[MR] wikipedia items -- RE: Atlantia Digest, Vol 106, Issue 23

[Rick Allison]

Good Lord Mungo,
My mundane ancestor Patrick Alissone was a signer of the ragland rolls to support HRM John Balliol.
 
Hence why my SCA background is a norman scot or lowlander.

Laird Seanne Alansyn, Marshal Roxburymill
aka, Rich Allison
threeallisons at hotmail.com 
Cell 240/463-3956
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:15:54 -0500
> From: Garth Groff <ggg9y at virginia.edu>
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org, isenfir at virginia.edu
> Subject: [MR] Wikipedia Items of Scadian Interest
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> Noble friends,
> 
> There are two notable items on Wikipedia today that might be of interest 
> to Scadians.
> 
> The featured article for today is a biographical sketch of William de 
> St-Calais, Norman Bishop of Durham under William the Conqueror. St. 
> Calais was one of the most influential churchmen in England during his 
> tenure. The article includes some very interesting illustrations, 
> including Durham Cathedral, Durham Castle's keep, and a lovely 
> illumination showing the bishop. See: 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_St-Calais .
> 
> Also of interest, today is the anniversary of the day Edward I of 
> England chose John Balloil to be King of the Scots in 1292. The death of 
> the infant Maid of Norway left Scotland without a ruler, and the regents 
> unwisely asked Edward to choose a new king from among the many 
> claimants. Balloil was selected by Edward as one of the most pliable of 
> the candidates, and treated him as a vassal. Eventually Balloil was 
> stripped of his regalia by Edward and imprisoned in the Tower of London, 
> later to be exiled family lands in France. When Sir William Wallace 
> raised the standard of rebellion against Edward, he fought in the name 
> of John Balloil, whom he considered to still be the rightful King of the 
> Scots. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Balliol .
> 
> Kind regard,
> 
> 
> Lord Mungo Napier, That Crazy Scot
>