See also:SCONE (pron. Skoon; Gaelic, See also:skene, "a cutting")
, a See also:parish of See also:Perthshire, See also:Scotland, containing Old See also:Scone, the site of an historic See also:abbey and See also:palace, and New Scone, a See also:modern See also:village (pop
.
1585), 2 M
.
N. of See also:Perth, near the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Tay
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Pop. of parish (1901) 2362
.
It became the See also:capital of Pictavia, the See also:kingdom of See also:northern Picts, in See also:succession to See also:Forteviot
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Parliaments occasionally assembled on the See also:Moot See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, where the first See also:national See also:council of which we possess records was held (906)
.
The Moot Hill was known also as the Hill of Belief from the fact that here the Pictish See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king promulgated the See also:edict regulating the See also:Christian See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church
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The abbey was founded in 1115 by See also:Alexander I., but See also:long before this date Scone had been a centre of ecclesiastical activity and the seat of a monastery
.
See also:Kenneth
is alleged to have brought the See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
Stone of Destiny, on which the See also:Celtic See also:kings were crowned, from See also:Dunstaffnage See also:Castle on See also:Loch Etive, and to have deposited it in Scone, whence it was conveyed to See also:Westminster Abbey (where it lies beneath the See also:Coronation See also:Chair) by See also:Edward I. in 1296
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Most of the Scottish kings were crowned at Scone, the last See also:function being held on the 1st of See also:January 1651, when See also:Charles II. received the See also:crown
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Apparently there was never any royal See also:residence in the See also:town, owing to the proximity of Perth
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Probably the See also:ancient See also:House of Scone, which stood near the abbey, provided the kings with temporary See also:accommodation
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Both the abbey and the house were burned down by the Reformers in 1559, and next See also:year the estates were granted to the Ruthvens
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On the See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder of the See also:family after the See also:Gowrie See also:conspiracy in 1600, the See also:land passed to See also:Sir See also:David See also:- MURRAY
- MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
- MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
- MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
- MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
- MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
- MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
- MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
- MURRAY, JOHN
- MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
- MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
- MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
- MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
- MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )
Murray of the Tullibardine See also:line, who became 1st See also:viscount Stormont (1621) and was the ancestor of the See also:earl of See also:Mansfield, to whom the existing house belongs
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Sir David completed in 16o6 the palace which the earl of Gowrie had begun
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The 5th viscount—See also:father of the 1st earl of Mansfield, the See also:lord See also:chief See also:justice of See also:England (b. at Scone 1705)—entertained the Old Pretender for three See also:weeks in 1716, and his son received See also:Prince Charles Edward in 1746
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The See also:present palace, which See also:dates from 1803, stands in a beautiful See also:park
.
It contains several historic See also:relics, the most interesting being a See also:bed adorned with See also:embroidery worked by See also:Mary See also:Queen of Scots during her imprisonment in Lochleven Castle
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The See also:gallery in which Charles II. was crowned, a See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall 16o ft. long, has been included in the palace
.
Two See also:hundred yards See also:east of the See also:mansion is an ancient gateway, supposed to have led to the old House of Scone, and 'near it stands the See also:cross of Scone, removed hither from its See also:original site in the town
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