19989508.
Baron Thomas Durward
& 19989509. D/o Mael Coluim, earl of Atholl
~1175, Thomas
Hostiarius born in Lundie, Scotland, s/o §§Malcolm Durward of Lundie.
~1193, Sir
Thomas Durward of Glenisla, knight, hostarius, baron of Lundie, married a d/o §§Mael Coluim, earl of Atholl.
4/3/1199,
Confirmation of one mark annually by Thomas to Coupar Angus Abbey.
1200-27, Thomas,
doorward of the lord king, has granted and by this his charter established, the
alms which his grandfather and his mother gave to the céli De of Monymusk,
namely, 10 bolls of barley and 10 stones of cheese.
4/5/1201-2,
Thomas Durward at the consecration of William, bishop of Glasgow, as he is
transferred to St. Andrews.
1203,
Thomas’ maternal grandfather died.
1203-13, Thomas
of Lundie, doorward of the lord king of Scotland, has given, granted and
quitclaimed, and established by this his charter, to Arbroath Abbey, all the
wood of Trustach between the River Dee and the Burn of Canny.
1204-07, Charter
of donation by Thomas son of Malcolm of Lundie, doorward of the lord king of
Scotland, to Coupar Angus Abbey, of 1 mark annually from his land of
‘Balelmeryremath’. If he dies in the kingdom of Scotland, his body is to be
taken to Coupar and buried in the cloister before the church door.
3/22/1205-07,
King William to Arbroath Abbey; has granted donation which Thomas, the
doorward, made of church of Kinnernie.
1/29/1208-28,
Adam, bishop of Aberdeen, for church of Monymusk; at prompting of Thomas,
doorward of king, has given church of Alford.
1/1211, King
William sent the earl of Atholl, the earl of Mar, Malcom son of Morgrund and
Thomas Durward [each representing families claiming Mar] with 4,000 men to
suppress a rebellion in Ross and Moray. (S) Medieval Scotland, Barrow, 1998,
P175.
5/20/1212-13,
King William to Arbroath Abbey; has granted wood of Trustach (KCD), which
Thomas of Lundie, his doorward, gave and quitclaimed to monks, and common pasture
in abbey's land of Banchory as far as 'Loucherkar'.
2/25/1213,
Thomas witnessed a charter of the kingof Scotland to Arbroath Abbey.
5/20/1212-3,
King William to Arbroath Abbey; has granted wood of Trustach, which Thomas of
Lundie, his doorward, gave and quitclaimed to monks, and common pasture in
abbey's land of Banchory as far as 'Loucherkar'. Witnesses: Hugh de Sigillo, bishop of Dunkeld (d.1229-30);
Philip de Mowbray; Philip de Valognes, chamberlain (d.1215); Richard, son of
Hugh de Camera; William del Bois, chancellor (d.1232).
1214,
Charter by Alexander II … Witnesses … and Thomas Hostiarius, sheriff of
Inverness. (S) Celtic Scotland, V3, 1880, P352.
1214-27,
Thomas, son of Malcolm of Lunden, made a grant to the church of Echt, near
Scone.
12/4/1214,
King William of Scotland died; his son Alexander II succeeding.
2/7/1215-33,
Thomas of Lundie, doorward of the lord king, has given and by this his charter
established, to Arbroath Abbey, 2s annually, in pure and perpetual alms.
Witnesses: Duncan F., nepos of Thomas Durward; Ewen, brother of Thomas Durward;
Innocent, clerk of Thomas Durward; William, canon of Scone; William, persona of
Lundie.
10/28/1216,
Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.
6/15/1220,
King Alexander II makes known that he undertakes to marry Joan, eldest sister
of Sir Henry, king of England, … and, if not, he swears that he will marry
Isabel, younger sister of King Henry, … The earl of Buchan [William Comyn],
Alan of Galloway, constable, and other barons of the king, that is, Philip de
Mowbray, Walter Olifant, Duncan of Carrick, Henry de Balliol, Thomas Durward,
John of Maxwell, David Marshal, Walter Comyn …
1222, Thomas
granted Urquhart and Boleskine after the suppression of the rebellion of
MacScolane of Moray. (S) Transactions, Gaelic Society of Inverness, Vs5-6,
1876, P159.
~1224, A
dispute arose between the Earl of Mar and Thomas Durward touching the
legitimacy of Earl Morgund and his son Duncan. Durward asserted that Morgund
and his son were illegitimate, and on that ground he claimed the Earldom of
Mar, in right of his mother. The dispute was settled by a compromise under
which Thomas Durward obtained great domains in Mar.
1226,
Thomas, sheriff of Inverness. (S) Robert the Bruce’s Rivals, Young, 1997, P38.
1/17/1228, A
recognition of perambulation was made by precept of the lord king in his full
court at Forfar by Henry de Balliol, chamberlain, and Henry of Stirling and
Henry of Brechin, sons of Earl David, and Thomas Durward and John de la Haye
sheriff of Fife, and Thomas Malherbe sheriff of Forfar, and Magnus son of the
earl of Angus and many others …
Bef. 10/12/1233,
Thomas died.
(S) People
of Medieval Scotland.
Family
notes:
·
The family's original name was 'of Lundie', from
Lundie in Angus. They were hereditary ushers or “doorwards” of the king, hence
the surname Durward. Alan’s landholdings included the lordship of Lundie, lands
in Mar based at Lumphanan castle, lands in the Mearns and Aberdeenshire.
·
Thomas’ mother was a d/o Gille Crist, earl of Mar.
Child
of Thomas and ?:
i. Ermangard Durware (19962425), born ~1195 in
Scotland.
ii. Alan Durward (9994754), born ~1210 in Scotland.
