Clan MacDuff
Mayflower: Floral Emblem of New Scotland (Nova Scotia);
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Gaelic Name for MacDuff: MacDhuibh -or- Dubh
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Origin of Clan MacDuff
Clansfolk of Clan MacDuff
Clan MacDuff in the Military
Septs of Clan MacDuff
Symbols of Clan MacDuff
Clan MacDuff Society
Clans of Royal MacAlpin Stock
Certain privileges pertaining to Clan Duff are referred to in
an Act of 1384, and include:
The Earl of Fife (MacDuff) should seat the king in his Royal
Chair on Coronation Day (i.e., crown the king);
Clan Duff should lead the vanguard in every Royal battle; and
A remission to all within 9 degrees of MacDuff for homicide
on a fixed payment, with sanctuary at Cross MacDuff, which
stood to the north of Newburgh. This was the celebrated
"Law Clan Makduff."
See Clan Duff
= In Scotland =
MacDuff
Courtesy Electric Scotland: Grangemouth, Scotland
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