Cookieless, I know that one! It's Prince Robert! I think Sir Walter Scott and his "near relative" had a strange visitor to the house.

Also, feel that I need to mention at this time, that the rose and briar was might well be a popular image that spread all throughout the Medieval UK, you know, just sort of added liberally to certain types of ballads with the tragic ending for lovers.

Tristan and Isolde. One from Ireland and the other from Cornwall. They do a lot of sailing.