"Carr/Kerr" The Noble Scottish Family of Ferniehirst Castle in England (Book I) PDF Download

Author: Ronald Roland Choquette
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Languages : en
Pages : 108

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The Clan 'Carr/Kerr" is a Scottish clan whose origins lie in the Scottish Borders. During the middle ages, it was one of the prominent "Border Reiver" clans along the present day, Anglo-Saxon Scottish border, and they played an important role in the history of the Border Country of Scotland. The name of "Kerr" stems from the old Norse "Kjarr" which means "Marsh Dwellers" and came to Scotland from Normandy, France, which was a French settlement of the "Norsemen". Descendants were from "Rollo The Ganger" born 850 ad., who was too tall to ride a horse, so he walked ahead of those on horseback, and who is created with the creation of two houses. "The House of Kerrs"of Scotland and "The House of Dukes" of Normandy. The two main branches of his descendants of "The Clan Kerr" were those of the "Kerrs of Ferniehurst and Ferniehurst Castle", and the "Kerrs of Cessford", who often feuded with each other. However both Andrew Kerr of Ferniehurst and Andrew Kerr of Cessford were made "Wardens of the Middle Marches" the first Andrew in 1502 and the latter after the Battle of Flodder in 1513. This Book follows the ancestral lineage of "Kerrs of Ferniehurst..