Alwin of Lennox

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• Alternate death: Bef 1217

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Second earl of Lennox. "When he was fully invested in his earldom is unknown, but the first notice of him is a charter by himself to the church of Kilpatrick of the lands of Cochnach and others. This charter is of uncertain date, and can be fixed only as between 1182 and 1199, the year when Jocelyn, Bishop of Glasgow, died, who was present at the granting. Maldouen and Malcolm, two of the granter's sons, are witnesses. Between 1208 and 1214 he, as son and heir of Alwin, Earl of Lennox, bestowed the church and the church lands of Campsie upon the church of Glasgow. He also, at some unknown date, granted to Maldouen, Dean of Lennox (perhaps a kinsman), the lands of Luss, which afterwards came by marriage into possession of, and still belong to, the ancient family of Colquhoun. It is not certain when the second Earl Alwin died, but it was apparently before 1217, when his son Maldouen seems to have been Earl." [The Scots Peerage, citation details below]

Family/Spouse: Eve of Menteith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Aulay (a name which is very variously spelt), named in 1217, who had grants of the lands of Faslane, and of Roseneath, Gleufruin, and others on the Gareloch, from his brother Earl Maldouen, confirmed by King Alexander II. 31 May 1226. He made liberal grants to the Abbey of Paisley, especially a large range of net fishing in the Gareloch, reserving to himself every fourth salmon taken. He was also a witness to various charters by his brother the Earl, and was still alive in 1250." [The Scots Peerage, citation details below]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"MALDOUEN, third Earl of Lennox, who first appears on record in a charter by his father, Earl Alwin, to the church of Kilpatrick before 1199. Between 1208 and 1214 he granted the church of Campsie to the bishopric of Glasgow, and was then son and heir of his father. He succeeded before 10 August 1217, when he, as Earl, bestowed the lands and church of Kilsyth on his sister Eva and her husband. From this date on to 1250 he is frequently found granting charters, chiefly to the Abbey of Paisley. Other grants made by him were those to his brother Aulay of the lands of Faslane, to Gilchrist of the lands of Arrochar, and of the large territory of Colquhoun to Humphrey Kilpatrick. Following the example of King William the Lion, he was admitted into the fraternity of the Abbey of Arbroath, and in recognition of the fact he gave 'his brothers' an alms of four oxen each year, at Stirling, on St. John Baptist's Day, with a promise that, at his death, they were to have twenty oxen. His name and that of his brother Aulay were to be inscribed in the Abbey martyrology, 'that each year at our anniversary we may be absolved in their chapter.' This grant, which was continued yearly until 1317, when it was commuted into a yearly sum of two merks, to be paid at Cambuskenneth, was confirmed on 9 January 1231. He was present at the important treaty between Alexander II and Henry III, affecting the northern counties of England, on 25 September 1237, and he was a surety for the same in 1244. In 1238 he had a charter from King Alexander II of the earldom of Lennox, which his father Alwin held, except the Castle of Dumbarton, with the land of Murrach, with the whole part and the water and fishery of the River Leven, so far as the lands of Murrach extend, which the King retained in his own hands, with the Earl's consent. The last dated charter granted by the Earl was on 12 March 1250-51, containing a general confirmation of his benefactions to the monastery of Paisley. The date of this Earl's death is uncertain. His successor does not appear on record till about 1270. Earl Maldouen married a lady named Elizabeth, to whom he refers as his spouse in a charter of certain lands to the monks of Paisley, dated before 22 October 1228, when it was confirmed by King Alexander II. She is said to have been a daughter of Walter, the third High Stewart, and this is not improbable, as he not unfrequently is a witness to Earl Maldouen's charters, and seems to have taken an interest in the family affairs." [The Scots Peerage, citation details below]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Stewart. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Aulay, who is named with his father in a charter of uncertain date, and also in a charter by Earl Maldouen in 1250." [The Scots Peerage, citation details below]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Malcolm, who is first named in a charter dated 1225, as son of the Earl, and again in a charter by Walter the High Stewart, dated before 16 November 1228, and others by him. Later, he is described as son and heir. In 1239 he had a dispute with the Abbey of Paisley about the possession of certain lands belonging to their church of Kilpatrick. To settle the matter, Walter the High Stewart and the Earl arranged with the disputants that the Abbey should pay Malcolm sixty merks, while he quitclaimed the lands and confirmed the rights of the monks. Besides other writs in which Malcolm is named, the last transaction recorded of him was a dispute between him and Sir David Graham. Earl Maldouen had granted to the latter half a carucate, or about fifty acres, of Strathblane. At Whitsunday 1248, however, Malcolm objected to the grant, and trouble began. At Lammas, however, the influence of his father and other friends led to a settlement. Malcolm duly granted a quitclaim to Sir David of certain money, and agreed to give a charter of the lands. His sudden death a few days later prevented this, and Earl Maldouen himself made the necessary grant, explaining the circumstances and the reason of delay." [The Scots Peerage, citation details below]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Duncan, who is referred to as Duncan, son of Aulay, in various writs, and attained the rank of knighthood. He is named as a juror in 1271 he was a knight in 1294, and he was still alive in 1306 and had joined Bruce, as a request was made to the English King for his lands." [The Scots Peerage, citation details below]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Bef 1290 and Jun 1292

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From The Scots Peerage, citation details below:

MALCOLM, fourth Earl of Lennox, It is not known when he succeeded, but it seems probable that he was a minor at his father's death. He styles Earl Maldouen his grandfather in a charter by himself confirming that Earl's grant of Arrochar to Duncan, son of Gilchrist. Earl Malcolm does not appear on record until about 1270, when he presided over the court which tried the claim made by the grandnieces of Dugald, the rector of Kilpatrick. The claimants, on receiving 140 merks from the Abbey of Paisley, renounced their rights in favour of that monastery. On 6 July 1272 he received a grant of free forestry from King Alexander III, giving him exclusive rights of cutting timber or hunting over a considerable tract of land, though the boundaries stated are now not readily to be discovered. Like his predecessors, he was liberal to the Church, and conferred lands and some special privileges and immunities on the monks of Paisley. He took part also in public affairs, and was present in the Parliament of 1284, consenting to the right of the Princess Margaret [the "Maid of Norway" —PNH] to the Crown of Scotland. In 1290, at Birgham, he consented to her marriage with Prince Edward of England. He is said to have died between this and the year 1292, but there are reasons for believing that he survived until several years later, and that it was he who, in 1292, supported the elder Bruce in his claim to the Crown. He it was who had the long controversy with the Abbot and monks of Paisley, who were summoned to the Earl's court on a question affecting their church lands of Kilpatrick. This they deeply resented, and appealed to the Bishop of Glasgow, who, in August 1294, directed the thunder of the Church and threats of excommunication against the recusant Earl, but, so far as appears, without much result, and the matter was still undecided in 1296.

The Earl swore fealty to Edward I on 14 March 1295-96, and again on 28 August 1296, and he had a letter from that King on 24 May 1297, requiring him to give obedience to Treasurer Cressingham during the King's absence in France. This Earl is said to have been a friend of Sir William Wallace, and to have entertained him in the Castle of Faslane, but this rests only on the authority of Blind Harry. This Earl grants a good many charters, but they are all without date. He probably died in or about 1303. In 1305 Malcolm, Earl of Lennox, petitioned King Edward I that the 100 merks paid for his relief might be allowed in his ransom and the balance discharged, which suggests that he had then not long succeeded to the earldom, and was paying the usual casualty to the superior. Margaret, Countess of Lennox, in or about September 1303, wrote to the English King desiring aid against John Comyn of Badenoch, then in arms against Edward. It is probable that, as she wrote in her own name, she was then a widow.

The name of the fourth Earl's wife was Margaret, but her parentage has not been ascertained.

Family/Spouse: Margaret. Margaret died after Sep 1303. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]