Sir John de Graham of

Dalkeith Dalkeith ( ; , ) is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, on the River Esk. It was granted a burgh of barony in 1401 and a burgh of regality in 1541. The settlement of Dalkeith grew southwestwards from its 12th-century castle (now Dalkeith Pala ...

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& Eskdale (1278–1337) was a 13th-14th century

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noble. John, born in 1278, was the son of Nicholas de Graham of Dalkeith and Abercorn and Mary de Strathearn. He fought at the

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against the English on 23–24 June 1314 and as a result had his Northumberland estates confiscated. King

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denounced John as an enemy and rebel, and granted his Scottish lands to Hugh le Despenser. He signed the

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in 1320. John died on 25 April 1337.

Family and issue

John married Isabella, and had the following known issue: *Sir John de Graham, last of Dalkeith, Abercorn, and Eskdale, died without issue; resigned Dalkeith in favor of William Douglas of Laudonia 6 Jan 1343 *Sybilla de Graham, married

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, had issue. Abercorn passed to the Mure family. *Isabel de Graham, married

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as his second wife, had issue. *Margaret de Graham, married

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as his 1st wife.Balfour, pp. 195-197

Citations

References

*Balfour, J. "The Scots Peerage", Vol VI, Edinburgh, 1906. *Calendar of documents relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, London by Great Britain. Public Record Office; Bain, Joseph, 1826–1911; Great Britain. General Register Office (Scotland) https://archive.org/details/calendarofdocume02grea/page/476/mode/1up *Registrum Honoris de Morton. A series of ancient charters of the Earldom of Morton with other original papers by Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland); Thomson, Thomas, 1768–1852; Macdonald, Alexander; Innes, Cosmo; https://archive.org/details/registrumhonoris02bann/page/45/mode/1up {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, John de 1278 births 1337 deaths Nobility from Midlothian Medieval Scottish knights 13th-century Scottish nobility 14th-century Scottish nobility Signatories to the Declaration of Arbroath

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