Padraig or Patrick of Atholl was
Mormaer
In early Middle Ages, medieval Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland, a mormaer was the Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic name for a regional or provincial ruler, theoretically second only to the Kings of Scots, King of Scots, and the senior of a ''Toísech'' (chi ...
of
Atholl
Atholl or Athole ( gd, Athall; Old Gaelic ''Athfhotla'') is a large historical division in the Scottish Highlands, bordering (in anti-clockwise order, from Northeast) Marr, Badenoch, Lochaber, Breadalbane, Strathearn, Perth, and Gowrie. Histor ...
, from 1236/7 until 1241. The
Chronicle of Melrose
The ''Chronicle of Melrose'' is a medieval chronicle from the Cottonian Manuscript, Faustina B. ix within the British Museum. It was written by unknown authors, though evidence in the writing shows that it most likely was written by the monks a ...
tells us that while he was lodging in
Haddington,
East Lothian
East Lothian (; sco, East Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921.
In 1975, the histo ...
, his enemies, "most wicked men," torched his lodging, killing both him and his two unknown companions. The chronicle had a high opinion of Padraig, and says that Padraig was "one imbued with all courtly wisdom and wit."
Padraig was succeeded by his aunt
Forbhlaith, with her husband
David de Hastings
David de Hastings (or David Hastings) (c. 1190 – 1247 or 1269), jure uxoris Earl of Atholl, was a Norman knight who possessed minor lands in Angus.
He was son of John de Hastings (''c''. 1160 – '' fl.'' 25 July 1210) of Dun, Angus, Scot ...
.
Consequent upon his murder the Scottish nobility, led by
Patrick II Earl of March, exhorted by David de Hastings, pursued
Walter Byset, Lord of Aboyne
Walter Byset, Lord of Aboyne (died 1251) was a Scoto-Norman nobleman.
Biography
Born in Scotland. Walter married in 1233, Ada de Galloway, daughter of Lochlann of Galloway. She was the sister of Alan of Galloway.
Walter fled to Ireland and then ...
who sought protection from King
Alexander II. Despite the king securing Walter in a number of safe houses he was eventually banished, with the loss of his estates, to England.
[, citing ]Matthew Paris
Matthew Paris, also known as Matthew of Paris ( la, Matthæus Parisiensis, lit=Matthew the Parisian; c. 1200 – 1259), was an English Benedictine monk, chronicler, artist in illuminated manuscripts and cartographer, based at St Albans Abbey ...
Bibliography
* Anderson, Alan Orr, ''Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500-1286'', Vol. II, (Edinburgh, 1922), pp. 530–1
References
External links
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1241 deaths
People from Perth and Kinross
Year of birth unknown
Mormaers of Atholl
13th-century mormaers