![]() ![]() He was active in supporting the Crown in the struggle to suppress the power of the Clan Douglas. In 1420 he acquired half of the lands of Branxholme, consolidating the family estates. Robert Scott, fifth of Buccleuch succeeded to the family estates in 1402 after his father, Walter, was killed in battle. Robert Scott died in about 1389, probably from wounds received at the Battle of Otterburn. Michael left two sons: Robert Scott, the third laird and John Scott who founded the important cadet branch of the clan, the Scotts of Synton from whom the Lords Polwarth descend. However he was later killed at the Battle of Durham in 1346. Michael distinguished himself at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333, being one of the few that escaped the carnage. Sir Richard's son, Sir Michael Scott the second Laird of Buccleuch was a staunch supporter of Robert the Bruce during the Wars of Scottish Independence. The new laird built his residence at Buccleuch and the estates were generally known by this name. Sir Richard was appointed as the ranger of Ettrick Forest and this brought to him the additional lands of Rankilburn. įour generations after Uchtred, Sir Richard Scott married the heiress of Murthockstone and in doing so acquired her estates. Hence he passed among his contemporaries for a skilful magician". ![]() Michael Scott "The Wizard" (1175 – c.1232) was a real-life scholar and philosopher, whom Walter Scott described in The Lay of the Last Minstrel as "addicted to the abstruse studies of judicial astrology, alchemy, physiognomy, and chiromancy. At the beginning of the thirteenth century a Master Isaac Scotus witnessed charters by the Bishop of St Andrews. In 1195 Henricus le Scotte witnessed a charter by David, Earl of Strathearn. However the historian George Fraser Black notes in his Surnames of Scotland that the earliest certain record of the name was that of Uchtred 'Filius Scott', in a charter from around 1120. The Latin word Scotti was originally used to describe the Celts of Ireland. Historically the clan was based in the Scottish Borders. Clan Scott is a Scottish clan and is recognised as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. ![]()
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