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David De Lindsay
Sir David de Lindsay (died 1214), Lord of Luffness, Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Crawford, Earlston, Ercildum (now Earlston) and Limési, known as "the elder" to distinguish him from his son, was an Anglo-Scottish baron of the 12th and 13th century. Life Lindsay was the eldest son of Sir William de Lindsay and Alice or Aleanora de Limési or de Limesay. David held the position of Justiciar of Lothian, a post which his father had once held, with Gervase Avenel (died 1219), Gervase Avenel from 1208 until his death in 1214. Marriage and issue He married Margerie or Marjorie, said to be an illegitimate daughter of Henry of Scotland, Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, however more chronologically likely to have been an illegitimate daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon, or even daughter of Margaret of Huntingdon, Duchess of Brittany, by third husband Sir William Fitzpatrick de Hertburn; they are known to have had the following issue: *David de Lindsay (died 1240), married Christiana de Limé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Lindsay
Clan Lindsay is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands. History Origins of the clan The Lindsays were prominent in both England and Scotland from the late 11th century. The surname derives from the region of Lindsey, Lincolnshire, Lindsey in England (the name of which comes from the Old English for "island of Lincoln, England, Lincoln"), from where the family originated. In Domesday Book, Sir Baldric de Lindsey of Hemingby is recorded as holding a number of estates in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, Lindsey in 1086. Sir Baldric's sons, Sir Walter and William de Lindsay accompanied David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon, to claim his throne. William's son, William de Lindsay, sat in the Parliament of 1164 and was later a justiciar. William Lindsay held the lands of Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Crawford and Luffness. The chief's premier title was later Earl of Crawford. His son, Sir William Lindsay, who sat in Parliament as Baron of Luffness in East Lothian, married Alice de Limesi, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luffness
Luffness is a hamlet in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies between the towns of Gullane and Aberlady and is approximately 20 miles east of Edinburgh. History Most of the houses in Luffness are traditional farm cottages; among its notable buildings are Luffness Castle (also known as Luffness House) and Luffness Mill. Luffness New golf course is part of the fine selection of courses in the area, and the Myreton Motor Museum is nearby. Gallery Image:Luffness Mill House3.jpg, Entrance to Luffness Mill House Image:Luffness Mains Farm.jpg, Luffness Mains Farm Image:Luffness01.jpg, Old home in Luffness Image:Luffness Mill House2.jpg, Luffness Mill House Image:NewLuffnessGolf-October-1894.JPG, Old Tom Morris (''seated far left'') on 11 October 1894 at the New Luffness Competition. See also *List of places in East Lothian The List of places in East Lothian is a list for any town, village and hamlet in the East Lothian council area of Scotland. Prestongrange Indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crawford, South Lanarkshire
Crawford is a village and civil parish in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Crawford is close to the source of the River Clyde and the A74(M) motorway, southeast of Glasgow and northwest of Carlisle. It has a population of around 300 people and a school. History The village is close to an old Roman road and has links with Sir William Wallace Sir William Wallace (, ; Norman French: ; 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence. Along with Andrew Moray, Wallace defeated an English army at the Battle of St ... (see Crawford Castle). Recent archaeological excavations have shown that this was the site of a Roman fort between 80 and 140 AD, housing perhaps 300 soldiers. Crawford is also said to be one of the most haunted villages in Scotland. The old Post Horn Inn, which dated from the 1400s and was made larger around 1744, was the 8th stop from Edinburgh to London, having accommodated important client ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earlston
Earlston () is a civil parish and market town in the county of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders. It is on the River Leader in Lauderdale, Scotland. Early history Earlston was historically called ''Arcioldun'' or ''Prospect Fort'', with reference to Black Hill (), on the top of which can still be traced the concentric rings of the British fort for which it was named. It is also said to be possible to make out the remains of the cave-dwellings of the Votadini, the tribal confederation in this part of Scotland. In the 12th and 13th centuries the Lindsays and the Earls of March and Dunbar were the chief baronial families. Also of historical interest is the ivy-clad ruin of the ''Rhymer's Tower'', a keep said to date from as early as the 13th century. It is the traditional residence of Thomas Learmonth, commonly called Thomas of Ercildoune, or Thomas the Rhymer, poet, prophet, and legendary friend of the Elves, who was born here about 1225, more likely in a small ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William De Lindsay
Sir William de Lindsay (1155–1205), Lord of Crawford, Lord and Baron of Luffness, Lord of Ercildum, Justiciar of Lothian, was a 12th-century Scottish noble. Life Lindsay was a son of Sir William de Lindsay of Luffness and Ercildum, Baron of Luffness (c. 1120-c. 1185), paternal grandson of Sir William de Lindsay (1100–Earlston, 1163), in turn son of Sir William de Ghent de Lindsay (c. 1085–c. 1150 or East Lothian, abt. 1072–22 August 1139), and maternal grandson of Thor, Lord of Crawford. His sister Margaret de Lindsay (Kilmarnock, 1160-Kilmarnock, c. 1240) married Sir Malcolm de Drummond, 5th Thane of Lennox, Chief of Clan Drummond (Drymen, c. 1165-Stirling, 1200), and had issue. William inherited half moiety of the barony of Cavendish, Suffolk, through his wife Alice or Aleanora, as heiress to her nephew Hugh de Limési or de Limesay. He held the office of Justiciar of Lothian between 1189 and 1199. In 1164 his father William, ''jure uxoris'' 1st Lord of Crawfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justiciar Of Lothian
The Justiciar of Lothian (in Norman-Latin, ''Justiciarus Laudonie'') was an important legal office in the High Medieval Kingdom of Scotland. The Justiciars of Lothian were responsible for the administration of royal justice in the province of Lothian, a much larger area than the modern Lothian, covering Scotland south of the Forth and Clyde, outwith Galloway, which had its own Justiciar of Galloway and the lands north of the River Forth and River Clyde by the Justiciar of Scotia. The institution may date to the reign of King David I (died 1153), whose godson David Olifard was the first attested Justiciar. The Justiciars of Lothian, although not magnates of the stature of the typical Justiciar of Scotia, were significant landowners and not creatures of the kings. List of Justiciars of Lothian, (incomplete) * David Olifard (c.1165–c.1170) * Robert Avenel, Richard Comyn, Robert de Quincy, Geoffrey de Melville (c.1170xc.1178) * Walter Olifard the Elder (c.1178&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gervase Avenel (died 1219)
Gervase Avenel (died 1219), Lord of Eskdale and Abercorn was a 12th-13th century noble. He served as Justiciar in Lothian between 1206 until 1215 and served as Constable of Roxburgh Castle. He was a son of Robert Avenel and Sybil. Gervase was buried in the Chapter House of Melrose Abbey St Mary's Abbey, Melrose is a partly ruined monastery of the Cistercian order in Melrose, Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It was founded in 1136 by Cistercian monks at the request of King David I of Scotland and was the chief house of t .... Marriage and issue Gervase married Sybil, of unknown parentage, and is known to have the following issue: *Gervase Avenel *Roger Avenel (died 1243) *John Avenel *Robert Avenel References *People of Medieval ScotlanGervase Avenel, lord of Eskdale (d.1219) accessed 3 October 2018. {{DEFAULTSORT:Avenel, Gervase (died 1219) Year of birth unknown 1219 deaths History of Dumfriesshire People associated with West Lothian Burials at Melrose Abbey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Of Scotland
Henry of Scotland (''Eanric mac Dabíd'', 1114 – 12 June 1152) was heir apparent to the Kingdom of Alba. He was also the 3rd Earl of Northumbria and the 3rd Earl of Huntingdon. He was the son of King David I of Scotland and his wife, Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon. Earldom David I of Scotland, Henry's father, invaded England in 1136. His army was met by Stephen of Blois at Carlisle. Instead of battle, there was a negotiated settlement that included Henry performing homage to Stephen for Carlisle and the Earldom of Huntingdon. Henry's journey to Stephen's court for Easter (1136) was met with resentment, including an accusation of treason, which brought about his return at his father's insistence. After another invasion by his father, Henry was finally invested with the Earldom of Northumberland in 1139. Later in the year, Henry met with Stephen at Nottingham, where he was also reinvested with Carlisle and Cumberland. Henry then paid homage to Stephen for his earldom. Henr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David, Earl Of Huntingdon
David of Scotland (1152 – 17 June 1219) was a Scottish prince and Earl of Huntingdon. He was the grandson of David I and the younger brother of two Scottish kings, Malcolm the Maiden and William the Lion. Life Born in 1152, David was the youngest surviving son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne, a daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, and Elizabeth of Vermandois. His paternal grandfather was David I of Scotland. Huntingdon was granted to him after his elder brother William I of Scotland ascended the throne. David's son John succeeded him to the earldom. In 1190 his brother gave him 'superiority' over Dundee and its port. The same year he endowed Lindores Abbey in Fife and a church dedicated to St Mary in Dundee. In the litigation for succession to the crown of Scotland in 1290–1292, the great-great-grandson Floris V, Count of Holland of David's sister, Ada, claimed that David had renounced his hereditary rights to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Of Huntingdon, Duchess Of Brittany
Margaret of Huntingdon (1145 – 1201) was a Scottish princess and Duchess of Brittany. She was the sister of Scottish kings Malcolm IV and William I, wife of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany, and the mother of Constance, Duchess of Brittany. Her second husband was Humphrey de Bohun, hereditary Constable of England. Following her second marriage, Margaret styled herself as the Countess of Hereford. Life Margaret's parents were Henry of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumbria, and Ada de Warenne. She has traditionally been considered the second-eldest daughter, younger than Ada, but it is possible that Margaret was the eldest since she married before Ada and was named after their paternal great-grandmother Saint Margaret (while Ada was named after their maternal great-grandmother Adelaide of Vermandois). Through her father, Margaret was the granddaughter of King David I of Scotland and Queen Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon. In 1160, Margaret became Duchess of Brittany and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry De Pinkeney
Henry de Pinkeney (died 1254), Lord of Weden-Pinkeney, Fulmer and Datchet in England and Lord of Crawford in Scotland, was a 13th-century English noble. Henry was the son of Robert de Pinkeney, Lord of Wedon-Pinkeney. He succeeded to his father's estates and titles upon the death of his father in 1234. Marriage and issue Henry married Alice, daughter of David de Lindsay, Justiciar of Lothian The Justiciar of Lothian (in Norman-Latin, ''Justiciarus Laudonie'') was an important legal office in the High Medieval Kingdom of Scotland. The Justiciars of Lothian were responsible for the administration of royal justice in the province o ... in 1247 and Marjorie of Huntingdon, they are known to have had the following issue: *Henry de Pinkeney, married Mary de Wahull, had issue. *Alice de Pinkeney, married Ralph de Throp, had issue. *Agnes de Pinkeney, married John de Wahull, had issue. Citations References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinkeney, Henry de 13th-century English nobil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobility From East Lothian
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy (class), aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below Royal family, royalty. Nobility has often been an Estates of the realm, estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteristics associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles or simply formal functions (e.g., Order of precedence, precedence), and vary by country and by era. Membership in the nobility, including rights and responsibilities, is typically Hereditary title, hereditary and Patrilinearity, patrilineal. Membership in the nobility has historically been granted by a monarch or government, and acquisition of sufficient power, wealth, ownerships, or royal favour has occasionally enabled commoners to ascend into the nobility. There are often a variety of ranks within the noble class. Legal recognition of nobility has been much more common i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
