Subj : C.P. Addition: Children of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon
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Date : Fri Sep 07 2018 12:56 am
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Complete Peerage 6 (1926): 647, footnote l (sub Huntingdon) discusses the c=
hildren of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon (died 1219). It states =
Earl David had three sons and three daughters: Robert, Henry, and John, and=
three daughters, Margaret, Isabel, and Ada. A seventh child David is sugg=
ested by the editor.
Recently I came across a Common Pleas lawsuit dated Easter term 1303 which =
deals with the heirs of Alexander III, King of Scots (died 1286). The laws=
uit may be viewed at the following weblink:
Court of Common Pleas, CP40/147, image 50 (available at
http://aalt.law.uh.=
edu/AALT6/E1/CP40no147/IMG_0050.htm).
The lawsuit names the three main competitors to the Scottish crown then liv=
ing, namely John de Hastings (plaintiff in the lawsuit), John de Balliol, a=
nd Robert de Brus. The lawsuit states how each of the competitors were des=
cended from King Alexander III's great uncle, David of Scotland, Earl of Hu=
ntingdon (died 1219). Since these lines of descent are covered by many oth=
er published sources, they will not be repeated here.
Something which is new in the lawsuit is a list of the children of David of=
Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon. The lawsuit alleges that Earl David was suc=
cessively succeeded by three sons in turn, namely Thomas, David, and John, =
and that following John's death, he was succeeded by his four sisters, Alic=
e (who died without issue), Margaret, Isabel, and Ada.
Contemporary records, however, show that Earl David was succeeded on his de=
ath by his son, Earl John (died 1237). When John died without issue, his p=
roperties were divided by his surviving sisters, Margaret, Isabel, and Ada,=
or their representatives. There appears to have been a fourth sister, Mau=
d, wife of John de Monmouth, who predeceased her brother John and she died =
without issue.
The 1303 lawsuit confirms that Earl David had a son, David, who is known to=
have died young. The existence of the younger David is known from two cha=
rters of his father, Earl David, to Lindores Abbey. See Dowden, Chartulary=
of the Abbey of Lindores (Scottish Hist. Soc. 42) (1903): 2=E2=80=939, whi=
ch may be viewed at the following weblink:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id
bc.ark:/13960/t52g0bz47;view
1up=
;seq
104
But the 1303 lawsuit is the first record which alleges that Earl David had =
a son, Thomas, or a daughter, Alice.
In this case, I'm fairly certain that Alice is a mistake for the known daug=
hter, Maud, who died before 1237 many years before this lawsuit. Earl Davi=
d's daughter, Maud, is allegedly mentioned by name in the following contemp=
orary document which I have not consulted:
PRO DL 42/2, fos. 196v.=E2=80=937r.
Maud, daughter of Earl David, is also mentioned in the following two source=
s, both of whom place her as the third of four daughters of Earl David:
1. Buchanan, Tracts illus. of the Traditionary & Historical Antiqs. of Scot=
land (1836): 87 (Petition of John de Balliol: =E2=80=9CJohannes obiit sine =
haerede de corpore suo. Unde de eodem Johanne descendit jus, et debuit des=
cendere, Margaretae, Isabellae, Mathildae et Adae, ut sororibus et uni haer=
edi, si Regum esset partible ...=E2=80=9D).
2. Burton, Chronica Monasterii de Melsa 1 (Rolls Ser.) (1866): 436 (=E2=80=
=9CIste nempe Johannes Scoticus 4 habuit sorores; scilicet .... 3a soror Ma=
tildis obiit sine liberis=E2=80=9D).
In summary, the 1303 Common Pleas lawsuit alleges that David of Scotland, E=
arl of Huntingdon, had a total of seven children, two of which are not know=
n in other sources, namely a son, Thomas, and a daughter, Alice. One known=
daughter, Maud, is not mentioned in the lawsuit.
For a more detailed account of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon (died =
1219), and his descendants, please see my book, Royal Ancestry (5 volume se=
t), published in 2013.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
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