320. Patrick was a ward of Robert de Felton, after the death of his father and married a daughter of John of Argyll , without license. Patrick fought and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333.
The Declaration of Arbroath included in the text of the Scotichronicon in the British Library.. The Declaration was part of a broader diplomatic campaign, which sought to assert Scotland's position as an independent kingdom, [5] rather than its being a feudal land controlled by England's Norman kings, as well as to lift the excommunication of Robert the Bruce. [6]
The Wallace Book (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2007) 240pp. ' For Freedom Alone': The Declaration of Arbroath 1320 (East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 2003) 162pp. Scottish History: The Power of the Past , ed. with Richard Finlay (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2002) 279pp.
Sir David Wemyss of Wemyss (d. 1332) was a 13th-14th century Scottish noble.. David was the son of Michael Wemyss of Wemyss. [1]He performed fealty to King Edward I of England at Berwick upon Tweed in 1298, [2] was a supporter of King Robert I of Scotland and signed the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320.
The Inchcape Rock" is a ballad written by English poet Robert Southey. Published in 1802, it tells the story of a 14th-century attempt by the Abbot of Arbroath ("Aberbrothock") to install a warning bell on Inchcape, a notorious sandstone reef about 11 miles (18 km) off the east coast of Scotland. The poem tells how the bell was removed by a ...
The first recorded owners of the Barony of Panbride was the Morham family, whose ancestral name was Malherbe. [3] [4] They are first mentioned in relation to Panbride in the registers of Arbroath Abbey in a charter of John Morham made in the mid 13th century. [5]