David Barclay

• Preferred Name: David Barclay^{[1] [2]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: in Old Kirk, Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland at LATI: N6.3787 LONG: E3.0889 with note: Old Kirk, Creich, Fife, Scotland
  
• Death: 25 JAN 1350 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: Earl of Brechin
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: Lord of Brechin
  
• Residence: in Scotland with note: GEDCOM data
  
• FSID: GQN9-6N4
  
• Birth: ABT 1294 in Fife, Scotland at LATI: N6.25 LONG: E3.1667 with note: standardized
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Signatory of Declaration of Arbroath
  
  Sir David Barclay, also known as David de Berkley, of Cairns/Carny was a 13th-14th century Scottish noble. David was the son of Sir David Berkley. He was a supporter of Robert de Brus. David was the Sheriff of Fife in 1295. He swore fealty and homage to King Edward I of England on 28 August 1296 at Berwick. He again swore fealty and homage to King Edward I of England on 14 March 1304 at St Andrews. He was granted the lordship of Avoch in 1305, however was stripped of the title when he again rebelled. David was taken prisoner at the Battle of Methven on 19 June 1306 and appears to have been released shortly afterwards, as he does not appear on any prisoner list. David took part in the campaign against William, Earl of Ross in 1308 with King Robert I of Scotland. He was killed on the 24 June 1314 at the Battle of Bannockburn . Family David is known to have had the following issue: David Barclay of Carny and Kindersleith, jure uxoris Lord Brechin Citations Barron, p.215 Barron, p.244 References Barron, Evan Macleod (1914). The Scottish war of independence; a critical study by Evan Macleod Barron. J. Nisbet
  
  === 1275 ===
  1275
  
  === !#970-v2-p296,300; !#1865-p50; Laird of ===
  !#970-v2-p296,300; !#1865-p50; Laird of Colcarny,Laird of Kilmaron;
  
  === !#970-v2=p296,72,86 !#189-v2-p220-224; ! ===
  !#970-v2=p296,72,86 !#189-v2-p220-224; !#3532-v1-p240; !#1867-p35; !#3201; !#1865-p45,46; Laird of Carny,Laird of Kindersleith & Old Lindores; Sir Knight; Steward of the household of Robert I;
  
  === Sir David Barclay, who became Lord of Br ===
  Sir David Barclay, who became Lord of Brechin through his wife, the daughter of Sir David Brechin, was lord of Cairny, Murdochcairny, Auchtermoonzie (now Moonzie), Torr, and Kinsleaths in Fife, and apparently of Eddleston in Peeblesshire and Hyndford in Lanarkshire. It has not been ascertained to what family he belonged, but it is apparently he who is described in the homage roll of 1296 as of the county of Fife. He received from King Edward I a grant of the lands of Avoch in Ross-shire, but about 1307 Hugh Ross, son of the Earl of Ross, petitioned Edward II that the lands might revert to him, as Sir David Barclay had joined Bruce. This corroborates Barbour, who implies that Barclay had joined Bruce before the battle of Methven, and he was apparently taken prisoner there, on 19 June 1306. Nothing further is known of him for some years, and he may have remained a captive until after Bannockburn, as the next notice of him is on 26 March 1315, when he granted certain lands to his future wife. After the death of is father-in-law, Sir David Brechin, in 1320, Sir David Barclay received from King Robert Bruce a grant of his forfeited lands of Rothiemay, Brechin, Kinloch, and others. Henceforth he appears as Lord of Brechin.
  
  In 1327 and 1329 he was one of the Auditors of Exchequer, and he was Sheriff of Fife in 1328. He acted as Steward of the Household of the yound Earl of Carrick, afterwards David II, and he had superintendence of the burial arrangements of King Robert Bruce at Dunfermline in 1329. In 1342 he, by command of King David II, seized and imprisoned in Lochindorb an ambitious churchman, William Bullok, who had fallen under the King's displeasure. Some years later, probably on account of some feud, or perhaps in revenge for the death of Sir Alexander Ramsay, he procured the death of John Douglas, brother of Sir William Douglas, the 'Knight of Liddesdale,' at a place called 'Forgywood.' In revenge he was himself assassinated by hired assassins at Aberdeen, on 25 January 1350, under circumstances of cruelty and treachery. [The Scots Peerage II:222-223]
  
  === A supporter of Robert Bruce he was one w ===
  A supporter of Robert Bruce he was one who attended the parliament called by Bruce in March 1309.

• m. BEF 1330

1. Jean Barclay, b. ABT 1330 in Brechin, Angus, Scotland     d. ABT 1360 in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

1. Title: Findagrave
   Author: David Berkeley II 25 Jan 1350
   Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234435268/david-berkeley;
   
2. Title: Barclays of Towie Carny Kindersleith Brechin from Stirnet Barclay01
   Author: https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/bb4ae/barclay01.php
   Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/108756943;
   Note: Pedigree of Barclay of Towie Carny Kindersleith Brechin