Notizen zu dieser Person
1 NAME Constable Of /Erroll/
2 GIVN Constable Of
2 SURN Erroll
2 NSFX Sir
1 _UID 12FDEA8D5DE64AEDB3B4AC90196BBF9A8078
1 _UID 34D86151C4283F4296D327E83A7C531DC909
5th feudal Baron of Erroll; supported Robert I The BrucetowhomConstablecommanding his bodyguard; fought Battle of MethvenagainsttheEnglish,Ambassador to England to negotiate truce afterBannockburn1314;Robert Igranted him the lands of Slains, Aberdeenshire,and 1309(madehereditaryby charter 12 Nov 1314) the post of GreatConstableofScotland (bothpreviously forfeited by his cousin SirGilbertComyn).[Burke's Peerage]
'Sir Gilbert de la Haya and his brother Hugh, descendantsinthefifthgeneration from this royal butler [William de la Hayawhomarriedthedaughter of Ranulph de Soulis], were amongst the firstoftheScottishbarons to repair to the standard of Robert Bruce,andwerepresent at hiscoronation. Hugh was taken prisoner at thebattleofTippermuir, butGilbert made his escape, with Bruce and a smallbodyoffollowers, intothe wilds of Athole, and shared in allhissubsequentperils andprivations. Hugh must in some way have regainedhisliberty,for hefought, along with his brother, at Bonnockburn. SirGilbertwascreated,by King Robert Bruce, High Constable of Scotland --anofficewhich wasmade hereditary in his family, and received fromhisgratefulsovereign agrant of the lands of Slains, in Aberdeenshire,whichis stillthe seatof his descendants.' The Great Historic Families ofScotland, James Taylor
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