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William Wood (Williemus de Bosco)
Chancellor to King William the Lion in 1168, he is the first recorded Scot of the name. He is also mentioned in charters of King Alexander II relating to Inverness, 1214.
Like many other families with Angle (Engle-ish) names, there were probably Woods settled in the south-east long before Scotland existed as a country. Among the favoured Norman families that subsequently moved into southern Scotland – some say with King David I – may have been the Woods of Bonnytoun in Angus. They held extensive lands in that district as well as Kincardineshire, Perthshire and elsewhere.
Admiral Sir Andrew Wood of Largo, Fife, (circa 1455 – 1515) was almost certainly a scion of that ancient clan. He was famous for inflicting many defeats on foreign pirates and privateers as well as squadrons of ships sent by the English government to harass the Scots. In the true patriarchal tradition, his successors built a hospital and school in Fife for their kinsmen named Wood, and were prominent in Scottish history both politically and militarily: they continued to be a significant influence in British politics and were foremost among the thousands of Scots who contributed enormously to the economic and armed expansion of the British Empire well into the 19th century. The main line of Sir Andrew’s descendants is considered by the Court of the Lord Lyon King of Arms to be the chiefly one. The record of succession is complete right down to 1916, when Andrew George Wood died in Mayfair, London, leaving his estate on the border of Wales and Shropshire to his second wife, Leila Carnegie Anstey.
Sir Andrew Wood's Tower in Largo Fife.
This tower was part of a fortress built by Sir Andrew Wood
in Largo Fife. The fortress originally possessed a drawbridge and Moat connected to a canal (the first in Scotland) that lead to the local church. Sir Andrew was known to have captured English sailors row him from the Fortress to church on his barge. Most of the original structure has fallen but the Tower still remains.
Clan Wood is a 500+ year old Scottish Clan, the first Chief of which was Admrial Sir Andrew Wood, Defender of Scotland ( 1455-1539 ).
Below is shown the tartan of the Scottish Clan/Family Wood
Who I'd like to meet:
People of the name and its variations, and people interested in the ongoing history of Scottish Clan Wood.
Septs and names of Clan Wood include.
Vode, Voud, Vould, Wod, Wode, Wodes, Woid, Wood, Woode, Woods, Would.
At the break of day he rides this path, and startles me from sleep... the LadyHawk that watches from my perch outside his keep He rides to her! which pleaseth him, to steal her heart away... and knows me not; nor that my love grows stronger every day
He once called ME his only love, but now it seems he's lost... in solitude and longing...and 'tis I who pay the cost! I am but maiden, flesh and bone, whom fate has dealt a blow An evil spell was cast on me! That he may never know... that he alone was my true love.I did not break my vow!
But I cannot convey the truth, for speech evades me now A Warlock claimed me his to hold...and I refused his touch I would not then renounce my love...for I loved him so much So now I wear this feathered veil, my true loves knows me not And though I see him every morn, my image he's forgot
My soul for'er captured here, within this silken cape of plummery and graceful wings, but never to escape Goodbye my love! My heart! My soul! you've gone beyond my glance And I in sorrow dare not go much farther than this branch
There is a tether which holds me here...one no man can see The Warlock placed it 'round my heart, to keep my love from Thee Doomed forever, that I am, to watch you steal away... across the Moors to another...at every break of day
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