Buittle
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Buittle is an ecclesiastical and former civil parish in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in the South West of Scotland
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. Northumbrian expansion into what was the kingdoms of Rheged
and Strathclyde
in the 7th and 8th c. left a number of Anglian names throughout the southwest, and it would appear that the name Buittle is one of these relics.
Buittle was in the Kingdom of Galloway
and remained part of that statelet until Dervorguilla of Galloway
, daughter of the last King, Alan of Galloway, married the Norman
, John de Baliol, Lord of Barnard Castle
and Fotheringay
. Baliol and his wife made their home at Buittle, and raised a castle there.
Following the death of de Baliol in 1269, Dervorguilla endowed the University of Oxford
with a new establishment Balliol College, the final sentence of the deed being: "Given at Botel, in the octave of the assumption of the glorious Virgin Mary, in the year of grace 1282."
Buittle became the Scottish residence of their son John Baliol
, the future King John I of Scotland. Galloway remained faithful to King John and his son Edward Baliol throughout the Wars of Scottish Independence
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The Gallovidians came under the control of Archibald the Grim in 1369. The Douglas lord forbore to remain at Buittle and took up residence of the older Kings at Kirkcudbright.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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History
The name is ancient, as it is derived from the Northumbrian term boðl, settlement or HamletHamlet
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. Northumbrian expansion into what was the kingdoms of Rheged
Rheged
Rheged is described in poetic sources as one of the kingdoms of the Hen Ogledd , the Brythonic-speaking region of what is now northern England and southern Scotland, during the Early Middle Ages...
and Strathclyde
Kingdom of Strathclyde
Strathclyde , originally Brythonic Ystrad Clud, was one of the early medieval kingdoms of the celtic people called the Britons in the Hen Ogledd, the Brythonic-speaking parts of what is now southern Scotland and northern England. The kingdom developed during the post-Roman period...
in the 7th and 8th c. left a number of Anglian names throughout the southwest, and it would appear that the name Buittle is one of these relics.
Buittle was in the Kingdom of Galloway
Lords of Galloway
The Lords, or Kings of Galloway ruled over Galloway, in south west Scotland, for a large part of the High Middle Ages.Many regions of Scotland, including Galloway and Moray, periodically had kings or subkings, similar to those in Ireland during the Middle Ages. The Scottish monarch was seen as...
and remained part of that statelet until Dervorguilla of Galloway
Dervorguilla of Galloway
Dervorguilla of Galloway was a 'lady of substance' during the 13th century, wife from 1223 of John, 5th Baron de Balliol, and mother of the future king John I of Scotland. The name Dervorguilla or Devorgilla was a Latinization of the Gaelic Dearbhfhorghaill...
, daughter of the last King, Alan of Galloway, married the Norman
Normans
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, John de Baliol, Lord of Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle is an historical town in Teesdale, County Durham, England. It is named after the castle around which it grew up. It sits on the north side of the River Tees, opposite Startforth, south southwest of Newcastle upon Tyne, south southwest of Sunderland, west of Middlesbrough and ...
and Fotheringay
Fotheringay
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. Baliol and his wife made their home at Buittle, and raised a castle there.
Following the death of de Baliol in 1269, Dervorguilla endowed the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
with a new establishment Balliol College, the final sentence of the deed being: "Given at Botel, in the octave of the assumption of the glorious Virgin Mary, in the year of grace 1282."
Buittle became the Scottish residence of their son John Baliol
John of Scotland
John Balliol , known to the Scots as Toom Tabard , was King of Scots from 1292 to 1296.-Early life:Little of John's early life is known. He was born between 1248 and 1250 at an unknown location, possibilities include Galloway, Picardy and Barnard Castle, County Durham...
, the future King John I of Scotland. Galloway remained faithful to King John and his son Edward Baliol throughout the Wars of Scottish Independence
Wars of Scottish Independence
The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between the independent Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England in the late 13th and early 14th centuries....
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The Gallovidians came under the control of Archibald the Grim in 1369. The Douglas lord forbore to remain at Buittle and took up residence of the older Kings at Kirkcudbright.