Memorial to Simon Fitz Alan, Paisley Abbey

Simon ( fl. 1162 ×1163) was a twelfth-century

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Uncertain parentage

Simon may have been a son of Avelina de Hesdin and her second husband, Robert fitz Walter. As such, Simon seems to have been a

uterine brother A sibling is a relative that shares at least one parent with the subject. A male sibling is a brother and a female sibling is a sister. A person with no siblings is an only child. While some circumstances can cause siblings to be raised separat ...

of Avelina's sons by her earlier marriage to

Alan fitz Flaald Alan fitz Flaad (c. 1078 – after 1121) was a Breton knight, probably recruited as a mercenary by Henry I of England in his conflicts with his brothers. After Henry became King of England, Alan became an assiduous courtier and obtained large ...

: Jordan fitz Alan (fl. 1128–1130), William fitz Alan (died 1160), and

Walter fitz Alan Walter FitzAlan (1177) was a twelfth-century English baron who became a Scottish magnate and Steward of Scotland. He was a younger son of Alan fitz Flaad and Avelina de Hesdin. In about 1136, Walter entered into the service of David I, King o ...

(died 1177). Simon is recorded to have witnessed a grant of Walter to

Paisley Priory Paisley Abbey is a parish church of the Church of Scotland on the east bank of the White Cart Water in the centre of the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, about west of Glasgow, in Scotland. Its origins date from the 12th century, based on a for ...

. The fact that he appears at the bottom of the listed witnesses, and is described as a brother of Walter, could indicate that the men were uterine brothers. Simon is also recorded to have issued a confirmation of a grant by Alan and his mother concerning the latter's lands of

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, Sporle, and Newton. Simon is sometimes alleged to have been a son of Avelina and Alan, and to have been an ancestor of the Boyd family. Round (1901) pp. 125–126 n. 3; Eyton (1856) p. 346 n. 7.

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Simon, brother of Walter son of Alan @ People of Medieval Scotland, 1093–1314
12th-century births Year of death unknown Clan Boyd {{Scotland-noble-stub