Clan Eliott | |||
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Elloch, Eloth | |||
Motto | Fortiter et recte (Boldly and rightly)[1] | ||
Profile | |||
Region | Borders | ||
District | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
Plant badge | White hawthorn[1] | ||
Pipe music | "All The Blue Bonnets Are Over The Border", Sir Walter Scott | ||
Chief | |||
Margaret Eliott of Redheugh | |||
29th Elliot Clan Chief | |||
Historic seat | Redheugh Tower[2] | ||
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Clan Eliott is a Border Reiver Scottish clan.[3]
History
Origins of the clan
For the father's father of the Eliott, Elliot, Elliott and Eliot
The origins of the border names Eliott/Elliot, have been highly documented by the following research genealogists, and historians, most of the name Eliott/Elliot to be of Elwald/Elwalde/Elwold origins;
Eliott;11th Baronet of Stobs, Arthur Eliott.[4] George Tancred in his Annauls of a Border Club.[5]George Francis Scott Elliot in his The Border Elliots.[6] Walter Elliot in his article The Elliot who took on Bothwell.[7] Reference to the name (Elwald, Elwalde, and or Elwold) being associated to Northumbland is also contained in the research of these renowned genealogical historians.
For the father's father of the Elliott, Elliot, Eliott, Eliot;The Dowager Lady Eliott of Stobs, Sir Arthur Eliott, 11th Baronet of Stobs, have like the old Eliot-Elliot-Eliott-Elliott name poem spell their name with a single l, and a double t and they are from Stobs. George Franscis Scott Elliot, and Walter Elliot Are the Elliot from Scotland; Minto and Wolflee,
Noted;The relation between the Crosare (Crozier), Elwald (Ellot), Home (Hume), in the Minto (Wolflee/Wolfhopelee) regions is shown in a Declaration of Sasine to David of Home 1436, when a Johannis Elwald, and a Jacobi Crosare witness the deed of David Hume receiving land from of Wolflee and Wolfhopelee from William Douglas.[8]
they have a double l and a single t.
As The Dowager Lady Eliott of Stobs, Sir Arthur Eliott, 11th Baronet of Stobs.[9] has shown there are basically two origins of the name Eliot-Elliot-Eliott
The English Eliot given census surname distribution of 1881, show them being of the St Germans, Cornwall near Port Eliot southwest coast of England.[10]
For the Elliot, Eliott, Eliot, and Elliot the old verse holds true;
The double L and single T Descent from Minto and Wolflee, The double T and single L Mark the old race in Stobs that dwell. The single L and single T The Eliots of St Germains be, But double T and double L, Who they are nobody can tell.
Robert Bell in "The Book of Scots-Irish Family Names" "For double L and double T, the Scots should look across the sea!"
Gorrenberry, Braidlie, Hermitage, and Sundhope are names still in use today in Planning the proposed Windy Edge (Hermitage Castle) wind farm.[12]
13th century
Alanus Elfwold recorded in Bec; Beck Hall, Norfolk 1248.[13][14] Alanus Elfwold where Elwold, and Elwald are used in conjunction with each other, and are early forms of Ellot/Elliot. Elfwold is and Anglo-Danish name where the Danish elk (elg; US moose) , and the Danish wolf (ulf), where previous to surnames Elg, and Ulf were Danish personal names, and it is felt since the elk (moose) and wolf where extinct or near extinction for the wolf, that the name from Elf (from elf) was use for Anglo-Danish of the name Elgwald (Denmark) or Elchwald (Germany). The surname Elfwold became Elwald for a line of Elliot chiefs with the name Robert Elwald. By or beginning the next century Robert Elwald son of Alan moved on to Rimington. Robert Elwald of the Redheugh Cheif" (sasine/deed) in 1476, according to a predigree ca.1704 (previos to Stobs fire), this Chief Robert Elwald is felt to be the 10th of the name.[15] In the Lariston Tree below Robert Elliot of Lariston, the 15th, is brother to Martin Elliot of nearby Prickinghaugh.
Robert Elwald 10th recieved a grant of land know as Redheugh, Lariston and other;
In the Lariston Tree below Robert Elliot of Lariston, the 15th, is brother to Martin Elliot of nearby Prickinghaugh.
Redheugh Deed 1484; Walter Scot of Edschaw, where schaw means forest, which is south of the Hermitage, and north of Mangerton, where the people like the Scots today are referred to as Scott, the people referred to as Elwald (of the forest groves) first live, it was not for centuries later when surnames were required did they acquire the surname Elwald, like the Scots, acquired the surname Scot. Brothers Cessford, and William Elwald of Gorrenberry, likely next younger brother to Robert become of Redheugh.
(1476 of Redheugh-1248 of Northfolk)/10th = 22.8 years per generation.
15th century
It is known that Ellot of Redheugh was living in the early 1400s.[3] In 1426 John Elwalde of Teviotdale is recorded.[3] In 1476 Robert Ellot of Redheugh appears as the tenth chief of the clan.[3] From that time onwards the formal history of the clan can be said to have begun.[3] Robert Ellot built a strong tower on a cliff overlooking the ford on Hermitage Water in 1470.[3] This was just one of about one hundred strong towers that were dotted around Liddesdale which belonged to the Ellots and which they shared with the Clan Armstrong who were another Border Reiver clan.[3]
16th century and clan conflicts
Robert Ellot, the thirteenth chief was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.[3] The Eliotts supported Scott of Buccleuch at the Battle of Melrose in 1526.[16] However, in 1565 a deadly feud arose between the Ellots and their neighbours, the Clan Scott.[3] Scott of Buccleuch executed four Ellots for the minor crime of cattle rustling.[3] In response three hundred Ellots rode to avenge the fate of their kinsmen.[3] During the battle losses on both sides were heavy but eventually the two clans came to terms with each other.[3]
Court Record Oct. 21, 1564 shows that in Slaughter of David Scot Laird of Hassindene, the family of the Ellot of Horsleyhill, and William the illegitimate son of the deceased Robert, along with a James Scot are being prosecuted. Buccleuch judged it and Scot where of the jury for the prosecution, and Douglas where of the jury for the defense. The Scot family is interrelated to the Ellot, and so large that the Ellot would not be a match if the Scot were acting as one family. Buccleuch knew who his close relations were and they survived the trial.
Another feud took place between the Ellots and James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, the future husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.[3] A skirmish took place around Hermitage Castle in which the earl was wounded.[3] In reprisal, in 1569, a royal force of nearly four thousand men devastated the Ellot's lands.[3]
Towards the end of the 16th century Robert of Redheugh moved to Larriston to live among his brother Martin of Prickenhaurgh, and the allied Crozier Clan at Ricarrton Over and Nether. This is shown on the Larriston Family Tree which predates the fire, and a 1590 map, which locates Robert at Larriston, and does not show Redheugh. The Blaeu map of 1654, shows the localities of Prickenhaugh, Larriston (O&N), Riccarton (O&N).
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Lariston tree of Redheugh, including Martin of Prickenhaugh, pre-Stobs fire.Lariston tree of Redheugh, including Martin of Prickenhaugh, pre-Stobs fire.
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Robt is in Lariston with no Redheugh shown 1590.Robt is in Lariston with no Redheugh shown 1590.
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Larriston, Prickenhaugh, and Riccarton in close vicinity. Blaeu 1654 map
17th, 18th and 19th centuries
In 1603 the Union of the Crowns marked the end of the border reivers.[3] Many people were executed and many of the Borderers found new lives in Ulster when much of that province was colonised.[3]
Robert Eliott of Redheugh left his broad lands in Liddesdale and went into exile in Fife.[3] The use of the letter "i" in the Ellot surname was introduced in about 1650.[3]
In 1666 Sir Gillbert Eliott of Stobs was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia by Charles II of England.[3] He became chief of the Clan Eliott in 1673.[3]
In 1764 the third Baronet remodelled the old Tower of Stobs into a mansion house.[3] His second son was Augustus Eliott who was rewarded for a spirited defense of Gibraltar in 1782.[3]
A branch of the chief's family acquired the lands of Minto in 1703.[3] Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto was a diplomat who served in Corsica and Vienna.[3] He later became Governor General of Bengal.[3]
Clan Chief
The chief of Clan Eliott is Madam Margaret Eliott of Redheugh, 29th Chief of the Name and Arms of Eliott.[17] The present chief is the daughter of Sir Arthur Eliott, eleventh baronet and twenty-eighth chief of Clan Eliott.[3] There is no bar on females succeeding to Scottish chiefships but the baronetcy passed to a male heir.[3]
The crest badge used by clan members consists of a crest encircled by a strap and buckle containing a motto. The crest is a raised fist holding a sword, while the motto is FORTITER ET RECTE (translation from Latin: "With strength and rectitude").[18]
Castles
- Redheugh Tower was the historic seat of the chiefs of Clan Eliott, the Eliotts of Redheugh.
- Minto House was the seat Eliott Earls of Minto. However it has now been demolished.[3]
- The Tower of Stobs was the seat of the Eliotts of Stobs.[3]
Tartan
See also
References
- ^ a b Clan Eliott Profile scotclans.com. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ Redheugh Tower rcahms.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Way, George and Squire, Romily. Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). Published in 1994. Pages 128 - 129.
- ^ The Elliots; The Storey of a Border Clan A Genealogical History by Lady Eliott of Stobs, Sir Arthur Eliott, 11th Baronet of Stobs.
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/annalsabordercl00tancgoog#pa\/n180/mode/2up | The Annals of a Border Club (the Jedforest): And Biographical Notices of the Families Connected Therewith George Tancred T. S. Smail, 1899 page 148
- ^ The Border Elliots and the Family of Minto By George Francis Scott Elliot, page 468 appendix no. 1.
- ^ http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/local-headlines/the-elliot-who-took-on-bothwell-1-107850 | The Elliot who took on Bothwell Published Date: 13:13 Monday 06 July 2009 The Southern Reporter By Walter Elliot
- ^ Report on the Manuscripts of Colonel David Milne Home of Wedderburn Castle, Issue 2 Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts H. M. Stationery Office, 1902 - Home family
- ^ The Elliots; The Storey of a Border Clan A Genealogical History by Lady Eliott of Stobs, Sir Arthur Eliott, 11th Baronet of Stobs.
- ^ http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/Map.aspx name=ELIOT&year=1881&altyear=1998&country=GB&type=name
- ^ | note; From German Wikipedia
- ^ http://scottishborders.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s2992/Item%20No.%206a%20-%20Windy %20Edge%2013-00789-FUL%20June%2015.pdf| Windy Edge Wind Farm proposal.
- ^ Skrifter utgivna av Humanistiska vetens-kapssamfundet; Lund, Volumes 72-74 C.W.K. Gleerup.
- ^ The Anglo-saxon Heritage in Middle English Personal Names: East Anglia 1100-1399, Volume 2 CWK Gleerup, 1979 - English language
- ^ ROBERT THE 10TH The Elliots; The Story of the Border Clan page 12, Sir Arthur Eliott 1986
- ^ Battle of Darnick historic-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ burkespeerage.com
- ^ Elliot Clan Society - Emblems