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Gospatric Earl of Dunbar II
- Preferred Name: Gospatric Earl of Dunbar II[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
- Gender: M
- Death: 22 AUG 1138 in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N4.3333 LONG: E1.4333
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Second Earl Of Dunbar And Marche
- Title of Nobility: with note: Description: styled "brother of Dolfin"
- FSID: 938M-CTX
- Title of Nobility: with note: Description: Earl of Lothian; Earl of Dunbar
- Birth: 1062 in Lothian
- Burial: AUG 1138 in Dunbar, Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland at LATI: N6.0022 LONG: E2.5169
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Gospatrick II Dunbar, 2nd Earl of Dunbar 1074, & Thane of Northumberland, Baron of Beanley
Gospatric II, Earl of Lothian
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gospatric II (died 1138)[1] was Earl of Lothian or Earl of Dunbar in the early 12th century.
He was the son of Gospatric I, sometime Earl of Northumbria (d. after 1073). In the earliest sources, occurring at dates between 1120 and 1134 he is not styled "earl", but the "brother of Dolfin", the latter style being used in his own seal.
Later accounts say that he was granted lands by king Máel Coluim III, although it is possible that he received them from his father, while his brother Dolfin received much of Cumberland. As Gospatric held lands from both King David I of Scotland and King Henry I of England it is impossible to label him either "English" or "Scottish".
Gospatric enjoyed the benefits of the renewed prominence given to native Englishmen in the reign of Henry I. He and his children obtained many lands in England proper, and he himself gained jurisdiction over some northern English legal duties. He appears to have attained the status of "earl" by the year 1134, when that style first appears in documentary sources.
Earl Gospatric, described as "the chief leader of the men of Lothian" was killed at the Battle of the Standard, being "struck by an arrow, he fell".[2]
He had four sons, Gospatric III (his successor), Adam, Edward, and Edgar. His daughter, Juliana, married Ralph de Merlay.[3] Ralph and Juliana founded Newminster Abbey.
Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
Gospatrick, 2nd Earl Dunbar, Earl of March, Baron of Beanley1
Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
M, #4877, b. circa 1070, d. 23 August 1138
Father Cospatrick, Earl Dunbar & Northumberland, Lord of Carlisle & Allendale b. c 1040, d. c 1075
Mother (Miss) FitzEdmund
Gospatrick, 2nd Earl Dunbar, Earl of March, Baron of Beanley married Sybil Morel, daughter of Arkil Mor, Seneschal of Lennox. Gospatrick, 2nd Earl Dunbar, Earl of March, Baron of Beanley was born circa 1070. He died on 23 August 1138 at Battle of the Standard, Cowton Moor, Northallerton, Scotland.
Family
Sybil Morel
Children
Fergus, Prince of Galloway+ d. 12 May 1161
Cospatrick, 3rd Earl of Dunbar, Earl of March+ d. 1166
Edgar of Beanley de Dunbar+ d. a 1140
Uchtred of March+2
Juliana of Dunbar+ b. c 1115
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s/o Gospatrick I Dunbar, Earl of Northumberland, 1st Earl of Dunbar & Aeyelreda of Dunbar
m- Sybil d/o Arkil Morel
d- 16 Aug 1138 - slain - Battle of the Standard
1068 - taken into Scotland with his father
1120-30 - known as brother of Dolphin
1100 - grant by King HI - lands between Wooler & Moeth, Northumberlandshire, England
no date - held Barony of Beanley, Northumberland - 1072 deprived , later restored
Gospatric II (died 1138)[1] was Earl of Lothian or Earl of Dunbar in the early 12th century.
He was the son of Gospatric I, sometime Earl of Northumbria (d. after 1073). In the earliest sources, occurring at dates between 1120 and 1134 he is not styled "earl", but the "brother of Dolfin", the latter style being used in his own seal.
Later accounts say that he was granted lands by king Máel Coluim III, although it is possible that he received them from his father, while his brother Dolfin received much of Cumberland. As Gospatric held lands from both King David I of Scotland and King Henry I of England it is impossible to label him either "English" or "Scottish". He witnessed the charter of Alexander I of Scotland founding Scone Abbey.[2]
Gospatric enjoyed the benefits of the renewed prominence given to native Englishmen in the reign of Henry I. He and his children obtained many lands in England proper, and he himself gained jurisdiction over some northern English legal duties. He appears to have attained the status of "earl" by the year 1134, when that style first appears in documentary sources.
Earl Gospatric, described as "the chief leader of the men of Lothian" was killed at the Battle of the Standard, being "struck by an arrow, he fell".[3]
He had four sons, Gospatric III (his successor), Adam, Edward, and Edgar. His daughter, Juliana, married Ralph de Merlay.[4] Ralph and Juliana founded Newminster Abbey.
References
Anderson, Alan Orr (ed.), Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers: AD 500–1286, (London, 1908)
Macdonald, Alastair J., "King's of the Wild Frontier? The earls of Dunbar or March, c. 1070-1435", in Steve Boardman and Alasdair Ross (eds.), The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland, (Portland/Dublin, 2003), pp. 139–58
McDonald, R. Andrew, ‘Gospatric, first earl of Lothian (d. 1138)’, in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 22 Nov 2006
McDonald, Andrew, ‘Waltheof, third earl of Lothian (d. 1182)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 28 Nov 2006
Anderson, Scottish Annals, p.203, n. 4; the title "Earl of Dunbar" is not actually in use until the time of Earl Waltheof; see MacDonald, "Waltheof, third earl of Lothian (died 1182)".
McNeill, Ronald John (1911). "March, Earls of" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 685–688.
Anderson, Scottish Annals, p.203 and n. 4.
Jones, M. (2003) England and Her Neighbours, 1066-1453: Essays in Honour of Pierre Chaplais Continuum International (via Google Books)
Preceded by
- Earl of Lothian
x1134–1138 Succeeded by
Gospatrick III
=== Title: Lord of Allerdale and Abbott of C ===
Title: Lord of Allerdale and Abbott of Crowland
=== [Family.ged] Baron of Beanley, Scotland ===
[Family.ged] Baron of Beanley, Scotland --Other Fields : Place: Earl of Dunbar --Other Fields Ref Number : Quality: 0 Death: Quality: 0
=== Person note ===
Gospatric killed at the battle of the Standard in 1138..
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Gospatric de Dunbar, 1st Earl of Dunbar ===
Gospatric de Dunbar, 1st Earl of Dunbar; living c1115, when he seems to have been a signatory to the Charter of Scone by which the Abbey of Scone was founded; killed leading his men of Lothian in Scottish defeat by theEnglish at the Battle of Standard (near Northallerton, North Yorks) 23Aug 1138. [Burke's Peerage]
=== Notes and sources for Gospatric... ===
From Register & Records of Holm Cultram, p. 18-21, the Family of Workington
Orm
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Gospatic, 1158-79
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Thomas de Workington, d. 1201 m. Grecia
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Thomas, eldest son and Patrick de Culwen, c. 1250 1388
bullet Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 160
Gospatric, who died in 1179, of High Ireby, Lord of Workington in Coupland; exchanged his lands with his cousin, William I de Lancaster (son of Gilbert, 4th Baron of Kenda) for the lands of William de Lancaster at Workington in Coupland. He married Egeline, perhaps the daughter of Ranulf Engaine.
~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 34:24
• From Gen-Medieval Archives: Gospatric Fitz Orm's mother, Gravelda of Dunbar . 193,599
From: "Douglas Richardson"
Subject: Re: Gospatric Fitz Orm's mother, Gravelda of Dunbar
Date: 28 Nov 2005 12:16:24 -0800
As I showed in earlier posts, Ebrea de Trevers' husband, Ranulph Engaine, was evidently living after 1122, when they gave propety in Henrickby (or Herriby) to Carlisle Priory. This dating makes it virtually impossible for Ebrea de Trevers to be Gospatric Fitz Orm's mother, as I will demonstrate below.
We know that Gospatric Fitz Orm issued a charter to St. Bees Priory sometime in the period, 1138-1157, which charter was witnessed by his first cousin, Alan Fitz Waltheof, his brothers-in-law, William and Gilbert Engaine, his wife Elgiva, his mother-in-law, Ebrea [de Trevers], and his three sons, Thomas, Adam, and Robert [Reference: Register of the Priory of St. Bees (Surtees Soc. 126) (1915): 60-61].
We can date the charter as being 1138-1157, as Alan Fitz Waltheof's father, Waltheof Fitz Gospatrick, died in 1138, and William Engaine died in 1157 [References: Sanders, English Baronies (1960): 23; Keats-Rohan, Domesday Descendants (2002): 246]. If we assume that Gospatric Fitz Orm's sons were of sufficient age to witness the charter, it means that Thomas his eldest son was approximately age 20 in or before 1157, or before in or before 1137. Yet, incredibly, you have Thomas being born a full generation later at ca. 1155-1160. Likewise, we know from other records, that Thomas Fitz Gospatric' son-in-law, William de Furness (or Fleming), was of age before 1164. Again, I find it incredible that you have Thomas Fitz Gospatric being the same approximate age as his son-in-law.
Elsewhere, I've determined that Thomas, son of Gospatrick Fitz Orm, had a grandson, Michael de Furness, who was aged 6 in 1204, or born about 1198. Michael de Furness would, of course, be a great-grandson of Gospatrick Fitz Orm. Using the 85 year rule of thumb for three generations which I have employed in earlier posts, if we subtract 85 years from 1198, we obtain an estimated birthdate for Gospatric Fitz Orm of circa 1113. We get a similar corresponding result in chronology for his son, Thomas Fitz Gospatric, when we subtract 85 years from the approximate birthdate of his great-grandson, William de Furness, who I believe was born c. 1215-1219. 85 years substracted from c. 1215-1219 indicates an estimated birthdate of 1130/1134 for Thomas Fitz Gospatric.
Using these records, the following chronology can be constructed which
harmonizes well with the facts as we have them:
1. Gravelda (or Gurwelda, Gimilda) of Dunbar, born before 1075, minor and unmarried at her father's death in 1075. She married Orm Fitz Ketel, who I believe was an adult in 1094.
2. Gospatric Fitz Orm, born say 1110, died c. 1177. He married Egliva Engaine, daughter of Ranulph Engaine (living after 1122) and Ibrea (or Ybri) de Trevers.
3. Thomas Fitz Gospatric, born say 1130/5, died 1201, married Grace
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4. Aline Fitz Thomas, born say 1160/5, living 1219, married William de Furness (or Fleming), he was of age before 1164.
5. Michael de Furness, born about 1198 (aged 6 in 1204), died 1230/34.
6. William de Furness, born c. 1215/1219 (allegedly aged 14 at his father's death), living 1262.
I'm sure that more evidence can be provided to show that Gospatric Fitz Orm was born in or before 1110. For now, I think the above is sufficient to prove that the theory you have presented in your recent Foundations article regarding Gospatric Fitz Orm's maternity is untenable for three reasons: (1) Passage of lands; (2) Onomastic evidence; and most basic of all, (3) chronology. Also, your interpretation of the Latin phrase "matre ejus" can not be sustained.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Gospatric married Egeline d’Engaine, daughter of Ranulf d’Engaine and Ibria de Trevers Heiress of Burgh-by-Sands.160 (Egeline d’Engaine was born in Workington, Cumberland, England.)
=== Gospatric II ===
Gospatric II was the 2nd/3rd Earl of Dunbar.
=== Gospatrick II Dunbar, 2nd Earl of Dunbar ===
Gospatrick II Dunbar, 2nd Earl of Dunbar 1074, & Thane of Northumberland, Baron of Beanley
Gospatric II, Earl of Lothian
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gospatric II (died 1138)[1] was Earl of Lothian or Earl of Dunbar in the early 12th century.
He was the son of Gospatric I, sometime Earl of Northumbria (d. after 1073). In the earliest sources, occurring at dates between 1120 and 1134 he is not styled "earl", but the "brother of Dolfin", the latter style being used in his own seal.
Later accounts say that he was granted lands by king Máel Coluim III, although it is possible that he received them from his father, while his brother Dolfin received much of Cumberland. As Gospatric held lands from both King David I of Scotland and King Henry I of England it is impossible to label him either "English" or "Scottish".
Gospatric enjoyed the benefits of the renewed prominence given to native Englishmen in the reign of Henry I. He and his children obtained many lands in England proper, and he himself gained jurisdiction over some northern English legal duties. He appears to have attained the status of "earl" by the year 1134, when that style first appears in documentary sources.
Earl Gospatric, described as "the chief leader of the men of Lothian" was killed at the Battle of the Standard, being "struck by an arrow, he fell".[2]
He had four sons, Gospatric III (his successor), Adam, Edward, and Edgar. His daughter, Juliana, married Ralph de Merlay.[3] Ralph and Juliana founded Newminster Abbey.
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Anderson, Scottish Annals, p.203, n. 4; the title "Earl of Dunbar" is not actually in use until the time of Earl Waltheof; see MacDonald, "Waltheof, third earl of Lothian (died 1182)".
Jump up ^ Anderson, Scottish Annals, p.203 and n. 4.
Jump up ^ Jones, M. (2003) England and Her Neighbours, 1066-1453: Essays in Honour of Pierre Chaplais Continuum International (via Google Books
s/o Gospatrick I Dunbar, Earl of Northumberland, 1st Earl of Dunbar & Aeyelreda of Dunbar
m- Sybil d/o Arkil Morel
d- 16 Aug 1138 - slain - Battle of the Standard
1068 - taken into Scotland with his father
1120-30 - known as brother of Dolphin
1100 - grant by King HI - lands between Wooler & Moeth, Northumberlandshire, England
no date - held Barony of Beanley, Northumberland - 1072 deprived , later restored
SURNAME: Also shown as de Dunbar,
GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Gospatric
BIRTH: Also shown as Born Cumberland, England, United Kingdom.
DEATH: Also shown as Died 22 Aug 1138
=== [Christina de Stainton.ged]
Witnessed t ===
[Christina de Stainton.ged]
Witnessed the foundation of the great Abbey of Holyrood House[Ada de Workington.ged]
Witnessed the foundation of the great Abbey of Holyrood House[robert lawrence.ged]
Gospatric de Dunbar, 1st Earl of Dunbar; living c1115, when he seems to have been a signatory to the Charter of Scone by which the Abbey of Scone was founded; killed leading his men of Lothian in Scottish defeat by the English at the Battle of Standard (near Northallerton, North Yorks) 23 Aug 1138. [Burke's Peerage]
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EARLDOM OF DUNBAR (I)
GOSPATRIC DE DUNBAR, EARL [SCT], 3rd son being younger brother of Dolfin (expelled 1092 from Carlisle), was apparently one of the nine signatories to the charter of Scone (circ. 1115), as also, about a year later (under the style of Gospatricus, frater Dolfini), to the Inquisitio Davidis. He appears to have held the position of an EARL, though there is no record of the title of the Earldom, nor is he ever called Earl in any known document in his lifetime. In a charter, confirmed 16 August 1139 (after his death), to the monks of Durham, he is styled "Gospatricus Comes, frater Dolfini," being, in the heading thereof, called "Gospatricus secundus Comes frater Dolfini." This Earl is doubtless the summus dux Lodonensium (the leader of the men of Lothian) slain at the battle of the Standard 22 August 1138, fighting against the English at Cowton Moor, near Northallerton. [Complete Peerage IV:504-5, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
=== Earl of Dunbar and Baron of Beanley kill ===
Earl of Dunbar and Baron of Beanley killed at the Battle of the Standard.
=== He was killed in the Battle of the Stand ===
He was killed in the Battle of the Standard.
=== !TITLE:Earl of Dunbar ===
!TITLE:Earl of Dunbar
=== !Name,Bd,pla,Spouse,children,Bap,End-TIB ===
!Name,Bd,pla,Spouse,children,Bap,End-TIB FHL 884558 name,Bd,pla,Bap,End,SP(pre 1970)-IGI addendum Bd also listed as <1067<1062;Bpl as Dunbar,E Lothian;Md as 1106,1138,<1119
=== !Waltheop, Lord of Allendale; m. Sigrid, ===
!Waltheop, Lord of Allendale; m. Sigrid, Living 1126; (SP III 243-245; CP IV 504). rasc 38-23.
=== Maternity ===
Two things are reported by medieval sources relevant to the mother of Gospatric II. In a set of English administrative records, it is reported that Gospatric held land formerly held by his uncle Edmund. Since Gospatric I had no brother of this name, it is presumed that Edmund was Gospatric II's maternal uncle, and hence his mother was Edmund's sister.
The second comes from a set of legal notes prepared for a lawsuit in which the descendants of Gospatric II's nephew William fitz Duncan tried to disposess him of any inheritance coming from Gospatric I. They claimed that Gospatric II and Dolfin were illegitimate, and that the only legitimate children of Gospatric I were Waltheof and Etheldreda, WIlliam's mother, and hence William was the rightful heir (they make no mention of the otehr daughters). The claim is too self-serving to be taken at face value, but given the complex marital histories of other family members, a stronger case could be made that Gospatric did not share the same mother as Waltheof and Etheldreda, whether the claim was true that his mother a mistress, or simply a different wife being portrayed as a mistress for the purposes of the lawsuit's claims. At a minimum, this makes it unsafe to assume that any of the other children fo Gospatric I were born to the same sister of Edmund as was Gospatric II's mother.
=== Notes and sources for Gospatrick II... ===
~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 41:23, Gospatric, the second, son of Gospatric the first, slain at the battle of the Standard, 23 Aug 1138, was the Earl of Dunbar and the Baron of Beanley, married Sybil, daughter of Arkil Morel. 160
bullet Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 141
Gospatric de Dunbar, 3rd son of Gospatric and Ælfgifu, being younger brother of Dolfin (expelled 1092 from Carlisle), was apparently one of the nine signatories to the charter of Scone (circ. 1115), as also, about a year later (under the style of Gospatricus, frater Dolfini), to the Inquisitio Davidis. He appears to have held the position of an Earl, though there is no record of the title of the Earldom, nor is he ever called Earl in any known document in his lifetime. In a charter, confirmed 16 Aug 1139 (after his death), to the monks of Durham, he is styled "Gospatricus Comes, frater Dolfini," being, in the heading thereof, called "Gospatricus secundus Comes frater Dolfini." This Earl is doubtless the summus dux Lodonensium (the leader of the men of Lothian) slain at the battle of the Standard 22 August 1138, fighting against the English at Cowton Moor, near Northallerton.
~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV. pp. 504-505
• Family: Gospatric from Dictionary of National Biography, Vo. 22. 910
Gospatric, Earl of Dunbar, had three sons: Dolfin, who held Carlisle, probably as a grant from the Scottish king, and was driven out by William Rufus in 1092; Waltheof, a benefactor of the church of York; and Gospatric [Symeon, i. 216; Anglo-Saxon Chron. 'Peterborough,' an. 1092; Monasticon, iii. 550]. His children also included a daughter Juliana, who married Ralph de Merley, founder of Newminster, near Morpeth [ib. v. 398], and a son, (said to be illegitimate)* named Edgar, a leader of a Scottish band of freebooters in 1138 [John of Hexham ap. Symeon, ii. 298].
Excerpt from The Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 22, p. 255.
* According to The Early History of the Stricklands of Sizergh, p. 86, Edgar son of the second Gospatric was not illegitimate, but the son of Sybil daughter of Arkil Morel. 910
Gospatric married Sybil Morel, daughter of Arkil Morel and Unknown 160.,910
=== [[Category:House of Dunbar]] ===
[[Category:House of Dunbar]]
== Biography ==
Jackson writes that his father Orme probably died before 1156...:[...]Gospatrick, is named in the Pipe Rolls of that year for the first time, and from that period his name frequently occurs down to 25 Henry II. (1179). He exchanged Middleton, in Westmorland, with the 1st William de Lancaster for Workington and Lamplugh. He had a grant of Ireby from his relative Alan, son of Waldeoff.
This land transaction with [[Lancaster-222|William de Lancaster]] has interesting implications, and seems to have been needed to ensure thatpossession was hereditary. We need to keep in mind that the lordshipsof the area were in flux as the Scots moved in to the area, while theNorman English kingdom in the south was weakened by a civil war. Raggwrites::William de Lancaster wanted Middleton, which Gospatrik owned. Gospatrik was holding Workington and Lamplugh of William de Lancaster at the time, but not as "of fee," that is not as hereditary possession which would go to his descendants. Possibly the tenure was of the kind called demise for years. or that called demise for life. In return for the grant of Middleton, Gospatrik receives Workington and Lamplugh as a "fee " ; that is as his right and inheritance. He is thus made lord of both townships, but still under de Lancaster ; he has to give homage for them, in other words he holds them in military tenure ; and he is moreover to do the forensic service to William, not for William, at the Castle of Egremont. This implies that for the time being William was holding the barony. And from Farrer (Pipe Rolls of Lancashire, [https://archive.org/stream/lancashirepiper00exchgoog#page/n317/mode/1up p. 305]) we find that Mulcaster (in the Barony) must have been held by William, and in some way now unknown the possession came to an end. One can only surmise that this was during the disturbed time when Henry II. had to recover Cumberland from the Scots. Later on we find Workington and Seaton both held direct under de Lucy, and there is no de Lancaster as mesne lord between
Concerning other events, Jackson writes::Gospatrick is recorded as having been one of the witnesses to the Foundation Charter of the Abbey of Holm Cultram by Henry the Third, son of David, King of Scotland, to which Abbey he gave two parts of the fishing in the Derwent, except Waytcroft, which he gave to the Priory of Carlisle. He gave Salter to Saint Mary's Abbey at York, and he also gave the Church of Caldbeck to the Priory of Carlisle. He gave Flimby tothe Abbey of Holm Cultram. :Gospatrick was in command of the Castle of Appleby when William the Lion invaded Cumberland in 1174, and to translate, in equally rude rhymes, the Norman French of the rhyming Chronicler, Jordan Fantosme,
::Around the King were counsellors not few,
::And soon and well he all their business knew.
::Robert de Vaux he harmed not then, but straight
::To Appleby marched on and to its gate
::Came and the ancient city took with speed,
::For there were none to guard it in its need :
::The Castle, too, King William took with speed,
::For there were none to guard it in its need.
::Gospatrick, son of Orme, with years grown grey,
::An Englishman, was Constable : the fray
::Soon ended for full soon he mercy cried ;
::The King forgot his sorrow in his pride
::When he the Tower of Appleby had won,
::And threaten'd much our Lord Matilda's son.:Gospatrick was subjected to a fine of 500 mares for surrendering the Castle, and perhaps not without reason
===Death===He disappears from the records after 1179, soon after the above incident, when he was an old man. And it is likely to be no coincidence thata duel was to be fought at that time, with his cousin William de Lancaster, the son of the cousin with whom he made an important and complicated land transaction.
Jackson proposes that it was a result of the controversy from his poordefense of Appleby, against his Scottish cousins::It is possible that out of this charge arose the ill feeling of William, Second Earl of Lancaster, towards Gospatrick, for we learn that William paid a fine of ten mares to be allowed to fight a duel with Gospatrick in the year 1179,* and this is the last mention we find of him.
Ragg proposes a story where Gospatrick is a victim of the Scots::He would be in the full vigour of manhood when this William fitz Duncan made his ravages, and he would find himself and his land transferred by King Stephen's act over to David, King of Scots. When re-transferred during the later part of his life to the realm of England he was in a barony, the overlord of which was for a time the said William fitzDuncan,-and after the death of this William and his wife was in dispute between the coheirs and claimants, or was having trespass made uponit. An unhappy time for Copeland at any rate, and possibly some complication arising out of the confusion was the reason for his seeking permission to have a duel with William, son of William (de Lancaster) ; since the barony had been for a time in de Lancaster hands. Gospatrik gave land at Flemingby (Flimby) to the Priory of Carlisle (Prescott, Reg. of Wetherhal, 389) .
===Children===
Ragg names the following sons:
*[[Workington-3|Thomas]]. Son and heir.
*Alexander.
*Henry.
*Adam. Rector of Camerton.*Robert. Robert of Lamplugh?[See Taylor (1938) The Lamplugh Familyof Cumberland, TCWAAS [http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2055-1/dissemination/pdf/Article_Level_Pdf/tcwaas/002/1938/vol38/tcwaas_002_1938_vol38_0008.pdf] and Collingwood (1929) Ravenglass, Coniston and Penrith in ancient deeds, TCWAAS,[https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2055-1/dissemination/pdf/Article_Level_Pdf/tcwaas/002/1929/vol29/tcwaas_002_1929_vol29_0004.pdf]]
*Alan.
*Orme de Ireby. Apparently ancestor to an Ireby family.*Gilbert de Southaik. Ragg's own pedigree shows him being of Southaik,Kirkudbrightshire. He had sons Thomas and William.
== Sources ==
*FW Ragg (1914) De Culwen, TCWAAS [http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2055-1/dissemination/pdf/Article_Level_Pdf/tcwaas/002/1914/vol14/tcwaas_002_1914_vol14_0025.pdf]*W Jackson (1881) The Curwens of Workington Hall and Kindred Families.TCWAAS, [https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2055-1/dissemination/pdf/Article_Level_Pdf/tcwaas/001/1881/vol5/tcwaas_001_1881_vol5_0024.pdf]*W Jackson (1881) The Curwens of Workington Hall and Kindred Families.Part II., [http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2055-1/dissemination/pdf/Article_Level_Pdf/tcwaas/001/1881/vol5/tcwaas_001_1881_vol5_0032.pdf]*English Heritage/ Cumbria County Council, Archaeological Assessment Report for Workington, [English Heritage/ Cumbria County Council, Archaeological Assessment Report for Workington, [https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-319-1/dissemination/pdf/Allerdale/Assessment/Workington_assessment_report.pdf]*Register of St Bees (see especially [https://archive.org/stream/registerofstbees00surtuoft#page/n686/mode/1up index entry] and the long footnote on [https://archive.org/stream/registerofstbees00surtuoft#page/248/mode/1up p.248])
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Gospatrick, 2nd Earl Dunbar, Earl of March, Baron of Beanley
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Father Cospatrick, Earl Dunbar & Northumberland, Lord of Carlisle &
Allendale b. c 1040, d. c 1075
Mother (Miss) FitzEdmund
Gospatrick, 2nd Earl Dunbar, Earl of March, Baron of Beanley married
Sybil Morel, daughter of Arkil Morel. Gospatrick, 2nd Earl Dunbar,
Earl of March, Baron of Beanley was born circa 1070. He died on 23
August 1138 at Battle of the Standard, Cowton Moor, Northallerton,
Scotland.
Family Sybil Morel
Children ?Fergus, Prince of Galloway+ d. 12 May 1161
?Cospatrick, 3rd Earl of Dunbar, Earl of March+ d. 1166
?Edgar of Beanley de Dunbar+ d. a 1140
?Uchtred of March+2
?Juliana of Dunbar+ b. c 1115
Citations
1.[S845] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. IV, p.
504/5; The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts, p.
435; Wallop Family, p. 543.
2.[S11620] The Douglas Archives.
=== Waldeve, apparently referred to in his f ===
Waldeve, apparently referred to in his father's writ as 'Waltheof,' is usually said to have received from King Henry I, the barony of Allerdale, in Cumberland, but it is now clear that it must have descended to him from his father, being only confirmed by Henry. It is said that his being a Scotsman gained him the favour of Ranulf Meschin, the new Norman lord of Carlisle. This seems to imply not only Scottish sympathies, but ownership in Scotland, and he may have possessed the lands there, held later by his grandson of the same name. He granted some land in Allerdale, and a house for herring-fishery, to the Priory of Hexham. He, with his wife and two sons, also granted to the church of Brydekirk, in Allerdale, the villa of Appleton and its surroundings. He is named in the Inquisition by Earl David, afterwards King, as to the possessions of the see of Glasgow, made between 1120 and 1124. He was present with King David I of Scotland at Dunbermline, about 1126 or later, and this appears to be the latest notice of him. It has been asserted that he became Abbot of Coryland in 1124 and was deposed in 1138, but there is good reason for believing that the Abbot must have been another Waldeve. His wife's name was Sigrid or Sigarith, who survived him and married Rober, son of Gilbert. [The Scots Peerage III:243-244]
=== !IGI - 1993 - 1761058; (mar) 1760837. Th ===
!IGI - 1993 - 1761058; (mar) 1760837. The Scot's Peerage - 941 D22p vol 3 p 588. IGI shows birth as abt 1101 which is obviously incorrect.
===
Gospatric II, Earl of Lothian
From Wiki ===
Gospatric II, Earl of Lothian
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gospatric II (died 1138)[1] was Earl of Lothian or Earl of Dunbar in
the early 12th century.
He was the son of Gospatric I, sometime Earl of Northumbria (d. after
1073). In the earliest sources, occurring at dates between 1120 and
1134 he is not styled "earl", but the "brother of Dolfin", the latter
style being used in his own seal.
Later accounts say that he was granted lands by king Máel Coluim III,
although it is possible that he received them from his father, while
his brother Dolfin received much of Cumberland. As Gospatric held
lands from both King David I of Scotland and King Henry I of England
it is impossible to label him either "English" or "Scottish".
Gospatric enjoyed the benefits of the renewed prominence given to
native Englishmen in the reign of Henry I. He and his children
obtained many lands in England proper, and he himself gained
jurisdiction over some northern English legal duties. He appears to
have attained the status of "earl" by the year 1134, when that style
first appears in documentary sources.
Earl Gospatric, described as "the chief leader of the men of Lothian"
was killed at the Battle of the Standard, being "struck by an arrow,
he fell".[2]
He had four sons, Gospatric III (his successor), Adam, Edward, and
Edgar.
[edit] Notes
1.^ Anderson, Scottish Annals, p.203, n. 4; the title "Earl of Dunbar"
is not actually in use until the time of Earl Waltheof; see MacDonald,
"Waltheof, third earl of Lothian (died 1182)".
2.^ Anderson, Scottish Annals, p.203 and n. 4.
[edit] References
Anderson, Alan Orr (ed.), Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers: AD
500-1286, (London, 1908)
Macdonald, Alastair J., "King's of the Wild Frontier? The earls of
Dunbar or March, c. 1070-1435", in Steve Boardman and Alasdair Ross
(eds.), The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland, (Portland/Dublin,
2003), pp. 139-58
McDonald, R. Andrew, ‘Gospatric, first earl of Lothian (d. 1138)’, in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
, accessed 22 Nov 2006
McDonald, Andrew, ‘Waltheof, third earl of Lothian (d. 1182)’, Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 ,
accessed 28 Nov 2006
=== General Notes: 1st Earl of Dunbar and Ba ===
General Notes: 1st Earl of Dunbar and Baron of Hume DEATH: Genealogies of Kentucky Families, From the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, 1981. Hume Genealogy, Compiled by Edgar E. Hume, Jr., page 527. 2nd Earl, is in some evidences styled Frater Delphini, Raine, App. cxi. witnessed by his son Gospatric, whilst his brother, Waldeve is styled Frater ejus. He died Aug. 16, 1139, as appears from a Coldinghame charter bearing these words, ea die qua vivus fuit et mortuus, a mode of expression which occurs in Exon Doomsday quoted in a History of the Perceval Family, and also in Raine, App. xix. xx. xxi.; he witnessed the foundation charter of the abbey of Scone, 1115, and the foundation of Holyrood in 1128. In 1167, a confirmation of a grant made previously by Gospatric, the brother of Delphinus, in which Gospatric, the son of the granter is mentioned. Raine's Durham, App. In a subsequent charter he is called Gospatricius de Dunbar. [From History of Dunbar Hume and Dundas from Drummond's Noble British Families, William Pickering, London 1846]
=== !Brown book 5, chart 403. ===
!Brown book 5, chart 403.
=== His children were: Child 1: Dunbar, daug ===
His children were: Child 1: Dunbar, daughter of Child 2: de Dunbar, Gospatric, Earl of Dunbar 2nd
=== The Battle of Standard, English against ===
The Battle of Standard, English against the Scots, was fought 22 August 1138 at North Allerton. The English, fighting for Stephen of Blois who was fighting for his cause to gain the throne of England against those forces fighting for Matilda, dtr of Henry I (Beauclerk) who was niece of David, who was King of Scotland at this time. The English defeated the Scots, fighting under the English "Standards" of St. Cuthbert of Durham, St. John of Beverly, and St. Wilfred of Ripon, given their name "Standard" to the battle.
=== Lord of Allerdale ===
Lord of Allerdale
=== Ancestral File Number: 9G9V-XL ===
Ancestral File Number: 9G9V-XL
=== Lord of Aderdale, Abbot of Crowland ===
Lord of Aderdale, Abbot of Crowland
=== bp. 26Jul1932 ===
bp. 26Jul1932
===
Source: Garland Elizabeth Corse DeCourc ===
Source: Garland Elizabeth Corse DeCourcy's database http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=gdecourcy
=== [Christina de Stainton.ged]
Lord of All ===
[Christina de Stainton.ged]
Lord of Allerdale[Ada de Workington.ged]
Lord of Allerdale
=== _P_CCINFO 1-14417 ===
_P_CCINFO 1-14417
=== Alt Name: Gospatric Northumberland Earl ===
Alt Name: Gospatric Northumberland Earl Dunbar !NAME:Letter, Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori", Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori", P.O. Box 577, Bayview, ID 83803 , , Repository: Hardcopy notes of Lori Garner Elmore. !NAME:Letter, Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori", Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori", P.O. Box 577, Bayview, ID 83803 , , Repository: Hardcopy notes of Lori Garner Elmore. !NAME:Book, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, Frederick Lewis Weis, 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992 , , Repository: J.H. Garner, line 41 pp 44-45 !NAME:Book, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, Frederick Lewis Weis, 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992 , , Repository: J.H. Garner, line 41 pp 44-45 !NAME:Electronic, Neville GEDCOM, Neville GEDCOM, Ren Neville, beschutzer@earthlink.net , !NAME:Electronic, Neville GEDCOM, Neville GEDCOM, Ren Neville, beschutzer@earthlink.net , !NAME:Other, large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW !NAME:Other, large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW !BIRTH:Electronic, Stevens DB, Stevens DB, Jim & Luke Stevens, http://www.gendex.com/users/jast/index.html#Welcome, http://pss.fit.edu:80/~stevens/descent/ , !BIRTH:Electronic, Stevens DB, Stevens DB, Jim & Luke Stevens, http://www.gendex.com/users/jast/index.html#Welcome, http://pss.fit.edu:80/~stevens/descent/ , !BIRTH:Electronic, Neville GEDCOM, Neville GEDCOM, Ren Neville, beschutzer@earthlink.net , !BIRTH:Electronic, Neville GEDCOM, Neville GEDCOM, Ren Neville, beschutzer@earthlink.net , !BIRTH:Other, large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW !BIRTH:Other, large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW !DEATH:Electronic, Stevens DB, Stevens DB, Jim & Luke Stevens, http://www.gendex.com/users/jast/index.html#Welcome, http://pss.fit.edu:80/~stevens/descent/ , !DEATH:Electronic, Stevens DB, Stevens DB, Jim & Luke Stevens, http://www.gendex.com/users/jast/index.html#Welcome, http://pss.fit.edu:80/~stevens/descent/ , !DEATH:Letter, Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori", Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori", P.O. Box 577, Bayview, ID 83803 , , Repository: Hardcopy notes of Lori Garner Elmore. !DEATH:Letter, Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori", Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori", P.O. Box 577, Bayview, ID 83803 , , Repository: Hardcopy notes of Lori Garner Elmore. !DEATH:Book, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, Frederick Lewis Weis, 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992 , , Repository: J.H. Garner, line 38 pp 41-42 !DEATH:Book, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, Frederick Lewis Weis, 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992 , , Repository: J.H. Garner, line 38 pp 41-42 !DEATH:Electronic, Neville GEDCOM, Neville GEDCOM, Ren Neville, beschutzer@earthlink.net , !DEATH:Electronic, Neville GEDCOM, Neville GEDCOM, Ren Neville, beschutzer@earthlink.net , !DEATH:Other, large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW !DEATH:Other, large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW !GENERAL:Pedigree Resource File CD 4, Pedigree Resource File CD 4, (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999) !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== Baron of Hume ===
Baron of Hume
=== 2nd Earl of Dunbar ===
2nd Earl of Dunbar
=== Name Prefix: Lord Name Suffix:
Name Prefix: Lord Name Suffix: Of Workington
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== !Americans of Royal Descent page 63 ===
!Americans of Royal Descent page 63
Preferred Parents:
Father: Gospatric Earl of Northumberland I, b. 1040 d. 15 DEC 1074 in Norham, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Mother: Aethelreda Atheling Of Wessex, b. 1046 in Mercia, England d. 5 AUG 1086 in Rhuddlan Castle, Carnarvan, Wales
Family 1: Sybil Morel of Bearley, b. ABT 1070 in Bearley, Dunbar, Burgh, Scotland d. 1125 in Dunbar, Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
- m. BEF 1095 in Dunbar, Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
- Gospatric Earl of Dunbar III, b. JAN 1090 in Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland d. 15 DEC 1166 in Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
- Edgar 'Unnithing' of Dunbar, b. BEF 1130 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland d. AFT 1179 in Drigg Carleton, Cumberland, England
- Margaret of Dunbar, b. 1102 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland d. 1154 in Angus, Scotland
- Julian of Dunbar, b. ABT 1120 in Dunbar, Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland d. 1201 in Northumberland, England
Sources:
- Title: Gospatric of Workington de Lamplugh, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1V-4769 : 5 July 2020), Gospatric of Workington de Lamplugh, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1V-4769;
- Title: Regesta regum anglo-normannorum, 1066-1154, Volume 3.. by Great Britain. Sovereign; Davis, H. W. Carless (Henry William Carless), 1874-1928; Whitwell, R. J. (Robert Jowitt), d. 1928; Johnson, Charles, 1870-1961
Author: https://archive.org/details/regestaregumangl03grea/page/144/mode/1up Regesta regum anglo-normannorum, 1066-1154, Volume 3.. by Great Britain. Sovereign; Davis, H. W. Carless (Henry William Carless), 1874-1928; Whitwell, R. J. (Robert Jowitt), d. 1928; Johnson, Charles, 1870-1961 Page 144
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/regestaregumangl03grea/page/144/mode/1up;
Note: Page 144
373a. Gospatric of Dunbar (Feb. 1136, at York)
Grant of the lands of his uncle Edmund and of Liolf fitz Uctred
S(tephanus) rex Angl(orum) justic(ie) et baronibus et vicecom(iti) et ministris et omnibus fidelibus suis Francis et Anglis de Northumberland salutem. Sciatis me reddidisse et concessisse Gospatricio fr(atr)i Dolfini terram Edmundi avunculi sui quam de rege Henrico tenebat, et terram Winnochi, videlicet sex maneria Bremdonam et Benelegam et Hiddesleie et Bremetonam Thitelittonam et Harop cum omnibus hominibus et rebus que fuerunt in terra ilia die qua rex Henricus dedit ilia maneria Hamoni.' Et terram Liolfi filii Uctredi, videlicet tres Mideltonas et Roden et Horsleiam et servitium Gospatrich(ii) et Stantonam et Wyndegatam et Wottonam et Wittonam et Rittonam, sicut rex Henricus ei illas dedit et concessit per cartas suas. Et habeat suas rectas divisas quas monstrare poterit se juste habere debere. Et ideo volo et precipio quod bene et in pace et honorifice et hbere et quiete teneat predictas terras suas et omnia sua, in bosco et piano et pratis et pasturis et aquis et molendinis et stagnis et esclusis, in via et semitis, in divisis et exitibus, et in omnibus locis cum socha et sacha et thoU et theam et infangthefe et cum omnibus libertatibus et consuetudinibus suis, sicut melius umquam tenuit et liberius tempore regis Henrici. Et super hoc omnes fugationes que feodo suo pertinent. T(estibus) R[ogero] cancellario, et W(illelmo) Martel, et R(oberto) de Veer. Apud Ebor(acum).
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- Title: Wikiwand: Gospatric II, Earl of Lothian
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- Title: Ragg, F.W. "De Culwen."
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- Title: Gospatric II de Dunbar, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-SRVG : 25 May 2022), Gospatric II de Dunbar, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 144422115, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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Author: page 15, memorandum 64
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/calendarofdocume02grea/page/14/mode/2up;
Note: Page 15
[Circa 1275]
64. [Memorandum regarding the Descendants of Waldeve lord of Allirdale, younger brother of Gospatrick (II.) and Dolfin, and of his nephew William fitz-Duncan earl of Murray.]
Earl Cospatryk, formerly earl of Dunbar in Scotland, had a brother, Dolfin earl of Northumberland, who, both being bastards, had a legitimate brother Waldeve, and a legitimate sister Etheldreda. Waldeve and Etheldreda were of one father and one mother. After Ranulph de Meschinis came to England with William Bastard the Conqueror, that King gave him all the land from the place called Rere Crosse upon Staynmora, as far as the river towards Scotland called Sulewaht [Solway] to the true marches there between England and Scotland. And the said Ranulph was then created Earl of Karliol. Ranulph gained the forsaid Waldeve as an ally on account of the war between the Scots and England, as he was a Scotsman, and gave him for his service the whole Barony of Allerdale, from the place called Wahtelpole as far as Derwent, saving to himself all his venison.
Page: Identifies 4 children of Gospatrick [does not name their father directly but from the relationships named this can be deduced] Identifies Gospatrick II and Dolfin as the older illegitimate brothers of Waldeve Lord of Allerdale and Etheldreda. Identifies William fitz-Duncan earl of Murray as the nephew of Gospatrick II, Dolfin and Waldeve, therefore, further identifying Dolfin, Gospatrick II, Waldeve and Etheldreda as the children of Gospatrick Fitz Maldred Earl of Northumbria (1040 - 1074/75) **This source is important because it conflicts with other sources that identify Gospatrick as legitimate and Waldeve and Dolphin as illegitimate.**
- Title: "Scottish Annals from Englishh Chroniclers, A.D. 500 to 2386," by Anderson, Allan Orr, 1879-1958
Author: London, 1908, D. Nutt
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/scottishannalsfr00andeuoft/page/81/mode/1up;
Note: Page 80
But afterwards when he, that is, Utred, advanced more and
Page 81
more in the art of war, king Ethelred gave to him as wife his daughter Elfgiva. And by her he had a daughter Aldgitha, whom her father gave in marriage to Maldred, son of Crinan the thane; and by her Maldred had Gospatric, the father of Dolfin, of Waldeve and of Gospatric.
1 " To a very rich man Maldred, son of Crinan. And by her he had earl Gospatric," etc. De Pr. Sax. Adv., in S. of D., ii, 383.
This Crinan may have been the lay abbot of Dunkeld who was Malcolm II's son-in-law, and father of Duncan I ; and who, according to Tighernach, was slain in 1045.
Page 96
SYMEON OF DURHAM, HISTORIA REGUM, VOL. II, p. 199.
When [Osulf ] was dead, Gospatric, son of Maldred, Crinan's son, went to king William and obtained the earldom of North- umbria, bought for much money.
For the honour of that earldom pertained to him by his mother's right. For his mother was Aldgitha, the daughter of earl Utred, who had her by Elfgiva, daughter of king Ethelred.
This Aldgitha her father gave in marriage to Maldred, son of Crinan.
And [Gospatric] held the earldom until, for the reasons aforesaid, the king took it from him. Therefore he fled to Malcolm, and not long afterwards went by ship to Flanders.
And when after some time he returned to Scotland, the afore- said king [Malcolm] granted to him Dunbar, with the lands adjacent to it in Lothian, that by these he should provide for himself and his men until happier times returned.
This Gospatric was the father of Dolfin, Waldeve and Gospatric.
3 Gospatric became earl at Christmas, 1067 ; v. Freeman, N.C., iv, 749. Osulf was earl from March to autumn [of 1067] ; S. of D., ii, 199.
4 Cf. supra, s.a. ? 1006.
5 V. supra, s.a. 1068. Gospatric appears to have been Malcolm's cousin.
6 Not till after his final deposition in 1072 ; v. supra, s.a.
7 Dolfin seems to have received from Malcolm the government of Car- lisle ; v. infra, s.a. 1092.
Page 203
HENRY OF HUNTINGDON, HISTORIA ANGLORUM, p. 264. 3
Thus the chief leader of the men of Lothian 4 was struck by an arrow ; he fell, and his whole nation turned in flight. For God above was offended against them, and all their valour was broken like spiders' webs.
And seeing this the chief line of Scots, fighting most keenly in another part, lost courage and yielded to flight.
4 Cf. supra, note. (Gospatric II, earl of Dunbar, died about this time.)
Page: Identifies Gospatric (II) as the son of Gospatric son of Maldred (Gospatric FitzMaldred) And brother of: Dolfin and Waldeve And grandson of Maldred FitzCrinan and Aldgitha And great-grandson of Uhtred and Elfgiva, daughter of King Ethelred
- Title: Wikiwand: Battle of the Standard
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- Title: Ranulf de Merlay: Tenant-in-chief in Northumberland
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Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_ftnref1460;
- Title: Book - History of Cumberland
- Title: Gospatric II, Earl of Lothian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospatric_II,_Earl_of_Lothian;
Note: Gospatric II (died 1138)[1] was Earl of Lothian or Earl of Dunbar in the early 12th century.
He was the son of Gospatric I, sometime Earl of Northumbria (d. after 1073). In the earliest sources, occurring at dates between 1120 and 1134 he is not styled "earl", but the "brother of Dolfin", the latter style being used in his own seal.
Later accounts say that he was granted lands by king Máel Coluim III, although it is possible that he received them from his father, while his brother Dolfin received much of Cumberland. As Gospatric held lands from both King David I of Scotland and King Henry I of England it is impossible to label him either "English" or "Scottish". He witnessed the charter of Alexander I of Scotland founding Scone Abbey.[2]
Gospatric enjoyed the benefits of the renewed prominence given to native Englishmen in the reign of Henry I. He and his children obtained many lands in England proper, and he himself gained jurisdiction over some northern English legal duties. He appears to have attained the status of "earl" by the year 1134, when that style first appears in documentary sources.
Earl Gospatric, described as "the chief leader of the men of Lothian" was killed at the Battle of the Standard, being "struck by an arrow, he fell".[3]
He had four sons, Gospatric III (his successor), Adam, Edward, and Edgar. His daughter, Juliana, married Ralph de Merlay.[4] Ralph and Juliana founded Newminster Abbey.
References
Anderson, Alan Orr (ed.), Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers: AD 500–1286, (London, 1908)
Macdonald, Alastair J., "King's of the Wild Frontier? The earls of Dunbar or March, c. 1070-1435", in Steve Boardman and Alasdair Ross (eds.), The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland, (Portland/Dublin, 2003), pp. 139–58
McDonald, R. Andrew, ‘Gospatric, first earl of Lothian (d. 1138)’, in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 22 Nov 2006
McDonald, Andrew, ‘Waltheof, third earl of Lothian (d. 1182)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 28 Nov 2006
Anderson, Scottish Annals, p.203, n. 4; the title "Earl of Dunbar" is not actually in use until the time of Earl Waltheof; see MacDonald, "Waltheof, third earl of Lothian (died 1182)".
McNeill, Ronald John (1911). "March, Earls of" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 685–688.
Anderson, Scottish Annals, p.203 and n. 4.
Jones, M. (2003) England and Her Neighbours, 1066-1453: Essays in Honour of Pierre Chaplais Continuum International (via Google Books)
- Title: Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
Author: Citations [S845] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. IV, p. 504/5; The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 435; Wallop Family, p. 543. [S11620] The Douglas Archives.
Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p163.htm#i4877;
Note: Gospatrick, 2nd Earl Dunbar, Earl of March, Baron of Beanley1
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M, #4877, b. circa 1070, d. 23 August 1138
Father Cospatrick, Earl Dunbar & Northumberland, Lord of Carlisle & Allendale b. c 1040, d. c 1075
Mother (Miss) FitzEdmund
Gospatrick, 2nd Earl Dunbar, Earl of March, Baron of Beanley married Sybil Morel, daughter of Arkil Mor, Seneschal of Lennox. Gospatrick, 2nd Earl Dunbar, Earl of March, Baron of Beanley was born circa 1070. He died on 23 August 1138 at Battle of the Standard, Cowton Moor, Northallerton, Scotland.
Family
Sybil Morel
Children
Fergus, Prince of Galloway+ d. 12 May 1161
Cospatrick, 3rd Earl of Dunbar, Earl of March+ d. 1166
Edgar of Beanley de Dunbar+ d. a 1140
Uchtred of March+2
Juliana of Dunbar+ b. c 1115
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