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The one surviving Murray escaped death by jumping from a window. Thomas Drummond recognized him as his cousin and taking pity on him spirited him away. This act of compassion did not endear Thomas to the rest of his clan; he was forced to leave Crieff and lived in exile in Ireland for many years.
Crieff (/ k r iː f / ⓘ; Scottish Gaelic: Craoibh, meaning "tree") is a Scottish market town in Perth and Kinross on the A85 road between Perth and Crianlarich, and the A822 between Greenloaning and Aberfeldy. The A822 joins the A823 to Dunfermline. Crieff has become a hub for tourism, famous for whisky and its history of cattle
It is located in Strathearn, between Crieff and Loch Turret, north of the A85. History. The ancient seat of the Ochtertyre estate was Castle Cluggy, ...
Sir John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond (died 1519), was a Scottish statesman.. Drummond, ninth successive knight of his family, was the eldest son of Sir Malcolm Drummond of Cargill and Stobhall, Perthshire, Chief of Clan Drummond (d. 1470), by his marriage in 1445 with Mariot or Mariota, eldest daughter of Sir David Murray of Tullibardine in the same county, and wife Margaret Colquhoun ...
Campbell had come to Strathearn to avenge the Murrays' recent murder of his two brothers-in-law and father-in-law, Drummond of Menie. Traditionally the dead from this battle were believed to be buried in the cairn of Rottenreoch, [ 3 ] just north of Knock Mary ( grid reference NN84252063 , but this appears to be a Neolithic long cairn.
Sir Maurice Drummond, 1st of Concraig (b. 1322, d. 1362), Hereditary Steward of Strathearn, resigned the Stewardship and Concraig to the 1st Lord Drummond, who renamed Conraig Drummond, married Ada of Lennox, daughter of Henry of Lennox, ancestors of the Drummonds of Concraig and Megginch, and had issue: [19] John Drummond, younger of Concraig
January 28 – The town of Crieff, Scotland, is burned to the ground by Jacobites returning from the Battle of Sheriffmuir. [3] [4] February 3 – The 1716 Algiers earthquake sequence began with an M w 7.0 mainshock that caused severe damage and killed 20,000 in Algeria. [5]
Sir John Drummond 2nd of Innerpeffray (c. 1486 – 1560) was Forester of Strathearn, and tutor to David Lord Drummond during his minority, and lived at the Drummond residence at Innerpeffray. John Drummond was son of Sir John Drummond 1st of Innerpeffray, called "John Bane", (pale John), and his cousin, a daughter of John Drummond of Coldoch.