Records of the Pringles of the Scottish Border, by Alex Pringle

Chapter 36

ENGLAND

IN 1613 James Pringle appears as accompanying Princess Elizabeth to the Continent as her carver on her marriage to the Elector Palatine (MSS. of A. Morrison). He appears also as her messenger to her brother Charles 1., and as one of his equerries till 1649. His nephew, Robert Pringle, is quoted as returning from the Continent in 1667 (State Papers, Domestic).

In 1626 John Pringle appears as a merchant and official in Dover, taking an active part in transacting the business of the town and the other Cinque Ports with the Government Offices in London, till 1649. He had a son Nathaniel (State Papers, Domestic).

After the Union the Surname of course appears in the London registers often enough.

In the 18th century the parish registers show that in point of numbers of the Surnames pf the Scottish Border settled in North Northumberland the Scotts came first, the Turnbulls second, the Pringles third, the Elliots and Douglases 4th and 5th, the Rutherfords 6th, and the Gordons and Humes 7th and 8th; Beadnel, Eglingham, and Lesbury being most favoured by the Pringles (see also Fernacres and Wrangholm).