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The Historical Kilt

The History of the Sinclair Name in Europe

Rosslyn Castle, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland by Otto Glavo, Nov. 2021

The History of the Sinclair Name in Europe 

In sunny France there is an ancient and beautiful province which strikingly resembles some of the fairer districts of England. 

It is closely connected with the latter by sympathy and by memories of an illustrious past. 

There are old towns and newer ones of beauty which will interest the traveler. 

Every spot seems stamped with the impress of one mighty man — William the Conqueror. 

Among the lesser of the lovely rivers of Normandy is the Epte, which flows quietly along through pleasant and luxuriant intcr\ales on its couree to the Seine. 

There is a spot upon its shore where a grove of tall trees not too thickly stand, and whose high' and leafy tops furnish a protection to the creepers and small undergrowth among them, and a refreshing shade to the visitor upon a day of warmth and sun. 

A few i-ods from the flowing river is the "Holy Well" of a martyred saint, whose pure waters, it is said, have for centuries given and still impart a healing power to the eyes, and which the pious and simple people still use, annointing themselves with the sign of the cross. 

 Near at hand is the fonner place of abode of the pious recluse, where exists a shrine in his honor, and a chapel adjacent thereto where wor- shipers often gather to listen to then: religious teachers and to utter their songs of praise. 

At an early period a member of one of the noted families of England left his native land and at this place in Normandy made his abode. He was a religious man; lived in a Hermitage. In that remote century, in primitive style, and in great simplicity, he lived. The beautiful lines of the poet are nearly ai^licable to this saintly man.

Henri St. Claire, the Counselor, 3rd. Baron of Roslin

The first St. Clair to live at Rosslyn. Knighted by King David I and made a privy councillor, he was sent by King William the Lion as ambassador to Henry II of England, to reclaim from the English king the disputed territory of Northumberland. He fought at the Battle of Northallerton in 1138 and was rewarded with the gift of Cardain in 1153, thereafter being known as Cardain Saintclair. https://archive.org/stream/cihm_40556/cihm_40556_djvu.txt