Thorlongus

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Thor's Seal

Thorlongus (c. 1030 – c. 1110) descended from a line of Danish chiefs who married into the family of the Anglo-Saxon King Alfred. After the Normans defeated the Anglo-Saxons in the Battle of Hastings, William the Conquerer forced Thor and his relatives from the English jurisdiction of Mercia to the independent principality of Northumbria, south of Berwick. But William pursued all of the refugees to Northumbria and proceeded to ravage a wide swath there for having sheltered Anglo-Saxon sympathizers.

Thor escaped across the River Tweed where the Scottish King Malcolm Canmore granted Thor the area around the town of Ednam. Thor settled and developed the area with his own resources. The seal to the right is the actual seal of Thor that was appended to a charter affirming claim to the land of Ednam to Scottish King David. The original charters are presently found in Durham Cathedral. Thor was referenced in donations to Kelso Abbey as the Overlord of Crawford. It was Thor's grandson, Galfridus, who we surmise was the first Lord of the Barony of Crawford, granted to him by Scottish King Alexander.

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Robertson, George, "A Genealogical Account of the Principle Families of Ayrshire, More Particularly in Cunninghame," Vol 1, Glasgow, 1823.
Crawfurd, George, "Peerage of Scotland," Glasgow, 1716.
Crawfurd, George, "Manuscript History of the Craufurd's," 1710, Chartularies, Advocates Library, Edinburgh.