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Polnoon Castle was a 14th-century fortification located on a motte beside the Polnoon Water in the Parish of Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. ==The Montgomerys of Eaglesham== The Barony of Eaglesham (1158, Egilsham; 1309, Eglishame)〔Johnston, Page 116〕〔Douglas, Page 228〕 formed part of the grant made by David I (1124–53) to Walter fitz Alan, the founder of the house of Stewart.〔Reilly, Page 8〕〔Cousins, Page 8〕 Eaglesham may well have come into the possession of the Montgomery family during Walter's floruit, since the family were certainly lairds of Eaglesham at a later date,〔.〕 and a certain Robert of Montgomery was one of Walter's prominent tenants.〔 Robert, likely an ancestor of the later Montgomerys family, appears as a witness in a charter to Monastery of Paisley around 1160.〔Douglas, Page 227〕 John de Montgomery and his brother are listed on the Ragman Roll, rendering homage to Edward I of England for their estates in 1296. A later Sir John, the ninth Laird or Baron of Eaglesham, was one of the heroes of the Battle of Otterburn in 1388, capturing Sir Henry Percy, nicknamed 'Hotspur' in single combat and holding him ransom. Sir John's mother was a Douglas and a long term feud had existed between the Percy and Douglas families.〔Cousins, Page 15〕 Ransoming important captives was the custom in the 14th century and Sir John used the money paid over by the English for the release of Hotspur to build himself a fine castle at Polnoon.〔Fullarton, Page 13〕〔Robertson, Page 49〕 It is said that following the chivalrous treatment of his captive, Sir John gained the lasting friendship and admiration of Sir Henry Percy and that he may have even assisted in the technical design and construction of the fortifications. The ballad of the 'Battle of Otterburne' commemorates the events of 1388 that led to these developments: Sir Hugh Montgomery, the son of this Sir John, was slain at the Battle of Otterburn by an arrow fired by an English archer as recorded in The Ballad of Chevy Chase: Hugh's body was carried to Edinburgh Castle, together with the trophies of Percy's spear and pennon. These have remained with the Montgomery family to the present day (2013). Hugh's body was taken for burial to his home lands〔Paterson, Page 492〕 and his coffin now lies in the Skelmorlie Aisle at Largs in North Ayrshire.〔Clan Montgomery Society, Page 7〕 John, seventh baron of Eaglesham's daughter married Archibald Mure of Rowallan Castle and their great grand-daughter Elizabeth married King Robert II.〔Cousins, Page 2〕 In the fourteenth century the baronies of Eglinton and Ardrossan were obtained by the marriage in 1368〔Reilly, Page 9〕 of John de Montgomery with Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir Hugh Eglinton, by a half sister (Robert and Egidia share the same father, but have different mothers), Egidia, of Robert II, King of Scotland.〔Millar, Pages 84 - 85〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Polnoon Castle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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