MUIRHEAD of LACHOPE:
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LACHOPE
means latch up or get up. Legend has it that a MOREHEAD told a man "GET
UP" from drinking water at a lake or river. He said to a man or like
ROBBER to get up or LATCH UP and then the MOREHEAD man beheaded that
man.
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After that, that place was called LACHOPE.
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This story may not be officially confirmed yet.
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king gave the MOREHEAD family that land when a WILLIAM MOREHEAD became a
KNIGHT around the year 1393 AD, over seven hundred years before the
year 2000 AD.
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Sieur Willielmo deMuirhead in Baronia de Bothwell in 1393, being a gentleman of mettle and spirit, he had the honour of Knighthood conferred on him by King Robert III
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Sieur Willielmo deMuirhead in Baronia de Bothwell in 1393, being a gentleman of mettle and spirit, he had the honour of Knighthood conferred on him by King Robert III
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Details BELOW:
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1 - Tradition declares that a family of Muirhead's, were given the lands of Lachope in the parish of Bothwell for slaying the robber Bertram de Shotts. The tradition remains unconfirmed: no record remains of any such charter and the original charters of Lachope were lost when the house was burned in 1570.
Towards the end of the fourteenth century, William Muirhead of Lachope was knighted by Robert III.
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2 - In his book, "A System of Heraldry", Nisbet states, "The first charter I have seen of any note concerning the ancient family is a deed granted by Archibald, Comte de Douglas Galovidiac et Bothwell ,dicto soutiforo, Sieur Willielmo deMuirhead in Baronia de Bothwell in 1393, being a gentleman of mettle and spirit, he had the honour of Knighthood conferred on him by King Robert III."
Legend tells us that the king knighted William Muirhead and awarded him the lands of Lauchope as a reward for having brought him the head of one Bertram deShotts, a ferocious killer who had terrorized the region for years. The king had issued a proclamation which said that whoever rid the area of this killer would be rewarded. Muirhead cut and stacked a large pile of heather near the spot where Bertram used to go to get a drink of water. As time passed, Bertram, initially wary of the heather pile, became accustomed to its presence. William Muirhead, with his big, two handled sword, hid in the pile of heather, and as Bertram lay on the bank of the stream to get a drink of water, Muirhead quickly advanced upon him and with his sword, slashed Bertram's hamstrings - behind his knees, so the mad giant was helpless. Bertram laughed at Muirhead, who is reported to have said to him before he beheaded him with his sword, "Lauch up, for its yer last laugh!" . Thus we get the name of Lauchope.
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3 - The family Muirhead is supposed to have been made Laird of Lachop and had an estate named Kumbernauld by Dunbarton-on Clyde by Bruce of Scotland in 1435 having previously been of the estate Bothwell-on-Clyde from about 1100."
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4 - Source shows death date of 1506 but unlikely as he would have been 126 years old.-Ed.
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1380 - Yes, date unknown
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