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Redheugh-Larriston-Hartsgarth sasine to infefet 10 Elwald-Ellot chief Robert (English Wiki)

William Elwald (Elwand-Elwold-Elwood-Ellot) to pass 15th centuries lands of Archibald 'Bell the Cat' Douglas to 10th chief Robert Elwald family squire. Landholders Gledstanes, Scot, & Ker landholders involved land transfer with…

What can happen if you turn the power of AI loose on traditional Scottish folk songs, Ballads, Poetry etc?

I had a few hours spare, so I thought I would experiment with an update/remix of the poem "The Lads of Wamphrey" by Walter Scott into rock ballad style music.

The AI I used was Suno, online.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUTS2jHA3H0

Lads of Wamphray historical notes:

This…

Today's image;

Ai is advancing rapidly

Here is some incredible artwork from Kelly Boesch (Ai Art) - the music and video are wholly Ai generated:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZExXLvI2Cs&list=RDMMYZExXLvI2Cs&start_radio=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv9Dwo8x64U

However, apart from artwork, Ai may soon start…

Grant by way of transfer of mortgage by King James I to John of St Michael (Johann de Sanctomichaele) scutifer of rights in lands of Mosshouses (Moshous, Moshouse, Mosehous) within the barony of Melville (Malewing) within sherrifdom of Edinburgh which had been surrendered to king by reason of mortgage by Henry Douglas of Lugton (Henry de douglas…

Wondering why so many visits to the site were being sent from a particular blog, I found this:



I’ve enjoyed following content by Anthropic AI researcher Sholto Douglas, but kept noticing his name in unusual places. Upon further investigation, it looks like in 767 AD, a particularly skilled Scottish warrior got the nickname “Sholto Douglas”, and for…

Mary Ames Mitchell has provided the Douglas Archives with an amazing family tree/chart of the Pittendreich family descendants.

Included are The Earls of Douglas and Angus; the Good Sir James; the Kilspindie and Glennbervie families; the Bishops of Moray; and many more.

This is much more than just a tree, as the chart records histories,…

THE PROVOST'S LAMP

A Provost was the chief magistrate of a Scottish burgh or town. In the nineteenth century the responsibility for lighting the streets and maintaining public order lay with the local council and the Provost was held responsible for the safety and security of the burgh. He was a prominent and honourable figure…

It is probably bad enough for those Grahams, that I think a lot of the Armstrong, an indigenous Scotland pitch-in people, that I'm a Quaker the type George Fox convinced of the Harden family which Walter Scot said in French was jailed in Edinburgh Prison. Probably don't gain status amongst the Douglas, but there is a Quaker Meeting at "Gordon" Memorial Hall, of Saint Ninian (Elwald) (Anglican) Episcopal Church, in CASTLE DOUGLAS, Scotland.…

On my visit to Piacenza I searched for this armorial unsuccessfuly.

I was told that I was in the centre of the Douglas Scotti area of the city and that there were lots of family palaces - but that did not help!