Fife | 1437
Moonzie is a parish in Fife, around 3 miles north-west of Cupar and 10 miles west of St Andrews. It is a short form of Auchtermunzie which was the name of the area throughout most of history.
or shortly after as thanks for the loyalty of Sir David Dunbar of Cockburn, a son of the Earl of March, who during the assassination of King James I defended him and, though wounded, pursued the attackers as they fled. As a reward, the new King James II granted him the lands of Auchtermunzie and Cairnie. The barony would have covered around 1100 acres, a small but rich area of arable land which historically has been known for its abundance of wheat, barley and oats. In 1600, two of the tenants of Moonzie paid more than 20 merks a year, a significant sum at the time.
Moonzie Burn © 2015 Richard Webb (CC BY-SA 2.0)
1908 OS map sheet 48 Perth. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland. (CC-BY NLS)
Auchtermunzie was inherited by their younger son Alexander. Late in life Alexander succeeded to the lands and titles of his nephew John, who died at the Battle of Flodden, and so the barons of Auchtermunzie became the Earls of Crawford.
Unknown, John Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford, 1596 - 1678. Statesman｜National Galleries of Scotland (CC BY-NC)
known as the Wicked Master, who tried to kill his father and was disinherited. John, 17th Earl of Crawford fought against King Charles during the early part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, while John, 19th Earl of Crawford was elected a Representative Peer for Scotland in the first post-Union Parliament of Great Britain in 1707. His son John, 20th Earl Crawford was an officer who served in both the Austrian and Russian armies and was severely wounded at the Battle of Krotzka in 1739. He joined the British army fighting at the Battle of Dettingen, during the Jacobite Rising of 1745 and the Battle of Fontenoy. George, 22nd Earl of Crawford died unmarried, and Auchtermunzie passed through the female line to the Earls of Glasgow.
Unknown, John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford, stipple engraving, late 18th-early 19th century｜NPG D7891 © 2002 National Portrait Gallery, London (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
Cochrane was an officer during the Boer and First World Wars and a Liberal-Unionist MP for North Ayrshire, serving in Arthur Balfour’s administration. He was later raised to the peerage as Baron Cochrane of Cults and was succeeded by his son Thomas, a barrister who had been an officer in the Black Watch during the First World War. The family retained their ancestral lands as farmers, and the Baron before the present holder, Ralph Henry Vere, 4th Baron of Cults, 24th Baron of Auchtermunzie, sat in the House of Lords during the 1990s.
The Munzie Burn in Whitelee Forest © 2005 Gordon Brown (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Moonzie is a parish in Fife, around 3 miles north-west of Cupar and 10 miles west of St Andrews. It is a short form of Auchtermunzie which was the name of the area throughout most of history.
OS Map [1908] National Library of Scotland http-//maps.nls.uk/index.html
Moonzie Burn by Richard Webb
Fife | 1437
Moonzie is a parish in Fife, around 3 miles north-west of Cupar and 10 miles west of St Andrews. It is a short form of Auchtermunzie which was the name of the area throughout most of history.
Moonzie Burn © 2015 Richard Webb (CC BY-SA 2.0)
or shortly after as thanks for the loyalty of Sir David Dunbar of Cockburn, a son of the Earl of March, who during the assassination of King James I defended him and, though wounded, pursued the attackers as they fled. As a reward, the new King James II granted him the lands of Auchtermunzie and Cairnie. The barony would have covered around 1100 acres, a small but rich area of arable land which historically has been known for its abundance of wheat, barley and oats. In 1600, two of the tenants of Moonzie paid more than 20 merks a year, a significant sum at the time.
1908 OS map sheet 48 Perth. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland. (CC-BY NLS)
Auchtermunzie was inherited by their younger son Alexander. Late in life Alexander succeeded to the lands and titles of his nephew John, who died at the Battle of Flodden, and so the barons of Auchtermunzie became the Earls of Crawford.
Unknown, John Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford, 1596 - 1678. Statesman｜National Galleries of Scotland (CC BY-NC)
nnown as the Wicked Master, who tried to kill his father and was disinherited. John, 17th Earl of Crawford fought against King Charles during the early part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, while John, 19th Earl of Crawford was elected a Representative Peer for Scotland in the first post-Union Parliament of Great Britain in 1707. His son John, 20th Earl Crawford was an officer who served in both the Austrian and Russian armies and was severely wounded at the Battle of Krotzka in 1739. He joined the British army fighting at the Battle of Dettingen, during the Jacobite Rising of 1745 and the Battle of Fontenoy. George, 22nd Earl of Crawford died unmarried, and Auchtermunzie passed through the female line to the Earls of Glasgow.
Unknown, John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford, stipple engraving, late 18th-early 19th century｜NPG D7891 © 2002 National Portrait Gallery, London (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
Cochrane was an officer during the Boer and First World Wars and a Liberal-Unionist MP for North Ayrshire, serving in Arthur Balfour’s administration. He was later raised to the peerage as Baron Cochrane of Cults and was succeeded by his son Thomas, a barrister who had been an officer in the Black Watch during the First World War. The family retained their ancestral lands as farmers, and the Baron before the present holder, Ralph Henry Vere, 4th Baron of Cults, 24th Baron of Auchtermunzie, sat in the House of Lords during the 1990s.
The Munzie Burn in Whitelee Forest © 2005 Gordon Brown (CC BY-SA 2.0)