Sir Geoffrey de Mowbray (died 1300),
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 ...
, Baron of
Dalmeny, Lord of
Barnbougle and
Inverkeithing was a 13th-14th century Scottish noble.
Life
Mowbray was appointed at the Scone parliament of 2 April 1286, together with the bishop of Brechin, the abbot of Jedburgh to seek out King
Edward I of England
Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he ruled the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony as a vassa ...
in
Gascony
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and ask for his advice and protection and liberty of Penrith. They were received by Edward I on 15 September 1286 in
Saintes, Gascony. He was one of the sealers of
Treaty of Birgham
The Treaty of Birgham, also referred to as the Treaty of Salisbury, comprised two treaties in 1289 and 1290 intended to secure the independence of Scotland after the death of Alexander III of Scotland and accession of his three-year-old granddaugh ...
, intended to secure the independence of Scotland after the death of King
Alexander III and the accession of his granddaughter
Margaret
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Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular througho ...
in 1286. Geoffrey also ratified at the Scottish parliament at Dumferline, the
treaty
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An international organization or international o ...
between France and Scotland on 23 February 1296. He was part of the inner circle of the Balliol administration, during the reign of King
John of Scotland
John Balliol ( – late 1314), known derisively as ''Toom Tabard'' (meaning "empty coat" – coat of arms), was King of Scots from 1292 to 1296. Little is known of his early life. After the death of Margaret, Maid of Norway, Scotland entered an ...
. On 25 September 1298, his Scottish lands were forfeited and granted by Edward I to
Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick for taking arms against the King of England. The lands were later restored. Geoffrey was known to hold lands at Eckford in Roxburgh, Barnbougle and Dalmeny, Inverkeithing, Cessford and Eckford, Methven, Kellie and Kirk Michael in Scotland and Bolton in Cumberland in England. He had inherited Bolton from his uncle Roger de Mowbray, who was cousin to Thomas de Lascelles. Geoffrey is known to have died before June 1300.
Marriage and issue
Geoffrey married the second daughter of
John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch
John Comyn (Cumyn) (c. 1215 – c. 1275) was Lord of Badenoch in Scotland. He was Justiciar of Galloway in 1258. He held lands in Nithsdale (Dalswinton, a Comyn stronghold, and Duncow) and Tynedale.
Life
The Comyn family were in effec ...
and Alice de Ros, they are known to have had the following known issue:
*William de Mowbray, died without issue.
*John de Mowbray, died without issue.
*
Roger de Mowbray (died 1320), had issue.
*
Phillip de Mowbray of Redcastle (died 1318), married Eva de Umfraville, had issue.
*Geoffrey de Mowbray, Friar of the
Order of Preachers (Dominican Order).
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External links
People of Medieval Scotland 1093-1371 - Geoffrey de Mowbray, justiciar of Lothian
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13th-century Scottish people
Medieval Scottish knights
1300 deaths