Sir Robert de Quincy, 1st Baron of Prestoungrange (c. 1140 – c. 1197), Justiciar of Lothian, was a 12th-century English and Scottish noble.
Robert de Quincy | |
|---|---|
| Noble family | Quincy family |
| Spouse(s) | Orabilis Eve of Galloway |
Life
editQuincy was a younger son of the first Saer de Quincy and Maud de Senlis.[1] Robert was granted the castle of Forfar and a "toft" (a homestead) in Haddington by King William of Scotland, his cousin. He served as joint Justiciar of Lothian serving from 1171 to 1178.[1]
Robert accompanied King Richard I of England on the Third Crusade in 1190. He led a force to take aid to Antioch in 1191 and also collected prisoners from Tyre.[2] Returning from the crusade, Robert took part in Richard I's campaigns in Normandy in 1194 and 1196. He succeeded to the English estates of his nephew Saer in 1192.[1]
The title Baron of Prestoungrange was first created in 1189 when he granted the lands to the monks of Newbattle Abbey. This original grant was expanded by Robert's son, Seyer de Quincy, to include rights to coal and quarry working down to the low water mark on the Firth of Forth, making Prestoungrange one of the earliest sites of coal mining in Scotland.[3][4]
Marriage and issue
editRobert married Orabilis, daughter of Nes fitz William, Lord of Leuchars.[5] They had:
- Saer de Quincy (died 1219), married Margaret de Beaumont, had issue.
Secondly, he married Eve of Galloway, who was previously married to Walter de Berkeley.
References
edit- ^ a b c Stringer 1985, p. 130.
- ^ Macquarie 1997, p. 29.
- ^ Burke's Peerage 107th Edition (107th ed.). Hugh Preskett. 2003.
- ^ Burke's Peerage 107th Edition (107th ed.). Hugh Preskett. 2003.
- ^ Marshall 2021, p. 173.
Sources
edit- Fleming, Alexander & Mason, Roger. Scotland and the Flemish People. Birlinn Ltd, 2019. ISBN 9781788851466
- Macquarie, Alan (1997). Scotland and the Crusades, 1095-1560. John Donald. ISBN 9780859764452.
- Marshall, Susan (2021). Illegitimacy in Medieval Scotland, 1100-1500. Boydell Press.
- Stringer, Keith John (1985). Earl David of Huntingdon, 1152-1219: a study in Anglo-Scottish history. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780852244869.