Families of Jack, Brydone-Jack, and Rendell - Maritime Provinces, Newfoundland, England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland

Fourteenth Generation

8208. Robert ELLIOT 12th of Redheugh was born in 1460 in Redheugh, Roxburghshire, Scotland. He died in 1516 in Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Robert married Agnes SCOTT about 1473 in Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. [Parents]

Robert Ellot, the thirteenth chief was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. The Eliotts supported Scott of Buccleuch at the Battle of Melrose in 1526. However, in 1565 a deadly feud arose between the Ellots and their neighbours, the Clan Scott. Scott of Buccleuch executed four Ellots for the minor crime of cattle rustling. In response three hundred Ellots rode to avenge the fate of their kinsmen. During the battle losses on both sides were heavy but eventually the two clans came to terms with each other.

Another feud took place between the Ellots and James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, the future husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.A skirmish took place around Hermitage Castle in which the earl was wounded. In reprisal, in 1569, a royal force of nearly four thousand men devastated the Ellot's lands.

8209. Agnes SCOTT was born in 1461. She died in 1516 in Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland. [Parents]

They had the following children.

M i
Martin ELLIOT was born in 1475.
M ii
Robert ELLIOTT 13TH OF REDHEUGH Chieftan of the Clan was born in 1475 in Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland. He died on 9 Sep 1513 in Branxton, Northumberland, England.

Elliot: The Elliots are one of the great 'riding clans' of the Scottish Borders. Their arrival in Teviotdale can be traced back to the reign of Robert the Bruce. James the 15th Chief was killed with James IV at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. From 1565, a bloody clan feud developed between the Elliots and the Scotts, after Scott of Buccleugh executed four Elliots for stealing cattle. The Elliot family held the lands of Reheugh, Larriston, Arkleton and Stobs. From the Stobs branch were descended Lord Heathfield, and Gilbert Elliot who was Governor-General of India. George Armstrong Eliott was appointed Governor of Gibraltar in 1775, and his four years’ defence of the Rock (1779 – 1783) is one of the most glorious achievements in British history. In 1787 he was created Lord Heathfield and Baron Gibraltar. Family motto – Fortiter et recte (With strength and right).
F iii
Alice ELLIOT was born in 1485. She died in 1520.
4104 M iv Sir William Henry de ELLIOT was born in 1491. He died on 29 Jan 1561.
M v
Gilbert ELLIOT 1st Baronet of Stobs was born in 1496 in Stobs, Roxburghshire, Scotland. He died in 1580.
M vi
Alexander ELLIOT was born in 1497. He died in 1539.
F vii
Marion ELLIOT was born in 1499. She died in 1566.

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