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Clan Boswell
Crest : A falcon Proper, hooded Gules, jessed and belled Or
Motto Vraye foi (True faith) Clan Boswell no longer has a chief, and is an armigerous clan
Clan Boswell is a Lowland Scottish clan and is recognized as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms .[1] Armigerous clan .[1]
History
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Origins
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The chiefs of the Clan Boswell are universally accepted to have been of Norman or French origin.[1] Yvetot in Normandy or from Beuzevill near Bolbec .[1] Battle of Hastings .[1] William the Lion and is believed to have been among the knights who accompanied David I of Scotland back to Scotland after he had stayed at the English court.[1]
Wars of Scottish Independence
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During the Wars of Scottish Independence chief Walter de Bosville was taken prisoner by the English at the Battle of Dunbar (1296) .[1] [1] Ardrossan from Robert the Bruce .[1]
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During the Anglo-Scottish Wars of the 16th century chief Sir Alexander Boswell of Balmuto was killed at the battle of Flodden in 1513.[2] [1] battle of Pinkie in 1547. John Boswell of Balmuto was knighted at Stirling Castle on 30 August 1594, at the baptism of Prince Henry .[3]
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Many Boswells fell fighting for the royalist cause at the Battle of Worcester during the civil war in 1651.[1]
18th Century
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Alexander Boswell (judge) , the 8th Laird of Auchinleck, was elevated to the Bench in 1756 and assumed the title ‘Lord Auchinleck’. His son, James Boswell , 9th Laird of Auchinleck, was the famous biographer of Dr Samuel Johnson.[1] Sir Alexander Boswell, 1st Baronet , 10th Laird of Auchinleck, the biographer’s son, was created a baronet in 1821. Another distinguished Boswell was Robert Boswell, Writer to the Signet, who held the post of Interim Lord Lyon, King of Arms, from 1795 to 1796.[1]
Clan Profile
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Arms: Argent, on a fess Sable three cinquefoils of the First
Crest: A falcon Proper, hooded Gules, jessed and belled Or
Motto: Vraye foi (True faith)
See also
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References
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^ Robert Douglas, The Baronage of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1798), p. 310.
External links
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clan_Boswell&oldid=1153795364 " C a t e g o r y : ● C l a n B o s w e l l H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n m a t c h e s W i k i d a t a ● U s e d m y d a t e s f r o m J u l y 2 0 1 5 ● U s e B r i t i s h E n g l i s h f r o m J u l y 2 0 1 5
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 8 M a y 2 0 2 3 , a t 1 0 : 5 6 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
