Gord
Yes I suppose it was
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon J. Ross" <gordross@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 5:29 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Fotheringhay Northamptonshire
>
> Hi David:
>
> Calgary was pretty quiet around 1271.
>
> Gord
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David W Bell" > Fotheringham
> > This Scots surname is derived from a place in Angus called ffodryngay in
> > 1261 named after Fotheringhay, an estate in Northamptonshire. The name
> > which acquired the characteristically English suffix of –ingham is
derived
> > from Old English fód-ring-eg meaning 'island used for foddering or
> grazing'.
> >
> > The estate of Fotheringham was held by the Scottish royal family in the
> 12th
> > century as part of the honour of Huntingdon. When the Earl of
Huntingdon
> > assumed his alter ego of King David II and returned to Scotland in 1357
he
> > looked kindly upon his former English neighbours; Henry de Fodringhay
was
> in
> > due course given land near Dundee, and his collaterals and descendants
> > acquired further territories in Angus and around. Thomas Fotheringhame
> was
> > provost of Dundee in 1454; the estate of Fotheringham near Forfar is
still
> > in the family. The name travelled to other parts of Scotland, including
> > Orkney, and is now common in Glasgow as well as in Angus.
> >
>
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