Robert de Umfreville

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 30 Mar 1325
• Alternate death: 2 Apr 1325
• Alternate death: 12 Apr 1325

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Earl of Angus. Joint Lieutenant and Guardian of Scotland, 1308. Warden and Chief Justice in Eyre of the forests south of Trent.

"Robert (de Umfreville), Earl of Angus [S.], and Lord Umfreville [E.], 2nd, but 1st surv. s. and h., aged 30 and more at his father's death. He did homage and had livery of his father's lands, 6 Nov. 1307. He was sum., 18 Jan. 1307/8, to attend the coronation of Edward II, and by that King was appointed Joint King's Lieut. and Keeper in Scotland, 21 June 1308, Joint Guardian between Berwick and the Forth, 16 Aug. 1308, and a Commissioner to treat with the Scots, 14 Nov. 1308, 16 Feb. 1309/10, 22 Feb. 13 15/6, and 18 Mar. 1317/8. He was sum. to Parl. from 19 Jan. (1307/8) I Edw. II to 26 Dec. (1323) 17 Edw. II, by writs directed Roberto de Umframvill' comiti de Anegos. He m. 1stly, before 20 Sep. 1303, Lucy, da. and in her issue h. of Sir Philip de Kyme [1st Lord Kyme], by Joan, da. of Sir Hugh le Bigod, Chief Justiciar of England. He m., 2ndly, Alienor. He d. Mar. 1325, and was bur. in the Abbey of Newminster. Dower was assigned to his widow 10 and 19 July 1325. She m., before 16 Aug. 1327 (at which date he was fined £10 and had pardon for marrying her without licence) Sir Roger Mauduit, of Eshot, Northumberland, sometime Chamberlain of Scotland, who d. before 24 Feb. 1350. She d. 31 Mar. 1368." [Complete Peerage I:149-50, as corrected in Volume XIV.]

"It is not clear whether Lucy was Philip's heir in her issue, as she had a sister Agnes who left issue, and it is unknown whether this issue became extinct (see Kyme, volume 7, page 357 and note d)."[Chris Phillips, Some Corrections and Additions to The Complete Peerage]

Robert married Lucy de Kyme before 20 Sep 1303. Lucy (daughter of Philip de Kyme and Joan le Bigod) died before 1318. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth de Umfreville died before 6 Jan 1381.

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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]

Gilbert married Elizabeth Comyn. Elizabeth (daughter of Alexander Comyn and Elizabeth de Quincy) died before 17 Feb 1329; was buried in Hexham Priory, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Complete Peerage I:148, footnote (a):

Her Christian name is sometimes given as Agnes, but of the marriage itself there is no doubt. Wyntoun, in his account of the Earls of Buchan, (Cronykil ed. Macpherson, vol. ii, p. 35) states that of the "systris fywe of Earl John"--

"The thryd [had] Schyr Gylbert Wmfrayvyle,
Erle of Angws in that qwliile,
(Of Angws and of Ryddysdale
Erle he wes, and Lord all hale)
On that Lady eftyrwart
Of Wmfraywylle he gat Robert:
On that Lady he gat alswa
Othir Brethyr to Robert ma."

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Apr 1245

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Earl of Angus jure uxoris. "The Guardian and Chief Flower of the North."

"This family perhaps took its name from Amfreville-sur-Iton (Elect, de Pont-de-l'Arche); or, as M. Bémont states [Roles Gascons, vol. iii, p. 119), from Offranville, near Dieppe. Lower (Dict. of Family Names) supposes that the name is Humfredi villa, the vill of Humphrey. Hodgson [Northumberland, pt. ii, vol. i, p. 8), from finding it sometimes written Unfrancvilla, thinks it means bond-town. Its usual latin equivalent was, however, Umframvilla." [Complete Peerage I:146, note (d).]

Gilbert married Maud of Angus in 1243. Maud (daughter of Malcolm of Angus and Mary de Berkeley) died in 1261. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Maud, suo jure Countess of Angus [S.], da. and h., m. John Comyn, who, in her right, became Earl of Angus [S.], and d. s.p. in France, 1242. She m., 2ndly, in 1243, Gilbert de Umfreville, Lord of Prudhoe and Redesdale in Northumberland, who may, in her right, have become Earl of Angus [S.]. He was s. and h. of Richard de Umfreville, of the same, and did homage for his father's lands 8 Jan. 1226/7. He d. shortly before 13 Mar. 1244/5, and was bur. in Hexham Priory. His widow m., before 2 Dec. 1247, Richard de Douvres, of Chilham, Kent, s. and h. of Richard fitz Roy, an illeg. s. of King John." [Complete Peerage I:146]

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• Alternate death: 1289

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Earl of Buchan. Justiciar, 1251-55 and 1257-89. Called by Complete Peerage "one of the most powerful nobles of the time."

Alexander married Elizabeth de Quincy. Elizabeth (daughter of Roger de Quincy and Helen of Galloway) died before 4 May 1303. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Isabella.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1227

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Also called Mael Coluim. Earl of Angus.

"Malcolm, Earl of Angus [S.], s. and h., witnessed a charter as Earl of Angus (simply) 22 Apr. 1231, and is called Earl of Angus and Caithness in 1232, most probably from having the last named Earldom in ward. He m. Mary, da. and h. of Sir Humphrey Berkeley. He was living 1237, when he took part in the Convention of York, but d. before 1242." [Complete Peerage I:146]

Malcolm married Mary de Berkeley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Justiciar; j.u. Earl of Buchan. Founded the Abbey of Deer in Buchan.

William married Margaret of Buchan about 1210. Margaret (daughter of Fergus of Buchan) died between 8 Apr 1242 and 31 Dec 1243. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1243
• Alternate death: Bef Aug 1244

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Countess of Buchan.

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Earl of Winchester. In right of his first wife, hereditary Constable of Scotland. "At his death he was probably the greatest Anglo-Scottish landowner of his day" [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography].

From the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:

"Little is known of Roger de Quincy before 1219. He was probably the son whom Saer delivered to King John in 1213 as a Scottish hostage for the security of the Anglo-Scottish treaty of 1212. He emerged onto the political stage in 1215 when, along with Saer and the leaders of the baronial rebellion against John, he was excommunicated by Innocent III (r. 1198–1216), but did not figure prominently in the civil war that followed the king's death. [...]

"Roger de Quincy did not hold the prominence in politics that his father had commanded in England [...] but his wealth secured him an important role. In 1239 and 1246 he joined in written remonstrances from the English nobility to Gregory IX (r. 1227–41) and Innocent IV (r. 1243–54) concerning papal interference in English affairs. Association with the stirrings of dissatisfaction with the government of Henry III expressed in the parliaments of 1248 and 1254 led to identification with the baronial opposition in 1258. At the Oxford parliament Quincy was elected by the barons to the twelve-member commission charged with attendance at the three annual parliaments provided for under the provisions of Oxford, and was appointed also to the committee that arranged the financial aid promised to Henry. In 1259 he led a delegation to St Omer to intercept Richard, earl of Cornwall (d. 1272), and forbid him to return to England until he had sworn to observe the provisions of Oxford. This appears to have been Roger de Quincy's last major act, for he played little part in subsequent events which culminated in open conflict between the king and his baronial opponents, and died on 25 April 1264, eighteen days after Henry had precipitated the country into civil war."

Roger married Helen of Galloway. Helen (daughter of Alan fitz Roland and (Unknown daughter of Roger de Lacy)) died after 21 Nov 1245; was buried in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Ellen.

Alan Fitz Roland, often called Alan of Galloway, married three times. His first wife was a daughter of Roger of Chester, who is often called Roger de Lacy. His second wife was Margaret of Scotland, daughter of David, Earl of Huntington. His third wife was a daughter of Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster.

The presence of two marriages to daughters of men called de Lacy, both of which daughters' names have been lost, has created understandable confusion. Many online sources show Alan Fitz Roland's daughter Ellen as a daughter of his third marriage. In fact she was a daughter of his first; her maternal grandfather was Roger of Chester, also called Roger de Lacy -- not Hugh de Lacy. To the best of our knowledge, Alan Fitz Roland's third marriage was without issue.