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	Yester Castle and the Hay Family
		In 1513 Baron Yester and his kinsman Hay Earl of Erroll of Slains castle, near Aberdeen gathered their forces together and marched south with King James IV of Scots (1488-1513) to harry the north of England.
		Baron Yester also fought and distinguished himself at the battle of Pinkie, where the Scots army were totally annihilated by combined use of land and ship based bombardment.
		In 1548 Yester was one of the first targets to be stormed by the English with the aid of local 'assured Scots' who favoured the marriage of Mary to Edward.
	www.maybole.org /history/castles/yester.htm (2043 words)

	GENUKI: Yester
		Thus arose the family of Yester and Locherwart, who obtained the title of Lord Hay of Yester in 1488, that of Earl of Tweeddale in 1646, and that of Marquis of Tweeddale in 1694.
		The Marquis of Tweeddale is the principal heritor and patron of the church.
		In August 1681, George Stephen was ordained minister of Yester, in consequence of an edict from the Bishop of Edinburgh.
	www.clerkington.plus.com /GENUKI/ELN/Yester/stataccount.html (7462 words)

	Neidpath - Clan Hay Website
		In the first assault the castle was stoutly defended by the 4th Baron Yester and the English withdrew to join their main army at Fawside hill prior to the battle of Pinkie.
		Baron Yester while advancing with the 'Red' Douglas contingent was unhorsed and captured by the English spending four years in the Tower of London.
		Yester was again recaptured by the Scots but may have been left in ruins while the siege of Haddington continued.
	www.clanhay.net /CASTLES/Neidpath.php (1513 words)

	The Hays of Tweeddale
		Though Lord Yester had supported the Reformation, and was one of the nobles who subscribed the ‘Book of Discipline,’ 27th January, 1561, he espoused the cause of Queen Mary, was present with her forces at Carberry Hill in 1567, and fought on her side at the battle of Langside in 1568.
		After the sinister influence of Lauderdale was at an end, Lord Yester was restored, in 1683, to his seat in the Council, and in the descent upon Scotland by the Earl of Argyll in 1685, he was appointed to the command of the regiment raised in East Lothian to assist in the suppression of.
		Lord Tweeddale was conspicuous for his stature and strength; and numerous anecdotes have been told of his gallantry in the field, and of the terrible effect with which he wielded a sabre longer by a good many inches than the regulation weapon.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/families/hays_tweeddale.htm (7409 words)

	GENUKI: Yester
		The manor of Yester or Yestred (Cymric ystrad, 'strath or dale') was granted by William the Lyon (1166-1214) to Hugh Gifford, whose father, an Englishman, had settled in Lothian under David I. From that early age till the present day Yester has remained with his descendants.
		Thus arose the family of Yester and Locherwart, who obtained the titles of Lord Yester in 1488, Earl of Tweeddale in 1646, Marquis of Tweeddale and Earl of Gifford in 1694, and Baron Tweeddale (in the peerage of the United Kingdom) in 1881.
		Yester is in the presbytery of Haddington and the synod of Lothian and Tweeddale; the living is worth £287.
	www.clerkington.plus.com /GENUKI/ELN/Yester/yester.html (787 words)

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		GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876), son of the preceding, succeeded in August 1804.
		He fought in the Peninsular War, being wounded at the battles of Busaco and Vittoria, and then in America; and he attained the rank of a field marshal in 1875.
		From 1842 to 1848 he was governor and commander-in-chief of Madras, but his later life was mainly spent at Yester, where he showed a very practical interest in agriculture.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=27861 (197 words)

	Frasers and Tweedies of Tweeddale
		Her family (the Frasers, it is believed) were powerful and warlike, and the baron had had fighting enough in the holy wars.
		The baron, meanwhile, could not, as the old Scotch song says, ‘keep the cradle rowing,’ and the Tweed apparently thought one natural son was family enough for a decent Presbyterian lover.
		Catherine was a descendant of the old family that had held large estates in the upper part of Tweeddale for many years, and was connected with the Flemings by the marriage of Patrick Fleming of Biggar with one of the co-heiresses of Sir Simon Fraser.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/minibios/f/frasers_tweedies.htm (1900 words)

	TWEEDDALE, MARQUESSES OF - Online Information article about TWEEDDALE, MARQUESSES OF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1626-1697), was the eldest son of John, 8th See also:
		Queen of Scots, and thus a descendant of John Hay of Yester (See also:
		His son JOHN, 2ND MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1645-1713), was prominent in Scottish politics during the stormy See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /TUM_VAN/TWEEDDALE_MARQUESSES_OF.html (751 words)

	Historical perspective for Haddington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The parish of Haddington occupies the centre of Haddingtonshire, and is bounded on the N by the parish of Athelstaneford, on the E by Prestonkirk and Morham, on the S by Yester, Bolton, Salton, and Gladsmuir, and on the W by Gladsmuir and Aberlady.
		Haddington parish is in the presbytery of Haddington and the synod of Lothian and Tweeddale.
		The Established presbytery of Haddington comprises the parishes of Aberlady, Athelstaneford, Bolton, Dirleton, Garvald, Gladsmuir, Haddington, Humbie, Morham, North Berwick, Pencaitland, Prestonpans, Salton, Tranent, and Yester, with the chapelries of St John's (Haddington) and Cockenzie.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk:81 /scotgaz/towns/townhistory278.html (4175 words)

	Tweedie Genealogy Archive: History of Peeblesshire:Drumelzier
		WILLIAM TWEEDIE, a son of Roger, is referred to as baron of Drumelzier in 1331.
		On his marriage in 1511 to Elizabeth Hay, daughter of John, second Lord Hay of Yester, his father gave him his lands of the west town of Drumelzier between 'Metsyllopburn' on the east, and Hopcarton burn on the west, with its mansion and mill, and six acres of meadow land in East Drumelzier.
		Accordingly, William Hay had a crown charter of the lands on 7th July, 1679; and he had also, from his brother John, Second Earl of Tweeddale, a disposition of the Kirklands of Drumelzier, and the property of Craig Kingledoors, in which he was infeft on 24th April, 1686.
	www.tweedie.org /421-433.htm (4698 words)

	33, Description of Tweedale and the Province of Peebles - Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654
		It is an outstanding river, rising far inland to the west among mountains, carried down as if in a straight channel through the castle of Drumelzier and the centre of Peebles, which has its own Sheriff Lord Yester, as too the neighbouring Selkirk has its from the family of Murray of Fallowhill.
		The principal river by which it is irrigated is the Tweed, whose fount and source is at Eric Stane and the place commonly called Tweed-cross.
		This river runs through the whole province at its longest; from it the whole province was once given the name Tweeddale.
	www.nls.uk /digitallibrary/map/early/blaeu/923.html (570 words)

	MyClan.com : Clan Hay : Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The family were also descended from Celtic Kings, through the marriages of David de La Hay to Ethna, daughter of the Earl of Strathearn, and of Gilbert, third Baron of Erroll, to Idoine, daughter of the Earl of Buchan.
		Another Sir Gilbert Hay fought for the cause of Joan of Arc and attended the coronation of Charles VII of France at Rheims.
		Other branches of the family rose to prominence, including the Hays of Yester, who were to become the Marquesses of Tweeddale.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Hay_50/default.php (877 words)

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		His descendants who became, in the senior line, Barons of Kilmaine and, in the junior, Earls of Altamount, have since been closely associated with Co. Mayo.
		Seated at Westport the 3rd Marquis of Sligo (5th Earl of Altamont) was, prior to the land legislation of the late nineteenth century, owner of an estate of 114,000 acres.
		The lady's dowry included the celebrated 'Coulston Pear' which her remote ancestor, Hugo de Gifford of Yester, a famous magician, was supposed to have invested with the extraordinary virtue of securing unfailing prosperity for the family which possessed it.
	www.araltas.com /features/browne (3776 words)

	thePeerage.com - Lady Anne Vane and others
		George Monson is the son of Sir John Monson, 1st Baron Monson and Lady Margaret Watson.
		Morgan Vane, son of Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard of Barnard's Castle and Mary Randyll, on 28 February 1731.
		She was the daughter of George Hay, 7th Marquess of Tweeddale and Lady Hannah Charlotte Maitland.
	www.thepeerage.com /p3671.htm (679 words)

	Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname - part 39
		Hay, Edward Douglas John, Marquess of Tweeddale 13, b.
		Hay, William George Montagu, Marquess of Tweeddale 11, b.
		Hay, William Montagu, Marquess of Tweeddale 10, b.
	www.hull.ac.uk /php/cssbct/genealogy/royal/gedx39.html (425 words)

	Scotland - Clans and Tartans of Scotland and the Scottish Highlands
		The 16th Earl was created a baron of the United Kingdom, by the title of Baron Kilmarnock of Kilmarnock.
		Sir William Hay, Sheriff of Peebles, who was descended from the same stock as the Earls of Errol, married the eldest daughter of Hugh Gifford of Yester, and founded the family of the Hays of Yester.
		The Tweeddale family were conspicuous in their defence of national religion and liberties, and John, 2nd Earl, was created Marquess of Tweeddale in 1694.
	www.scottishweb.net /culture/clans/scottish_clan_hay.htm (288 words)

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	blue-blue-cross-health-insurance.info /Special:Allpages/Baron_Shafirov (62 words)

	Notes And Queries, Issue 51. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Baron Field, in his Conjectures on some Obscure and Corrupt Passages of Shakspeare, published in the "Shakspeare Society's Papers," vol.
		Elizabeth, and the Earl of Rosse's daughter was maried to the Great Stewart, which Lord Yester and Eupheme, daughter to the Earle of Rosse, departing near to one time, the Great Stewart, being then king, openly acknowledged the first mariage, and invited home Elizabeth Mure to his lawfull bed, whose children shortlie y
		One of the latter family received as a dowry with a daughter of one of the Lords Yester the celebrated WARLOCK PEAR, said to have been enchanted by the necromancer Hugo de Gifford, who died in 1267, and which is now nearly six centuries old.
	gwydir.demon.co.uk /PG/NQ501019/NQ501019.htm (15573 words)

	Hay family
		In 1488 at the Parliament held at Edinburgh castle by King James III of Scots (1460-1488) both William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll and John Hay of Yester were among the many Lords who sided with the King while a rebel army, using Prince James (later James IV) as a figure head, marched from Linlithgow.
		In 1513 the Hays of Erroll (including Gilbert Hay of Delgatie Castle) and the Hays of Yester with 87 men of their same family name were all killed at the battle of Flodden Field along with King James IV of Scots.
		One of these Hays was created Baron Hay of Yester in 1488, Earl of Tweeddale in 1646, and Marquis of Tweeddale, Earl of Gifford, and Viscount of Walden, in 1694.
	mjgen.com /hay/hay.html (5499 words)

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		With this lady the Earl received a good estate and an heirloom besides, with which the welfare of the family was in old times supposed to be closely connected.
		This palladium was an enchanted pear, which came to the Brouns of Coalstoun through the marriage of the head of the family early in the sixteenth century to Jean Hay, daughter of the third Lord Yester, ancestor of the Marquis of Tweeddale.
		This pear was accordingly preserved with great care in a silver case by the fortunate recipient and his descendants.
	www.eddieramsay.com /1713-1784.htm (2710 words)

	Worldroots.com
		Earl of Tweeddale, Earl of Gifford, Viscount of Walden,
		Lord Hay of Yester and Baron Tweeddale of Yester
		Baron Henry Adolf Adriaan Gustav Steengracht van Moyland
	worldroots.com /brigitte/famous/m02/maryenglanddesc1496-115.htm (354 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of Minstrelsy, by AUTHOR.
		After the death of the baron of Haddo, and the severe treatment of Sir George Gordon of Gight, his cousin-german, Major Nathaniel Gordon seems to have taken arms, in despair of finding mercy at the covenanters' hands.
		In despite and derision thereof, this blue ribband was worn, and called the Covenanter's ribband, by the hail soldiers of the army, who would not hear of the royal ribband, such was their pride and malice."—Vol.
		After the departure of this first army, the town was occupied by the barons of the royal party, till they were once more expelled by the Covenanters, who plundered the burgh and country adjacent; "no fowl, cock, or hen, left unkilled, the hail house-dogs, messens (i.e.
	ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/2/8/8/12882/12882-h/12882-h.htm (13331 words)

	Gazetteer for Scotland: Scottish History Timeline: 17th Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		James Hamilton (1st Earl of Abercorn and 2nd Baron Paisley) died - Courtier and noble
		John Hay (2nd Earl and 1st Marquess of Tweeddale) born - Statesman and politician
		Patrick Maule (1st Earl of Panmure and Baron of Brechin and Navar) died - Royalist and soldier
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/timeline1699.html (2396 words)

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		A history of the Hays of Tweeddale appears here.
		- John Hay, 1st Earl of Tweeddale (1593 - 1653) (became Earl of Tweeddale in 1646)
		- John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale (1626 - 1697) (became Marquess of Tweeddale in 1694)
	en_themaat.en.qcat.org (4090 words)

	Reconstruction of Neidpath Castle (the Frasers and the Hays of Yester.)
		Reconstruction of Neidpath Castle (the Frasers and the Hays of Yester.)
		Spratt who has generously given permission to display them here.
		However, despite this it still stands as an impressive example of an L-plan Keep and a reminder of the Borders warlike past.
	www.maybole.org /history/castles/neidpath.htm (1567 words)

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