Clan Tailyour
| Clan Tailyour | |||
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| Macintaylor[1] | |||
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| Motto | In Cruce Salus (Salvation from the cross)[2] | ||
| Clan Tailyour no longer has a chief, and is anarmigerous clan | |||
| Historic seat | Kirktonhill Castle[3] | ||
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Clan Tailyour,[1]also known asClan Taylor,[2]is aScottish clan.The clan is recognized by theLord Lyon King of Armsbut it does not currently have aclan chieftherefore it is considered anarmigerous clan.[1]The surname Taylor is also considered aseptof theClan Cameronof theScottish Highlandswho are descendants ofTaillear Dubh na Tuaighe(b.1550), see:Taylor sept.
History
[edit]Origins of the clan
[edit]
Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia.1994.
Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia.1994. The surname Tailyour is derived from theFrenchtaillerwhich meansto cut.[1]InLatinit is rendered ascissor.[1]In around 1137 Walter Cissor received a grant of land fromDavid I of Scotland.[1]The historian George Fraser Black states that Taylor is a very common name in early Scots records.[1]In 1276 Alexander le Taillur is listed as valet toAlexander III of Scotland.[1]
Wars of Scottish Independence
[edit]In 1296 Bryce le Taillur was one of the Scottish prisoners at the capture ofDunbar Castle.[1]In the same year six people of this name appear on theRagman Rolls,rendering homage toEdward I of England,from counties as far apart asAngusandRoxburgh.[1]
15th, 16th 17th and 18th centuries
[edit]In the Latin form of then nameCissor,both Donald Cissor and Bricius Cissor were witnesses to a deed inInvernessin 1462.[1]In around 1552 Gillepatrick Tailzeour was sergeant ofDornoch.[1] The name is also found rendered as Macintaylor and in 1613 several Macintaylors were fined for sheltering outlawed members of theClan Gregor.[1]
James Taylor, born 1753 inLanarkshireis credited with the first practical application of steam power to vessels for inland navigation.[1]The great paddle steamers which would later carry passengers and freight on the rivers ofNorth Americawere derived from Taylor's original work.[1]
Castles
[edit]Kirktonhill is situated withinAberdeenshire,some four and a half miles north ofMontrose, Angus,and lies directly east of the village ofMarykirk.There was a castle at Kirktonhill which had been held from the 18th century by the Taylors, who had made money from sugar plantations inJamaica.[3]This was replaced by Kirktonhill House, a mansion that itself was demolished in the 1960s.[3]Nearby is Kirktonhill Tower, a three-storyfolly.[3]
References
[edit]- ^abcdefghijklmnoWay, George and Squire, Romily. (1994).Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia.(Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, TheStanding Council of Scottish Chiefs). pp. 463.
- ^abcClan Taylor Profilescotclans. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^abcdCoventry, Martin. (2008).Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Clans.pp. 569.ISBN978-1-899874-36-1.
