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SCOTTISH CLAN
TATTOO DESIGNS & SYMBOLS - COLVILLE
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Scottish Tattoo Designs >> Colville Colville Clan Tattoos - This ancient name probably derives from the town of Colvile between Caen and Bayeux in Normandy. The name first appears in Scotland when Philip de Colville is found as a witness to a charter by Malcolm IV to the monastery of Dumfermline some time before 1159. He was later one of the hostages for the release of William the Lion under the treaty of Falaise in 1174. He was granted the baronies of Oxnam and Heton in Roxburghshire, together with other lands , particularly in Ayrshire. Thomas de Colville, his son, was witness to several charters of William the Lion between 1189 and 1199. He was unjustly suspected of treason against the Crown, and was for a time imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle, but he regained royal favour and did on his own estates in 1219. His son, William de Colville, acquired the barony of Kinnaird in Stirlingshire, which remains the seat of the family to this day. He granted a part of his barony to the Abbot of Holyrood House in a charter which was confirmed by Alexander II in September 1228.
A grant by E'stace de Colville to the Abbey of Melrose of the church at Ochiltree was later confirmed by Robert Colville in 1324 in a charter which describes him as 'Baro baronial de Ochiltree' - Baron of the barony of Ochiltree. Clan Colville Motto: Oblier ne puis ~ From French: I cannot forget See also: Claddagh, Thistle Tattoos, Scottish Lion Tattoo Designs, Welsh Dragon Tattoos, Scottish Tattoo Designs, Celtic Tattoo Designs, Family Crests
Scottish Tattoo Designs >> Colville
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