Gilbert de Umfreville

Abt 1244 - Bef 1307  (~ 63 years)

• Name	Gilbert de Umfreville
  Birth	Abt 1244	of Prudhoe, Hexham, Northumberland, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1307	Hexham Priory, Northumberland, England   [1, 3]
  Death	Bef 13 Oct 1307  [1, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I3910	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Gilbert de Umfreville,   b. Bef 1205, of Prudhoe, Hexham, Northumberland, England d. Bef 13 Mar 1245 (Age < 40 years)
  Mother	Maud of Angus   d. 1261
  Marriage	1243  [1, 3]
  Family ID	F3548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Comyn   d. Bef 17 Feb 1329
  Children	1. Gilbert de Umfreville   d. Bef 23 May 1303 + 2. Robert de Umfreville,   b. Abt 1277, of Prudhoe, Hexham, Northumberland, England d. Mar 1325 (Age ~ 48 years)
  Family ID	F2126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Earl of Angus. Governor of Dundee and Forfar castles, and all the territories of Angus, 1291. Alienated Chollerton 1268. Summoned to Parliament by writ 24 Jun, 1 Oct, and 2 Nov 1295, and 26 Aug 1296. "Gilbert (de Umfreville), Earl of Angus [S.], s. and h., b. about 1244. In 1265 he joined the rising of the Barons against the King. He is styled Earl of Angus in June 1267. In 1281 he was one of the Nobles who swore to ratify the marriage of Margaret of Scotland with Eric, King of Norway. In 1291, being then Governor, not only of Dundee and Forfar Castles, but of the whole territory of Angus, he refused to surrender it to England unless under an indemnity from the King, and from all the Competitors to the Scottish Crown. On 24 June, 1 Oct., and 2 Nov. (1295) 23 Edw. I, and on 26 Aug. (1296) 24 Edw. I, he was sum. to Parl. by writs directed Gilberto de Umframvill, whereby he may be held to have become Lord Umfreville, and on 28 June (1283) 11 Edw. I, and again from 6 Feb. (1298/9) 27 Edw. I to 26 Aug. (1307) I Edw. II, he was sum. to Parl. under the designation of Earl of Angus, the writs being directed Gilberto de Umframvill (or Unfranvill) comiti de Anegos. He m. Elizabeth, 3rd da. of Alexander (Comyn), Earl of Buchan [S.], by Elizabeth, 3rd da. and coh. of Roger (de Quincy), Earl of Winchester. He d. shortly before 13 Oct 1307, and was bur. in Hexham Priory. His widow d. shortly before 17 Feb. 1328/9." [Complete Peerage I:147-48]

  
  

• Sources

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