Category: Grahams
Richard Graham – no favouritism
In a previous postI quoted an appeal sent on June 25, 1605, by John Graham, Earl of Montrose to the English commissioners: “Although you have determined to transport certain of my cousins to Newcast... Read More
Thomas Smith’s library
Thomas Smith, Bishop of Carlisle, has featured on this blog already. I didn’t then mention Thomas Smith’s library. When he died, in 1702, Bishop Thomas Smith left his library to Carlisle Cathedral... Read More
History of the Border
History of the Border. A few extracts from the book compiled by Richard Bell, warden clerk of the West Marches, at the start of the 17th century. 1500s: reiver damages Richard Bell’s History of the ... Read More
Folio 33: no harquebuses allowed
Folio 33: this post is another transcription of one of the Pacification of The Borders documents, from The Pennington Archive. For the background on the documents, you can read my first post on the su... Read More
King James I and the Grahams
King James I and the Grahams – Royal grovelling Grovelling to kings in times past was probably a wise, rather than a pitiful thing to do. Displease his or her royal majesty and it was ‘off with hi... Read More
Pacification documents
Pacification of The Borders The Pennington Archive A site about the border reivers has an interesting selection of information about our cattle-stealing ancestors. There are maps, blog posts on ... Read More
Grahams of Cumberland DNA
Grahams of Cumberland part 3: The DNA thing In part one, I started out with ‘my’ John Graham, born c1750. While assuming we are descended from the border reiver Grahams, a couple of lovely relativ... Read More
Grahams of Cumberland (2).
Lang Will: Grahams of Cumberland – part two Cumbrian Grahams are likely descended from the notorious reiver clan, who were infamous in the 16th century. The big question is: who were the reiver Grah... Read More