Hugh de Morville Constable of Scotland

• Preferred Name: Hugh de Morville Constable of Scotland^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]}
  
• Gender: M
  
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• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Baron of Kirkoswald, Lorde of Lauderdale&Cunningham, Sir, Norman KnightBET 1115 AND 1160 in Cumberland, England at LATI: N4.5307 LONG: E3.0762 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Birth: ABT 1105 in Morville, France at LATI: N8.2368 LONG: E0.8
  
• AFN: with note: Description: 924V-H1
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/Hugh-de-Moreville-Lord-of-Cumberland/5340134799390024855
  
• Burial: in Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland at LATI: N5.5806 LONG: E2.6491
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86805732/hugo-de_morville
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_de_Morville,_Constable_of_Scotland
  
• Death: 1162 in Burgh By Sands, Cumberland, England at LATI: N4.924 LONG: E3.0517
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Constable of Scotland1138 with note: Wikipedia
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland
  Hugh de Morville (died 1162) of Appleby in Westmorland, England, hereditary Constable of Scotland, was a Norman knight who made his fortune in the service of David FitzMalcolm (d.1153), Prince of the Cumbrians, later King of Scotland.
  
  Origins
  Hugh came from Morville in the Cotentin Peninsula, in northern France. His parentage is unclear. According to Barrow his father was probably Richard de Morville who in the early twelfth century witnessed charters made by Richard de Redvers relating to Montebourg and the church of St. Mary in the castle of Néhou,[1] but though Keats-Rohan gives that man other possible sons, she does not similarly associate Hugh with Richard.[2]
  
  In service of David of Scotland
  Prince David of Scotland held Cotentin in northern France, given to him by King Henry I of England some time after 1106. Soon after, Hugh de Morville joined David's small military retinue in France. In 1113, following his marriage, Prince David was made Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton, and also became Prince of the Cumbrians, having forced his brother King Alexander I to hand over territory in southern Scotland[3] David achieved this with the help of his French followers[4]
  
  David endowed Hugh with the estates of Bozeat and Whissendine, within his Huntingdon earldom[5] as his wife's dowery.[6] During David's conquest of northern England after 1136, Hugh was also given the lordship of Appleby, essentially northern Westmorland.[7] These lands later formed the feudal barony of Appleby.[8]
  
  After the death of Edward, Constable of Scotland, almost certainly in 1138 at the Battle of the Standard, Hugh was awarded that office.[9] In addition "he obtained land and lordships which placed him in the very first rank of the Anglo-Norman nobility in Scotland. These comprised the Lordship of the Regality of Lauderdale, together with detached estates at Saltoun, Haddingtonshire, Nenthorn and Newton Don, Berwickshire, at Dryburgh on the Tweed opposite Old Melrose, and probably also at Heriot in Midlothian. In the west of Scotland he was given the whole of the Lordship of Cunningham, the northernmost third of Ayrshire. Lauderdale, with a castle at Lauder, was held, it seems, for six knights' service; Cunningham possibly for two, with a castle at Irvine."[10] In 1316-20 Cunningham was granted to Robert Stewart for three knight's service.[11]
  
  In 1150 Hugh made a further mark on the history of southern Scotland by founding Dryburgh Abbey for Premonstratensian canons regular,[12] where he died as a canon in 1162.[13]
  
  Marriage and children
  Hugh married Beatrice de Beauchamp, the heiress of the manor of Houghton Conquest in Bedfordshire.[14] She is presumed[15] to be a daughter of Robert de Beauchamp (died pre-1130) (son of Hugh de Beauchamp).[16] By Beatrice he had at least two sons and two daughters, including:[5]
  
  Hugh de Morville, Lord of Westmorland (died c. 1202), who inherited his father's estates in the north of England. He was a principal player in the 1170 murder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury.[5] He subsequently fell out of favour with King Henry II who in 1174 confiscated his Lordship of Westmorland (which he had inherited from his father who had received it from David I) and re-granted it to his sister, Maud de Morville, wife of William de Vieuxpont.[5]
  Richard de Morville, possibly the second son, who inherited his father's Scottish estates and lands in the Honour of Huntingdon. He also succeeded to the hereditary office of Constable of Scotland.[5]
  Simon de Moreville (d. 1167), another possible son.[17] He was seated at Kirkoswald, Cumbria, ward of Leath, Cumberland, and married Ada de Engaine, heiress of the Feudal barony of Burgh by Sands, Cumberland.
  Ada de Morville, who at some time before 1157, married Roger Bertram, lord of Mitford, Northumberland.[5]
  Grace de Morville, another possible daughter,[citation needed] wife of the Cumbrian magnate Sir Hubert de Vaux, of Gilsland.
  
  Hugh Morville. Constable of Scotland
  s/o (may have been s/o Hugh Moreville of Kirk Oswald)
  NOT son of Simon Moreville
  b - of Northampton, England
  m- Beatrice Beuchamp of Northamtonshire
  d- 1162 - as Monk - Dryburgh Abbey, Scotland
  
  had brother William Moreville who m- Muriel
  
  no date - HUGH Moreville came to Scotland with DAVID I of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon
  
  1110's - held the whole of Lauderdale, Scotland
  1120 - HUGH Moreville wit charters of David, Earl of Huntingdon , King of Scotland - for st Cuthberts, Durham & to the Abbey of Selkirk, (later called Kelso)
  no date - Founder of Dryburgh Abbey, Scotland
  1131 - Pipe Roll - of Northumapton & Huntingdon & Rutland
  
  1150 - Hugh Moreville & his wife Beatrice Beauhcamp were benefactors of St Marepech, in Drybugh, Scotland
  1150- wit charter of Earl Henry, King of Scots -to- Holm Cultram
  
  no date - Scotland - John, King of Scots - confirmed to Dryabugh, the 10th of Multenley of the mill of Nathanshire, for the Salvation of the souls of HUGH Moreville, of his own soul & his wife Ada
  
  Hugh de' Morville of Cunningham
  Hugh de Morville, Lord of Cunningham
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Hugh de Morville (died 1162) was a Norman knight who made his fortune in the service of David fitz Malcolm, Prince of the C
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3L-O.htm#GilbertMontfichetdiedafter1167A as of 7/13/2016
  
  HUGH de Morville (-[1162]). "…Hugone de Moruilla…" witnessed the charter da
  
  === !SOURCES:
  1. Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 10 ===
  !SOURCES:
  1. Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 101 (GS #940 D2t)
  2. Baker's Northmp vol 1 p. 544 (GS #Q942.55 H2ba)
  3. Dict. of Nat'l Biog. vol 39 p. 169 (GS #Ref 920.042 D561n)
  4. Wurts' Magna Charta vol 3 p. 490 (GS #942 D22w)
  5. The Battle Abbey Roll vol 2 p. 243-44 (GS #942 D2bb)
  6. Notes & Queries vol 2 p. 466 (GS #942 B2n)
  7. Peerage of Sctl vol 1 p. 613 (GS #Q941 D22d)
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.13, 22, 25, 31; THE PLANTAGENET ANESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.101; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === Was one of the four knights who murdere ===
  Was one of the four knights who murdered St. Thomas a Becket and who later fled to his yorkshire estates via scotland. Hugo de Morville , lord of Lauderdaleand Constable of Scotland together with his wife Breatrice founded Dryburgh Abbey. Buried in the porch (now inside) the Templars Hostel in Jerusalem (now known as the El Aksa Mosque). Took King Richard Coeur de Lion places as hostagein 1193. Gave a copy of the poem containing the Legend of Lancelot(Lanzelet)tothe poet Ulrich von Zatzikhoven
  
  === Hugh de Morville, from Morville, Manche, ===
  Hugh de Morville, from Morville, Manche, arr. Valognes, cant Bricquebec. Tenant of the honour of Huntingdon from c 1118/29. Founder of the abbeys of Kilwinning and Dryburgh, with his wife Beatrice de Beauchamp. He was constable of Scotland from c 1140 until his death c 1162, as a canon of Dryburgh, when he was succeeded by his eldest son Richard. HIs wife survived him. [Domesday Descendants pp602-603]
  
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  This Hugh de Morville is sometimes confused with his nephew, Hugh de Morville whose wife was Helwise de Stuteville, who was one of the murders of Thomas Becket.
  
  === Morville is from Morville, a few kilome ===
  Morville is from Morville, a few kilometres south-west of Brix, and the Morvilles were prominent tenants on the Honour of Huntingdon. The family's main stem were vassals of the Norman Honour of Vernon, which had its caput at Nehou a few miles further south. The closeness of the Scottish Morvilles to the Norman and Wessex lines of the family is shown by the fact that Morville charters in Scotland were witnessed by Alexander de Nehou, Richard de Nehou, and William de Nehou. Hugh de Morville came from Burg in Cumberland. He became Constable of Scotland. He was the original founder of the monastery of Dryburgh, and died in1162. As a consequence of Malcolm IV's subjugation of Galloway in 1160, Hugh de Morville the younger, son of HUGH DE MORVILE the elder who died, as constable of the king of Scots and founder of Dryburgh Abbey, in 1162, was put in possession of Borgue, between Kirkcudbright and Gatehouse of Fleet, but evidently abandoned this estate after the anti-foreign revolt of UHTRED and Gilbert of GALLOWAY in 1174, when, as Roger of Howden tells us, the Gallovidians slew or expelled the officials placed over them by the Scottish Crown, killed many Frenchmen and Englishmen, and destroyed those castles--no doubt of the motte and bailey type--which the incomers had had time to erect in that stubbornly separatist province." On 30 Jan 96 Kathleen Much posted to me by email : I believe it was Richard de Morville's brother Hugh who was one of the murderers of Thomas a Becket. Don't have the books handy to check, though. As I recall, he was subsequently disgraced and the family dwindled in England. Richard of course was Constable of Scotland and kept his lands there.
  
  === !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Editio ===
  !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Edition L 40-26
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO.68) P.31;
  
  === Hugh founded Dryburgh Abbey. ===
  Hugh founded Dryburgh Abbey.
  
  === !SOURCES: 1. Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 1 ===
  !SOURCES: 1. Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 101 (GS #940 D2t) 2. Baker's Northmp vol 1 p. 544 (GS #Q942.55 H2ba) 3. Dict. of Nat'l Biog. vol 39 p. 169 (GS #Ref 920.042 D561n) 4. Wurts' Magna Charta vol 3 p. 490 (GS #942 D22w) 5. The Battle Abbey Roll vol 2 p. 243-44 (GS #942 D2bb) 6. Notes & Queries vol 2 p. 466 (GS #942 B2n) 7. Peerage of Sctl vol 1 p. 613 (GS #Q941 D22d)
  
  === Notes and sources for Hugo... ===
  Morville is from Morville, a few kilometres south-west of Brix, and the Morvilles were prominent tenants on the Honour of Huntingdon.
  
  bullet Information about this person:
  
  • Background Information. 783
  Morville is the surname of a high feudal family of Anglo-Norman origin. It supposedly was taken from a village of Morville which lies on the water of Aire, in the province of Picardy, France.
  
  The fist person recorded with this name in Scotland is Hugh de Morville. He came from the Burgh on the Sands, in Cumberland, sometimes around 1100, and acquired extensive possessions in Tweeddale, Lauderdale, the Lothianas, Clyesdale, and especially in Cunningham, Ayrshire. He also held the hereditary office of lord-high-constable of the kingdom. He was a witness to Inquisitis Daridis, 1116.
  
  In 1140, Hugh de Morville founded the abbey of Kilwinning, in Cunningham. In 1150, he founded Dryburgh abbey. He died in 1162. By his wife, Beatrice de Beauchamp, he is said to have acquired still greater possession than his own. He had a son, Richard de Morvill, and a daughter who married Richard de Germin.
  
  ~The Scottish nation: The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland, Vol. III, pages 730-731
  
  • Background Information.
  Hugh de Morville was the son (or possibly grandson of Simon de Morville and Ada, daughter and heiress of William de Engaine, lord of Burgh by Sands. Maud and Ada de Morville were the children of this Hugh, the Constable, and both married ino the social millieu of Anglo-Norman England. By 1171, Ada was the wife of Roger Betram, lord of Miltford In Northumberland. Maud married William Vieuxpont, whose family held important estates in Scotland, England and Normandy.
  
  Information found in two snippets on GoogleBooks:
  
  Lanzelet, by Ulrich von Zataikhove, Thomas Kerth
  Essays on the Nobility of Medieval Scotland, by Keith John Stringer
  
  Hugo married Beatrice de Beauchamp, daughter of Robert de Beauchamp and Unknown.
  
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  === https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86805732/hugo-de_morville ===
  Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 July 2018), memorial page for Hugo de Morville (1100–1162), Find A Grave Memorial no. 86805732, citing Dryburgh Abbey, Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland ; Maintained by Mad (contributor 47329061) .
  
  === !The History of Galloway from the Earlie ===
  !The History of Galloway from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by the Rev William MacKenzie Vol 1 Constable of the Kingdom of North Britain Sorley Pedigrees 929.242 SO 68s Hugh was the founder of Dryburgh Abbey D. G. Manuel "Dryburgh Abbey" (quoted in www.hypertree.com/moreville/more-ele.html) states "Hugh de Morville came from Burg in Cumberland...[He] became Constable of Scotland...He was the original founder of the monastery of Dryburgh, and died in 1162. By Beatrice de Bello Campo, his wife, he left Richard de Morville, who...became the principal minister of William the Lion." Hugh had "assumed the canonical robe of the monks of Dryburgh."
  
  === Hugh de Morville (died 1162) of Appleby ===
  Hugh de Morville (died 1162) of Appleby in Westmorland, England, hereditary Constable of Scotland, was a Norman knight who made his fortune in the service of David FitzMalcolm (d.1153), Prince of the Cumbrians, later King of Scotland.
  
  Prince David of Scotland held Cotentin in northern France, given to him by King Henry I of England some time after 1106. Soon after, Hugh de Morville joined David's small military retinue in France. In 1113, following his marriage, Prince David was made Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton, and also became Prince of the Cumbrians, having forced his brother King Alexander I to hand over territory in southern Scotland David achieved this with the help of his French followers.
  
  David endowed Hugh with the estates of Bozeat and Whissendine, within his Huntingdon earldom[5] as his wife's dowry. During David's conquest of northern England after 1136, Hugh was also given the lordship of Appleby, essentially northern Westmorland. These lands later formed the feudal barony of Appleby.
  
  After the death of Edward, Constable of Scotland, almost certainly in 1138 at the Battle of the Standard, Hugh was awarded that office. In addition "he obtained land and lordships which placed him in the very first rank of the Anglo-Norman nobility in Scotland. These comprised the Lordship of the Regality of Lauderdale, together with detached estates at Saltoun, Haddingtonshire, Nenthorn and Newton Don, Berwickshire, at Dryburgh on the Tweed opposite Old Melrose, and probably also at Heriot in Midlothian. In the west of Scotland he was given the whole of the Lordship of Cunningham, the northernmost third of Ayrshire. Lauderdale, with a castle at Lauder, was held, it seems, for six knights' service; Cunningham possibly for two, with a castle at Irvine." In 1316-20 Cunningham was granted to Robert Stewart for three knight's service.
  
  In 1150 Hugh made a further mark on the history of southern Scotland by founding Dryburgh Abbey for Premonstratensian canons regular, where he died as a canon in 1162.
  
  === https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_de_Morville,_Constable_of_Scotland ===
  
  Anderson, Alan Orr Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers: AD 500–1286, (London, 1908), republished, Marjorie Anderson (ed.) (Stamford, 1991)
  Barrow, G.W.S., The Anglo-Norman Era in Scottish History, Oxford, 1980, p. 71n.
  Barrow, G. W. S., "Beginnings of Military Feudalism", in G.W.S. Barrow (ed.), The Kingdom of the Scots, (Edinburgh, 2003), pp. 250–78
  
  === Was one of the four knights who murdere ===
  Was one of the four knights who murdered St. Thomas a Becket and wholater fled to his yorkshire estates via scotland. Hugo de Morville , lord of Lauderdaleand Constable of Scotland togetherwith his wife Breatrice founded Dryburgh Abbey. Buried in the porch (now inside) the Templars Hostel in Jerusalem (nowknown as the El Aksa Mosque). Took King Richard Coeur de Lion places as hostagein 1193. Gave a copy of the poem containing the Legend of Lancelot(Lanzelet)to thepoet Ulrich von Zatzikhoven
  
  === Title: Constable of Scotland
  
  [Johnson.F ===
  Title: Constable of Scotland
  
  [Johnson.FTW]
  
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  Alias: Hugh de Morville /Lord Burgh/
  Custom Field:<_FA#> Lord of the bor der barony of Burgh.@S005856@S006145@p 101, 142@S005967@line 132A pp 116-117li ving in 1031
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  Beatrice's lover attacked Hugh de Morville with a sword but that she cried out in English to warn Hugh. It was used as evidence that the Scoto- Normans could speak English, perhaps in preference to French. Hugh and Beatrice are commemorated on a plaque at Dryburgh Abbey and at least Hugh is supposed to be buried there, possibly Beatrice was, too.
  
  === The following post to SGM, 5 Jan 2003, ===
  The following post to SGM, 5 Jan 2003, by Hal Bradley, diff erentiates the ancestry of Hugh who participated in the mur der of Thomas a Becket, 1170 and d. in 1204 from the othe r Hugh who m. Beatrice de Beachamp: From: "Hal Bradley" (hw.bradley@verizon.net) Subject: RE: M orville-Stuteville-Beauchamp View this article only Newsgro ups: soc.genealogy.medieval Date: 2003-01-05 15:48:49 PST I believe you are conflating two distinct individuals. Hug h de Morville, who died in 1204, was one of the murderers o f St. Thomas of Canterbury. He was most probably the son o f Simon de Morville, who held the barony of Burgh-by-Sands , Cumberland, in right of his mother, Ada, daughter of Will iam de Engaine. This Hugh married Helewise de Stuteville. H e should be distinguished from Hugh de Morville (d. 1162) f ather of Richard de Morville (d. 1189), who married Beatric e de Beauchamp. I can provide references if desired. ----------------------- Note that I differ from the ancestry given for Hugh in th e following notes, given in a post-em by Curt Hofemann, cur t_hofemann@yahoo.com. I agree with The Complete Peerage wh ich has Hugh as son of Simon & Ada d'Engaine, while the tex t below has Hugh the son of Hugh & Ada d'Engaine. ----------------------- The following information was provided in a post-em by Cur t Hofemann, curt_hofemann@yahoo.com: from: Wedgewood website at http://www.geocities.com/Heartl and/3203/Morville.html Hugh de Morville, d. 1204, one of the murderers of St. T homas of Canterbury, was most probably the son of Hugh de M orville, who held the barony of Burgh-by-Sands, Cumberland , and several other estates in the northern shires, in succ ession to his mother, Ada, daughter of William de Engaine(1 ). He must be distinguished from Hugh de Morville (d. 1162 ) son of Richard de Morville (d. 1189) and from Hugh de Mor ville (d. 1200). Hugh's mother was licentious and treachero us(2), he ‘was of a viper's brood.’ From the beginning of t he reign of Henry II he was attached to the court, and is c onstantly mentioned as witnessing charters. His name occur s also as a witness to the Constitutions of Clarendon. He m arried Helwis de Stuteville, and thus became possessor of t he castle of Knaresborough. He was forester of Cumberland, and itinerant justice fo r Cumberland and Northumberland in 1170, and he held the ma nor of Westmereland. He had been one of Becket's men when h e was chancellor; but he had always been of the king's part y, and he was easily stirred by the king's bitter words t o avenge him on the archbishop. In the verbal contest whic h preceded the murder he asked St. Thomas ‘why, if the king 's men had in aught offended him or his, he did not complai n to the king before he took the law into his own hands an d excommunicated them’(3) While the others were smiting th e saint he kept back with his sword the crowd which was pou ring into the transept from the nave, ‘and so it happened t hat with his own hand he did not strike him’(3). After al l was over he fled with the other knights to Saltwood, then ce to South Malling, later to Scotland; but he was finall y forced to flee to his own castle of Knaresborough, wher e he sheltered his fellow-criminals(4). There they remained , though they were accounted vile by all men of that shire . All shunned converse with them, nor would any eat or drin k with them(4). Finally a penance of service in the Holy Land was give n by the pope, but the murderers soon regained the royal fa vour. In 1200 Hugh de Morville paid fifteen marks and thre e good horses to hold his court with the rights of tol an d theam, infangenetheof, and the ordeal of iron and of wate r, so long as his wife, in whose right he held it, should r etain the secular habit. He obtained also license to hol d a market at Kirkoswald, Cumberland, on One of the Murdere rs of St. Thomas of Canterbury. Thursdays, and a fair on the feast of St. Oswald(5). He die d shortly afterwards (1204), leaving two daught ers: Ada, ma rried in 1200 to Richard de Lucy, son of Reginald of Egremo nt, and afterwards to Thomas de Multon, and Joan, married t o Richard de Gernum, nephew of William Brewer, who had bee n appointed her guardian. Legends soon attached to his sword, as to the sword of T racy. It was said to have been long preserved in Carlisle C athedral, and a sword, with a much later inscription, now a t Brayton Castle, is supposed to be the one which he wore o n the day of the murder. This is the most probable accoun t of his last years. But it may be that he was the Morvill e who was Richard I's hostage in 1194, in which case he wou ld be noteworthy as having lent Ulrich of Zatzikoven the An glo-Norman poem which Ulrich made the basis of his ‘Lanzele t.’ Tradition also states that he died in the Holy Land, an d was buried in the porch outside the church of the Templar s (afterwards the Mosque el Aksa) at Jerusalem. The tomb i s now inside the building. (1)WILLIAM OF CANTERBURY in "Materials for Life of Becket , i. 128; RICHARD OF HEXHAM, Chron. Stephen, &c., Rolls Ser . iii. 178). (2)WILLIAM OF CANTERBURY, ib. (3)ROGER OF PONTIGNY Material s, iv. 73. (4)BENEDICT OF PETERBOROUGH, Rolls Ser., i. 13 ) (5)LYSONS, Cumberland, p. 127) Sources: Materials for th e Hist. of Becket (Rolls Ser.), vols.i-iv.; William of Newb urgh, lib. ii. cap. 25 (Rolls Ser. Chronicles Stephen, Henr y II, and Richard I, i. 161-5); Benedict of Peterborough, R olls Ser. i. 13; Garnier, ed. Hippeau, pp.178-200; Pipe Rol ls (Pipe Roll Soc.), 5 Henry II p. 29, 6 Henry II p. 14 , 7 Henry II p. 35, 8 Henry II p. 51, 9 Henry II p. 57, 1 0 Henry II p. 11, 11 Henry II p. 47, 12 Henry II p. 35, 1 3 Henry II p. 78, 14 Henry II p. 79, 15 Henry II p. 31; Tho mas Saga, ed. Magnsson, Rolls Ser. i. 514; Foss's Judges o f England, i. 279, 280; Stanley's Memorials of Canterbury , 4th edit. pp. 70, 107, 196; Lysons's Cumberland, p. 127 ; Eyton's Itinerary of Henry II, pp. 33, 53, 68, 78, 145, 1 50, 152; Robertson's Li fe of Becket, pp. 266 sqq.; Morris' s St. Thomas Becket pp. 137, 407 sqq.; Norgate's Angevin Ki ngs, ii. 78, 432 note n; Gent. Mag. 1856, i. 380-2. Contributor W. H. H. PUBLISHED 1894 ©Oxford University Pres s 1995 Converted to HTML by John Wedgwood Pound B.A. (Hons) Regards, Curt
  
  === Hugues is joint founder of Dryburgh Abbe ===
  Hugues is joint founder of Dryburgh Abbey.
  
  === Hugh Morville. Constable of Scotland ===
  Hugh Morville. Constable of Scotland
  s/o (may have been s/o Hugh Moreville of Kirk Oswald)
  NOT son of Simon Moreville
  b - of Northampton, England
  m- Beatrice Beuchamp of Northamtonshire
  d- 1162 - as Monk - Dryburgh Abbey, Scotland
  
  had brother William Moreville who m- Muriel
  
  no date - HUGH Moreville came to Scotland with DAVID I of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon
  
  1110's - held the whole of Lauderdale, Scotland
  1120 - HUGH Moreville wit charters of David, Earl of Huntingdon , King of Scotland - for st Cuthberts, Durham & to the Abbey of Selkirk, (later called Kelso)
  no date - Founder of Dryburgh Abbey, Scotland
  1131 - Pipe Roll - of Northumapton & Huntingdon & Rutland
  
  1150 - Hugh Moreville & his wife Beatrice Beauhcamp were benefactors of St Marepech, in Drybugh, Scotland
  1150- wit charter of Earl Henry, King of Scots -to- Holm Cultram
  
  no date - Scotland - John, King of Scots - confirmed to Dryabugh, the 10th of Multenley of the mill of Nathanshire, for the Salvation of the souls of HUGH Moreville, of his own soul & his wife Ada
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  Richard de Morville
  1125–1189 • GS1N-98X ​​
  Ada de Morville
  1131–1170 • LBSS-RML ​​
  Maud de Moreville
  1135–1239 • GMN9-JSY ​​
  Constable Richard de Morville
  1143–1189 • LBSS-KQY ​​
  Malcom Moreville
  Deceased • GSDQ-VBT
  
  === !Pedigree Chart from Family Org.; Royal ===
  !Pedigree Chart from Family Org.; Royal Ancestors of some American Families Chart 393
  
  === TITL [CONSTABLE OF SCOTLAND]; PED OF AUG ===
  TITL [CONSTABLE OF SCOTLAND]; PED OF AUGUSTINE H. AYERS.
  
  === !GEC IX p. 397 !DNB XIII p. 1066 !Turton ===
  !GEC IX p. 397 !DNB XIII p. 1066 !Turton 101 !Collins 83, 189
  
  === The History of Galloway from the Earlies ===
  The History of Galloway from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by the Rev William MacKenzie Vol 1 Constable of the Kingdom of North Britain Sorley Pedigrees 929.242 SO 68s Hugh was the founder of Dryburgh Abbey D. G. Manuel "Dryburgh Abbey" (quoted in www.hypertree.com/moreville/more-ele.html) states "Hugh de Morville came from Burg in Cumberland...[He] became Constable of Scotland...He was the original founder of the monastery of Dryburgh, and died in 1162. By Beatrice de Bello Campo, his wife, he left Richard de Morville, who...became the principal minister of William the Lion." Hugh had "assumed the canonical robe of the monks of Dryburgh."
  
  === Hugh de Morville, d. 1204, one of the mu ===
  Hugh de Morville, d. 1204, one of the murderers of St. Thomas of Canterbury, was most probably the son of Hugh de Morville, who held the barony of Burgh-by-Sands, Cumberland, and several other estates in the northern shires, in succession to his mother, Ada, daughter of William de Engaine(1). He must be distinguished from Hugh de Morville (d. 1162) son of Richard de Morville (d. 1189) and from Hugh de Morville (d. 1200). Hugh's mother was licentious and treacherous(2), he 'was of a viper's brood.' From the beginning of the reign of Henry II he was attached to the court, and is constantly mentioned as witnessing charters. His name occurs also as a witness to the Constitutions of Clarendon. He married Helwis de Stuteville, and thus became possessor of the castle of Knaresborough. He was forester of Cumberland, and itinerant justice for Cumberland and Northumberland in 1170, and he held the manor of Westmereland. He had been one of Becket's men when he was chancellor; but he had always been of the king's party, and he was easily stirred by the king's bitter words to avenge him on the archbishop. In the verbal contest which preceded the murder he asked St. Thomas 'why, if the king's men had in aught offended him or his, he did not complain to the king before he took the law into his own hands and excommunicated them'(3) While the others were smiting the saint he kept back with his sword the crowd which was pouring into the transept from the nave, 'and so it happened that with his own hand he did not strike him'(3). After all was over he fled with the other knights to Saltwood, thence to South Malling, later to Scotland; but he was finally forced to flee to his own castle of Knaresborough, where he sheltered his fellow-criminals(4). There they remained, though they were accounted vile by all men of that shire. All shunned converse with them, nor would any eat or drink with them(4). Finally a penance of service in the Holy Land was given by the pope, but the murderers soo n regained the royal favour. In 1200 Hugh de Morville paid fifteen marks and three good horses to hold his court with the rights of tol and theam, infangenetheof, and the ordeal of iron and of water, so long as his wife, in whose right he held it, should retain the secular habit. He obtained also license to hold a market at Kirkoswald, Cumberland, on Thursdays, and a fair on the feast of St. Oswald(5). He died shortly afterwards (1204), leaving two daughters: Ada, married in 1200 to Richard de Lucy, son of Reginald of Egremont, and afterwards to Thomas de Multon, and Joan, married to Richard de Gernum, nephew of William Brewer, who had been appointed her guardian. Legends soon attached to his sword, as to the sword of Tracy. It was said to have been long preserved in Carlisle Cathedral, and a sword, with a much later inscription, now at Brayton Castle, is supposed to be the one which he wore on the day of the murder. This is the most probable account of his last years. But it may be that he was the Morville who was Richard I's hostage in 1194, in which case he would be noteworthy as having lent Ulrich of Zatzikoven the Anglo-Norman poem which Ulrich made the basis of his 'Lanzelet.' Tradition also states that he died in the Holy Land, and was buried in the porch outside the church of the Templars (afterwards the Mosque el Aksa) at Jerusalem. The tomb is now inside the building. (1)WILLIAM OF CANTERBURY in "Materials for Life of Becket, i. 128; RICHARD OF HEXHAM, Chron. Stephen, &c., Rolls Ser. iii. 178). (2)WILLIAM OF CANTERBURY, ib. (3)ROGER OF PONTIGNY Materials, iv. 73. (4)BENEDICT OF PETERBOROUGH, Rolls Ser., i. 13) (5)LYSONS, Cumberland, p. 127) ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Sources: Materials for the Hist. of Becket (Rolls Ser.), vols. i-iv.; William of Newburgh, lib. ii. cap. 25 (Rolls Ser. Chronicles Stephen, Henry II, and Richard I, i. 161-5); Benedict of Peterborough, Rolls Ser. i. 13; Garnier, ed. Hippeau, pp. 1 78-200; Pipe Rolls (Pipe Roll Soc.), 5 Henry II p. 29, 6 Henry II p. 14, 7 Henry II p. 35, 8 Henry II p. 51, 9 Henry II p. 57, 10 Henry II p. 11, 11 Henry II p. 47, 12 Henry II p. 35, 13 Henry II p. 78, 14 Henry II p. 79, 15 Henry II p. 31; Thómas Saga, ed. Magnússon, Rolls Ser. i. 514; Foss's Judges of England, i. 279, 280; Stanley's Memorials of Canterbury, 4th edit. pp. 70, 107, 196; Lysons's Cumberland, p. 127; Eyton's Itinerary of Henry II, pp. 33, 53, 68, 78, 145, 150, 152; Robertson's Life of Becket, pp. 266 sqq.; Morris's St. Thomas Becket pp. 137, 407 sqq.; Norgate's Angevin Kings, ii. 78, 432 note n; Gent. Mag. 1856, i. 380-2 Contributor W. H. H. PUBLISHED 1894 ©Oxford University Press 1995
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.20, 22, 25, 28, 31;

• m. ABT 1124

1. Richard de Morville Lord of Lauderdale, b. 1135 in Burgh by Sands, Cumberland, England     d. 20 JUL 1189 in Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland
2. Ada Morville, b. 1131 in Burgh by Sands, Cumberland, England     d. 30 JUN 1170 in Mitford Castle, Mitford, Northumberland, England
3. Hugh de Morville, b. 1138 in Kirkowald, Cumbria, England     d. 1202 in Knaresborough Castle, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
4. Maud de Morville, b. ABT 1144 in Burgh by Sands, Cumberland, England     d. 1239 in Brougham Castle, Appleby, Westmoreland, England

1. Title: Book - History of Channelkirk
   
2. Title: Hugo de Morville, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2B-94ZV : 1 August 2020), Hugo de Morville, ; Burial, Melrose, , Scottish Borders, Scotland, Dryburgh Abbey; citing record ID 86805732, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2B-94ZV;
   Page: proves place of burial
   
3. Title: Book - Transactions of Cumberland & Westmoreland Aniquities & Archaeological Society
   
4. Title: Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland. Wikipedia
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_de_Morville,_Constable_of_Scotland;
   Note: Hugh de Morville (died 1162) ... came from Morville in the Cotentin Peninsula, in northern France. His parentage is unclear... in 1138 at the Battle of the Standard, Hugh was awarded that office... Hugh married Beatrice de Beauchamp, the heiress of the manor of Houghton Conquest in Bedfordshire. She is presumed to be a daughter of Robert de Beauchamp (died pre-1130) (son of Hugh de Beauchamp). By Beatrice he had at least two sons and two daughters, including:Hugh de Morville, Lord of Westmorland (died c. 1202)... Richard de Morville, possibly the second son... Ada de Morville, who at some time before 1157, married Roger Bertram... Grace de Morville, another possible daughter,[citation needed] wife of the Cumbrian magnate Sir Hubert de Vaux, of Gilsland.
   Page: Source for birth place, death, relationships
   
5. Title: Book - Caledonia, or Account of Historical & Topographical History of Berkshire, Scotland
   
6. Title: Morville family in the Dictionary of National Biography, pgs. 169-70 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Dictionary of National Biography, pgs. 169-70
   Note: Morville family in the Dictionary of National Biography, pgs. 169-70 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Morville family in the Dictionary of National Biography, pgs. 169-70 [See document in the Memories section]
   
7. Title: Beauchamp family in The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical record Society, Vol. 1, pgs. 1-10 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical record Society, Vol. 1, pgs. 1-10
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/publicationsofbe01bedf_0/page/n13/mode/2up;
   Note: Beauchamp family in The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical record Society, Vol. 1, pgs. 1-10 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Beauchamp family in The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical record Society, Vol. 1, pgs. 1-10 [See document in the Memories section]
   
8. Title: Morville family in Caledonia A Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain, Vol. 2, pgs. 503-04 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Caledonia A Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain, Vol. 2, pgs. 503-04
   Note: Morville family in Caledonia A Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain, Vol. 2, pgs. 503-04 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Morville family in Caledonia A Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain, Vol. 2, pgs. 503-04 [See document in the Memories section]
   
9. Title: Ancestry of Chamberlain & Grant
   
10. Title: Morville in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~ http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntlo.htm#_Toc25491904 [See document in the Memories section]
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntlo.htm#_Toc25491904;
    Note: Morville in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~ http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntlo.htm#_Toc25491904 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Morville in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~ http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntlo.htm#_Toc25491904 [See document in the Memories section]
    
11. Title: Beauchamp Pedigree in the Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, Vol. 1, pg. 25 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, Vol. 1, pg. 25
    Note: Beauchamp Pedigree in the Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, Vol. 1, pg. 25 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Beauchamp Pedigree in the Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, Vol. 1, pg. 25 [See document in the Memories section]
    
12. Title: Book - Early Scottish Charters Prior to 1153
    
13. Title: Book - Planatagent Ancestry
    
14. Title: GenMedieval
    
15. Title: Hugh de Morville in Early Sources of Scottish History, Vol. 2, pg. 249 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Early Sources of Scottish History, Vol. 2, pg. 249
    Note: Hugh de Morville in Early Sources of Scottish History, Vol. 2, pg. 249 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Hugh de Morville in Early Sources of Scottish History, Vol. 2, pg. 249 [See document in the Memories section]
    
16. Title: Hugo De Morville, "BillionGraves Index"
    Author: "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WWF3-1DW2 : 27 June 2019), Hugo De Morville, died 1162; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Dryburgh Abbey (Ruins), Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WWF3-1DW2;
    
17. Title: WikeTree
    
18. Title: Book - Origins of Some Anglo Norman Families
    
19. Title: Hugo de Morville (1100-1162), Find a Grave
    Author: fact among details
    Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86805732/hugo-de_morville;
    Note: BIRTH 1100 Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France DEATH 1162 (aged 61–62) Scottish Borders, Scotland BURIAL Dryburgh Abbey, Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland see Wikipedia for the rest of the notes
    Page: Ancestry
    
20. Title: Hugh de Morville in Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers, pgs. 214-15, 217 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers, pgs. 214-15, 217
    Note: Hugh de Morville in Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers, pgs. 214-15, 217 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Hugh de Morville in Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers, pgs. 214-15, 217 [See document in the Memories section]