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" Sir Patrick Spens " is one of the most popular of the Child Ballads ( No. 58 ), and is of Scottish origin.
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The ballad Sir Patrick Spens has sometimes been supposed to be connected to Margaret's ill-fated voyage.
The heirs are: the dissipated spendthrift Sir Patrick O ' Shaughlin, the litigious Sir Murtagh Rackrent, the cruel husband and gambling absentee Sir Kit Stopgap, and the generous but improvident Sir Condy Rackrent.
The Aubrey – Maturin sea novels of Patrick O ' Brian have frequent appearances by Sir Joseph Blaine, a Royal Navy intelligence official who is also an avid entomologist.
The action was brief and probably not very bloody, since the only casualty of any note was a minor Lothian knight, Sir Patrick Graham, though about 100 Scottish lords, knights and men-at-arms were taken prisoner.
Eventually, Davis brought her case to court in Britain, hoping to get out of her contract with Warner Bros. She later recalled the opening statement of the barrister, Sir Patrick Hastings, who represented Warner Bros. Hastings urged the court to " come to the conclusion that this is rather a naughty young lady and that what she wants is more money ".
They were considered to be evidence for the actions of saints such as Hilda of Whitby, a myth referenced in Sir Walter Scott's Marmion, and Saint Patrick, and were held to have healing or oracular powers.
At a meadow a mile from Edinburgh, there was a pavilion where Sir Patrick Hamilton and Patrick Sinclair played and fought in the guise of knights defending their ladies.
Already in 1935 he was working with Patrick Blackett and Sir Henry Tizard on the committee that gave birth to Radar.
Sir and Spens
Some ballads may date back to the late medieval era and deal with events and people that can be traced back as far as the 13th century, including " Sir Patrick Spens " and " Thomas the Rhymer ", but which are not known to have existed until the 18th century.
During World War Two, the Master was Sir Will Spens, who was also Regional Commissioner for the Eastern Region: had Hitler invaded, he would have been in charge of running Eastern England.
This may have been because the Master in the 1930s, Sir Will Spens, let it be known that anyone complaining of a ghost would be sent down.
Earl's Knowle on Papa Stronsay is traditionally thought to be the final resting place of Sir Patrick Spens.
The history relating to the burial of Sir Patrick Spens on Earl ’ s Knowle on Papa Stronsay is related by William Edmonstoune Aytoun ( b. Edinburgh 21 June 1813, d. 4 August 1865 ).
It was after his retirement from this position that he edited a collection of Scottish poetry in which the first poem is Sir Patrick Spens.
:"“ It is true that the name of Sir Patrick Spens is not mentioned in history ; but I am able to state that tradition has preserved it.
In the little island of Papa Stronsay, one of the Orcadian group, lying over against Norway, there is a large grave or tumulus, which has been known to the inhabitants, from time immemorial, as ‘ The grave of Sir Patrick Spens ’.
The name " Patrick Spens " has no historical record, and, like many of the heroes of such ballads, is probably an invention, although some historians believe that he was actually Sir Patrick Vans.
Earl's Knowle on Papa Stronsay is traditionally thought to be the final resting place of Sir Patrick Spens.
The history relating to the burial of Sir Patrick Spens on Earl ’ s Knowle on Papa Stronsay is related by William Edmonstoune Aytoun ( b. Edinburgh 21 June 1813, d. 4 August 1865 ).
It was after his retirement from this position that he edited a collection of Scottish poetry in which the first poem is Sir Patrick Spens.
:“ It is true that the name of Sir Patrick Spens is not mentioned in history ; but I am able to state that tradition has preserved it.
In the little island of Papa Stronsay, one of the Orcadian group, lying over against Norway, there is a large grave or tumulus, which has been known to the inhabitants, from time immemorial, as ‘ The grave of Sir Patrick Spens ’.
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