Gospatric III, 2nd Earl of Lothian

Gospatrick, son of Gospatric, succeeded his father in the Scottish territories and in the serjeanty of Beanley, in Northumberland, comprehending the lands there, already enumerated. In 1160-61 he paid to the English Exchequer 12 marks for six knights' fees, for which apparently he had commuted the service due from Beanley. But his chief interests lay in Scotland, especially as the manor of Edlingham passed to his brother Edward. Accordingly we find his chief grants to religious houses to be in Scotland, and on his seal, noted below, he styles himself of Lothian, or Earl of Lothian. He granted to the monks of Melrose, Hartside, and Spot, near Dunbar, and to Kelso the churches of Home and Fogo, and also confirmed the grants of Edrom and Nisbet, made by his father to the monks of Coldingham, and his name occurs in various charters relating thereto. The chief event commemorative of this Earl Gospatric was his founding, apparently towards the close of his life, a nunnery at Ooldstream, at a place where apparently there was already a small religious house. He granted to the ' sisters of Witehou ' certain lands in Lennel and Birgham, while his Countess Derdere and other proprietors, with the Earl's consent, also gave land, with which endowments the nunnery began, its site being at the junction of the water of Leet with the river Tweed. This Earl is also said to have founded a nunnery at Eccles, but though such a house was instituted there in 1156, there is no certain evidence as to the founder. Earl Gospatric died in 1166, leaving a memory of good works, and was succeeded by his eldest son.
The Christian name of the Earl's wife was Derdere, but her surname and parentage have not been ascertained. She may have been the proprietrix of the lands of Hirsel, of which she gave a portion to the nuns of Coldstream.
They had issue:
1. Waldeve, who succeeded as Earl.
2. Patrick, who appears to have inherited his mother's property of the Hirsel, and he also held, either through her or from his father, the lands of Greenlaw, as he was patron of the church there, and also of the churches of Lamden and Haliburton. He refers to his wife in a charter to the monks of Kelso, but her name has not been definitely ascertained, though the Liber Vitce seems to imply she was Cecilia Fraser. He had at least one son, William, usually designed son of Patrick, who inherited Greenlaw. He married a lady, styled M. the Countess, but her identity has not been discovered. He is also said to have married his second cousin, Ada, daughter of his cousin Patrick, Earl of Dunbar, though the marriage could not have taken place before 1225, and to have received with her the lands of Home, but the evidence is not wholly conclusive. A Patrick the clerk appears as ' son of the Earl ' in a writ to the Abbey of Kelso, in which Gospatric is the only Earl named, but no other reference to him has been found.
Source: "The Scots Peerage" Vol 3, page 249.
https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I111268&tree=tree1''

Gostpatricus comes filius Gospatrici comitis fratris Dolfini, 3rd Earl

Gospatricius comes filius Gospatrici comitis

of Scotland

1104-1166

Born: 1104 and died 1166.

Son of: Gospatricus comes frater Dolfini, 2nd Earl, and Sibella (daughter and heiress of Patrick de Dunbar).

Brother of:

1. Gospatric.

2. Edward.

3. Edger.

4. Waldief.

5. Juliana.

Gostpatricus married: Derdere.

Gostpatricus and Derdere had issue:

1. Waldeve.

2. Patrick, who was Laird of Greenlaw.

3. Walter.

Gostpatricus comes filius Gospatrici comitis fratris Dolfini, 3rd Earl : An Overview

We know of Gostpatricus comes filius Gospatrici comitis fratris Dolfini, 3rd Earl, from the book "Records of the Heath Family", 1913 by George Heath. The entry reads as follows:

Gostpatricus comes filius Gospatrici comitis fratris Dolfini, third Earl, who succeeded him, was born about 1104. He is styled in the register of Kelso " Gospatricius comes filius Gospatrici comitis." He founded the nunnery at Coldstream, and is represented on his seal having a very long shield and his horse walking 'to sinister. His secretum is an antique gem-subject, a man milking a goat.

He married about 1130, and his countess's name was Derdere. He was very devout, and became a monk. He died 15th December, 1166, and left three sons: (1) Waldeve, his successor; (2) Patrick, who was Laird of Greenlaw; and (3) Walter.

He was buried in the monks' burial ground at Durham, and his tombstone is now in the crypt there.

Sources:

1. jj@jjhc.info

https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getpe...

Children of Derdere and Gospatric de Dunbar, 3rd Earl of Dunbar, Earl of Lothian (d 1166):

• + 1. Waldeve, 4th Earl of Dunbar, Earl of Lothian, d. 1182
• + 2. Agnes Dunbar, d. Yes, date unknown
• + 3. Patrick de Dunbar, of the Hirsell and Greenlaw, d. Yes, date unknown
• + 4. dau. de Dunbar, b. Abt 1124, Northumberland, England

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GOSPATRIC de Dunbar1

• M, #392360, d. 1166
• Last Edited=6 Aug 2009

GOSPATRIC de Dunbar was the son of GOSPATRIC de Dunbar.2 He married Derdere (?).1 He died in 1166,, with a presumably younger son (see Charles Mosley, Blood Royal, p. 74, also AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL FAMILIES):. 2nd EARL (OF DUNBAR).1

Child of GOSPATRIC de Dunbar and Derdere (?)

WALTHEOF de Dunbar+ 2

Citations

• [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1207. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

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EARLDOM OF DUNBAR (II) GOSPATRIC DE DUNBAR, EARL [SCT], son and heir, who, as "Gospatricus Comes," witnesses a charter of 1140. He was founder of the Cistercian nunneries at Coldstream and Eccles, co. Berwick. He married Derdere. He died I166. [Complete Peerage IV:505, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Gospatric III, Earl of Lothian

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gospatric III (d. 1166) was a twelfth century Anglo-Saxon noble, who was Earl of Lothian later Earl of Dunbar, and feudal Lord of Beanley.

He was the son of Gospatric II, Earl of Lothian (later called Earl of Dunbar). He appeared for the first time as a witness in a charter representing his father's grant to Coldingham Priory. After his father's death in 1138, he inherited his father's territories in Northumberland, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders. He bore the title "Earl of Lothian" on his seal. The following year "the son of earl Gospatric and the son of Hugh de Morville and the son of earl Fergus (of Galloway)" were asked to go as hostages in negotiations with King Stephen of England.[1]

He married a Scottish woman called Deirdre, and by her fathered two sons, Waltheof, Earl of Lothian and Patrick. Gospatric was a great religious patron, granting lands to many of his neighbouring abbeys. He even appears to have become a monk himself, and when he died there in 1166[2] he was probably already part of the monastic community where he was buried, at Durham.

[edit]References

^ Anderson, Alan O., MA Edin., Scottish Anals from English Chroniclers AD500 to 1286, London, 1908, p.214-215

^ Anderson, Alan O., MA Edin., Scottish Anals from English Chroniclers AD500 to 1286, London, 1908, p.245 where, citing Roger Hovenden's Chronica he states "In the same year [1166] died earl Gospatrick, and his son Waldeve succeeded him".

McDonald, R. Andrew "Gospatric, second earl of Lothian (d. 1166)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 22 Nov 2006

Child of Gospatric de Dunbar, 2nd Earl of Dunbar and Derdere (?)

• Waltheof de Dunbar, 3rd Earl of Dunbar+1 d. 1182

Citations

1. [S60] Charles and Hugh Brogan Mosley, editor, American Presidential Families (London, U.K.: Alan Sutton and Morris Genealogical Books, 1994), page 46. Hereinafter cited as American Presidential Families.
2. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003). Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
3. [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 1207.