Individual Details
Richard Scott I.
( - )
Richard the elder being the ancestor of the Buccleuch family. Sir Richard who acquired the estates of Murdieston by marriage with the heiress in 1296 and who died in 1320.
Witnessed a charter granted by the bishop of St. Andrews to the abbey of Holyroodhouse about 1158.
Children of Richard Scott:
3 Richard, 4, M
4 Michael, 40, M
Tradition gives the following romantic origin of the name Buccleuch, which name had, long prior to the creation of the title, been closely associated with the name of Scott. Two brothers, banished from Galloway, came to Ettrick Forest where they were gladly received by Brydone, the keeper of the forest, on account of their skill in forestry and the chase; the hunting horn formerly borne in the field of the Buccleuch arms alluding to this fact. Kenneth MacAlpine, King of Scotland (844-860), coming to hunt in Ettrick Forest and pursuing a buck from Ettrick Heugh to a glen, afterwards known as Buckscleugh, found the stag at bay.
The King and his companions of the chase following on horseback were thrown out by the steepness of the hill, and John, one of the Galloway brothers, following the stag on foot, seized the buck by the horns, threw him on his back and carrying him up the hill, laid the buck at the feet of the King. This History of the Scott Family 11 incident is told in Watt's Bellenden, after describing the killing and "curee'ing" of the deer: "The King did wash into a dish And Galloway John he wot; He said "Thy name now after this Shall ever be called John Scott."
* * * *
"And for the buck thou stoutly brought
To us up that steep heugh
Thy designation ever shall
Be John Scott in Buckscleugh."
Their name and style the book doth say John gained them both into one day."
~"The forest, and the deer therein,
We commit to thy hand:
For thou shalt sure the ranger be,
If thou obey command;
And for the buck thou stoutly brought
To us up that steep heuch,
Thy designation ever shall
Be John Scott, in Buckscleuch."
In Scotland no Buckcleuch was then
Before the Luck in the cleuch was slain;
Night men at first they did appear,
Because moon and stars to their arms they bear;
Their crest, supporters, and hunting-horn,
Show their beginning from hunting came;
Their names and style, the book doth say
John gained them both into one day.
Witnessed a charter granted by the bishop of St. Andrews to the abbey of Holyroodhouse about 1158.
Children of Richard Scott:
3 Richard, 4, M
4 Michael, 40, M
Tradition gives the following romantic origin of the name Buccleuch, which name had, long prior to the creation of the title, been closely associated with the name of Scott. Two brothers, banished from Galloway, came to Ettrick Forest where they were gladly received by Brydone, the keeper of the forest, on account of their skill in forestry and the chase; the hunting horn formerly borne in the field of the Buccleuch arms alluding to this fact. Kenneth MacAlpine, King of Scotland (844-860), coming to hunt in Ettrick Forest and pursuing a buck from Ettrick Heugh to a glen, afterwards known as Buckscleugh, found the stag at bay.
The King and his companions of the chase following on horseback were thrown out by the steepness of the hill, and John, one of the Galloway brothers, following the stag on foot, seized the buck by the horns, threw him on his back and carrying him up the hill, laid the buck at the feet of the King. This History of the Scott Family 11 incident is told in Watt's Bellenden, after describing the killing and "curee'ing" of the deer: "The King did wash into a dish And Galloway John he wot; He said "Thy name now after this Shall ever be called John Scott."
* * * *
"And for the buck thou stoutly brought
To us up that steep heugh
Thy designation ever shall
Be John Scott in Buckscleugh."
Their name and style the book doth say John gained them both into one day."
~"The forest, and the deer therein,
We commit to thy hand:
For thou shalt sure the ranger be,
If thou obey command;
And for the buck thou stoutly brought
To us up that steep heuch,
Thy designation ever shall
Be John Scott, in Buckscleuch."
In Scotland no Buckcleuch was then
Before the Luck in the cleuch was slain;
Night men at first they did appear,
Because moon and stars to their arms they bear;
Their crest, supporters, and hunting-horn,
Show their beginning from hunting came;
Their names and style, the book doth say
John gained them both into one day.
Families
| Spouse | Lady of Murthockstone ( - ) |
| Child | Richard Scott II (1215 - 1273) |
| Father | Uchtred Fitz Scott (1100 - 1172) |