The History of Dunbar: From the Earliest Records to the Present Period: with a Description of the Ancient Castles and Picturesque Scenery on the Borders of East Lothian |
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... Holinshed further informs us , on the authority of Boece , that a noble house or family had descended from this officer , and bore his local appellation ; accor- dingly , in 961 , we find the men of Lothian , under the captains Dunbar ...
... Holinshed further informs us , on the authority of Boece , that a noble house or family had descended from this officer , and bore his local appellation ; accor- dingly , in 961 , we find the men of Lothian , under the captains Dunbar ...
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... on the east of this wild object of frequent conquest . - Chal . Cal . ii . 124 . Holinshed . Chal . Cal . ii . 242 . Ridpath's Bord , Hist . noyed the people on the borders of his territories . B3 THE EARLS OF DUNBAR . 17.
... on the east of this wild object of frequent conquest . - Chal . Cal . ii . 124 . Holinshed . Chal . Cal . ii . 242 . Ridpath's Bord , Hist . noyed the people on the borders of his territories . B3 THE EARLS OF DUNBAR . 17.
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... Holinshed characterizes as cap- tains of great wisdom , and of perfect experience in feats of chivalry . Patrick ... Holinshed's Chron . , Chal . Cal . ii . 242 . Previous to his departure , in 1247 , it is said , that he sold his ...
... Holinshed characterizes as cap- tains of great wisdom , and of perfect experience in feats of chivalry . Patrick ... Holinshed's Chron . , Chal . Cal . ii . 242 . Previous to his departure , in 1247 , it is said , that he sold his ...
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... Lermont of Ersildun , the celebrated bard and prophet , ( commonly called The Rhymer ) , visited . * Holinshed . Maitland's Hist . i . 392 . Chalmers ' Cal . ii . 243 . Dunbar in 1285 , and foretold to the earl , THOMAS THE RHYMER . 21.
... Lermont of Ersildun , the celebrated bard and prophet , ( commonly called The Rhymer ) , visited . * Holinshed . Maitland's Hist . i . 392 . Chalmers ' Cal . ii . 243 . Dunbar in 1285 , and foretold to the earl , THOMAS THE RHYMER . 21.
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... Holinshed . Irving's Lives Scots Poets , i . 229 . The earls of Dunbar were principal proprietors of Ersildun , ( now called Earlston , ) a village near Melrose , from the twelfth -century till 1435. These opulent barons granted various ...
... Holinshed . Irving's Lives Scots Poets , i . 229 . The earls of Dunbar were principal proprietors of Ersildun , ( now called Earlston , ) a village near Melrose , from the twelfth -century till 1435. These opulent barons granted various ...
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