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4 days ago · The couple had eight children, four sons (Hugh (d.1271), Alan (d.a.1271), Alexander (d.1278), John (d.1314)) and four daughters (Margaret, Cecily, Eleanor, Ada). Dervorguilla is well-known for her foundation of Sweetheart Abbey (1273) near Dumfries, and for the completion of the foundation of Balliol College (1282), begun by her husband in the ...
6 days ago · Though modern historians say the English king’s humiliation of King John Balliol took place either in Brechin or StrathacroStracathro, I prefer the account of the chroniclers Andrew de Wyntoun and Blind Harry, who say that Balliol was taken to Montrose in July, 1296 and stripped of his kingship by forced abdication.
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3 days ago · A court was set up and after two years of deliberation, it pronounced John Balliol to be king. Edward proceeded to treat Balliol as a vassal, and tried to exert influence over Scotland. In 1295, when Balliol renounced his allegiance to England, Edward I invaded.
6 days ago · I will write more about Erskine of Dun next week when I will also write briefly of the town’s most famous citizen, James Graham, the Marquis (Marquess) of Montrose. John Balliol was reportedly taken to Montrose (right) in 1296 and stripped of his kingship. Town razed and rebuilt more than once in its history.
4 days ago · John Parsons, who succeeded Davey as Master in 1798, is commonly reckoned as the founder of modern Balliol, perhaps with too great a disregard for the efforts of his predecessor. (fn. 30) Parsons was the son of Isaac Parsons, butler of Corpus Christi College, and brother of Herbert, founder of the Oxford Old Bank.
May 19, 2024 · Believing herself to be the last of the Brackenbury line, which she thought could be traced to Perse Brackenbury, who had married into the family of John Balliol around 1086 AD, she elected to engage in philanthropic endeavours in spheres that had connections to her relatives.
May 8, 2024 · Bruce schemed as well as soldiered, and appears to have conspired with John Comyn, the nephew of King John Balliol, regarding their rival claims to the throne. This turned out less than amicably: a meeting in the church of the Minorite Friars in Dumfries (10 February 1306) resulting in a quarrel, Bruce’s stabbing of Comyn before the high ...
