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    Yester Castle is a ruined castle, located 1+1⁄2 miles (2.5 kilometres) southeast of the village of Gifford in East Lothian, Scotland. The only remaining...
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    Hay, married the daughter and heiress of Sir Hugh Gifford of Yester, acquiring Yester Castle, which became the principal family seat, although Neidpath...
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    Gifford, East Lothian (redirect from Yester)
    Hugh de Giffard, was a magician who built Yester Castle (1⁄2 mile or 800 m south-east of the present-day Yester House), the ruins and an underground chamber...
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    significant gardens. The lands of Yester were granted to Hugo de Giffard, a Norman, in the 12th century. Yester Castle, around 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east...
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    Yester and his nephew died before him, so he became Lord Hay of Yester in 1591. His homes were Yester Castle and nearby Bothans, replaced by Yester House...
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    Goblin Combe, in north Somerset, UK Goblin Valley State Park, Utah, US Yester Castle (also known as "Goblin Hall") East Lothian, Scotland Goblin Bay, Beausoleil...
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    Clan Hay (section Castles)
    Inshoch Castle, Nairnshire, Scotland Megginch Castle, Perth, Scotland Neidpath Castle, Peebles, Scotland Park Castle, Galloway, Scotland Yester Castle, East...
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    Coventry (2008) p. 386 "Duart Castle". Canmore. Retrieved 29 July 2012. Coventry (2008) p. 562 Coventry (2008) p. 220 "Yester Castle and Goblin Ha'". Canmore...
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  • commander Grey of Wilton noted that he had been at the English-held Yester Castle with his servants in their "jacks" wearing red scarves. He wanted to...
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    SRO (n. d. 197-), 175, no. 305, November 1302, Sir Adam de Welle at Yester Castle in Lothian, to whom King Edward gave various properties - NAS ref no...
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  • source] [better source needed] Adam de Welles (1st Baron) in Scotland (Yester Castle) and Alexander de Welles, Master of Torphichen Preceptory, Scottish...
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  • This is a list of castles in East Lothian. Castles in Scotland List of castles in Scotland List of listed buildings in East Lothian Coventry, p. 79 Coventry...
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    including Captain Dethick in his Flower of Fame. He describes a siege at Yester Castle which was garrisoned by a Scottish and Spanish force. When they surrendered...
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  • 7th Lord Hay of Yester and Margaret Kerr or Ker, eldest daughter of Sir John Ker of Ferniehirst. He became the 8th Lord Hay of Yester in February 1609...
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    an English commander, William Grey of Wilton who made him captain of Yester Castle and Dalkeith. However, realising that Pittendreich was now on the side...
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    at just this time. A village named Gifford is located near the old Yester Castle of the Gifford's in East Lothian. The Craufurds of Giffordland were...
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  • would marry his brother in law, Sir David Hay of Yester. Through their son John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester they are the ancestors of the Marquesses of Tweeddale...
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    Richardson, Tantallon Castle, p.23 Young, The Parliaments of Scotland, vol. 1, p. 407 Harvey & MacLeod, Calendar of Writs preserved at Yester House 1166-1625...
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  • and imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle. He died in 1591 and the next Lord was his brother James Hay, 7th Lord Hay of Yester. He married Mary Maxwell (d....
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    Baron of Aiket (redirect from Aiket Castle)
    Elizabeth Cunninghame had previously disposed of the lands to Lord Hay of Yester without permission from the Crown as feudal superior. Robert Cunninghame...
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    Whittinghame House, Whittinghame Water Winton House Yellowcraigs Yester Castle, Yester Chapel, Yester Parish Church List of places in Scotland List of places in...
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    be crushed by a tree the latter was cutting down in the grounds of Yester Castle. Because of the accident, the Dowager Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye...
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    Lady Yester's Kirk was a parish church of the Church of Scotland and one of the burgh churches of Edinburgh. Founded in 1647, it served the south-eastern...
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  • sheriff. This Hugh de Gifford built a castle, or tower house, at Yester (half a mile south-east of the present-day Yester House) on a promontory between the...
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    Lord Home and widow of Sir Thomas Hay, Master of Yester, son and heir of John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester. However, it was later discovered that Sir Thomas...
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    formerly served by Holyrood Abbey at the foot of the Royal Mile, and Lady Yester's Church on High School Wynd. In 1687 King James VII adopted the abbey church...
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    Earl of Dunfermline and Margaret, daughter of James Hay, 7th Lord Hay of Yester and Lady Margaret Kerr. Charles was a Royalist during the Civil War, and...
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    Corriemulzie Estate; Terringzean Castle – pronounced tringan (IPA /ˈtrɪŋən/) but with a variety of recorded spellings, a castle in East Ayrshire; Ulzieside...
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  • Huntly Aboyne Castle, Aberdeenshire Huntly Castle Marquess of Queensberry London Kinmount House Marquess of Tweeddale Edinburgh Yester House, East Lothian...
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    Enderleigh, Pele and town, Kirkland Hill Hatherwick (sic) Broughton Belton Yester Fells Crawnend, Bowland Duddingston, Butterden, Seton Palace, 16 May Stanhows...
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