{"id":39283,"date":"2014-08-22T15:23:55","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T15:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scotclans-wp.scotclans.dyndns.tv\/?p=39283"},"modified":"2014-08-22T15:23:55","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T15:23:55","slug":"the-gordons-at-otterburn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/?p=39283","title":{"rendered":"The Gordons at Otterburn"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Otterburn<\/a>
Otterburn Battle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the 5th of August, 1388, the Battle of Otterburn<\/a> took place. This was a skirmish between Scotland’s James, 2nd Earl of Douglas<\/a>, and England’s Henry “Hotspur” Percy, the son of the Earl of Northumberland. This battle was part of continuous Anglo-Scottish border conflicts that were quite common at the time. It was a decisive Scottish victory, but was also a relatively bloody affair, with thousands of casualties, mainly on the English side.<\/p>\n

Since it was a border fight, many of the lowland clans fought along with the Earl of Douglas. Some of these families included Clan Lindsay<\/a>, Clan Johnstone<\/a>, Clan Montgomery<\/a>, Clan Graham<\/a>, and Clan Gordon<\/a>. Since it was such a decisive and famous victory several ballads were written about it, including a ballad called The Battle of Otterburn<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In the ballad a number of the families get mention, including the Gordons on a couple of occasions.<\/p>\n

The ballad begins:<\/p>\n

It fell about the Lammas tide<\/em><\/p>\n

When the muir men win their hay,<\/p>\n

The doughty Earl of Douglas rode<\/p>\n

Into England to catch a prey.<\/p>\n

It then continues to mention some of the clans there:<\/p>\n

He chose the Gordons and the Graemes,<\/em><\/p>\n

With them the Lindsays light and gay –<\/p>\n

Later on in the ballad it goes on to claim that the Scots proved to have been quite blood thirsty, particularly the Gordons, and slayed a lot of their enemy.<\/p>\n

The moon was clear, the day drew near,<\/em><\/p>\n

The spears in flinders flew,<\/p>\n

But mony a gallant Englishman<\/p>\n

Ere day the Scotsmen slew.<\/p>\n

The Gordons good in English blood<\/p>\n

They steeped their hose and shoon.<\/p>\n

There were also a number of Scottish casualties too, including, unfortunately for the Gordons<\/a>, their leader, and father of Sir Adam Gordon, who also went on to give his life for his country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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