Comments on: January 2012 – How many people are in the Ragman Roll? http://www.breakingofbritain.ac.uk/blogs/feature-of-the-month/january-2012/ Sat, 23 Nov 2013 23:26:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 By: G. Ian Crawford http://www.breakingofbritain.ac.uk/blogs/feature-of-the-month/january-2012/#comment-93 Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:00:31 +0000 http://www.breakingofbritain.ac.uk/?p=581#comment-93 Admittedly my focus has been rather narrow, but from what I have learned about the surviving seals associated with the Ragman Roll, there may not be as many duplicate sightings of Crawfords as you suggest. It appears there were three distinct Crawford homagers named Reginald. The symbols on the three relevant seals were: (1) a fess Ermine; (2) a fess (probably Ermine) between three birds in the top portion and three fleurs-de-lis in the base; and (3) a lion rampant. McAndrew, Bruce A., “The sigillography of the Ragman Roll”, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Vol. 129 (1999) [hereafter “McAndrew”] at nos. 3042, 3087 & 3310. The Reginald using the unadulterated fess Ermine for his arms arguably was the most senior. The other Reginald using a fess with additional symbols was undeniably a different man, although probably closely related to the first. The use by the third Reginald of the lion rampant) is intriguing, but still suggests yet another man.

Likewise, the other Crawford homagers from the Ragman Roll also used a variety of symbols on their seals, including a few more who did not use the basic design of a fess Ermine in any fashion. There were at least two different Crawford nobles named John, one who used a single fleurs-de-lis and another, listed as a baron, whose personal seal depicted a hawk picking out the eyes of a hare. McAndrew nos. 1411 & 1322. There was also a William (McAndrew no. 3528 (a fess, probably Ermine, between three stars or mullets)) and possibly two Rogers – apparently those seals that correspond to the written entries for Roger de Crauford and Rogier de Crauford (IP at 142 & 148) did not survive for modern analysis.
Respectfully,
Ian Crawford

]]> By: James Taylor http://www.breakingofbritain.ac.uk/blogs/feature-of-the-month/january-2012/#comment-79 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 09:40:07 +0000 http://www.breakingofbritain.ac.uk/?p=581#comment-79 Isn’t Rathenach most likely to be the village of Rothes, where Edward I spent the night of 29/30 July in the Leslie castle there?

]]> By: Bruce McAndrew http://www.breakingofbritain.ac.uk/blogs/feature-of-the-month/january-2012/#comment-41 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:04:51 +0000 http://www.breakingofbritain.ac.uk/?p=581#comment-41 Dear Dr Hammond
Enjoyed reading your article on the number of people in the Ragman Roll. Can I point you in the direction of my article on the sigillography (Proc Soc Antiq Scot 129, (1999), 663 which can on occasion distinguish between people of the same name. For instance your Appendix 1,#25 has 3 seals associated with the name 75701, 3560, 4044. Worse is #30 with 4 seals 3015, 3033, 3354, 3401.
Can probably supply you with more data if you are interested.
Kind regards
Bruce McAndrew

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