. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical. s or Dominican priory, and allowedits burgesses to hold a Sunday market; during his reignthe town was accidently destroyed by fire (1224). UnderAlexander III. (1249-85) the Castle was built, the burghcommon seal is mentioned (1271), and we first hear of aprovost or alderman (1284). On 14th July 1296, EdwardI., in his progress through the realm, came unto Aber-deen, a fair castell and a good to\Mi vpon the see, andtarayed there v. days ; a little later Wallace is saidby Blind Harry to
. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical. s or Dominican priory, and allowedits burgesses to hold a Sunday market; during his reignthe town was accidently destroyed by fire (1224). UnderAlexander III. (1249-85) the Castle was built, the burghcommon seal is mentioned (1271), and we first hear of aprovost or alderman (1284). On 14th July 1296, EdwardI., in his progress through the realm, came unto Aber-deen, a fair castell and a good to\Mi vpon the see, andtarayed there v. days ; a little later Wallace is saidby Blind Harry to have burned 100 English vessels inthe haven. Bruce, from his rout at Methven (1306),took refuge in Aberdeen ; and to this period belongs thelegend how the citizens, waxing hot in his cause, rosesuddenly by night in a well-planned insurrection, cap-tured the castle, razed it to the giound, and put to thesword its English gamson. In honour, adds BailieSkene, of that resolute act,they got their Ensignes-Armoriall, which to this day they bear—Gules, threeTowres triple, towered on a double-Treasure counter-2. ABERDEEN flowered Argent, supported liy two Leopards propper;the Motto, in an Escroll above, their watchword IjonAccoKD. The legend is solely due to Hector Boecesinventive genius, butthe garrison wasreally driven out, andin 1319 King Robertconveyed to the com-munity the royalforest of Stocket andthe valuable fishingsof the Dee and Don,with various otherprivileges and im-munities, his beingthe Great Chaiter ofthe city, from whichit dates its politicalconstitution. In1333, Edward IIL Seal of Aberdeen, having sent a fleet to harry the eastern coast, a body of English attacked bynight the town of Aberdeen, which they burned and de-stroyed ; in 1336, Edward himself having marched asfar north as Inverness, the citizens stoutly encounteredat the W end of the Green an English force which hadlanded at Dunnottar, and slew their leader. Sir ThomasRoslyne. In vengeance whereof Edward, re
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