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Perth is in Perthshire.
See: Blackfriars, Carthusian Charterhouse, Dunblane, , , Kinnoull, Perthshire.
John of Fordun's Chronicle. 109. The King of England scours the plains and hills and brings the Kingdom of Scotland under peaceful subjection to himself
In revenge for the foregoing outrages, the king of England (age 63), with a very large force, both by sea and by land, entered Scotland, in the year 1303, with the deliberate design of once for all fully bringing it, and the dwellers therein, under his yoke; or, of sweeping out the inhabitants altogether, and reducing the land itself to an utter and irreclaimable wilderness. Having, therefore, scoured the hills and plains, both on this side of the hills and beyond them, he, in person, reached Lochindorb [Map]; and, after making some stay there, he received the submission of the northern districts, and appointed officers of his in all the castles and fortified towns surrendered to him. Returning thence leisurely, he received the submission of all the communities, as well as fortresses and castles they passed through, with none to withstand or attack him; and, after much winding about through the land, he got to Dunfermline [Map], where he lingered a long time, wintering there until Candlemas. The same year, his son and heir, Edward of Carnarvon (age 18), Prince of Wales, made a long stay in the town of Perth [Map]. Food was in such plenty there, for the whole of the aforesaid time, that a laggen, Scottish measure, of good wine sold for fourpence.
On 30th September 1336 John of Eltham 1st Earl Cornwall (age 20) died at Perth [Map]. Earl Cornwall extinct. He was buried at the east side of the doorway to the Chapel of St Edmund, Westminster Abbey [Map]. His monument comprises a head of the statue encircled by a coronet of large and small leaves, remarkable for being the earliest specimen of the kind. The details of plate-armour, surcoat, gorget, coroneted helmet, with other accessories, give great antiquarian interest to this work. It was formerly surmounted by a canopy, of which, however, no traces are now visible.
In 1362 Philippa Strathbogie was born to David IV Strathbogie 12th Earl Atholl (age 35) and Elizabeth Ferrers Countess Atholl (age 26) at Perth [Map]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 27th February 1382 Walter Leslie Earl of Ross died at Perth [Map].
On 25th December 1424 Margaret Stewart Dauphine of France was born to King James I of Scotland (age 30) and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 20) at Perth [Map]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1517 John Gordon died at Perth [Map].
On 21st January 1524 Alexander Gordon 3rd Earl Huntley died at Perth [Map]. His grandson George (age 10) succeeded 4th Earl Huntley.
After 1843 Alice Gray was born to George Gray (age 45) and Sophia Margaret Jameson (age 35) at Perth [Map].
On 28th October 1843 Sophie Gray was born to George Gray (age 45) and Sophia Margaret Jameson (age 35) at Perth [Map].
John of Fordun's Chronicle. Now this was how this struggle came about, and the manner thereof. After the battle fought at Falkirk, the king of England came not in person, for the nonce, this side of the water of Forth; but sent a good large force, which plundered the whole land of Fife, with all the lands lying near the town of Perth [Map], after having killed a great many of the dwellers in those lands.
On 21st February 1437 King James I of Scotland (age 42) was assassinated at Blackfriars. He was buried at Carthusian Charterhouse, Perth. His son James (age 6) succeeded II King Scotland. His wife, Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 33), managed to escape.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1478 George Seton 3rd Lord Seton (age 63) died at Blackfriars. His grandson George (age 47) succeeded 4th Lord Seton.
Mount Grace Priory, North Yorkshire [Map] was founded in as a Carthusian Charterhouse in 1398 by Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey (age 24). It was the last monastery established in Yorkshire, and one of the few founded anywhere in Britain in the period between the Black Death and the Reformation.
The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais V1 Chapter 8. [After 3rd July 1855] The newly-married couple set out for their honeymoon to the west of Scotland; and after a lovely fortnight in Argyleshire, Bute, and Arran, where deep-sea fishing formed their principal amusement, they returned to Perth and took possession of Annat Lodge [Map], a typical old house with a cedared garden near Bowerswell.
1856. John Everett Millais 1st Baronet (age 26). "Autumn Leaves". Left to right: Alice Gray (age 12), Sophie Gray (age 12) and two local girls, Mathilda Proudfoot and Isabella Nicol who were said to be wards of an orphanage/industrial school in Perth, charitably recruited for these tasks by Effie Gray Millais (age 27), apparently the original Sussex blind girl who was painted over. In the collection of Manchester Art Gallery. The painting was painted whilst Millias was living at Annat Lodge, Kinnoul [Map].
Alice Gray: After 1843 she was born to George Gray and Sophia Margaret Jameson at Perth [Map].
Around 1856, or sometime before, John Everett Millais 1st Baronet (age 26) and Euphemia "Effie" Gray Lady Millais (age 27), lived at Annat Lodge, Kinnoul [Map].
On 30th May 1856 Everett Millais 2nd Baronet was born to John Everett Millais 1st Baronet (age 26) and Euphemia "Effie" Gray Lady Millais (age 28) at Annat Lodge, Kinnoul [Map]. Millais wrote to his cousin: "Just a line to say that I am the distinguished owner of a little gentleman. The nurse, of course, says it is like me, adding that it is an extremely handsome production! But what nurse does not say the same thing? However, it has blue eyes and a little downy brown on the top of its head."
In 1827 Bowerswell House, Kinnoul [Map] was sold to George Gray (age 29). The house had previously been rented by John Thomas Ruskin which connection brought the Ruskin and Gray familes together. John Ruskin (age 7) visited Kinnoul during his childhood staying with his 'Aunt Jessie' who lived at Tayside House, Kinnoul [Map]. George Grays daughter Effie Gray was born, and spent her childhood, there.
George Gray: In 1798 he was born. Before 7th May 1828 he and Sophia Margaret Jameson were married. They had fifteen children. In 1877 he died.
John Thomas Ruskin: In 1809 Bowerswell House, Kinnoul.
Tayside House, Kinnoul [Map].
