William Clerk

Andre Hendelser og Egenskaper:

• Occupation: Perthshire, Scotland; In 1296 Richard Clerk, a considerable freeholder, was compelled to submit to Edward the First of England, after his invasion of Scotland; while another baron of the same name, a strenuous defender of the liberties of his country, scorning to comply with the demands of the usurper, was carried prisoner to London. William Clerk, descended from a branch of this family settled in Perthshire. He was an eminent merchant and patriot, and attended David the Second in his unfortunate expedition into England, in 1346. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Neville’s Cross, near Durham, on the 17th October of that year, carried to London and retained in captivity there, until liberated, along with his sovereign, eleven years afterwards John Clerk, merchant-burgess and chief magistrate of Montrose, became one of the hostages for the ransom of King David, in 1357. His family continued in the direction of the affairs of that ancient burgh for several centuries, the provost of Montrose, as appears from the books of council, being of his name and descent down to the reign of Queen Mary.