Gilbert de Umfreville

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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]

Family/Spouse: 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]

1. Gilbert de Umfreville died before 23 May 1303; was buried in Hexham Priory, Northumberland, England.
2. Robert de Umfreville was born about 1277 in of Prudhoe, Hexham, Northumberland, England; died in Mar 1325; was buried in Newminster Abbey, Northumberland, England.

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• 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: 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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• Alternate death: 1181

Odinel married Alice de Lucy before 1173. Alice (daughter of Richard de Lucy and Rohese de Boulogne) died before 1219. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft 1210

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Also called Donnchad. Earl of Angus. "Duncan, Earl of Angus [S.], s. and h. He d. between 1207 and 1214." [Complete Peerage I:146]

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Mentioned 1140-55.

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Or de Luci; de Lusci; de Luscy. Called "The Loyal."

Sheriff of Essex, 1154; Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire, 1155-1157; Chief Justice of England under Henry II.

Died as a cloister member, having resigned his office after Easter 1179.

Richard married Rohese de Boulogne between 1130 and 1135. Rohese (daughter of William of Boulogne) was born in of Carshalton, Epsom, Surrey, England; died before 30 May 1151; was buried in Holy Trinity Church, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Bef 1153

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"Richard de Lucy's only known wife was Rose, who died sometime before Queen Maud's death in 1152. Queen Maud and her son and heir, Eustace, witnessed a notification by Richard that he had, 'granted to the canons of Holy Trinity, London, in frank almoin, 20s. yearly rent from Niweton [Newington] for the soul of Roheis his wife, who is buried in their church...'" ["A Rose by Any Other Name: Another Daughter of Richard de Lucy," citation details below. Notwithstanding this, King Stephen's wife Maud actually died in 1151.]

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• Alternate death: Between 1207 and 1211

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Also called Gille Crist. Earl of Angus; according to the Scots Peerage, the first to unambiguously use that title. According to some sources, his son Donnchad was by a marriage to Margaret of Huntingdon, who was at different times married to Conan IV, Duke of Brittany, and Humphrey de Bohun. But nothing of this is seen in SP, and CP calls it "doubtful."

"Gilchrist, Earl of Angus [S.], br. and h. He was witness in 1198 to a document in the Chartulary of Arbroath Abbey (no. 148), to which Abbey he was a great benefactor. He d. between 1207 and 1211." [Complete Peerage I:146]

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• Alternate birth: 1078, Normandy, France

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"Kinswoman and co-heiress of William Goth." [Royal Ancestry]

"Sister of William Goth. The latter was an allodial lord along the River Sarthe, temp. William I." [Henry James Young, citation details below]

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• Alternate death: Abt 1159

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Also called Gille Brigte; Ghillebrite; Gilbert. Earl of Angus; one of the seven earls of Scotland. Present at the Scots defeat at the Battle of the Standard, 22 Aug 1138. In 1174 he was one of the hostages for William the Lion.

"Gillbride, Earl of Angus [S.], was at the battle of the Standard, 22 Aug. 1138, when the Scots were totally defeated at Northallerton, co. York, and was (long afterwards) one of the hostages for King William the Lion [S.] in 1174. He seems to have m., 1stly, a da. of Gospatrick, Earl of Dunbar [S.]. He apparently m.,, subsequently, the h. of the Earls of Caithness [S.], who was mother, by him, of Magnus, Earl of Caithness [S.] in 1232. He d. about 1187." [Complete Peerage I:145, as corrected in Volume XIV.]

Gillebride married (Unknown wife of Gillebride of Angus) of Dunbar. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Complete Peerage I:145: "[Gillebride] seems to have m., 1stly, a da. of Gospatrick, Earl of Dunbar." On chronological grounds, we make her a daughter of the Gospatric who d. 1166.