Tag: Before the Battle of Inverurie
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The Leslies in Aberdeenshire Part 3: Before the War for Independence
According to the author Rev. Davidson, Norman de Leslie, the son of Norino, was the first to adopt the name Leslie. Norman married Elizabeth Leith of Edingerack. King Alexander III gifted him the lands of Fythkill, which is now the Leslie in Fife. In 1296 Balliol rebelled against the Edward I, King of England. At… Read more