Thomas de Matalent

• Preferred Name: Thomas de Matalent
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: LCCF-58P
  
• Birth: 1169 in Thirlestane House, Selkirkshire, Scotland at LATI: N5.4333 LONG: E3.1333
  
• Death: 1228
  
• Notes:

  === Thomas was the first Norman to come to S ===
  Thomas was the first Norman to come to Scotland in the time of Williamthe Lion. as a young Norman knight he helped subdue the Celticsub-kings in the wild Scotish highlands. His descendants were grantedthe land of Lauder in Berwickshire and became Earls and Dukes ofLauderdale, building there the huge Thirlstane Castle. TheDeMautalents came from Montalent by the Seine in Normandy. This areawas settled by land hungry Vikings in the early 10th century. The nameNormandy means Home of the Northmen. Their leader, Rollo the Viking,signed a treaty with King Charles the Simple in 911A.D. which gavethem northern France as a permanent home. Many Scots have their rootsin Normandy. Note variations in spelling. In this note we have the de Mautalents from Montalent. Other individuals are Maitland, de Mautient, de Mautlent, etc.
  
  === [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 45, Ed. 1, Tree #0 ===
  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 45, Ed. 1, Tree #0518, Date of Import: Aug 12, 2001] Thomas came to Scotland in the time of Richard the Lionhearted. As a young knight, he helped to subdue the Lords of Scotland. As a reward, he and his descendents were granted a large amount of land to rule over. He built Thirlesthane Castle, which still stands today. The Maitlands still live in the castle today. From Rae Davis-Smith via e-mail 2/14/1999[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 45, Ed. 1, Tree #0518, Date of Import: Sep 19, 2001] Thomas came to Scotland in the time of Richard the Lionhearted. As a young knight, he helped to subdue the Lords of Scotland. As a reward, he and his descendents were granted a large amount of land to rule over. He built Thirlesthane Castle, which still stands today. The Maitlands still live in the castle today. From Rae Davis-Smith via e-mail 2/14/1999
  
  === Mautalent peerage ===
  The earliest form of our name is Mautalent. This gradually changed in Scotland to the present spelling of Maitland during the period from 1138, the first record of our name in Scotland to 1400 when the present spelling became fairly firmly established.
  
  We know that the Mautalent name is associated with only two parts of France, the Cotentin Peninsula of Normandy and the nearby Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey in the north and the Pyrenees near Pau in the south. The best indications are that the Mautalens of Pau are descended from the Mautalents of Normandy.
  
  The Mautalents of Normandy derive their origin from two villages, Les Moitiers d'Allonne and Carteret, a few miles apart on the west coast of the Cotentin. They were settled by Normans around 1000 AD. Studies of Norman settlement indicate that this was not a movement of peoples, but rather a military conquest by small armed groups.
  
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  The story starts with the invasions of Vikings or Northmen into northern France around the Seine estuary in the ninth century, around 856-891. In 911 Charles the Simple, King of the Franks, by the Treaty of Epte ceded the area around Rouen to Rollo, a Northman. This is regarded as the foundation of Normandy.
  
  By about 1000 AD, the Normans had begun to settle the Cotentin peninsula, at that time almost an island with only one road leading into it through the west coast route via La Haye du Puits. Settlement was still by invasion. The Northmen came to Normandy because of violent upheavals in their homelands, which left many men without lands and obliged to leave their homes. The area between Stavanger and Bergen was particularly affected. Near Stavanger in the small village of Matland. We have no evidence to support the thesis, but suspect that our forebear came from here.
  
  The earliest form of our name is Mautalent. This gradually changed in Scotland to the present spelling of Maitland during the period from 1138, the first record of our name in Scotland to 1400 when the present spelling became fairly firmly established.
  
  We know that the Mautalent name is associated with only two parts of France, the Cotentin Peninsula of Normandy and the nearby Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey in the north and the Pyrenees near Pau in the south. The best indications are that the Mautalens of Pau are descended from the Mautalents of Normandy.
  
  The Mautalents of Normandy derive their origin from two villages, Les Moitiers d'Allonne and Carteret, a few miles apart on the west coast of the Cotentin. They were settled by Normans around 1000 AD. Studies of Norman settlement indicate that this was not a movement of peoples, but rather a military conquest by small armed groups.
  
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  The story starts with the invasions of Vikings or Northmen into northern France around the Seine estuary in the ninth century, around 856-891. In 911 Charles the Simple, King of the Franks, by the Treaty of Epte ceded the area around Rouen to Rollo, a Northman. This is regarded as the foundation of Normandy.
  
  By about 1000 AD, the Normans had begun to settle the Cotentin peninsula, at that time almost an island with only one road leading into it through the west coast route via La Haye du Puits. Settlement was still by invasion. The Northmen came to Normandy because of violent upheavals in their homelands, which left many men without lands and obliged to leave their homes. The area between Stavanger and Bergen was particularly affected. Near Stavanger in the small village of Matland. We have no evidence to support the thesis, but suspect that our forebear came from here.
  The first Mautalent came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066, and was probably given lands in Scotland for fighting in his cause. Thomas de Mautulant, possible father of Sir William de Matulant, did not build the Caste Thirlestane. Sir Richard Mautalant married Avicia du Thirlestane, the only child and heir of Thomas du Thirlestane, obtaining the castle and lands through this marriage.
  
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  === Thomas was the first Norman to come to S ===
  Thomas was the first Norman to come to Scotland in the time of Williamthe Lion. As a young Norman knight he helped subdue the Celticsub-kings in the wild Scotish highlands. His descendants were grantedthe land of Lauder in Berwickshire and became Earls and Dukes ofLauderdale, building there the huge Thirlstane Castle. TheDeMautalents came from Montalent by the Seine in Normandy. This areawas settled by land hungry Vikings in the early 10th century. The nameNormandy means Home of the Northmen. Their leader, Rollo the Viking,signed a treaty with King Charles the Simple in 911A.D. which gavethem northern France as a permanent home. Once there, the Vikingsadapted to the french culture and provided protection to the King ofFrance on his northern border. Many Scots have their roots inNormandy and, just as they did in Normandy, these people quicklybecame more Scot than the Celts whom they conquered.
  
  === Thomas was the first Norman to come to ===
  Thomas was the first Norman to come to Scotland in the tim e of William the Lion as a young Norman knight he helped su bdue the Celtic sub-kings in the wild Scotish highlands. Hi s descendants were granted the land of Lauder in Berwickshi re and became Earls and Dukes of Lauderdale, building ther e the huge Thirlstane Castle. The DeMautalents came from Mo ntalent by the Seine in Normandy. This area was settled b y land hungry Vikings in the early 10th century. The name N ormandy means Homeof the Northmen. Their leader, Rollo th e Viking, signed a treaty with King Charles the Simple in 9 11A.D. which gave them northern France as a permanent home . Many Scots have their roots in Normandy.

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