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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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DUNGLASS on the Site of DUNGLASS CASTLE | Dunglass Dunglass Dunglass Dunglass Dunglass |
James Hall Esqr. George Affleck Thomas Cairns Johnston's Co. [County] Map Fullarton's Gazetteer |
012 | [Continued from page 25] Dunglas Continued. to lodge James VI and his whole retinue when on his journey to London; and, on his return, in 1617 he was welcomed by the 'Muses Dunglasides. In 1640 the Earl of Haddington, and several of the neighbouring gentlemen who had joined the Covenanters, took possession of Dunglas Castle, for the purpose of watching the garison of Berwich. His lordship, having received a letter from General Leslie was standing in the court-yard reading it to [his] Company, when the powder-magazine blew up, and [one] of the sidewalls in its fall overwhelmed his lordship and his auditors, who all perished in the ruins." Fullarton's Gazetteer of Scotland P [Page] 395 |
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