Walter (Lindsay) de Lindsay (abt. 1231 - 1271)

Born about 1231 in Mordington, Berwickshire, Scotland

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Died 2 Nov 1271 at about age 40 in Westmorland, England

Walter Lindsay was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Walter (Lindsay) de Lindsay is a member of Clan Lindsay.

Walter was the son of William Lindsay and Alicia Lancaster^[1]

He was Lord of Lamberton, Molesworth, Sheriff of Berwickshire, and Justiciar of Lothian,inherited a vast property in Lancashire and Westmoreland (including part of what is known as the Lake District), in right of his mother, and paid a fine of two marks of gold to be respited from taking knighthood against his will, and he further delayed it to make a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James.(15-4) He was sixteen years old, 31 Henry III. He granted a charter of liberties to the burgh of Warton in Lancashire ,(16-4) had licence to make a pilgrimage to Spain 1260, and was ambassador to England 1265.( His wife's name was Christian, who was married, secondly, in Scotland, to Walter de Percy of Kildale, as attested by King Alexander III. 23 September 1274.

This great baron died on All Souls Day 1271,( 4-5) leaving issue:—

• 1. William, his heir, and perhaps two others.
• 2. Gilbert(5-5) thought to be identical with Gilbert de Molesworth,(6-5). That he had a son of this name is shown by a record of William his brother.^[2]
• 3. Walter of Parva Lamberton.(7-5) Probable ancestor of the Lindsays of Thurston.(8-5)
• 4. Margaret, wife of Sir David de Lindsay.
• 5. Alicia, wife of John Comyn of Badenoch and Tynedale.(9-5) "

References:

• (12-4) _Excerpta a Rot. Fin._, ii.7.
• (13-4) _Cal. of Docs._, i.1968.
• (14-4) _Chart. of Newbattle_, 151.
• (15-4) _Cal. of Docs._, 2073-2212.
• (16-4) Charter printed in Baine's _Lancashire_, iv. 571.
• (1-5) _Cal. of Docs._, 2381.
• (2-5) _Ibid._, ii. 52.
• (3-5) _Ibid._, ii. 23, 52; _Abbrev. Rot. Orig._, 23.
• (4-5) _Cal. Doc. Scot._, 2626.
• (5-5) _Ibid._, iii. 151.
• (6-5) _Rot. Hundred_, ii.618.
• (7-5) _Acta Parl. Scot._, i. 428.
• (8-5) _Cal. of Docs._, ii. 508.
• (9-5) These daughters are inferred from the facts that Alicia and her husband were in possession of Ulseby, and her son John Comyn was guardian of Sir Alexander, son of David and Margaret de Lyndsay; _Cal. of Docs._, ii. p. 54. [Ref: SP III:4-5, sub LINDSAY, EARL OF CRAWFORD]

Sources

1. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1906, Vol. III, Archive.org, p.4
2. ↑ Close Rolls, August 1274. Gilbert de Lindeseye acknowledges an agreement by his brother which could potentially lead to income being taken from William's lands.

See also:

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p23117.htm#i231165
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I12623
• Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and Other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M. Stationery Office, London, 1904) Vol. 1: Henry III.
• Page 283: #820. Walter de Lyndesay. Inq. Thursday after Epiphany, 56 Hen. III. "He died on the day of the commemoration of All Souls last: William his son, aged 21 at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist last, is his heir, and 5 years ago at Whitsunday last contracted marriage with Ada daughter of John de Balliolo, with his father's consent."