"The Barclays of Tolly or Towie early possessed lands in Gamrie, having held those of Melros towards the close of the 14th century, possibly also those of Collane and others at the same time. It was in the Castle of Cullen, in Gamrie, that William Barclay, an eminent scholar and father of the author of the Argenis, was born in 1541; and it was a descendent of those scholars who became a field-marshal in the Russian army, and figured during the wars of Napoleon."
Epitaphs & Inscriptions, Jervise, Vol 1, p 86.
Epitaphs & Inscriptions, Jervise, Vol 1, p 86.
"The Barclays of Tolly or Towie early possessed lands in Gamrie, having held those of Melros towards the close of the 14th century, possibly also those of Collane and others at the same time. It was in the Castle of Cullen, in Gamrie, that William Barclay, an eminent scholar and father of the author of the Argenis, was born in 1541; and it was a descendent of those scholars who became a field-marshal in the Russian army, and figured during the wars of Napoleon."
Epitaphs & Inscriptions, Jervise, Vol 1, p 86.
Epitaphs & Inscriptions, Jervise, Vol 1, p 86.
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Here lie an honourable man PATRICK BARCLAY, Laird of Tolly who died on the … day of anno Domini 15..; and
JANET OGILVY, his spouse who died January 6 1547.
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