Patrick (Dunbar) Dunbar Fifth Earl of Dunbar (1152 - 1232)

Born 1152 in East Lothian, Scotland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 31 Dec 1232 at about age 80 in Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland

Biography

Patrick (Dunbar) Dunbar Fifth Earl of Dunbar is a member of Clan Dunbar.

'Patrick son of the Earl', pledged to honour the terms of agreement between the Prior and Convent of Coldingham, and his father 'Waldef the Earl' [Durham University Library Archives & Special Collections: Misc. Charter 788][8]

He was recorded as a benefactor of St. Cuthberts church in Durham (dated between 1182 and 1198): 'Comes Patricius junior, filius Waldeui comitis' [Liber Vitae p. 59][14] ~ most likely between 1182 and 1184 (his wife Ada is not noted in the benefaction record)

He held lands in Darnchester, co. Berwicks. in 1187[1]

Agreement dated 11 Nov 1218: #700. Agreement made at the Feast of St. Martin in the year of the Incarnation 1218. between P[atric] earl of Dunbar, and C[hristina?] the countess, and Sir R[obert] de Brys; viz., the earl and Countess have demised to Sir Robert all the land they have in Hertnissa (Hertness), viz., of the countess dower, for the term of eight years, for £36 of silver, and 6s. yearly, one moiety at Pentecost and the other at Martinmas; saving the third part of the market and fair of Hertpulle (Hartlepool), to the earl and Countess, if they and the said Robert can acquire these. And it is to be observed that Sir Robert shall pay the money to the said earl and his mother C. the Countess, so long as they shall warrant the said land to him. Also the said Sir Robert shall not demise the said land for eight years in such mode as he received it from his grandfather (avi). His pledges are:--- Humphrey de Cardino (Jardine), Hugh de Corri, William de Heriz, Robert de Crossebi, Richard de Bosco, G. son of John (Johnston), Robert de Tremor. [Duchy of Lancaster, Cartae Miscellanae, Vol. III, p.12].' [Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland, i, 1108–1272, p. 123, no. 700 [15] [16] ]

re: his 2nd wife Christian (____) de Brus: her dower included a third of the manor of Hartlepool, co. Durham [15]

He m. 1stly Ada of Scotland, 2ndly Christina (widow of William de Brus)

Burial

Burial:

Place: St. Mary's, Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland

Marriage

Husband: Patrick Dunbar

Wife: Ada Scotland

Child: Patrick UNKNOWN

Child: William Dunbar

Child: Robert Dunbar

Child: Ada Dunbar

Marriage:

Date: 1184

Sources

See Also:

• MacEwen, Andrew. A Clarification of the Dunbar Pedigree. The Genealogist, 9(2) 1988: pp. 229-230.

• Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1906) vol. 3, p. 253.

• The Peerage.com.

• Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed, Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author 2013), vol. 4, p. 589 SCOTLAND 4.iv. Ada of Scotland.

• Soc.genealogy.medieval: 2 Nov 2004 posting of John Ravilious re: Royal Ancestry of the Warkworths.