Excerpt from English Ancestry and Royal Descent of the Joy Family of America Malcom Canmore, the young unmarried king of Scotland, happened to be present when the royal fugitives landed, and was so struck with the beauty of Lady Margaret Atheling that he asked her in marriage of her brother Edgar. The place where Lady Margaret first set her foot in Scotland has been known ever since as the Queen's Ferry. After their marriage, Lady Margaret became the domestic legislator of the realm, and being of a pure mind herself, she dismissed immoral persons from the court and allowed no person to hold office in the royal household unless they conducted in asober and discreet manner. She also instituted the custom of remaining seated at the table until the meal was brought to a proper conclusion. This custom was adopted by the nobility and from them spread to all classes. She died in 1093, holding in her hands that celebrated black cross which she had brought with her from England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.