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"SCRIMGEOUR, SCRYMCEOUB. From Middle English skrymsher, skirmisour Old French eskermisor, a fencer. "The family would appear to have been of Celtic origin, and to have been settled in Fife long before they had any connection with Dundee" (HP., n, p. 125n). The first of the name is Alexander called Schyrmeschur, described as son of Colyn, son of Carun [of Cupar] who obtained in 1293 a tack or lease of the land of Torr from Thomas de Kylmaron (memorandum of an old charter quoted in Sc. Peer., m, p. 304). Three generations are here named, and the first, Carun, may be the Schir Alexander Carron mentioned by Boece. In 1298 Alexander called 'Skirmeschur' had a charter from Sir William Wallace, Guardian of the Kingdom, of certain lands near Dundee together with the office of Constable of the Castle of Dundee (Nat. MSS., intro., 14). Eight years later Alexander le Skyrmyrshour, knight, prisoner of war, was hanged at Newcastle-on-Tyne with several others by the express orders of Edward I (Bain, n, 1811). Alexander Skrymchur de Abirbrothoc, was senescallus of the Abbey of Abirbrothoc, 1387 (RAA., n, 39). Thomas Skrymshire was accused of using traitorous language in England, 1465 (Bain, iv, 1357). Hector Boece in his Crontkls in describing how the office of Standard Bearer came to the Scrvmgeours says: ''king Malcohne happinnit to cum to Monymusk, and gat advertising, that al the north partis of Scotland and the Ills wer confiderat with thir Murrayis aganis him. At last, quhen he wes cuming to Spay, and fand his ennimes of greter power than he micht resist, he espyit his baner-man, for feir of ennimes, trimbland, and not passand so pertlie forwart as he desirit. Incontinent, he pullit the baner fra him, and gaif it to Schir Alexander Carron, quhilk gat mony riche landis for that samin office. Bot his name wes turnit, efter, to Skrymgeour; of quhilk is discendit ane nobil hous, perseverand yit, in gret honour, under the samin surname.' In the fifteenth chapter of the same book, Boece assigns the event to the reign of Alexander the First, "namit Alexander the Feirs, becaus he dantit thevis with singular manheid. His words here" are: "Afore the king was cumin to Spay, thir conspiratouris gaderit all the power thay 0 micht, to resist his ouircuming. The king seing thame gaderit on this wise, send his baner man. Schir Alexander Carron, with ane company of chosin men, ouir Spay: be quhais cuming, thir conspiratouris war vincust, and mony of thaim tane and punist to the deith... This Alexander Carron, be his singular vassalage, slew sindry of thir conspiratouris, with ane crukit swerd, afore the king, and was callit, thairfore, Skrimgeour; that is to say, ane scharp fechter: and, for his singular vassalage, he gat annis; in quhilkis, is ane lion rampand, with ane crukit swerd. Otheris sayis, that he was callit Skrimgeour becaus he slew ane Inglisman in singular battall. The principal! of this surname is Constable of Dunde: and hes in Kis baner, ane crukit swerd, in maner of ane huke." Of this popular etymology of the surname the late Sir James Balfour Paul says: " "Whatever the real truth of this story may be, it has a better foundation than most of the tales found in the old annals, though the incidents alleged are probably placed at too early a date by the historians (Sc. Peer., m, p. 303)." Crymgeour 1634, Schirmethour and Schyrmethour 1361, Schtnechour 1358, Scremger 1715, Scremgeour 1485, Scrimigeor 1503, Scrimgeoure 1502, Scrimger 1652, Scrimiour 1423, Scrimseour 1681, Scrimzeor 1704, Scrimsour 1342, Scrymgeor 1528, Scrymgeoure 1456, Scrymger 1541, Scrymseoure 1688, Scrymsour 1616, Scrymezour 1413, Scrymsour 1684, Scrymsoure 1818, Skermechour 1384, Skirmesur 1317, Skrimagour 1411, Skrimchur 1389, Skrimechour 1371, Skrymechur 1394, Skrymezoure 1410, Skrymgeour 1587, Skrymgeoure 1490, Skrymger 1661, Skrymgior and Skrymgwr 1361, Skrymiour 1396, Skrymour 1554, Skrymsour 1396, Skrymechour 1378, Skymezour 1413. "_{(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)}

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