Patrick de Dunbar, 4th Earl of Dunbar

Patrick, fifth Earl of Dunbar, but the first who describes himself by that title, though Fordun styles him Earl of Lothian, 'Comes Lodensis,' when relating his marriage, was born in 1152. He appears in charters by his father, and also as a granter before his father's death. His estates in England occupied a good deal of his attention, and he is named in 1187 as having deforced a vassal from his lands of Derecester, or Darnchester, in Berwickshire. The Earl attended King William to Lincoln when he met King John there, and paid the usual homage for his lands in England. Earl Patrick appears to have been somewhat litigious, or at least fond of 'a gude-gaun plea,' as he kept the monks of Melrose in trouble for a good while over a dispute between them and him as to a point of trespass on some pasturage alleged to belong to the monks. The Pope ultimately referred the matter to the arbitration of Bruce Douglas, Bishop of Moray, and after much delay it was finally settled to the satisfaction of both parties. The Earl is said to have founded a collegiate church at Dunbar in 1218. In 1221 the Earl accompanied King Alexander II. to York, and was present at his marriage there to the Princess Johanna, sister of King Henry III. In 1222 Earl Patrick is said to have taken part in an attempt to settle the direction of a portion of the March between England and Scotland, which had come into dispute through a question as to boundary between the Canons of Carham and Bernard de Hawden, a neighbouring landowner. But though his name apparently figures in a document dealing with the subject, which has been ascribed to 13 October 1222, there is strong reason, from internal evidence, for assigning it to the same date in 1245, and it therefore belongs to the history of his son the sixth Earl. Earl Patrick held the earldom for fifty years, and died in 1232. The monks of Melrose, forgetting the annoyance he had caused them, give a touching picture of his closing days. He gathered his family together, with kinsmen and neighbours, to celebrate the joyful Christmastide. Four days later he was seized with grievous illness, and sending for his friend and relative, Adam de Harkarres, Abbot of Melrose, received from him the last rites, extreme unction, and the monastic habit. He bade farewell to all, and died on the last day of the year. He was buried in the church of St. Mary of Eccles, where his grandfather is said to have founded a nunnery.
Earl Patrick was twice married; first, in 1184, to Ada, a natural daughter of King William the Lion. She was the foundress of a nunnery at St. Bothans, now Abbey St. Bathans, and died in 1200.
The Earl married, secondly, between 1215 and 1218, Christina, widow of William de Brus of Annandale.
He had issue:
1. Patrick, who succeeded, and of whom hereafter.
2. William, who is described as son of Patrick, Earl of Dunbar, in various charters to the Abbey of Kelso.
He married Christiana, daughter of Walter Corbet of Mackerston, and had issue three sons, Nicholas, Patrick, and Walter Corbet. She died in 1241, and William in 1253.1 Nicholas Corbet had the lands of Makerstoun, and he had also Langton and other lands in Northumberland. He died apparently without issue, as his brother Patrick, who had Fogo, is described as his heir. The seal of this William is engraved, but does not show heraldic bearings.
3. Sir Robert, who on 29 August 1247 is named by the sixth Earl as his brother. He was then acting as Seneschal or Steward. He also appears in a charter, ascribed to his brother, but apparently by his
father, confirmed on 10 February 1366-67. He is further described by Patrick, seventh Earl, as his uncle, in a charter dated about 1258. Nothing more is known of his history.
4. Ada, who was married, first, to William de Curtenay, without issue. He died before 11 September 1217, and between 1218 and 1220 she was married, secondly, to Theobald de Lascelles, who left her again a childless widow before October 1225. She is further said to have married her father's cousin William, son of Patrick of Greenlaw, and through him to have been the ancestress of the family of Home. She certainly was styled Lady of Home, and had part of the territory of that name, but the marriage is nowhere proved, and the terms of a charter by William of Home in 1268 suggest that she was not his mother.

Earl Patrick had apparently other children, perhaps daughters, but their names are unknown. Fergus, son of the Earl, appears in a charter by Earl Patrick to the convent of Goldstream, but he occurs nowhere else, and it is doubtful if he were a son of an Earl of Dunbar.
Source: "The Scots Peerage" Vol 3, page 252.
https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I122239&tree=tree1''

Patrick de Dunbar, 4th Earl of Dunbar was born in 1152.1 He was the son of Waltheof de Dunbar, 3rd Earl of Dunbar and Aline.2 He married firstly, Ada, daughter of William I 'the Lion', King of Scotland, in 1184.1 He married, secondly, Christine, before 1214.3 He died on 31 December 1232.1,4

He succeeded to the title of 4th Earl of Dunbar [Scotland., c. 1115] in 1182.1 He held the office of Justiciar of Lothian.3 He held the office of Keeper of Berwick.3 He was the first to fully style himself as the Earl of Dunbar though referred to by at least one contemporary source as Earl of Lothian.3

• Gospatricsson Earls in Lothian (Dunbar or March):
• Gospatric I Gospatric II Gospatric III Waltheof Patrick I Patrick II Patrick III Patrick IV Patrick V George I George II

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Family

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_I,_Earl_of_Dunbar

Patrick I, Earl of Dunbar (c.1152[1] – 1232), Earl of Dunbar and lord of Beanley, was the eldest son of Waltheof, Earl of Dunbar and Alina, and succeeded to his father's titles upon the latter's death in 1182.

Patrick married (1) Ada (died 1200), an illegitimate daughter of King William the Lion, by whom he had four sons and a daughter:

1. Patrick (his successor),
2. William, who witnessed a charter as "fratre Comitis" c. 1240 – 1248[2]
3. Robert,
4. Fergus,
5. Ada, who married her second cousin Sir William de Greenlaw (son of Sir Patrick de Greenlaw, son of Gospatric III, Earl of Lothian). Her dowry was Home Castle, and Sir William later became known as 'de Home' in her right. The couple were progenitors of the Home family.

His first wife predeceasing him, Patrick married again: (2) Christina, widow of William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale. No children are known by this marriage.

The Earl of Dunbar died on 31 December 1232. He was buried at the Cistercian nunnery of Eccles, Berwickshire.

Patrick de Dunbar, 4th Earl of Dunbar1

• M, #107802, b. 1152, d. 31 December 1232
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Patrick de Dunbar, 4th Earl of Dunbar was born in 1152.1 He was the son of WALTHEOF de Dunbar and Aline (?).2 He married Ada of Scotland, daughter of William I 'the Lion', King of Scotland, in 1184.1 He died on 31 December 1232.1,3

Though referred to by at least one contemporary source as Earl of Lothian.4 Justiciar Lothian, Keeper Berwick.4 The first fully so to style himself.4 He gained the title of 4th Earl of Dunbar.1 In 1214 married 2nd by Christine, widow of William Bruce of Annandale, eventually entered a monastery.4

Child of Patrick de Dunbar, 4th Earl of Dunbar

• Ada de Dunbar5

Child of Patrick de Dunbar, 4th Earl of Dunbar and Ada (?)

• Patrick de Dunbar, 5th Earl of Dunbar+6 d. bt May 1248 - Dec 1248

Citations

1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 198. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal 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.
4. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IV, page 505. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
5. [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 1122.
6. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IV, page 506.

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Patricius comes filius Waldeui comitis, 5th Earl

• "Patricius comes de Dunbar"
• of Scotland
• 1161-1232
• Born: 1161 and died 1232.
• Son of: "Waltheuus" or "Waldeuus comes", 4th Earl, and Alina.
• Brother of: 1. Constantine.
• Patricius married: Ada, daughter of William King of Scotland.
• Patricius and Ada had issue:
• 1. Patricius comes de Dunbar, 6th Earl.

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Patricius comes filius Waldeui comitis, 5th Earl : An Overview

We know of Patricius comes filius Waldeui comitis, 5th Earl, from the book "Records of the Heath Family", 1913 by George Heath. The entry reads as follows:

Patricius comes filius Waldeui comitis, fifth Earl, who was born about 1161, married in 1184 Ada, daughter of William King of Scotland. He was reckoned very devout, according to the religion of those times, and founded a monastery of Red Friars, or Mathurins, at Dunbar, anno 1218, and his lady founded a nunnery for the Cistercian nuns at St. Bothan's in Berwickshire.

His seals show a lion rampant on his shield, his horse gallops to sinister. On his seals and in his later charters he styles himself "Patricius comes de Dunbar," and appears to have been the first to have done so. His secretum is an antique gem; subject - the head of a female in profile. After having held the Earldom for fifty years he resigned in favour of his son, and died 31st December, 1232, and was buried in the church of St. Mary, of Eccles. His countess died in 1200.

Source:

1. jj@jjhc.info

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#PatrickDun...

B. EARLS of DUNBAR

PATRICK de Dunbar, son of WALTHEOF Earl [of Dunbar] & his wife Aline --- (1152-31 Dec 1232, bur Eccles St Mary, Berwick[1533]). m firstly (1184[1547]%29 ADA, illegitimate daughter of WILLIAM "the Lion" King of Scotland & his mistress --- (-1200). m secondly (probably before 1208[1551]) as her second husband, CHRISTINE, widow of WILLIAM de Brus of Annandale, daughter of ---.

Earl Patrick & his first wife had [five] children:

• 1. PATRICK de Dunbar (-Marseille [May/Dec] 1248). "P. comes de Dunbar et P. filius eius" donated property which "Willo de Curteneya m (1213 or before) EUPHEME, daughter of [WILLIAM de Brus of Annandale & his wife Christine ---] (-1267).
• 2. WILLIAM (-1253[1568]). ... m CHRISTIANA de Corbet, daughter and heiress of WALTER de Corbet, of Mackerston & his wife Alice --- (-1241, bur Melrose Abbey[1572]).
• 3. ROBERT . "Robto de Ros, David de Graham…Willelmo filio comitis, Henrico de Graham, Nicholao Corbeth, Waltero filio Walterii senescalli, Roberto filio comitis…" witnessed the undated charter, dated to before 1232, under which "Patricius comes de Dunbar" reached agreement with Melrose abbey about "terra sita in territorio de Halsingtune"[1583].
• 4. ADA de Dunbar (-after [1230]). "P. comes de Dunbar et P. filius eius" donated property which "Willo de Curteneya et A. uxori ei teneant…de Home" to Kelso monastery by charter dated to [1200][1585]. William FitzPatrick is shown in Europäische Stammtafeln as the third husband of Ada de Dunbar[1588]. Balfour Paul states that there is no proof of Ada’s supposed third marriage[1589]. m firstly WILLIAM de Courtenay, of Bulwick, Upminster and Morle, son of ROBERT de Courtenay Lord of Sutton, Berkshire & his first wife Matilda of Bulwick (-18 Jan before [1212]). Lord of Montgommery 30 Jun 1207. [1590]m secondly THEOBALD de Lascelles of Aylesby, son of [1591][ROGER de Lascelles & his wife Beatrice ---]. [m thirdly WILLIAM FitzPatrick "of Greenland"[1592], son of [PATRICK de Dunbar Lord of Greenlaw & his wife ---].
• 5. [FERGUS . "P comes de Dunbar" confirmed the donation to Coldstream of "ecclesiam de Herisehill", confirming the donations of "comitis Cospatricii et comitis Waldeui et Patricii avunculi mei et Willelmi filii sui", by undated charter, signed by "Patricio filio comitis, Willelmi filio Patricii…Fergus filio comitis…"[1593].]

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The Homes are among the oldest and most celebrated of the historical families of Scotland. Their founder was descended from the Earls of Dunbar and March, who had sprung from the Saxon kings of England and the princes of Northumberland. After the conquest of that country by William the Conquerer, Cospatrick, the great Earl of Northumberland, and several other Saxon nobles connected with the northern counties, fled into Scotland in the year 1066, carrying with them Edgar Atheling, the heir of the Saxon royal line, and his two sisters, Margaret and Christina. Malcolm Ceanmor, who married the Princess Margaret, bestowed on the expatriated noble the manor of Dunbar, and broad lands in the Merse and the Lothians. Patrick, the second son of the third Earl of Dunbar, inherited from his father the manor of Greenlaw, and having married his cousin Ada de Dunbar, the daughter of the fifth Earl of Dunbar by his wife who was a natural daughter of William I the Lion, king of Scotland, obtained with her the lands of Home (pronounced Hume), in Berwickshire, from which the designation of the family was taken. The armorial bearings of his ancestors, the Earls of Dunbar, which were a white lion on a red field, were assumed by him, but on a green field for differentiation from Dunbar, referring to his paternal estate of Greenlaw. Dominus de Hom. Iom in Celtic signifies a hill, of which Ihom is the genitive, in the pronunciation of which, the I is mute. The addition of the final e is modern, for in the charter of 1159, the church is called Ecclesian de Hom. Patrick (de Dunbar) de Home and Ada de Dunbar were first cousins once removed. We know that "Ada was the daughter of Patrick, Earl of Dunbar and Widow de Courtenay, having obtained from her father the lands of Home, and having no children by her first husband, she carried her estate to her second husband and kinsman (2nd cousin), Patrick, thenceforth called de Home."

Sources 1.[S265] Colquoun_Cunningham.ged, Jamie Vanswww.findagrave.com

Patrick I of Dunbar
BIRTH 1152
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
DEATH 31 Dec 1232 (aged 79–80)
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
BURIAL
Cistercian Nunnery of Eccleswww.findagrave.com

Patrick I of Dunbar
BIRTH 1152
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
DEATH 31 Dec 1232 (aged 79–80)
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
BURIAL
Cistercian Nunnery of Eccles
Eccles, Scottish Borders, Scotland
MEMORIAL ID 46758625
Eccles, Scottish Borders, Scotland
MEMORIAL ID 46758625
Patrick I of Dunbar was Earl of Dunbar and March. He was the son of Waltheof of Dunbar, 3rd Earl of Dunbar and Alina. He also served as Justiar of Lothian. Patrick married Ada, an illegitimate daughter of William the Lion, King of Scotland.

Children:
Patrick II, Earl of Dunbar and March
William of Dunbar
Robert of Dunbar
Fergus of Dunbar
Ada of Dunbar

Earl of Dunbar, Lord of Beanley, Anglo Scottish noble

Eldest son of Waltheof de Dunbar, Earl of Dunbar and Aelina. Grandson of Gospatric III Dunbar.

Husband of Ada MacCrinan, the illegitimate daughter of Scotland's King William the Lion. They had the following children:

1 Patrick (his successor)
2 William, who witnessed a charter as "fratre Comitis"
3 Robert
4 Fergus

Secondly, he was the husband of Christina, the widow of William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale.

From Wikipedia: Patrick was one of the most important magnates to Kings William and Alexander II of Scotland, frequently witnessing their charters and traveling in their entourages whenever they went to the south of England to perform homage to the King of England for the properties in that realm. Patrick also served as Justiciar of Lothian as well as Warden of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Patrick held, like his predecessors (who were originally of the kindred of the native English earls of Northumberland), some of his most important lands were in northern England. Patrick's close association with the Scottish kings in fact got him in trouble, and perhaps because of Alexander II's pursuit of claims to the earldom of Northumberland, Waltheof found himself temporarily deprived of some of his lands by King John of England.

Family Members
Spouse
Ada mac William
1170–1200

2.[S299] David Douglas, Douglas, Sir Robert, (David Douglas