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The ballad Sir Patrick Spens has sometimes been supposed to be connected to Margaret's ill-fated voyage.
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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.
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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.
It was created in 1959 for the lawyer and Conservative politician Sir Patrick Spens.
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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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 ’.
The name " Sir Patrick Spens " is mentioned by a courtier, and the king despatches a letter.
Sir Patrick Spens
" Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor
And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens,
And thair lies guid Sir Patrick Spens,
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