Sir David de Lindsay (died 1214), Lord of
Crawford
Crawford may refer to:
Places Canada
* Crawford Bay Airport, British Columbia
* Crawford Lake Conservation Area, Ontario
United Kingdom
* Crawford, Lancashire, a small village near Rainford, Merseyside, England
* Crawford, South Lanarkshire, a ...
and
Ercildum (now Earlston), known as "the elder" to distinguish him from his son, was an Anglo-Scottish baron of the 12th and 13th century.
Life
Lindsay was the eldest son of
William de Lindsay
Sir William de Lindsay (died c.1200), Lord of Ercildum, Crawford, Baron of Luffness, Justiciar of Lothian was a 12th-century Scottish noble.
Life
Lindsay was a son of Walter de Lindsay. William inherited half moiety of the barony of Cavendis ...
and Aleanora de Limesay. David held the position of
Justiciar of Lothian
The Justiciar of Lothian (in Norman-Latin, ''Justiciarus Laudonie'') was an important legal office in the High Medieval Kingdom of Scotland.
The Justiciars of Lothian were responsible for the administration of royal justice in the province of ...
, a post which his father had once held, with
Gervase Avenel from 1208 until his death in 1214.
Marriage and issue
He married Marjorie, said to be an illegitimate daughter of
Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, however more chronologically likely to have been an illegitimate daughter of
David, Earl of Huntingdon
David of Scotland (Medieval Gaelic: ''Dabíd'') (1152 – 17 June 1219) was a Scottish prince and 8th Earl of Huntingdon. He was, until 1198, heir to the Scottish throne.
Life
He was the youngest surviving son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of ...
, they are known to have had the following issue:
*David de Lindsay (died 1240), married Christiana de Limesi, without issue.
*Gerard de Lindsay (died 1249), succeeded his brother, without issue.
*Alice de Lindsay, married
Henry de Pinkeney, heiress of her brothers, with issue.
Citations
References
*
Barrow, G.W.S., "The Justiciar", ''The Kingdom of the Scots'', (Edinburgh, 2003), pp. 68–111.
*McAndrew, Bruce A. ''Scotland's Historic Heraldry'', Boydell Press, 2006.
*Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, Volume 1.'' Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
*Weir, Alison. ''Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy.'' The Bodley Head, London, U.K., 1999.
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People from East Lothian
Scoto-Normans
13th-century Scottish people
David
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1214 deaths