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According to Workman's Manuscript, "Thomson of that Ilk" is Henry Thomson, Lyon King of Arms, 1504-12, who held lands in the barony of Dirleton in East Lothian, not on the Border. In 1548, the property of three brothers named Thomasson in the barony of Skebo was seized for slaughter (ibid,.
“Thomson of that Ilk” is, based on Workman’s Manuscript, Henry Thomson, Lyon King of Arms, 1504-12, who held lands in the barony of Dirleton in East Lothian, not on the Border. In 1548 the goods of three brothers named Thomasson in the barony of Skebo were escheated for slaughter committed by them (ibid,.
The term of that ilk means "of the same [name]", [1] and is used to avoid repetition in a person's title. Historically, it was customary in the Scottish feudal system for the laird of a manor to include the name of his fief in his title; Thus, in Robert Louis Stevenson 's novel Kidnapped, the protagonist—after discovering he was the new laird ...
A Fellow of the prestigious scientific ‘think-tank’ known as the Royal Society and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Thomas Thompson was the Scottish chemist and mineralogist who in 1817 gave the name to the chemical element ‘silicon.’.
The origins of the ancient name Thomasson belong to that rich Celtic tradition that comes from Wales. This surname was derived from the Aramaic personal name Thomas, which means twin. Prior to the Norman Conquest, this name was rarely found, but by the 13th and 14th centuries, it became extremely common in Britain.
There was a strong colony of MacTavishes in Strathglass at an early period. But these repudiate dependency on Clan Campbell, and MacTavish of Dunardry is chief of that clan, whilst Thomson of that Ilk on the Border is regarded as a remotely connected or indeterminate connection to the MacTavishes.
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Some names reflected places (towns, forest, or parks), others were crafts (weaver, smith, and tailor), still others were descriptors (large, tall, bald, crocked mouth,) etc. Thomas has been a popular name since biblical times. Thomas Campbell had a son named Thomason after HIS fathers’s first name.
