Keith Marischal
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Northern facade and entrance of Keith Marischal House
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| Location | Humbie, East Lothian |
| Coordinates | 55°52′11″N 2°52′55″W / 55.869722°N 2.881944°WCoordinates: 55°52′11″N 2°52′55″W / 55.869722°N 2.881944°W |
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Listed Building – Category B
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| Official name: Keith Marischal House | |
| Designated | 5 February 1971 |
| Reference no. | 7752 |
| Official name: Keith Kirk | |
| Designated | 20 June 1936 |
| Reference no. | 758 |
 Location in East Lothian
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Keith Marischal is a Scottish Baronial Country house lying in the parish of Humbie, East Lothian, Scotland. The original building was an "L-shaped" Tower house, built long before 1589 when it was extended into a "U-shaped" courtyard house. The building acquired its modern appearance in the 19th century, when the courtyard was filled in. The house is protected as a category B listed building.
In legend, the lands of Keith were granted to Marbhachir Chamius (Camus Slayer), in recognition of his valour at the Battle of Barry in 1010; he is the mythological ancestor of the Keith family.
The lands of Keith were possessed in the reign of King David I by Simon Fraser of Keith, the first of that surname to appear on record in Scotland. Fraser was one of the Normans who accompanied King David Scotland back to Scotland. Fraser was made Sheriff of Tweeddale. He is recorded in a charter gifting some lands and dedicating a church to the Tironensian Brothers at Kelso Abbey.
It is unclear how the policies at Keith were transferred to another Norman, Hervey de Keith the King's Marischal. It is likely that the lands formed part of a dowry. Hervey, certainly held the lands at Keith when he erected a Church there at the end of the 12th century obeying a royal decree to that effect. Latterly Hervey's progeny took their name from their estate as was common at the time
Today's parish of Humbie was originally split into the divisions of "Keith Harvey" and "Keith Hundeby" (occasionally "Keith Symmars") and formed the major part of the estate of the Keiths, until they were granted the rock of Dunnottar in Aberdeenshire at the close of the 14th century. Hervey's descendants were made hereditary Marischal of Scotland in 1176.
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